Time for the big reveal.I have been dropping hints for a couple of months that I was working on something big – and I do mean literally BIG – but I wanted to play my cards close to my chest until I was close to completion. Well, I'm close enough and confident enough to want to finally pull back the curtain. And if you're wondering why I'm rabbiting on, it's so that when I cross-post this column ..read more

Football in a Commando? Just when you think we can’t go any more left field! We can’t wait to see how many other curveballs we throw you in this set! Issues 5835-5838 go on sale from Thursday 13th March 2025!5835: Leagues ApartFootballers Jimmy Harris and Danny Meggs hated each other’s guts. They were bitter rivals on and off the pitch, but things all came to a head at the qualifying match for ..read more

Garth Ennis on the 50th anniversary of Battle Picture Weekly: The very first issue of Battle Picture Weekly went on sale fifty years ago this month, dated 8th March 1975. It continued under various titles, most notably Battle Action, for roughly the next decade, before being merged to death some time in the late eighties. Which means the issue you hold in your hands is the latest incarnation of a ..read more

With any luck I'm close to finally announcing the title of the four-volume set that I have been hinting at for the past few months. All four books are almost done. The internal pages are now with the copyright holder to be checked over to make sure they're happy and we're not accidentally using something that is not theirs to license. I'm working on the covers. I had volume one ready to go ..read more

2000AD publisher Rebellion are having a big sale on collections of British comic book classics in the Treasury of British Comics sale!You can get 75% off.Choose from some of the finest comics from the Rebellion archive, including House of Dolmann, Adam Eterno, Karl the Viking, The Steel Claw, Concrete Surfer, The Best of Cat Girl, Tammy & Jinty: Remixed, The Best of Jane Bond, Spell of ..read more

I've had to treat this week as almost like a holiday. Apart from a bit of work completing the insides of the upcoming comic reprints from Bear Alley, I didn't manage to do a great deal after writing last week's post.I had to travel on Sunday to stay overnight with my sister in Surrey as there was a family funeral on Monday. It was quite an interesting night as I woke up at four in the morning ..read more

To celebrate International Women’s Day, this set of Commandos is celebrating two of Commando’s most significant female writers: Mary Feldwick and Diana Garbutt. Issues 5831-5834 go on sale from today, Thursday 27th February 2025!5831: Come Out FightingWhat does a fighting Irishman do when his luck deserts him just when he needs it most?     If his name is Private Mick O’Connor, he ..read more

Sean Phillips is one of the most acclaimed artists working in comics today, with credits including Fatale, Night Fever and Reckless. He’s also the co-creator of Criminal, alongside Ed Brubaker, which will soon be coming to Amazon Prime as a new TV series starring Charlie Hunnam and Emilia Clarke. This year, 2000 AD celebrates his career to date with The 2000 AD Art of Sean Phillips, an incredible ..read more

So this week saw a leap forward in the next group of books that I'll be publishing under the Bear Alley banner. The insides of all four books are now in place, introductions are designed, page numbers added and I'm working on the covers.There's still some proofing, and getting printed proofs, and getting the copyright holder to sign off on everything, and finding the money to pay for the license ..read more

Rebellion is delighted to announce that after the successful Kickstarter campaign for our revival of the classic romance comic Roxy, editions of the title are winging their way to backers now!Featuring four tales of love and romance from some of the finest creators working in comics today, and with covers by Hannah Templer, Tula Lotay and Marguerite Bennett, this is an anthology guaranteed to ..read more