*Magazines/Books About Vintage UK Comics: We don’t get to update this section as often as we’d like, and seldom with this many diverse items. In terms of books, we open with ‘Doctor Who: Timeview’, a paperback collection of Frank Bellamy’s illustrations of the famous Time Lord. The hardcover ‘Golden Years of Adventure Stories’ hearkens back to the story papers of the past such as Rover and Wizard, but nudges forward to take in Victor also. ‘The Man Who Drew Tomorrow’ details how Frank Hampson conceived and executed the legendary strip Dan Dare, with a font of information about Eagle and its stablemates. ‘Masters of Fun and Thrills’ is a paperback celebration of classic UK comic artists and ‘True Brit’, in the wake of the 2000 AD phenomenon, spotlights 21 of the field’s greatest artists, vintage and modern. In magazines, we open with The Illustrated Comic Journal (no relation to the similarly-named American publication) from 1976, devoted to all things British and panelological. Comics 101, also from 1976, is the souvenir programme from a convention devoted to UK comics; among many contributing artists are otherwise unseen pieces from Raymond Briggs, Jim Baikie, Geoff Campion, Ron Embleton, The Silent Three artist Evelyn Flinders, and other legendary names. We have a set of four issues of the Association of Comic Enthusiast’s newsletter, from circa 1980, and 1970’s Ultima Thule, with Embleton and Hampson artwork.
PICTURED: TRUE BRIT NM £25