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Alan Moore is in conversation with Susanna Clarke tonight. Have fun if you're dialling in for it!

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Richard S. wrote:
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more Dan Dare merchandise/tat - this time it's the turn of 'Dan Dare draughts'

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Absolutely insane merchandising idea....Did this sell ??? Even I am not convinced that I want this !!!
Great post Richard, never seen this before and they really were running out of ideas at this point weren't they ??
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jim244 wrote:
06 Nov 2024, 23:43
Richard S. wrote:
03 Nov 2024, 09:23
more Dan Dare merchandise/tat - this time it's the turn of 'Dan Dare draughts'

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Absolutely insane merchandising idea....Did this sell ??? Even I am not convinced that I want this !!!
Great post Richard, never seen this before and they really were running out of ideas at this point weren't they ??
:lol:
yeah, I love Dan Dare merchandise but I agree, think I would struggle to give this house room! The fonts used make me think this was produced relatively late on for Dare so, yeah, definitely barrel scraping time!
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That time when a young Aly Fell had an idea and Ken Reid drew it! Oh to have invented a 'World-wide weirdie' for Ken to have drawn

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A final selection of images from artist Eric Parker's travels around the UK - some amazing use of colour in these, beautiful

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Phil-comics has just put a couple of unbelievably rare Action comic items up for auction - I've never seen either of these before, wonder how much they'll go for?

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some rarely seen Tom Paterson art here - yes, it's another copy of rare '90s Fleetway reprint humour comic 'Fun and games'

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as it's the 11th day of the 11th month here's my (long & complicated) guide to collecting that WW1 masterpiece by Joe Colquhoun & Pat Mills...Charley's War

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An update to my guide to DC Thomson heritage characters that have appeared in Commando - issue #5799 is out now (art by Mike Dorey) and features Cadman

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Richard S. wrote:
08 Nov 2024, 07:57
A final selection of images from artist Eric Parker's travels around the UK - some amazing use of colour in these, beautiful

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Agreed, absolutely stunning.

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Richard S. wrote:
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as it's the 11th day of the 11th month here's my (long & complicated) guide to collecting that WW1 masterpiece by Joe Colquhoun & Pat Mills...Charley's War

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A truley excellent guide Sir.

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jim244 wrote:
12 Nov 2024, 22:59
Richard S. wrote:
11 Nov 2024, 07:43
as it's the 11th day of the 11th month here's my (long & complicated) guide to collecting that WW1 masterpiece by Joe Colquhoun & Pat Mills...Charley's War

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A truley excellent guide Sir.
thanks! It took a lot of time to do but was well worth it
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more photos from Eaglecon 80 - this time it's Frank Hampson & Keith Watson who are the focus

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More progress on my covers gallery for the London Editions Bugs Bunny comic from...the '90s. Any further cover images would be most welcome.

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More original sketches by Eric Parker - I've grouped theses together as 'character studies' - some of these folk definitely look like they could have appeared in a Sexton Blake story...

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