Comics UK

WH Smith at Meadowhall, Sheffield, had about 8 or 9 copies in today. They were shelved next to the regular Beano comic.

My 14 year old son doesn't usually read comics (I know, I know but what can you do), prefering computers and video games.

I checked out the new Dandy in WH Smith's yesterday and decided to pick up a copy for him, as it looked like the kind of thing that would appeal to him rather than me (who ...

Just received the latest 'Classics from the Comics' (#175) and despite reports on the internet, there's no mention of it being the final issue. In fact, there's the usual ad for what's coming in next months issue, on sale November 10th!

Did DC Thomson actually announce the demise of 'Classics' or ...

Just received the latest 'Classics from the Comics' (#175) and despite reports on the internet, there's no mention of it being the final issue. In fact, there's the usual ad for what's coming in next months issue, on sale November 10th!

Did DC Thomson actually announce the demise of 'Classics' or ...

Been in 'The Works' at Meadowhall shopping centre (near Sheffield) today and they had 'Football's Comic Heroes' and 'When the Comics went to War' @ £4.99 each.

They also had the hardcover 'Bumper Book of Roy of the Rovers' @ £3.99 and softcover 'The Best of Roy of the Rovers' (I think this was ...

Comics always came out a day before their designated cover day. The reason that day was on the cover was that a few areas didn't actually get them until that day, but this became increasingly rare as distribution improved. However publishers still continued the practice until recent years.


I ...

Well Lew, I had a feeling from reading some of the posts on the forum that this was not widely known. It could be that it's not 'official' policy, so if you contact them, it's probably best to point out first that you are a serious collector and that you want the copies only for your own colection ...

Last year, I sent an e-mail to DC Thomson making a few suggestions regarding the idea of reprinted collections from their archive. I had a reply from B (Bill or Bob, sorry I can't remember) Moodie who liked my ideas but said they had no plans for any of them to be followed up. However, he inform me ...

Oops, that's the link to the main site. Here's the link to the guides :

http://www.bookpalace.com/acatalog/Home_Guides_34.html

I'm probably telling everyone what they already know but there was an excellent magazine on British Comics called, I think, 'The Illustrated Comics Journal' that was published by Bryon Whitworth. Does anyone know if this is still published ? I lost the subscription details a few years ago when I ...