Tammywas launched in early 1971 so this was its first Christmas issue. The comic was the first of a new style of IPC comics that were more streetwise, and more likely to feature working class heroes. Its success led to comics such asAction,Battle, and2000AD. Although where those three comics usually

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29.11.2022

BLIMEY! The Blog of British Comics: Ken Reid's Centenary

Today marks the 100th anniversary of Ken Reid's birth. Sadly he passed away in the 1980s but his superb darkly comic humour is still much appreciated today in hardback collections of his notable works.I'm lucky to own the original art for Ken's final Nervs strip fromSmash!No.162 (1969) and I blogged

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29.11.2022

BLIMEY! The Blog of British Comics: The Christmas EAGLE (1964)

There's not a lot of festive material in this issue ofEaglefor 1964 but I've found a bit to show you. Adventure comics mostly avoided festive themes in their stories as it would throw an awkward plot into the serials that would look forced. SomeDan Dareserials managed it (such as the first one in 19

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29.11.2022

BLIMEY! The Blog of British Comics: The Christmas HOOT (1985)

Hootwas a D.C. Thomson comic that had a brief run of just 53 weekly issues before merging intoThe Dandy. At 16 pages it was smaller in page count than its contemporaries but it contained more colour. A fun, well produced comic, it deserved to last longer. Here are a few pages from its one and only C

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