Lew Stringer, stalwart of British comics is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his Brickman character with a mega event: Brickman R.I.P.!
From Lew: “It’s been 30 years since Brickman first appeared and I’m marking the anniversary year by killing him off! Yep, don’t miss Elephantmen 17 for the first part of Brickman R.I.P.! Coming up in future months, the Battle for the Trowel and the NEW Brickman!”
Brickman first appeared in 1979 in the comics fanzine AFTER IMAGE, and then moved on to various other fanzines and mini-comics throughout the 1980′s. In 1986 Harrier Comics published a BRICKMAN one-shot, and the character vanished from the scene for ten years before returning in the YAMPY TALES small press comics in 1996. In 2005 the character resurfaced again in a 152 page collection, BRICKMAN BEGINS, published by Active Images. In 2006 Brickman returned yet again as a back-up strip in Image Comics’ Elephantmen.
(Part of the Origin Of Brickman (c) Lew Stringer)
Lew’s got a website, another website and his great blog; Blimey! It’s Another Blog About Comics.
Sun, Apr 5, 2009
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