Aug 76 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 cha...
Jul 2417 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 com...
Jul 1015 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 2615 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 1214 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 2914 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 Ag...
May 1612 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 112 minRespect AuthorityBy Charles EP Murphy Jenny Sparks, electric spirit of the 20th century; Jack Hawksmoor, engineered to command cities; the Engineer, livin...
Apr 158 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 on...
Apr 611 minComics of Alternate Earths: The Very Unauthorised Adaptations of Fleetway ComicsBy Tom Anderson Mention ‘comics’ and, today, your first thought is quite likely to be of larger-than-life American superhero comic books....
Apr 311 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...
Mar 2010 minThe Marvel Age of DCBy Charles EP Murphy The Avengers and Justice League go to war! Wonder Woman wields the hammer of Thor! Peter Parker tries to go on a dat...
Feb 2812 minSonic the Comics By Charles EP Murphy Sonic the Hedgehog is all about two things – going fast and franchising. And in the first decade or so of Sonic’s li...
Feb 219 minGAZE INTO THE FACE OF DREDDBy Charles EP Murphy Judge Dredd is the Law. A faceless, implacable force, he is never seen without his helmet – there’s no display of hu...
Feb 79 minComics Of Infinite Earths: A Valiant FailureBy Charles EP Murphy Imagine if a successful video game company bought a successful, well-loved comic company. Imagine the possibilities ...
Jan 249 minComics Of Infinite Earths: Renga!By Charles EP Murphy Renga! All-Brit Action In Yer Face! Renga! Demons and motorbikes and violence! Renga! From the company that publishe...
Jan 108 minComics of Infinite Earths: Alan Moore's TwilightBy Charles EP Murphy You’re Alan Moore, you’ve just finished Watchmen, you’ve just shattered the entire superhero genre. What do you do n...
Dec 27, 20196 minComics of Infinite Earths - Another MarvelBy Charles EP Murphy The year is 1961 and comics are about to change forever. Fantastic Four #1 is out, birthing the Marvel Age of Comics...
Dec 12, 20199 minComics of Infinite Earths: The Spiderman Clone SagaBy Charles EP Murphy It’s one of the most controversial and mocked Spider-Man stories of all time, but also one that sold a lot of comics...
Nov 29, 20199 minComics of Infinite Earths: The Deaths Heads that were and were not (Part 2)By Charles EP Murphy In the last issue of Tini Howard and Kei Zama’s Death’s Head, Dr Necker tells the original Death’s Head that of all ...
