Hatch, Match & Dispatch – April 2022

"Ah, sweet April, noble and gracious queen of the months of spring, approaches stealthily on delightful fluttering wings, bearing delectable news of British comics anniversaries." -- William Wordsworth (attr.)

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!

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!

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

The officially unofficial guide to the most successful British Comics ever! (In terms of the number of issues, that is.)

Euphobia

Comics come and go, as we all know. No publication lasts forever, except maybe The Beano which is still going strong after eighty-two years (with over 4000 issues published) -- long may it continue. But I'm sure that just about all comic-book fans know the sting of discovering that one of their favourites has been …

British Comics Top-10 Issue-Count Chart – 2020 edition!

PLEASE NOTE: This chart is now OUT OF DATE! Click here for the latest version! 2000AD -- the legendary British Science Fiction anthology comic -- has now reached issue 2176, which means that it's time for me to fulfil the Ancient Prophecy I made in the last version of the issue-count chart and provide an …

Dateline: 26 Feb 1977

If you're a fan of British comics it possibly hasn't escaped your notice that 2000AD was launched this week(ish) in the year 1977. Some of the photons that left our sun on the day the comic was launched have potentially now travelled all the way to the binary star system of SZ Crateris. That's about …

The British Comics Top-10 Longevity Chart!

PLEASE NOTE: This chart is now OUT OF DATE! Click here for the latest version! The British Science Fiction anthology comic 2000AD has, as of this week, reached issue 2104, which means it has overtaken War Picture Library (Amalgamated Press / Fleetway / IPC, from 1 Sep 1958 to 3 Dec 1984) in the number-of-issues …

DC Thomson Comics Timeline

[Updated 20211024! Scroll all the way down to the end to see the update notes!] After three family trees focussing on IPC/Fleetway comics, it's time to take a look at their main rival, the noble Scottish house of DC Thomson, not to be confused with DC Comics (or even DC Thompson with a P as …

The British Comics Top-11 Longevity Chart!

PLEASE NOTE: This chart is now OUT OF DATE!  Click here for the latest version!