Comic Cuts - 29 July 2011

Our big news is that Eagles Over the Western Front volume 3 has been shipping since Monday and all advance orders have now been filled, as have the steady trickle of further orders that arrived during the week. I'm expecting more orders to come in over the weekend and next week as people get paid. There have also been a handful - more than a handful, in fact, but not quite two handfuls - of

Comic Cuts: Upcoming Releases

A round-up of forthcoming books relating to or reprinting British comics and cartoons, along with some selected original graphic novels.

AUGUST 2011
Missionary Man: Bad Moon Rising by Gordon Rennie, Frank Quitely & Simon Davis. Rebellion ISBN 978-1907992230, 18 August 2011.
Modesty Blaise: Million Dollar Game by Peter O'Donnell & Romero. Titan Books ISBN 978-1848566750, 26 August 2011.

Recent Releases: July 2011

July 2011
Alan Moore: Storyteller by Gary Spencer Millidge.
Ilex Books ISBN 978-1907579127, 18 April 2011, 320pp, £25.00. [£17.50 on Amazon]
Alan Moore: Storyteller is the first serious examination of the life, career and work of one of the UKs most distinctive and popular creative voices. It traces Moore's creative development from his modest contributions to Northampton Arts Lab

Comic Cuts: Recent Releases

A round up of recently released titles reprinting or relating to British comics. Some titles announced for publication in the past few months but which have yet to appear can be found on the Upcoming Releases listing. An expanded, annotated and illustrated version of this list covering releases in 2010 can be found here. An expanded listing for January to April 2011 can be found here

Comic Cuts - 22 July 2011

The big news from me is that the third volume of Eagles Over the Western Front is due back from the printers next week... and I announced that on Wednesday, leaving me with little to say here.

Um... oh, yes, I had some odds and ends (some old models, a few books, some old film-related ephemera) that went into auction this week and raised over £100 towards paying off the computer. Financially,

Eagles news

The third volume of Eagles Over the Western Front is now at the printers and should be back some time next week. Pre-ordered copies will be dispatched within 24 hours of me receiving the printed copies. Don't forget that we also have an option for ordering all three books for those of you who have yet to see the series.

Comic Cuts - 15 July 2011

A second slow news week on the trot. I don't feel I've done anything other than work, eat and sleep, although I know that's not true. We were at a friend's party on Saturday night, but that now seems a very long time ago. Monday I restocked on packaging (it's amazing how bloody expensive envelopes are these days, especially when you add 20% VAT and the price of delivery!), so we're one step

Comic Cuts - 8 July 2011

A slow news week for me. After last week's computer news I've managed to get the system down to one computer, one keyboard and one mouse. The old computer was switched off and I've no idea whether it will ever switch on again... I've not had the heart to try it.

I've been keeping busy with my work for Look and Learn (extra work has just landed on my desk through which I'm hoping to pay for the

Recent Releases: 2010

DECEMBER 2010
Chopper: Surf's Up by John Wagner & Colin McNeil. Rebellion ISBN 978-1907519277, December 2010 [originally announced for 12 September 2010].
Grandville Mon Amour by Bryan Talbot. Jonathan Cape ISBN 978-0224090001, 2 December 2010.
Leviathan by Ian Edington & D'Israeli. Rebellion ISBN 978-1907519192, December 2010 [originally scheduled for 15 June 2010, then 14 April

Recent Releases: May-June 2011

An expanded look at recently released books relating to or reprinting British comics and cartoons, along with some selected original graphic novels. A fuller list of recent releases can be found below, and expanded coverage of releases from January to April 2011 can be found here.

MAY 2011
The Bendatti Vendetta by Robbie Morrison & John Burns.
Rebellion ISBN 978-1907519864, 12 May 2011,

Comic Cuts - 1 July 2011

Readers following the rambling and (seemingly) neverending saga of my computer will be pleased to hear that the end is in sight — and it has a happy ending. We won't be skipping off into the sunset, but I'm happy with the new machine.

The bulk of the work of migrating everything from one machine (the old one in the pic above) to the new one took place over the weekend. The bit of wire I picked

Comic Cuts - 24 June 2011

Not a lot to report as I've spent the week trying to get as far ahead with work as I possibly could ahead of the big shutdown and migration. The bit of wire I ordered arrived but I'm not convinced it's the right one! I'm now waiting on a visit from someone who knows what they're doing before I do anything else.

Meanwhile, I'm doing another major backup of everything on the old computer, which I

New computer falls at first hurdle

Well, I've got the new computer and spent most of the evening checking to see what I needed to do before switching it on as this is the first time I've tried to get a computer working by myself. I've had about five computers in total: I bought my first one in 1990. It had a 30mb hard drive and the previous owner proudly told me I'd never need to buy another computer because there was so much

Comic Cuts - 17 June 2011

The two big events of the week for me occurred on Sunday and Tuesday. Sunday was the latest ABC show which turned out to be an excellent day. Although I had no problems on the trains (which is quite common during the summer), I arrived in London to a steady drizzle of rain. Arrived at the Royal National around 10:30 am damp but in good cheer. This was the first time I had the current four Bear

Comic Cuts - 10 June 2011

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I'm pleased to say that Eagles Over the Western Front volume two is now available and all pre-ordered copies have shipped out. More orders have been coming in and they're usually in the post the same day or the next day depending on when they arrive.

I don't have much else to report on the home front. I've been plugging away on The Mike Western Story, which hasn't left much

Eagles Volume Two - OUT NOW!

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I've just spent the morning addressing envelopes and running... OK, walking them down to the post office. So everyone who pre-ordered should be receiving their copies in the next day or two.

I will have some copies available at the ABC Show at the Royal National on Sunday (12th June) but I also want to bring up copies of the Hurricane and Champion index and the first volume

Upcoming Releases: June 2011

An expanded look at upcoming books relating to or reprinting British comics and cartoons, along with some selected original graphic novels. A fuller list of upcoming releases can be found below. Coverage of earlier releases from January to April 2011 can be found here and for May 2011 here.


JUNE 2011
ABC Warriors: The Volgan War 4 by Pat Mills & Clint Langley.
Rebellion ISBN 978-

Comic Cuts - 3 June 2011

Well, May wasn't the best of months, was it? Problems with the computer have made it a pretty stressful few weeks; although it's working at this precise moment, it has struggled to boot up on a couple of mornings and I thought it had gone to silicon heaven after the (brief) power cut we had on Wednesday. I'm a bit fearful that one day very soon it isn't going to boot up at all, so I'm

Simon Heneage (1930-2011)

Simon Heneage, co-founder of the Cartoon Art Trust and the Cartoon Museum and co-author of Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists 1730-1980, died on 14 May, aged 80.

Born Simon Anthony Helyar Walker-Heneage in London in 1930, he served with the Grenadier Guards before taking a degree in history at Cambridge. Heneage spent 21 years in the wine trade before founding Potter Books and

Eagle Award for Commando

The MCM London Expo was held over the weekend while I was struggling to get my computer back up and running (grrrrr!). Rich Johnston's Bleeding Cool has the full list of winners, which includes a win for Commando in the Favourite British Comic (Black & White) category.

Commando editor Calum Laird says: "It goes without saying that everybody at Commando HQ was highly delighted. But it's not all