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Bear Alley Blog
09.05.2025
A week of ups and downs... but thankfully mostly ups. On the downside, my new DVD drive is on its way back to the supplier. I've used an ext...
08.05.2025
This year’s VE Day – always a special day here at Commando – marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe. To celebrate, w...
07.05.2025
Whatever the weather, the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2025 is filled with stories to supercharge your Summer! Featuring 48 pages of high-octane ...
04.05.2025
Chris Harte was responsible for a history and bibliography of Lilliput , the famous pocket magazine that ran from 1937 to 1960. He has now e...
02.05.2025
It's very easy to get distracted when I'm researching and that has been hammered home this week thanks to the days I have spent re-reading ...
30.04.2025
The 2000 AD Creator Tapes continues its epic interview with the legendary comic book artist Simon Bisley, beginning with a page-by-page comm...
25.04.2025
Last week I mentioned we were off to see a band on Thursday evening. The whole trip went smoothly, with a nice pub dinner ahead of the gig. ...
24.04.2025
BIG-ASS SWORD, the new OGN from Andreas Butzbach is coming from Rebellion this November! Set in an unrecognisable futuristic wasteland fille...
G’day mates! We’re celebrating Anzac Day with this bonza set of issues, so slap a few shrimps on the barbie and get ready for some ripper ad...
18.04.2025
I'm writing this column earlier than normal as we have plans for Thursday evening. I'm celebrating my birthday in grand style by going to a ...
16.04.2025
This week's 2000 AD continues the stories from last week, as Dredd continues to deal with exploding citizens, Chimpsky finds himself fallin...
11.04.2025
I'm waiting on contracts, now that the books are finished. I had some minor corrections that needed to be fixed, which I did over Sunday and...
10.04.2025
The days are getting warmer thanks in part due to the red-hot action in this new set of issues! Issues 5843-5846 will go on sale from today,...
09.04.2025
HE’S APE-SOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! It’s a jungle out there – but this September, keep your little monkeys busy with the most a-peeling-adventures...
04.04.2025
We're getting closer to the release of the first two volumes of Mytek the Mighty . There has been a bit of a delay due to the group of peopl...
02.04.2025
It's here! The first bumper Prog of 2025 lands this week with 48 pages of comics – including a new Dredd Thriller from Ken Niemand and PJ Ho...
28.03.2025
Since January I've been working on a number of different projects. One is the 4-volume collection of Mytek the Mighty, which I'm hoping will...
27.03.2025
Spring has well and truly sprung, and if that isn’t enough to brighten your day, we’ve got a brand-new set of Commandos for your reading ple...
26.03.2025
He’s one of the most recognisable names in comics – a titanic talent who burst onto the scene in the late 1980s with his groundbreaking work...
22.03.2025
Landing with a hefty thump on my doormat, The Fantastic Art of Ron Turner is a comprehensive and hugely informative biography of the artist...
21.03.2025
Normally I write the Comic Cuts columns on a Thursday, but I spent yesterday reading a book for review. So this is really just a placeholder...
19.03.2025
One of 2000 AD ’s most unpredictable, visceral and impressive stories, the complete tale of Shakara is now coming to collection into a singl...
14.03.2025
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...
13.03.2025
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...
12.03.2025
Garth Ennis on the 50th anniversary of Battle Picture Weekly : The very first issue of Battle Picture Weekly went on sale fifty years ago ...
07.03.2025
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...
05.03.2025
2000AD publisher Rebellion are having a big sale on collections of British comic book classics in the Treasury of British Comics sale! You ...
28.02.2025
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 Be...
27.02.2025
To celebrate International Women’s Day, this set of Commandos is celebrating two of Commando ’s most significant female writers: Mary Feldw...
26.02.2025
Sean Phillips is one of the most acclaimed artists working in comics today, with credits including Fatale, Night Fever and Reckless. He’s al...
21.02.2025
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 book...
19.02.2025
I've had a bit of a lazy week and haven't moved as far forward as I should have. That said, corrections have been made to the first volume o...
BRAND NEW SHOW! Every month, Steve Morris is joined by a guest – critic, academic, creator, fan – to discuss a series or character from the ...
One of the most popular and influential British comic books of all time is to get its first new chapter in more than 40 years. Created by wr...
Talk about obscure: as far as I can tell, Ruby M. Spankie wrote only one novel, and that for a minor paperback firm way back in 1933. It wou...
After the news last week that I had volume one of our next publication finished, I can now add that volume two is now complete. Subject to p...
Rebellion is delighted to announce that after the successful Kickstarter campaign for our revival of the classic romance comic Roxy , editio...
It’s almost Valentines Day, Commando fans, and just because we love you so very much, we’ve got another set of fantastic stories of grit and...
31.01.2025
I'm progressing nicely with the new quartet of books to be published by Bear Alley. I have the first volume mostly done, with a foreword and...
30.01.2025
Tally-ho, Commando fans! Have we got a set for you – with not one, but two Ian Kennedy covers, two brand new stories, and more action than y...