Rusty Staples has now been delivering healthy doses of nutritious, comics-flavoured joy into your hearts, minds and lives for six years, chums! That’s 189,388,800 seconds since this blog went on-line… and I’m sure you’ve noticed that in all that time the moon has not crashed into the Earth and wiped out all human life. Not even once. You’re welcome!
Here’s a look at some my favourite posts of the past year!
5. Comics on TV: Call the Midwife One More Time!
The thirteenth series of the BBC’s 1960s-set Nuns’n’Nurses drama comes to an end, but it gifts us with many glimpses of old British comics!
4. Friday Flashback: The Daredevils
Easily one of the most popular posts on the blog in a long time, in which we ask “Was The Daredevils Marvel UK’s finest hour?”
3. Small-Press and Indie Comics Round-Up — Spring 2024
I had a blast working on this post which covers twenty-five then-upcoming small-press and indie comics, but it was a lot of work that sadly garnered very little engagement (even from some of the people whose comics I was promoting: grr!), so it’s unlikely I’ll do it again!
2. Friday Flashback: Warrior
An in-depth look at one of the greatest of all British comics!
1. Before Marvel UK
This one was a labour of love… A comprehensive look at the British comics that reprinted Marvel strips before Marvel UK was established!
(By a strange quirk of fate, April 15th is also the anniversary of A Resource on Jinty: Artists, Writers, Stories — a thoroughly informative and entertaining blog on the classic girls’ comic Jinty — do check it out!)
(Plus: April 15th is also the birthday of my utterly excellent friend Maura McHugh, an amazing writer whose blog is an absolute treasure!)
As always, many thanks for your support over the past year — if you’ve had half as much fun reading the blog as I’ve had writing it, then I’m happy!
Rusty Staples 
Congratulations on 6 years of blog! It’s been a fun read, look forward to more to come.
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