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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
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...
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...
The 2000AD website often carries interesting features, which we often draw on here to spice up the rather dry release lists. One regular ser...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
11.07.2025
I've been kept busy with advance orders for MYTEK THE MIGHTY , which is going pretty well. I'm not measuring like for like precisely, but I...
09.07.2025
3900 AD. Rollo Stones and Danny Charters are the ‘Legend Testers’ – employees of the Central Knowledge Museum, tasked with taking exhibits b...
06.07.2025
Somewhere I can talk about my favourite subjects: old British comics, story papers and paperbacks.
04.07.2025
As someone who dislikes insects (I can't sleep if there's a fly or a moth in the room) I didn't have the best start to the week. We discover...
03.07.2025
We’re covering land, sea and air in this round of Commando capers! Whether it’s submarines or mosquitoes, fishing boats or castles, yessir w...
02.07.2025
Our new trilogy of Definitive Editions continues this December, as we celebrate one of 2000 AD’s most enduring and loved characters – Sláine...
27.06.2025
As promised, here's a brief report on my trip to Stoke for the latest Comic Mart — The Commando and British Weekly Comic Mart to give it its...
25.06.2025
The eagerly anticipated movie adaptation of classic British comic Rogue Trooper, written and directed by Duncan Jones ( Moon, Source Code, W...
20.06.2025
When you read this I might be on the road or already arrived in Stoke-on-Trent—or, as organiser Andy Yates calls it, Stoke-ish—for the Comma...
19.06.2025
We’re taking a break from the sun this round to treat you to a couple of darker new stories – after all, you always appreciate the sunshine ...
18.06.2025
‘If there was a ever a crown for the finest character created for British Comics in the shadowy black and white newsprint world of the 1960s...
13.06.2025
I'm back on track with the Air Ace Companion . I mentioned a fortnight ago that I might have something to show you within the fortnight and...
12.06.2025
Britain’s best spy and most well-known coward, Lord Peter Flint is back in Codename: Warlord Volume 2 – out 16th July! Storming onto the co...
11.06.2025
BATTLE ACTION RETURNS WITH A COLLECTION OF NINE NEW STORIES, NOW WITH MORE ACTION! This compendium features the return of Action favourites ...
06.06.2025
I'll not lie: June has not started well. A cock-up at the printers meant that I didn't receive my final proof copies of the Mytek books as...
05.06.2025
It’s officially summer! We hope you’ve all switched out to your tropical uniforms and are posted somewhere warm and sunny where you can rela...
04.06.2025
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE! After our massive 40 Years of Scream Archival Collection brought together every single strip published i...
01.06.2025
H J Campbell was a popular figure in SF fandom in the early 1950s when he was also editor of Authentic Science Fiction . I wrote a piece abo...
30.05.2025
Sunday was my Big Day Out as I headed off to the Paperback & Pulp Book Fair at Bloomsbury's Holiday Inn in Coram Street, London, just around...
28.05.2025
From his time apprenticed to one of British comics’ greatest talents, Don Lawrence, to his rocky start on Judge Dredd , to his move to Ameri...