Feb 118 minPrime Minister Boris, and other things that ... happened?By Charles E.P. Murphy Duncan Brack and Iain Dale’s recurring collections of That Never Happened articles are some of the more...
Oct 18, 20217 min'Dark Rose' reviewBy Charles E.P. Murphy Over a period of years, quietly, Ireland is conquered. A highly coordinated buyout of financial assets is combined...
Aug 23, 202112 minMedia Musing Counter Factuals: Power Rangers Turbo and the changeover that wasn'tBy Charles EP Murphy By the time of 1997's Power Rangers Turbo, the show had been running for almost four years. Ratings were on the way...
Apr 19, 20217 minComic review - SentinelsBy Charles EP Murphy Spanning 101 issues in the late 1970s, Misty is one of the most fondly remembered girls’ comics of its time,...
Apr 1, 20218 min'JLA: The Nail' ReviewBy Charles EP Murphy Superhero comics are infamous for the unchanging status quos and parts of the canon that are absolute. That means...
Dec 31, 20209 minMedia Musing Counterfactuals: The White Ranger vs VR TroopersBy Charles EP Murphy Probably the biggest character in Power Rangers history is Tommy Oliver, as played by Jason David Frank. He’s famous...
Dec 24, 202010 minMedia Musing Counter Factuals: Pilot RangersBy Charles EP Murphy The initial plot of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is summed up in the title sequence. The space witch Rita Repulsa is...
Dec 17, 202010 minMedia Musing Counter Factuals: Power Rangers and the EightiesBy Charles EP Murphy Power Rangers is a franchise that has lasted for almost thirty years: a team of youths transforming into...
Nov 24, 20206 minThe End of Service?By Charles EP Murphy On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories...
Aug 7, 20206 minSplendid AmericansBy Charles EP Murphy As we’ve seen, the fate of comics – who makes them, what shape they take, where they sell – is subject to random...
Aug 4, 20205 minNever Mind The BollocksBy Charles EP Murphy On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories...
Jul 24, 202017 minBuy Misty For MeBy Charles EP Murphy In our discussion on girls’ comics – indeed, in anyone’s discussion of British girls’ comics – the gothic horror...
Jul 10, 202015 minThe Rise and Fall (And Possible Rise?) Of Girls Comics, Part ThreeBy Charles EP Murphy Girls comics once dominated the UK market for almost three decades – and then died, for various reasons both unique...
Jun 26, 202015 minThe Rise and Fall (And Possible Rise?) Of Girls Comics, Part TwoBy Charles EP Murphy The Rise and Fall (And Possible Rise?) Of Girls Comics, Part Two Girls comics, as discussed in the previous article,...
Jun 12, 202014 minThe Rise and Fall (And Possible Rise?) Of Girls Comics, Part OneBy Charles EP Murphy In the beginning, there were just “comics”. Then, from the 1950s onwards, British publishers decided girls might buy...
May 29, 202014 minArchie joins the Crusades (Part Two)By Charles EP Murphy Last time, we looked at the chaotic history of the Archie Comics superheroes. The early days as pioneering Golden...
May 16, 202012 minArchie Joins The Crusades (Part 1)By Charles EP Murphy Comic history is littered with short-lived runs and characters that, due to capturing a fan-turned-pro’s imagination...
May 1, 202012 minRespect AuthorityBy Charles EP Murphy Jenny Sparks, electric spirit of the 20th century; Jack Hawksmoor, engineered to command cities; the Engineer,...
Apr 15, 20208 minSCREAM MOREBy Charles EP Murphy Scream! was that increasingly rare thing, a new British comic made in the 1980s with no licensed property to hang...
Apr 3, 202011 minDigital DandyBy Charles EP Murphy Running from 1937 to 2012, DC Thomson’s The Dandy is still one of the longest-running comics on the Earth. For every...