Comics UK

I now have a website: http://www.iancockburn.co.uk I've put some pen and ink work there too as well my oil paintings and watercolours. Likewise I have a facebook artist page http://www.facebook.com/sparkledebacle/ Added lots of stuff to my tumblr http://sparkledebacle.tumblr.com/ And to my etsy shop...

V For Vendetta (well, it was originally a British comic) Posy Simmonds's Tamara Drewe and Gemma Bovery I know 2000AD was given a blanket mention, but Judge Dredd maybe deserves highlighting. Barry Humphreys's Barry McKenzie looking up that last one to verify it, I see that another Private Eye strip...

Would be good.

My dad was at school with Dudley Watkins's son.

In the mood for swashbucking derring-do today:

The Best of Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs by Roy Crane (Fantagraphics)
Corto Maltese Under the Sun of Capricorn by Hugo Pratt (Euro Comics)
Cursed Pirate Girl vol. 1 by Jeremy A. Bastian (Archaia)

The crowd at this site mainly seem to be fans of IPC and DC Thompson humour titles, so I guess maybe that reflects most British comics fans of a certain age? I think it's the just the way the forum has turned out. Lots of existing discussions about those comics leads to more fans of those comics jo...

I have been to three conventions- One in Bristol years ago, and twice ( or was it thrice?) to the Leeds Thought Bubble. I am glad to have met Eddie Campbell and Posy Simmonds. I had a good time at all three but they were expensive and not the kind of thing I feel like doing all the time. I often fee...

I agree :) Her 'Tamara Drew' and 'Gemma Bovery' are must-reads too. Yes, those appeared in The Guardian . I should really have cut every instalment out. Are they now in book form? Yes, they exist as graphic novels :) A movie was even made from 'Tamara Drew' but I thought it was kind of dumbed down ...

I can reassure Raven that the Sparky book 1979 has no "this book belongs to" page.

edited to add: you don't need to count all the pages, just count 16 pages (including cover) and the next page should have a "B" in one of the corners.

alanultron5 wrote:Has the `Spacewhacker` series had a mention yet?

number 56.

Thanks very much for the data, Kashgar!

ISPYSHHHGUY wrote:One DCT Editor informed me that Baxendales' page output was pretty low compared to many other artists:

Well, we know he was a perfectionist, but he doesn't seem to be a laggard in this 1959 annual. Although I'm sure he didn't do the Plum/Bears endpapers.

Thanks for the replies all.

I just got the Beano Book 1959, by far the earliest one in my collection. There are several things that interest me about it, one of which is the prominence of Little Plum. There are more stories about him in it than any other character (4), and more pages (9), without mentioning the endpapers. Plus...

Was just about to bump the Lopez thread with this news, before I noticed it already had its own thread!
Looking forward to discovering this one.

Digifiend wrote: I bet the Daily Mail will see a drop in sales after this.

How much you want to bet?

Transvision Vamp did a rather nice song called "Hanging Out With Halo Jones". Transvision Vamp, that's a blast from the past and no mistake. I particularly liked their I Want Your Love . There were a number of contemporaries with memorable songs too, such as T'Pau, Pet Shop Boys , The Bangles, Vane...

...is on Radio 4's Midweek today.