Blimey! Blog Updates
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Recent blog posts….
Preview pages from the next issue of 2000AD:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... -2008.html
Aces Weekly celebrates 25 volumes:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... lumes.html
Wartime issue of Mickey Mouse Weekly:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... eekly.html
New comic strips begin in EPIC!:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... eekly.html
Guest news for the Enniskillen Comic Fest 2017:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... -2017.html
Preview pages from the next issue of 2000AD:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... -2008.html
Aces Weekly celebrates 25 volumes:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... lumes.html
Wartime issue of Mickey Mouse Weekly:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... eekly.html
New comic strips begin in EPIC!:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... eekly.html
Guest news for the Enniskillen Comic Fest 2017:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... -2017.html
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Korky Christmas Card, from the 1950s at a guess:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -card.html
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -card.html
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Quick plugs for several British indie comics that are out now:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... t-now.html
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... t-now.html
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I don't know if many members actually read messages in this category as no one comments but today I'm starting to look back at Christmas comics from the past, kicking off with WHAM! from 1967. Here's a link:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1967.html
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1967.html
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Today's vintage Christmas comic is The Wizard, from 1960, with a great cover by Bill Ritchie...
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1960.html
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1960.html
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Latest look back at a vintage Christmas comic: Action Force (1987) featuring Doug Braithwaite and Simon Coleby's first published work, plus the first Christmas Combat Colin story:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1987.html
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1987.html
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I'm not sure if anyone's reading these updates here but here's the latest vintage Christmas comic:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1965.html
I'll be posting pages from a different festive comic on my blog every day until Christmas so you know where to look if you're interested. Merry Christmas and all the best for 2017.
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1965.html
I'll be posting pages from a different festive comic on my blog every day until Christmas so you know where to look if you're interested. Merry Christmas and all the best for 2017.
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Today, a look back at a comic from 100 years ago...
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -1917.html
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -1917.html
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It's 50 years since Odhams launched Fantastic. It didn't last long but it's still fondly remembered. Here's my blog post about it that I did yesterday:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -50th.html
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -50th.html
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I hope that most members of this forum are buying Rok of the Reds? Evoking the old school charm of British adventure comics whilst appealing to modern readers too it's a must buy. My review of the latest issue is here:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... imate.html
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... imate.html
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It's 30 years today since my first Combat Colin strip appeared in print in Marvel's Action Force. Here's a retrospective I've written:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -week.html
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -week.html