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Glenn - who has written 12 posts on The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log.


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Crikey! It’s Saturday!

Saturday, February 28, 2009

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As Crikey! heads for double figures (this June) I thought it worthwhile taking a retrospective look at how the The Great British Comics Magazine has moved on over the (almost) two years of publication. It seems so long ago now that myself, Brian Clarke and Tom Sweetman sat down and discussed what we wanted to [...]

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Crikey! #9 coming soon

Saturday, February 21, 2009

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March brings Crikey! #9 and it is quite simply the best issue yet (if I do say so myself). Despite moving back to a quarterly output, the content of this issue beats all previous hands down! But then I’m biased. Crikey! has really moved on these past couple of issues and the colour issue was [...]

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Crikey! It’s Saturday! Now in Colour!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

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Despite all the changes at the helm, Crikey! finally got there: a 52 page, full colour issue! Check out issue #8 and drool over the contents: fabulous artwork by Spanish master Emilio Frejo Abegon as well as more goodies from John Ridgway, Don Harley, Mike Higgs and Brett Ewins to name but a few. Thanks [...]

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The changing face of Crikey!

Friday, November 7, 2008

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Let me take this opportunity to quell any rumours to may have heard – Crikey! is alive and well! Big changes have happened at Crikey! since our last issue. Editor Brian Clarke has left the Crikey! team and is heading forever upwards in a new career. Crikey! would not have been here if it were [...]

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Crikey! It’s Saturday! – for the love of British comics

Saturday, September 6, 2008

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Issue #6 marked quite point in Crikey! history. Making issue 6 our homage to that great publishing house north of the border has led to some fulfilling feedback. In that issue, we celebrated the great impact DC Thomson has had on us all over the years. (the great Dennis the Menace from the immortal Beano [...]

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Crikey! It’s Saturday! – the origins of the comic strip

Saturday, July 19, 2008

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A few years ago I had the privilege and luck to visit the legendary comic creator Jack Kirby. I travelled over the ocean no less than twice to speak with this great man in his house in California. Jack and I spoke for many hours about his creations and those of others. He spoke warmly [...]

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Crikey! It’s Saturday! – How to Ruin a Masterpiece and get Away with It!

Saturday, July 12, 2008

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Remember back in the mid-sixties when the Marvel revolution not only appeared on the comic racks but invaded our own black and white comics? Well, looking at them just recently I remembered only too well the thrill of it all. Thumbing through them, torn and yellowing now, I remembered something else that had affected me. [...]

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Crikey! It’s Saturday! – TV comics

Saturday, July 5, 2008

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Thunderbirds. Stingray. The Avengers. Doctor Who. Apart from being all top notch TV programs what else do these icons of the 60s and 70s have in common? Simple – they all appeared in comic strips of one description or another. Of course, there are many more out there. (cover of TV21 showcasing the immortal Thunderbirds [...]

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Crikey! It’s Saturday! – Words, images, increased leisure citizens

Saturday, June 28, 2008

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The power of the pen has long been established. Mightier than the sword, they say. Well, that’s probably correct – but what about the power of the pencil? So – the dilemma begins. We all know about Stan Lee and Jack Kirby: but we’re still unsure who did what, when and why. A bit like [...]

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Crikey! It’s Saturday! – From Dundee, with love

Saturday, June 21, 2008

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It’s a sobering thought that DC Thomson has been producing comics of one sort or another for well over a hundred years. Think about that for a second. Think about all those words, pages, drawings and characters that one company has produced. Think of the writers, editors, artists and letterers that have worked on that [...]

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Crikey! It’s Saturday! – the golden treasures of DC Thomson’s comics archives

Saturday, June 14, 2008

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One of the best things about this hobby is the sheer joy and excitement of finding something new – maybe not new to a lot of other people but new to me anyway. We recently had a couple of meetings with the men from DC Thomson. Indeed, the next issue of Crikey! (on sale next [...]

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Crikey! It’s Saturday! – That gorgeous old British comics art

Saturday, June 7, 2008

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Although I moved onto American comics early on in my career as a comic reader and collector, British comics still have that feeling about them that the Yanks could never quite get. Sure, they had crappy paper and full-colour, too but the Yanks could never match anything like our quaintness in either the production or [...]

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