Mighty Max comic - one-off

Back in July 2018 Barrie Tomlinson (@BarrieEditor01) posted this picture up on Twitter of a one-off Mighty Max comic that his son had written (around 1992)...

Over here someone's posted up the pages of a foreign language version of the comic. I can't read it but I can admire the Sandy James artwork.

David Pugh signing Loner comic collection - today

This is today folks, don't forget!

For all Bristol-based comic fans...great news, to celebrate the publication of Loner the comics artist David Pugh will be making a rare appearance at your Forbidden Planet store on Saturday 14th September, from 1pm

MEAN. TOUGH. RUTHLESS. ALONE!

Ex-mercenary Loner always works alone. Even if it means being on an alien planet as the sole member of one of the spacecraft Wildcat s exploration teams!

With only his customised six-shooter, Babe , and some alien fur balls as company, Loner must contend with psychic aliens, subterranean monstrosities, and angry shapeshifters. He might be the toughest, but can he survive being shrunk, melted, and transformed on a planet that seems to want him dead?

David Pugh moved from advertising to comics in 1977 when he started to draw Sláine for 2000 AD. He later worked on the Wildcat and on Dan Dare for Eagle. His most successful work in the American industry was on Neil Gaiman's Phage: Shadowdeath. He has also worked for Games Workshop and produced the graphic novel Obvious Tactics for Black Library Publishing. He is a published author and helped set up Bus Fare, a charity set up to help migrant workers and refugees reunite with their families.

A signed copy can be ordered here

David has also shared this image of his plans for September (Friday) 13th + (Saturday) 14th

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David Pugh signing of Loner announced

For all Bristol-based comic fans...great news, to celebrate the publication of Loner the comics artist David Pugh will be making a rare appearance at your Forbidden Planet store on Saturday 14th September, from 1pm

MEAN. TOUGH. RUTHLESS. ALONE!

Ex-mercenary Loner always works alone. Even if it means being on an alien planet as the sole member of one of the spacecraft Wildcat s exploration teams!

With only his customised six-shooter, Babe , and some alien fur balls as company, Loner must contend with psychic aliens, subterranean monstrosities, and angry shapeshifters. He might be the toughest, but can he survive being shrunk, melted, and transformed on a planet that seems to want him dead?

David Pugh moved from advertising to comics in 1977 when he started to draw Sláine for 2000 AD. He later worked on the Wildcat and on Dan Dare for Eagle. His most successful work in the American industry was on Neil Gaiman's Phage: Shadowdeath. He has also worked for Games Workshop and produced the graphic novel Obvious Tactics for Black Library Publishing. He is a published author and helped set up Bus Fare, a charity set up to help migrant workers and refugees reunite with their families.

A signed copy can be ordered here

David has also shared this image of his plans for September (Friday) 13th + (Saturday) 14th

Ian Kennedy & Barrie Tomlinson signing this afternoon

This is this afternoon (Newcastle) folks - don't forget!

Forbidden Planet have announced that (original editor) Barrie Tomlinson and British comics legend Ian Kennedy will be making a joint appearance to help launch the Turbo Jones reprint from Wildcat comic

As it says here...

In 2488 Earth history professor, Turbo Jones predicted that the planet would be destroyed in 2500 by a vast meteoroid storm. Ridiculed by the world’s leaders, Turbo spent the next twelve years constructing a huge spaceship and employing a group of volunteers to help him leave the Earth and find a new home in the stars…

After months in space, Turbo and his senior staff including former mercenary Loner, the mysterious Kitten Magee and the last survivor of Xgangbe-4, Joe Alien, have found a potential new home. Now they need to get down onto the planet and make sure that it is safe for the five hundred colonists and livestock aboard the Wildcat…

Ian Kennedy has illustrated a host of favourite titles, including M.A.C.H 1 and Judge Dredd for 2000AD, Timequake for Starboard, Dan Dare for the revived Eagle, Turbo Jones for Wildcat, Marvel’s Blake’s 7 and covers for Starblazer. He’s also painted covers for the annual RAF Leuchars Air Show programmes, and still produces covers for Commando.

