Sjakie & Rob van de Rovers repriints

I've looked previously (here and here) at a few of the Dutch reprints of Billy's Boots that have been produced. That was quite a lengthy series of reprints volumes - stretching to at least 33 volumes. I've got most of those volumes (I'm just missing volumes 23 & 25) but there are a few more things that you could be looking out for once you've collected all those Billy's Boots volumes. This is by no means a complete guide to what's out there, it's just a introduction...

This is a (nearly) A5 sized text novel, approx. 70 pages long. Only one internal illustration.

Tom Kerr style cover for this reprint of the very earliest Billy's Boots stories. A4 size, paperback, full colour throughout. These stories are covered in pages 3-47 of the Billy's Boots reprint from Rebellion.

This is like one of the 'regular' reprint volumes only it's got a bit of extra content in it - quizzes, puzzles, skills etc. A4, full colour throughout, 64 pages.

A4 sized, black & white art throughout. 94 pages - of which 2/3rds is Roy of the Rovers and 1/3rd is Billy's Boots.

80 page, A4 sized, full colour throughout. Half Billy's Boots, half Roy of the Rovers.

A 'double' reprint album - this combines volumes 10 & 11 of the 'classic' album reprints. Why, since it's double album #1, it doesn't reprint volumes 1 & 2 is beyond me. Presumably they had lots of unsold copies of volumes 10 & 11 and this was the best way to get rid of them!

A postcard, art by Tom Kerr.

Last minute christmas gift ideas?

Still looking for that last minute Christmas present for the Roy of the Rovers fan in your life? Then look no further than the collection of ten (!) Roy of the Rovers mugs that are now available here from the Terrace Store

Ravette (1) - Roy of the Rovers

This is the first of two Roy of the Rovers albums that Ravette published. This volume contains 6 different stories, with a selection of artists used in its' 45 pages - including Barrie Mitchell & David Sque


Apart from the sight of 6 Melchester Rovers players in the showers (!) it's business as usual in the footballing world here.

More details of David's work can be found here
http://www.davidsque.co.uk/comic-strips/
and he's recently been illustrating the history of Preston North End, more details here
http://www.invinciblebooks.co.uk/