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Lest We Forget: Comic Creators We Lost in 2016

Lest We Forget: Comic Creators We Lost in 2016

While there’s been much to celebrate in 2016 when it comes to our industry, we couldn’t let 2016 pass without noting some of those involved now, sadly no longer with us, including one of our very own contributors. So raise a glass or two (alcoholic or otherwise) to these fine folk we lost this year… January 2016 The only known surviving ‘Misty’ art by Shirley Bellwood, restored by artist David…

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In Memoriam: Comics Letterer and Designer Derek Pierson

In Memoriam: Comics Letterer and Designer Derek Pierson

Derek and Rita Pierson on their wedding day in October 1960. Photo courtesy Rita Pierson and used with permission We’re sorry to report the passing of Derek Pierson, who once self deprecatingly described his comics career as “from Hulton’s to IPC Magazines with Fleetway, taking a chunk of the middle”. Aged 77, he had been ill for some time. A backroom staffer and letterer of immense talent,…

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Eagle Daze Part 4: Pop Stars, Knickers and a Dodgy Cup of Coffee

Eagle Daze Part 4: Pop Stars, Knickers and a Dodgy Cup of Coffee

Roger Perry in the Girl office in early February 1965. The newspaper headline refers to the Labour government’s decision to cancel two jets – a decision that would have grave implications of the British aerospace industry, noted in our coverage of the British Interplanetary Society’s Dan Dare themed event earlier this year. A self-portrait with the Rolleiflex sitting on the window sill and using…

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Derek Pierson: Supporting The Wings Of Eagles

Derek Pierson: Supporting The Wings Of Eagles

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Documenting the history of British comics takes many forms with overviews of comics and strips or interviews with the artists and writers who sometimes got their names featured in the comics. However the most intriguing part can be talking to the backroom staff, those who worked uncredited in the editorial and art departments were the unsung people who made sure our favourite…

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