Most Popular Posts of 2021!

Looking back on Rusty Staples' most popular posts of 2021!

Hatch, Match & Dispatch – January 2022

We're in the depths of darkest winter, but fear not... "And when the night is cloudy, and the weather outside is frightful, the cold never bothered me anyway." -- Let it Be/Snow/Go

Merry Zableepa, Everyone!

The very best of the season's wishes to you all, to do with as you see fit!

Hatch, Match & Dispatch – December 2021

If you've recently caught yourself wondering exactly how you would escape from a Wickerman if you were blindfolded and handcuffed, well, sadly, you won't find the answer here. This is about comics.

Comics on TV: Dempsey and Makepeace

He's a gruff New York cop, she's a cultured British police officer... together, they're featured in this episode of Comics on TV!

Hatch, Match & Dispatch – November 2021

It's the Important British Comics Anniversaries for November 2021! Who lives? Who dies? Find out inside!

Zip’s Secret Origin!

Aimed at little kids, Zip was short-lived adventure comic from the late 1950s... But is there a dark, terrifying secret murkily lurking in its history? Or is this intro paragraph just... clickbait?

Hatch, Match & Dispatch – October 2021

Blimey AND crikey! It's all happening this month over at Rusty Manor where we're looking back at the British comics anniversaries for October 2021 -- could this be our BUSIEST MONTH EVER? Maybe! I don't know! I can't be bothered to check!

British Comics Top-10 Issue-Count Chart – 2021b edition!

2000AD displaces another comic on the Top-Ten Issue-Count List, but... there's been an unexpected twist! Will things ever be the same again? Read on to find out!

Hatch, Match & Dispatch – September 2021

It's almost September Eve: time to look at the British comics that are celebrating, or hiding from, an important anniversary for the coming month!