Once again, we're off to Buckles' newsagent in 1960s London!!
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Hatch, Match & Dispatch – November 2022
Did you know: November is the ONLY month of the year that immediately follows October AND the only month whose name begins with a silent G! (The G is also invisible, which is why you've never noticed it before, but it's there, trust me. And from now on, every time you say "November" you'll know that's a G you're not saying at the start of it!)
Hatch, Match & Dispatch – Feb 2021
Our regular look at the British comics that are marking an important anniversary in the coming month...
Comics on TV: Life on Mars
In the 2006 TV show Life on Mars (named after the David Bowie song that was released on the 1971 album Hunky Dory) Manchester-based police officer Sam Tyler is struck by a car and wakes up in the year 1973. He doesn't know whether he's going crazy, in a coma, or has travelled back in … Continue reading Comics on TV: Life on Mars
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 … Continue reading Dateline: 26 Feb 1977
DC Thomson Comics Timeline
[Updated 20230829! 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 … Continue reading DC Thomson Comics Timeline