Barrie Tomlinson’s writing credits include Death Wish, Survival, Dan Dare, Ghost Squad and S.O.S for Eagle, and Scorer for the Daily Mirror. He was the second editor of the long-running sports-themed comic Tiger, the first and longest serving editor of Roy of the Rovers, guiding Roy's career for several decades, and responsible for the creation of the short-lived but fondly remembered Scream!

The signing is being held at Forbidden Planet megastore in Newcastle on Saturday 5th January 2019 1-2pm - if you can't make it then not to worry as you can pre-order a signed copy here for £14.99 plus £3 postage. 

When Roy of the Rovers sponsored a football club - UPDATED

A recent social media post by ex-Fleetway editor Barrie Tomlinson alerted me to the football programme below, art by John Gillatt...

Which then got me into looking for other football programmes that Barrie must somehow have been involved in the production of, here's a couple for you...

artist unknown to me - any ideas?

is this Barrie Mitchell artwork? It's the style of the grass that makes me think he's done it.

I'm hoping that Barrie will spot this and fill us in on a few more details of how Roy of the Rovers came to sponsor a real life football club.

Update...Update...Update...

Barrie DID spot this post and has provided an update as follows...

Just caught up with your blog about St.Albans City Football Club programme covers.   How did it happen? The first one is easy. I was born and bred in St.Albans and followed the club.  In chats with the chairman I got Roy of the Rovers made a Vice President of the club.  I then asked John Gillatt to provide a cover for the match programme.    That's really all I know.  After I was booted off Roy of the Rovers, I discovered that Roy of the Rovers was a now sponsoring the club...hence the two other progamme covers which appeared. There may have been more.  Why the Roy of the Rovers publishers wanted to sponsor the club is a mystery to me. Were they doing it just to give me another boot up the bottom or was there some other reason? I never found out. Most people thought it was me who had arranged the sponsorship. But it wasn't!  Anyway, I like the John Gillatt artwork for the first programme.  The other covers make the ground look a bit too grand!  Sometimes, life is a mystery!

Wildcat - Turbo Jones, now with even more Ian Kennedy

The Treasury of British Comics imprint have announced that they'll be offering (here) a special edition of the Turbo Jones reprint volume complete with a sign Ian Kennedy print (limited to 100 copies) - this is what the whole package will look like...

Also don't forget that...

Forbidden Planet have announced that (original editor) Barrie Tomlinson and British comics legend Ian Kennedy will be making a joint appearance to help launch the Turbo Jones reprint from Wildcat comic

As it says here...

In 2488 Earth history professor, Turbo Jones predicted that the planet would be destroyed in 2500 by a vast meteoroid storm. Ridiculed by the world’s leaders, Turbo spent the next twelve years constructing a huge spaceship and employing a group of volunteers to help him leave the Earth and find a new home in the stars…

After months in space, Turbo and his senior staff including former mercenary Loner, the mysterious Kitten Magee and the last survivor of Xgangbe-4, Joe Alien, have found a potential new home. Now they need to get down onto the planet and make sure that it is safe for the five hundred colonists and livestock aboard the Wildcat…

Ian Kennedy has illustrated a host of favourite titles, including M.A.C.H 1 and Judge Dredd for 2000AD, Timequake for Starboard, Dan Dare for the revived Eagle, Turbo Jones for Wildcat, Marvel’s Blake’s 7 and covers for Starblazer. He’s also painted covers for the annual RAF Leuchars Air Show programmes, and still produces covers for Commando.

Barrie Tomlinson’s writing credits include Death Wish, Survival, Dan Dare, Ghost Squad and S.O.S for Eagle, and Scorer for the Daily Mirror. He was the second editor of the long-running sports-themed comic Tiger, the first and longest serving editor of Roy of the Rovers, guiding Roy's career for several decades, and responsible for the creation of the short-lived but fondly remembered Scream!

The signing is being held at Forbidden Planet megastore in Newcastle on Saturday 5th January 2019 1-2pm - if you can't make it then not to worry as you can pre-order a signed copy here for £14.99 plus £3 postage. 

