Thanks to Jamie Morrison (of the Marvel UK comics Facebook group) for allowing me to share this covers gallery for collected (Marvel UK) Thundercats reprints... Thundercats collected comics, issues 1 & 2 (Marvel UK) Thundercats collected comics, issues 3 & 4 (Marvel UK) Thundercats collected comics, issues 5 & 6 (Marvel UK) Thundercats collected comics, issues 7 & 8 (Marvel UK) Thundercats collected comics, issue 9 (Marvel UK ..read more

I'm not a collector of Marvel UK's 'The Real Ghostbusters' comic but I've seen that the collected editions seem to be quite expensive so I thought I'd see if I could identify how many there are. Ideally I'd love to be able to tell you what stories they reprinted (and from which issues) and which issue of the comic the cover has come from but, sadly, I can't.  Instead if you can help me fill the gaps in the covers gallery below (#8 and #10) and confirm if the series went beyond #11 that would be very helpful! Enjoy!   UPDATE: I've now identified that there was an issue 13 - so I'v ..read more

I've always fancied acquiring a Sexton Blake picture library cover - and I've noticed that there's one currently up for sale right here - bidding starts at £100 and, at the time of typing, there's been one bid. I'm not the seller; good luck if you bid! Check out all mentions of Eric Parker on the blog here ..read more

I've spotted here a page of original Carlos Ezquerra art. It's a Durham Red page from the 1992 strip "Island of the damned" Estimate is 400-600 euros; at the time of typing nobody has made the opening bid of a single euro. Bidding ends on Thursday (25th April) at around 8pm  Good luck if you bid! Full disclosure - I'm not the seller ..read more

Just spotted the original art (by Steve Moore) for Fantasy Advertiser #16 (1968) for sale on ebay right here. It's a 'buy it now' for £399 ..read more

I've been interested in looking at the early comics works of the Etherington brothers for some time now and I've finally scooped up enough images to get me started. There's a lot of gaps here though so I'd be delighted for any help that anyone can give me. THIS UPDATE: I've found a cover image for the 2nd trade paperback so I've included it here. Yore!  This was (according to this link) was free with issue 6 of Dennis and Gnasher megazine #6. This was a collection of material that had previously appeared in The Dandy. There's also Malcolm Magic. This appeare ..read more

I'm really looking forward to seeing 'The silence of unicorns' graphic novel when it comes out - there's still time(just!) to back the Kickstartere here.  It's already fully funded but there are always more stretch goals to aim for. I hope you'll have a look and it and maybe even back it! The story is like this... Set in modern times Scottish adventurer Tara Togs dreams of becoming a professional photographer and her knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time lands her smack-bang in the middle of a gang of ruthless criminals and their plot to steal a valuable piece of ..read more

I've recently begun a lengthy series of blog posts all about renowned illustrator Eric Parker (check out his Wikipedia entry here) who had a 50 year (!) career as a comic illustrator. I've looked at Roughs (part 1) here Roughs (part 2) here Roughs (part 3) here Roughs (part 4) here Female heads (part 1) here Female heads (part 2) here Female heads (part 3) here Female heads (part 4) here Pubs (part 1) here Pubs (part 2) here Overseas (part 1) here and now we turn our attention to the start of a series of illustrations of foreign climes... This one was painted in Calpé (in Spa ..read more

I'm always happy to feature unusual bits of Eagle merchandise on the blog.  There were... Dan Dare roller skates here Dan Dare hairbrush here Eagle stationery here Eagle club notebook here With the compliments of the Eagle club here Eagle / Girl table tennis medals here and today I present an Eagle club cycle penant - all images swiped from an ebay sale a few months ago ..read more

In honour of it being the 74th birthday of Eagle today I thought I'd share these images of an Eagle club notebook that was up for sale on ebay recently.  I like these images, not just for the notebook (which I'd never seen before) but because the original owner has filled the notebook with transfers.I think the transfers were produced by Tuck's and I'm not sure I've seen an unused set of them.  Anyway, this notebook gives you a good idea of what the transfers were like. You can see Dan Dare characters, Riders of the Range characters, PC ..read more