Forty-five years ago the war comic Battle Picture Weekly crashed down into the British comics scene with such an impact that the aftershocks are still being felt today.
Now, in a special double-sized issue, the award-winning fanzine Journey Planet takes a look back at this fan-favourite — and sometimes controversial — comic, and presents all-new in-depth interviews and features with some of its top artists, writers and editors, as well as never-before-published artwork!
Join Pat Mills, Carlos Ezquerra, Cam Kennedy, John Wagner, Ian Kennedy, Alan Hebden, Mike Dorey and more — as well as a host of today’s comics creators including Maura McHugh and Garth Ennis — as they discuss the impact and legacy of Battle and its stories, from the sublime Charley’s War to the subversive Hellman of Hammer Force.
With special features on the hugely influential creators Joe Colquhoun and Mike Western, this issue of Journey Planet is a must for every Battle fan!
Guest editor Paul Trimble (perhaps better known as the organiser of the hugely successful and popular Enniskillen Comic Fest) joins by editors James Bacon, Chris Garcia, and Michael Carroll (AKA me), and special correspondents Pádraig Ó Méalóid and John Vaughan for this monster-sized special that, to be blunt, was a huge amount of work to compile — but the end result is, we feel, worth the struggle!
And it’s free, too! Yes, this awesome issue can be all yours for the low, low cost of absolutely nothing! Just visit the Journey Planet site and click “Download File.”
Here’s a special exclusive sneak preview of the first forty-one pages of the Journey Planet Battle Picture Weekly special…
Journey Planet is a regularish fanzine that, unlike most, isn’t dedicated to one topic…
Past issues have covered Dan Dare, Judge Dredd, Irish Comics Fandom, Swamp Thing, Batman…
But it’s certainly not just comics. Journey Planet has looked at movies, books, science, social issues, creativity… just about any subject is possible: the only stipulation is that it must be something about which the contributors feels passionate!
Check out the website and see for yourself. And on the off-chance that you don’t find an issue that piques your interest, then maybe that’s the universe’s way of giving you the opportunity to create and contribute to an issue centred around something that you like: contact the editors and let them know!
Rusty Staples 