News
Entertainment
Science & Technology
Sport
Business & Money
Life
Culture & Art
Hobbies
7 | Follower
Bear Alley Blog
08.10.2025
In 1990 a seismic shock swept through the comics industry, as an upstart new comics anthology rumbled into production for the first time. Ju...
06.10.2025
Saturday's Colchester Comic Mart began on a bright note—Storm Amy had blown through on Friday and it had rained most of the day, but, fortun...
05.10.2025
One of the latest batch of hardback Fleetway Picture Library Classics from Book Palace reprints some of my favourite episodes from the pages...
03.10.2025
By the time you read this I will be shot full of vaccine to protect me from the flu and Covid over the coming winter months. Although I spen...
02.10.2025
I was reading occasional issues of Lion around the period that this latest collection of Robot Archie stories reprints. My seven-year-old...
01.10.2025
He’s the superpowered superbrat – Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s ‘Zenith’ is the cutting superhero horror satire from the pages of 2000 ...
30.09.2025
It has been a couple of years since I last saw Illustrators , so it's good to be able to say that it hasn't lost any of its design or quali...
26.09.2025
I'm pleased to write that it has been a busy and productive week. In fact, the weekend was somewhat manic as some information I was waiting ...
25.09.2025
Ace pilot Bomber Braddock returns in his latest adventure alongside other fantastic tales in Commando issues 5891-5894 on sale from today, ...
24.09.2025
The End Is Here! Pre-Order Nemesis the Warlock Definitive Edition – Volume 5! The final volume in the Definitive Nemesis the Warlock series ...
20.09.2025
I promised you a video... or threatened you with a video, depending on how you view these things. Please do view this thing!
19.09.2025
Only a few weeks late—I'd originally planned for this to be released mid-August— MYTEK THE MIGHTY Volume 3 has arrived. Two hundred pages o...
17.09.2025
It's here! The jump-on issue of 2000 AD is out this week, with every story starting with a fresh "Part One" - including a new Judge Dredd ...
12.09.2025
I had hoped to have the next MYTEK book ready for release this week, but I'm going to delay it until next week as a couple of things have ...
11.09.2025
In the rotting corpse of a city called Downlode, only the most ruthless people can survive. Finnigan Sinister and Ramone Dexter have made th...
Commando issues 5887-5890 on sale from today, Thursday, 11th September 2025, featuring hidden Luftwaffe bases, spies in Iran, the hangman’s ...
08.09.2025
Invasion Colchester 2025 took place on September 6th, an annual event organised by ACE Comics which takes over the town centre for a few joy...
06.09.2025
I'm keeping busy while I'm waiting on the printed copies of MYTEK THE MIGHTY Volume 3 to arrive, which they should do shortly. I may even ...
03.09.2025
CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF BRITAIN'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COMIC! Violent, gritty and unrelenting, Action comic was the brainchild of Pat Mills...
I mentioned last week that I had received a short print run of MYTEK THE MIGHTY volumes 1 and 2. Well, they are now available via Ebay and...
28.08.2025
Brand-new Commando issues 5883-5886 on sale from today, Thursday, 28th August 2025! 5883: Bismarck: The Last Days The battleship Bismarck wa...
27.08.2025
Upcoming releases from 2000 AD and The Treasury of British Comics. And now, this week's releases... 2000AD Prog 2447 Cover: Cliff Robinson /...
25.08.2025
The 2000AD website often carries interesting features, which we often draw on here to spice up the rather dry release lists. One regular ser...
When I wrote last week's Comic Cuts column I was still feeling the utter frustration of late shipping. This turned into the utter frustratio...
Commando marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Japan Day and the end of World War Two in issues 5875-5878 on sale from today, Thursday, 1...
I'm in the eye of the storm as far as work is concerned, waiting for things to happen while various projects are swirling around me. There's...
The Ravilious Pact began its debut run in the pages of 2000 AD with Prog 2440. Written by TC Eglington and drawn by Steven Austin, it’s mag...
11.08.2025
As promised, I've put together a little video explainer about the circumstances behind the late delivery of the first two volumes of MYTEK T...
08.08.2025
There are very few studies of historical events as they are portrayed through comics. An introduction may tackle the origins of individual c...
If you’re hoping to send a chill down your spine this Hallowe’en season, look no further than The Judge Death Mega-Special this October! 20...
At the close of our last episode we were just about to head out to the pub. Not for a drink (well... not just for a drink) but for the lates...
01.08.2025
OK, some good news to start with. The backlog of orders caused by the equipment failure at the printers is slowly getting sorted. I had an o...
30.07.2025
Rebellion has announced that the incredible work of one of comics' greatest ever artists – Carlos Ezquerra – is to be showcased in the Judge...
29.07.2025
While some copies of the MYTEK THE MIGHTY books have escaped into the real world, there was a problem with the printer this week, describe...
In his introduction to the latest book from Jayde Design, Ben Haberfield relates his father's story: Bob Haberfield was raised by his mother...
I'm starting to hear from people who have received their copies of the MYTEK THE MIGHTY volumes and I'm pleased to say that I haven't hear...
UPCOMING RELEASES FROM 2000AD AND THE TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS: And now, this week's release... 2000AD Prog 2442 Cover: Cliff Robinson wit...
It’s that time again Commando fans! We’ve a bumper crop of World War 2 action for this round – as much bravery and derring-do as you can ha...
Torpedoes, gliders, sharks and the return of ace pilot Braddock! All in issues 5875-5878 on sale from today, Thursday 31st July 2025! 5875 B...
16.07.2025
The 2000 AD Annual 2026 brings Thrill-Power home for Christmas with a standard-edition cover from superstar artist Ladronn (Final Incal) an...