Comics UK

See what you think from Lew's blog: Please Sir! http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_448y6kVhntg/SLB8xg-uwdI/AAAAAAAACeM/Zpv1pI_TTUo/s1600-h/pleasesir1.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_448y6kVhntg/SLB8x7B0P-I/AAAAAAAACeU/A6Amvgj8Nck/s1600-h/pleasesir2.jpg (Here's his full Look-In: the Early Years article; well wo...

It's maybe the best of the 'after everyone's left' editions. And the TV21s add a bit of class to it. Yes, the main ones introduced don't appear again, I don't think; maybe one of that new class, once or twice, briefly. A pity as a gang of early '70s revolutionary-style pupils might have been worth p...

Well spotted! I quite like that 'Vive le Revolution' edition.

It's the one where they introduce a whole new pupil cast of Kounter Kulture Kids, isn't it? Who are then never seen again!

Wouldn't it be better if forum funsters discussed 'The Prisoner' TV series on a dedicated Non-Comics Discussion thread, rather than in the 'Thoughts on Collecting Comics' thread?

The thread topic was interesting but it seems quite derailed now.

I quite like the idea of organic fandom and conventions as they used to be, hosting interesting talks and panels with interesting panelists and good discussion topics (do you still get many of these?). But in general I've tended to feel it's probably best to enjoy the work and mostly avoid "Fandom."...

Sorry, got our lines crossed - replying in haste, I'd clicked the link given and only seen the top Jack of United pic before dashing back, thinking that's the artist we were talking about. That's why I said Barrie Mitchell!

Give it to Gregory is, indeed, not by him.

People are scum. Philistines. They'll just see things through completely different eyes. They'll see it as just old kids' tat, clogging up rooms, like in a Channel 4 documentary hoarder's house. They'll feel no connection whatsoever to old Tom and Jerry board games, Quick Draw McGraw coffee flasks,...

Desirable and collectible are pretty much the same thing, if people want them, they'll pay for them. And yes, roughly thirty to thirty-five years seems to be the magic number for nostalgia. At the moment, it seems to be all about the eighties from a dealer's POV. Well, I've seen people rifling thro...

my brother has told me all my comics are going in a skip when i'm gone :( I read an interesting thread on the Marvel Masterworks forum a while back, where somebody posted photos of his quite spectacular collection of pop culture memorabilia: walls and walls of perfectly preserved vintage games, com...

Marvel UK are actually very collectable, now. I've been selling quite a few lately, and getting a decent price for them. I've also been filling quite a few gaps in my own collection. There seem to be more around than there used to be. I think they are seeming increasingly desirable . I'm not sure a...

starscape wrote:There you go. I loved the time-clock. Still do.

Yes, you're missing out on lots of wonderfully nutty, beautifully illustrated, high-octane adventures if you quit before the time clock.

I think Alan's copy might be the Nirdle edition.

It's funny, Phoenix, I used to go to the Manchester Piccadilly Plaza comic marts, whenever I could, as a boy, probably from around mid-1980, and only recall there being tables of US Marvel and DC comics. I wouldn't have been interested in those old D.C. Thomson story papers, so I wonder if I've blot...

Yes, that is what I'm asking, though, having just counted, it is 128 pages, so complete from what you say - yet it has no 'This Book Belongs To' page...

Have to disagree, starscape; many a time I came back from a comic fair with a heavy heart and a few comics I didn't really want but purchased just to offer a little substance to my wasted visit. As regards British comics, they were very hard to track down. Ebay is a godsend. I would rather live in ...