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Jurassic Larks! Do you remember that time dinosaurs devoured the Daily Star?

Jurassic Larks! Do you remember that time dinosaurs devoured the Daily Star?

Here’s a great find by Darryl Lee Ransom, one of the members of the Mighty World of British Comics Facebook group – a smashing action-packed dinosaur-laden strip drawn by Alan Burrows, best known perhaps for his work on Starblazer and EAGLE. This eye-catching spread was British newspaper the Daily Star’s way of capitalising in the huge interest in the release of the first Jurassic Park film back…

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British Comics That Never Were: Young Elite, featuring art by Mike Western

British Comics That Never Were: Young Elite, featuring art by Mike Western

Author, comics editor and writer Barrie Tomlinson – perhaps best known for his work editing Tiger and Roy of the Rovers – has teased some work by the brilliant artist Mike Western, commissioned for Young Elite, an abandoned custom comic project.

“In the early 1990s, the airline Dan-Air asked me to produce a children’s comic to give way on their flights,” Barrie explained on Twitter, posting…

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Digital anthology 100% Biodegradable offers stonking final issue, and a terrific new collection

Digital anthology 100% Biodegradable offers stonking final issue, and a terrific new collection

After a five-year rampage in which over one hundred bloodthirsty creators cut a bloody swath through 100% Biodegradable’s hallowed halls, leaving 750 pages of comic strip carnage in their wake, the final issue of the digital anthology is upon us!

I’m very proud to have been part of this incredible project, and the final issue is available now onDrivethru ComicsandComicsy, so head there now and…

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Penultimate 100% Biodegradable headlines a “Funguys” epic from Ian Edginton and Alan Burrows

Penultimate 100% Biodegradable headlines a “Funguys” epic from Ian Edginton and Alan Burrows

The penultimate edition of the digital anthology 100% Biodegradable is out now on Comicsy and Drivethru, featuring 46 pages of sci-fi/horror for just 69p/$0.99.

Editor David Hailwoodwill soon bow out on this great title, which has featured some terrific work by both established and new creators during its run, moving on to new projects. My thanks to him for including some of my tales – he’s been…

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Bigger, bolder and banging onto your radar - the new 100% Biodegradable, on sale now!

Bigger, bolder and banging onto your radar – the new 100% Biodegradable, on sale now!

The latest issue of the ace digital comics anthology 100% Biodegradable – the biggest issue yet featuring a cover by Edward R. Norden – is available now from Comicsy! (Declared bias alert – I’m co-writer on “Skow Dogs” with editor David Hailwood). Inside Issue 20, an extra large 48-page extravaganza, positively rammed with action adventure, deadpan and on occasion, wickedly gruesome comedy and…

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Death Duty: Renegade from 100% Biodegradable collection - On Sale Now from Crucible Press!

Death Duty: Renegade from 100% Biodegradable collection – On Sale Now from Crucible Press!

The complete Death Duty: Renegade, an all-action SF adventure comic by John Freeman, Dave Hailwood, Brett Burbridge and Ken Reynolds is available now from DriveThru Comics, in print or digital download. Edited by Dave Hailwood, the Death Duty: Renegade collection is published by Crucible Press, a new comic imprint established by the team behind the comics web site downthetubes.net, in partnership…

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All-out action from cover to cover in 100% Biodegradable - Issue 17!

All-out action from cover to cover in 100% Biodegradable – Issue 17!

100% Biodegradable Issue 17 is on sale now, crammed with digital comics goodness – available from all the usual electronic outlets. Here’s the line-up and yes, of course I’m just a teeny bit biased about this title for obvious reasons given the creator line-up that includes myself and many great creators I’ve worked with in the past… it’s an honour to be part of the creative team on this project!…

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Sneak Peek: 100% Biodegradable Issue 17 - Switchblades and Skowdogs!

Sneak Peek: 100% Biodegradable Issue 17 – Switchblades and Skowdogs!

With Issue 17 of the digital anthology comic 100% Biodegradable nearing completion, here’s a preview of some of the strips appearing inside. In “Capsule” by Brian Pearlman and Armin Ozdic (with colours by Liam O’Connor and letters by Ken Reynolds) a musician seeks shelter from the rain in a hotel from hell. In “Waste Of Time” by Tony Suleri and David Hailwood, a scientist solves mankind’s waste…

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