Ian Kennedy & Barrie Tomlinson signing announced

Forbidden Planet have announced that (original editor) Barrie Tomlinson and British comics legend Ian Kennedy will be making a joint appearance to help launch the Turbo Jones reprint from Wildcat comic

As it says here...

In 2488 Earth history professor, Turbo Jones predicted that the planet would be destroyed in 2500 by a vast meteoroid storm. Ridiculed by the world’s leaders, Turbo spent the next twelve years constructing a huge spaceship and employing a group of volunteers to help him leave the Earth and find a new home in the stars…

After months in space, Turbo and his senior staff including former mercenary Loner, the mysterious Kitten Magee and the last survivor of Xgangbe-4, Joe Alien, have found a potential new home. Now they need to get down onto the planet and make sure that it is safe for the five hundred colonists and livestock aboard the Wildcat…

Ian Kennedy has illustrated a host of favourite titles, including M.A.C.H 1 and Judge Dredd for 2000AD, Timequake for Starboard, Dan Dare for the revived Eagle, Turbo Jones for Wildcat, Marvel’s Blake’s 7 and covers for Starblazer. He’s also painted covers for the annual RAF Leuchars Air Show programmes, and still produces covers for Commando.

Barrie Tomlinson’s writing credits include Death Wish, Survival, Dan Dare, Ghost Squad and S.O.S for Eagle, and Scorer for the Daily Mirror. He was the second editor of the long-running sports-themed comic Tiger, the first and longest serving editor of Roy of the Rovers, guiding Roy's career for several decades, and responsible for the creation of the short-lived but fondly remembered Scream!

The signing is being held at Forbidden Planet megastore in Newcastle on Saturday 5th January 2019 1-2pm - if you can't make it then not to worry as you can pre-order a signed copy here for £14.99 plus £3 postage. 

cover revealed for 2 new reprints of classic British comics

The covers have now been revealed (thanks Amazon!) for 2 new books from the Treasury of British Comics line...

Interesting to see that the Wildcat logo has been played around with a bit and that John Sanders has been credited as the writer.

When Roy of the Rovers sponsored a football club

A recent social media post by ex-Fleetway editor Barrie Tomlinson alerted me to the football programme below, art by John Gillatt

Which then got me into looking for other football programmes that Barrie must somehow have been involved in the production of, here's a couple for you...

artist unknown to me - any ideas?

is this Barrie Mitchell artwork? It's the style of the grass that makes me think he's done it.

I'm hoping that Barrie will spot this and fill us in on a few more details of how Roy of the Rovers came to sponsor a real life football club.

Update...Update...Update...
Barrie DID spot this post and has provided an update as follows...
Just caught up with your blog about St.Albans City Football Club programme covers.   How did it happen? The first one is easy. I was born and bred in St.Albans and followed the club.  In chats with the chairman I got Roy of the Rovers made a Vice President of the club.  I then asked John Gillatt to provide a cover for the match programme.    That's really all I know.  After I was booted off Roy of the Rovers, I discovered that Roy of the Rovers was a now sponsoring the club...hence the two other progamme covers which appeared. There may have been more.  Why the Roy of the Rovers publishers wanted to sponsor the club is a mystery to me. Were they doing it just to give me another boot up the bottom or was there some other reason? I never found out. Most people thought it was me who had arranged the sponsorship. But it wasn't!  Anyway, I like the John Gillatt artwork for the first programme.  The other covers make the ground look a bit too grand!  Sometimes, life is a mystery!

Recent publications (3) - When Saturday Comes

Issue 360 of When Saturday Comes is now out, this is the February 2017 issue and costs £3.50.
Thought I would just flag it up here because in amongst all the football talk you might expect there's 2 pages dedicated to recent developments in football comics

So Rok of the Reds gets reviewed...

you can keep up to date with all the action over of Rok's facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Rok-of-the-Reds-1518059935157279/


Also featured is a new comic from American publisher IDW featuring a fictional West Ham player. I'll certainly be checking this comic out



Barrie Tomlinson's book also gets a fair review



and 'The rise of the Invincibles', the new book about the early days of Preston North End (illustrated by former Roy of the Rovers artist David Sque) also gets a review