Comics UK

FPI Belfast had it as part of their FCBD selection, so guess who didn't need to be asked twice?

Topper Summer Special, 1987. A Pete Moonie cover hides work by Bob Nixon (Willie Fixit, Beryl the Peril), Mal Judge (Ali's Baba, Square Eyes), John Dallas (Tricky Dicky and possibly a "guess the item" page), Gordon Bell (Neals on Wheels, Pearl, Jimmy Jinx and a page of aeroplane gags), Albert Holroy...

Sector 13 issue 2 and in a raffle, Doomsday for Dredd (volume 42 of the Mega Collection)

There was also the Circus of P T Bimbo by Howie Schneider, which featured in the Sparky Book 1978.

Aha, speaking as your "they", thanks!

Slow news day, apparently - DCT thought it had been put to bed two weeks ago! DCT's market research was on C4News tonight, with an NP picture of Jon Snow (wearing the correct tie) getting menaced by Dennis and Gnasher. I did make a few observations on Facebook... 1. Dennis is still an incredibly nau...

big bad bri wrote:oh! i done a topic on this in general as i never saw this one

And now merged! Always check the Beano-specific forum for stuff about the Beano.

He confirms his copies of 9/12 and 16/12 had 28 pages only. Blog is Great News!

David Moloney has mentioned it on his Great News blog, so I've asked him to check

News from Down the Tubes and the BBC

Just picked this up on Down the Tubes - I thought the original plan was for a film... Bananaman The Musical, written by the award-winning writer and composer of Wolfboy, The Famous Five, Scary Musical and Monte Cristo Leon Parris, is directed by Mark Perry (producer, director, actor and founder of S...

Quite possibly only Pears can beat it with its 126th distinct edition due this year, but it's only been annual since 1953.

The Irish Independent comics are a mixture of the free ones given away with the Guardian and with the Belfast Telegraph a number of years ago, plus the 1986 Beano Summer Special reprinted in a summer special a few years ago (complete with the deliberate wrong colour caption)

All at Enniskillen ComicFest... A Vampire Brats and Tom Thug sketch by Lew Stringer A December 1986 Beano with Billy Whizz artwork not by Mal Judge A sketch of Dennis, Curly, Pieface, Gnasher and Gnipper by Nigel P and Nika Sector 13, the Belfast 2000AD fanzine (plugged the other day on Down the Tub...

Whizzer and Chips, Toppers, Beezers, Busters and a copy of all Buzz, all €4 each. I was too busy buying other things....