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Grab a special before summer ends!
Do you have your Dandy Summer Special yet? 68 pages including classic reprints plus a new story. There are also five new half page illustrations drawn by various artists including myself. You'll find...
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Rambling and Recharging
Just a few thoughts....Like many of us, I've found the last 18 months quite a struggle at times. I've been fortunate so far not to have contracted COVID but the whole situation, and the solitude, makes...
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Kickstarter for THE77 ANNUAL is live!
The Kickstarter for The77 Annual went live today, and it's already reached nearly half of its target at the time of writing this (4.15pm). Yes, there's going to be an brand new annual to choose for...
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53 years of UK comics conventions!
This week in 1968 saw the very first comics convention take place in the UK! It was at the Midland Hotel in Birmingham and was organised by Phil Clarke and Steve Moore, with a handful of guests that...
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1966 - a SMASHing year!
1966 was a very good year. It gave us the Batman TV show, England won the World Cup, The Beatles released the timeless classic Eleanor Rigby, and Smash! comic made its debut!The Kickstarter for the...
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Convention Memories
42 years ago today I went to my first comic convention (Birmingham Metropole Hotel, 1979) and enjoyed it so much I carried on going to more over the next 40 years! I've met some wonderful friends in...
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Combat Colin comics still in stock
Just another reminder that I still have some Combat Colin comics in stock on eBay. Unread, brand new condition straight out of the printer's box! 40 pages in each issue of Nos. 2 and 3, reprinting my...
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The77 ANNUAL needs your support!
Dr.Plank from The77 issue 3.Last week the Kickstarter for The77 Annual was fully funded only a short time after it went live... but then a backer pulled out, taking away a significant amount he'd...
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Flashback to six years ago
Six years ago today, on 5th Sept 2015 I launched Brickman Returns at the splendid ICE 2015 (International Comics Expo) in Birmingham. The first comic in my new self-publishing venture. I followed it up...
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Blast Process at the Shrewsbury Comics Trail
My artwork at The Dingle. Photo by James Fletcher. The YouTube channel Blast Process was at the launch of the Shrewsbury Comics Trail in July and they've just uploaded their video which you can see at...
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DEREK THE TROLL available again!
I still have issues... issues of Derek the Troll that is! Published a few years ago there are still some left, unread and in new condition straight out of the printer's box. 32 pages of material...
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Cosmic Comics revisited!
A couple of years ago Hibernia Comics published a fine collection of Kevin O'Neill's early IPC strips under the name Cosmic Comics. It proved to be very successful, and now it's been reprinted... and...
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20 Years On...
I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that the world changed on this day 20 years ago. An act of cowardice that killed many and stunned the world. Society seemed to change after that, as though a...
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MONSTER FUN Returns... on October 6th!
As you'll have seen from the advert (above) that appears in the latest issue of 2000AD, the publication date for the new Monster Fun Halloween Spooktacular is now October 6th, a couple of weeks later...
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My only comics event this year!
I hope to see you at the MEANWHILE IN COVENTRY comics festival this coming Saturday! It's on all weekend but I'll only be there on Saturday 18th September. (This is likely to be the ONLY comics event...
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Cheap Comics!
It's time to downsize my collection! The parcel will include 15 (yes, fifteen) randomly selected American comics from recent years. Various titles such as (but not necessarily including) Spider-Man,...
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Your next Daft Preview!
This Thursday sees another issue of Doctor Who Magazine hit the stands and amongst its packed content you'll find another Daft Dimension mini-strip by me. There's a little preview above featuring the...
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MEANWHILE... on Saturday...
It's going to feel very strange setting off for a comic convention again after two years but I'll be in Coventry on Saturday for the Meanwhile comics festival! Feeling a bit anxious about it but at the...
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MEANWHILE... a highlight of the year
Coventry Cathedral yesterday.After two years without comics conventions (due to the pandemic, if you're reading this in the far future) it was a pleasure to attend the Meanwhile... In Coventry festival...
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New interview on YouTube
Screen grab ©Leonard Sultana. I did three video interviews last Saturday at the Meanwhile in Coventry festival. Here's one of them on Leonard Sultana's YouTube channel. After 18 months of barely seeing...
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