It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast brings you more from the worlds of 2000 AD! With the sad news that comics legend Ian Kennedy has passed away at the age of 89, Molch-R talks with three people who knew Ian both professionally and personally – Martha Julian from the Thought Bubble convention where Ian was a regular guest of honour, Phillip B Vaughan from the University of Abertay, and Mark Seddon, who worked to bring Ian’s work to the masses. They discuss the life, work, and legacy of an artist whose career spanned seven decades. On a brighter note, Molch-R also annou ..read more

Everyone at The Treasury of British Comics is very saddened to learn of the passing of artist Ian Kennedy. It is no hyperbole to describe Kennedy as a legend of British comics. With a career spanning more than seven decades, his meticulously detailed but dynamic work graced dozens of titles, from Hotspur to Bunty, from Commando to 2000 AD. Born in Dundee in 1932, Kennedy was too young for service during World War Two but the planes flying overhead sparked a lifelong obsession with aircraft. After leaving school, he began work as a trainee illustrator in the A ..read more

Pre-order the stunning Black Beth collection now! This brand new collection brings together the original story of Black Beth, first developed in the early 1970s by an unknown writer and Spanish artist Blas Gallego and appearing only once a decade later, alongside the modern revival by writer Alec Worley (Star Wars) and with stunning art from rising star DaNi (Coffin Bound). In a world of swords and sorcery, the evil tyrant Rassau discovers that he is destined to be killed by a fearsome warrior called Beth. Together with his men, Rassau seeks Beth ou ..read more

The Spider: Crime Unlimited collection is out now! Never reprinted before, this hardcover collection brings together the pulp adventure stories of The Spider from the Picture Library series written by Jerry Siegel (Superman) and Donne Avenell (Adam Eterno)! Don’t miss this collection of long-lost and fast-paced stories that helped make The Spider one of British comics’ greatest anti-hero comic strips! The Spider is the uncrowned king of the New York underworld, so elusive to the police that he even manages to taunt the Police Commissioner at his retirement party. But Professor Aldo Cummin ..read more

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Vol.4 is now available to pre-order! The best-selling science-fiction classic series continues with a fourth omnibus collecting the stories published from 1973 through to 1976. Out on 25 May, it is available in a standard paperback edition or a webshop exclusive hardcover featuring a brand new cover by legendary artist John Burns (Judge Dredd, Nikolai Dante, Modesty Blaize). Don Lawrence’s painted art continues to be a highlight of the series but, as he takes a sabbatical from the strip, Miguel Quesada and Philip Corke match his i ..read more

The Treasury of British Comics archive encompasses not just the largest collection of English language comics in the world but also more than a century of publishing of all kinds. In his regular look at classic British comics, David McDonald focuses not on one title in the archive – but all of them… Since launching in 2016, the Treasury of British comics has brought us a plethora of classic comic collections from their archive. At the bottom of this very page, you will see it proudly proclaimed that The Treasury of British Comics is ‘The world’s largest archive of English-la ..read more

Discover the fascinating history of British comics with 35% off the gorgeous Masters of British Comic Art in hardcover and digital. Nominated for ‘Best comics-related book’ at the 2021 Eisner Awards, this wildly entertaining and educational tome is a journey through the history of British comics – from the birth of the 20th century to the ‘80s invasion of American comics and through to today’s best contemporary artists!  A high-production hardcover compendium perfect as a coffee table book or academic encyclopedia, Masters of British Comics is painstakingly researched. Behind a brand new ..read more

A sweeping historical fantasy with stunning art from one of British comics’ undisputed masters, the first Karl the Viking collection is out now! Following its best-selling reprints of his The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire series, the Treasury of British Comics brings one of master artist Don Lawrence’s most popular and enduring comic book strips back into print.  The paperback collection is now available to buy alongside the limited webshop exclusive hardcover, with a brand new cover by breakout comics artist Tom Foster (Judge Dredd) Originally serialise ..read more

They depended on him – and the world depended on them! The first collection of The Sarge is now available to pre-order. Written by Gerry Finley-Day and drawn by Mike Western, this gritty World War Two series was one of the most popular in the pages of the revolutionary Battle Picture Weekly in the late 1970s. British Sergeant Jim Masters, a veteran of WW1, has to shepherd his inexperienced but over-confident platoon. From Dunkirk to North Africa, the might of the German army face the ultimate adversaries when Masters and his boys spring into action! With colour centre spreads restored to their ..read more

Before his incredible artwork on The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, Don Lawrence had already proven himself to be a unique and stunning talent with his work on historical fantasy series Karl the Viking for the pages of Lion. Continuing our series of short essays commissioned from selected comics critics that explore 2000 AD and the Treasury of British Comics’ latest graphic novel collections, Doris V. Sutherland reviews the epic sweep of this breathtakingly drawn series… Created by artist Don Lawrence and writer Ted Cowan, Karl the Viking was one of the more durable f ..read more