Tag Archive | "Lew Stringer"

Meanwhile, in 1947

Monday, March 12, 2012

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The fine chap Lew Stringer has started a new occasional post on his blog over the weekend, This Week in… sees Lew casting his eye over some strips from a classic comic relating to the week ahead. He kicks off with a look at the Illustrated Chips from March 1947, noting that the issue has [...]

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UK Comics…. analysing the numbers and the reasons why….

Sunday, September 18, 2011

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(Pic borrowed from Lew Stringer’s excellent Blimey! blog) The news came in in the last few weeks of the rather depressing state of the circulation figures for newsstand comics. The real shocker being the plummet of The Dandy, with reported sales dropping from 15,000 a week to nearer 7,500 in just a year. The Beano and Toxic [...]

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Lew Stringer art for sale

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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The redoubtable Lew Stringer is selling some of his art on eBay, including some of his Robo Capers work, signed and at a very reasonable price, check it out:

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Dez talks fanzines and conventions……

Sunday, November 14, 2010

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(Comic Fan Special 1968 promoting the first ever UK Comic Convention organised by Phil Clarke (later to set up Nostalgia & Comics) and Steve Moore.) Dez Skinn is one of the most colourful and interesting players in the history of UK comics. A huge body of work, whether it’s as a comics editor at Marvel, [...]

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Lew Stringer and the spirit of ’66

Friday, June 18, 2010

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Another week, another England World Cup match. And, as is usual, the nation (by which I mean England obviously) will be expectantly hoping, praying even that Algeria will be slightly easier to beat than that nation of footballing greats we faced last Saturday. (World Cup Willy in a 1966 issue of TV Comic , art [...]

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Bristol in pictures

Friday, May 28, 2010

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Over on his always interesting Blimey, It’s another blog about comics site Lew Stringer has posted up a photo report on last weekend’s sun-drenched Bristol International Comic & Small Press Expo. (Artist Phil Winslade swaps brushes for guitar, Charlie Adlard hits the skins, Richard Starkings (in the hat) signs copies of Elephantmen and Mike Ploog [...]

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Lew Stringer brings Brickman to a close

Sunday, March 14, 2010

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Time to say farewell to another strip – veteren comic creator Lew Stringer has announced that, after 31 years, he’s concluding his Brickman strip. The final Brickman strip appears as a back-up strip in Elephantmen #24, out now from Image Comics. And, while it may be the end of Brickman, Lew intends to publish a [...]

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The Purple Hood

Monday, January 18, 2010

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I’ve read a ton of British comics over the years; heck, like most folks of a certain age I grew up devouring them. But I can honestly say I’ve never heard of Michael Jay’s The Purple Hood. Who was he? Terry Hooper explains: “It was the Swinging Sixties! Britain was hip as hip could be [...]

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Lew Stringer’s annual Christmas comics posting begins….

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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Lew Stringer’s excellent blog; Blimey! It’s Another Blog About Comics always has something special and Christmassy for the holidays. Having run out of classic Christmas comic covers last year Lew’s decided to concentrate on just 4 comics in depth for 2009. First up is the Christmas 1971 edition of Valiant, which Lew gives us a [...]

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30 years of Viz

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Hard to believe but a comic which more or less started out being pasted together in some mates’ bedrooms, sold door to door in local pubs and clubs and stores in the North East of England and which delivered a rude, crude, vulgar but bloody funny pastiche of classic British comics for an adult audience [...]

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Happy 3500th to the Beano!

Sunday, September 13, 2009

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Thanks to Lew Stringer for pointing this out – The Beano reached the momentous issue 3500 this week. 71 years, every week with even world wars only managing to turn it into a fortnightly comic.That makes it the only regular weekly series to get to this milestone. Congratulations and happy 3500th birthday Beano.

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