Back in our conker-playing, football sticker-collecting days, my primary schoolmates and I were in clear and enthusiastic agreement as to the funniest thing ever dreamed up by humankind: The campfire farting scene in Blazing Saddles. It had no serious …

Recent talk of crap toys and wrestling has motivated me to have one of my sporadic (YouTube-assisted) dips into the world of professional wrestling (something I retain a guilty affection for). Via …

Following the lead of Copernicus and others who’ve posted itemised accounts of their Christmas booty haul, I thought I’d make mention of the bookish gifts kindly given to me by…er…myself o’er the festive season.

1) Foul Play: …

Though it's hard to know whether the memories generated by Paul Gravett's Great British Comics are anything other than fantasies conjured up by The Numskulls inside my own head, I'm still enjoying them.

One …

I’m currently working my way through Paul Gravett’sDirector of the recent Comica in London’s ICA recently-published (and much-needed) Great British Comics, and enjoying the numerous memories it has been stirring up.

For instance…as I lay …

Apologies for my low word output over the last week but a) I was recharging the batteries after the taxing (but enjoyable) editing job I did on the David Sque interview, and, b) Our …

Here it is comic fans – the second (and final) part of the latest fustar.info interview, with the the hot-seat being occupied by the charming and gregarious David Sque. Many thanks again to David for agreeing to do …

My recent post about Roy of the Rovers (and the indelible mark certain stories, from that comic, left on me) set me off on one of my infrequent internet trawls to see what hard information I could dredge up …

A quick email exchange with Simon McGarr, the other night (on the topic of audio transcription), quickly turned to matters comic/cartoon related with Simon asking the intriguing (and very valid) question, "What, in the name of all that is …

Some time back I touched on the giddy, mendacious world of American comics' advertising, discussing such marvels as Sea Monkeys, and (every boy's favourite) X-Ray Specs. I didn't make much mention of the equivalent ads in British …

'Guest Post' by Copernicus

Who's that poking their heads over the half door and the twilight as purple in the western sky as the heather on the bog? Come in, come in, musha, and settle ye about the hearth. …

Most of us can recall (vividly) key childhood traumas that marked us, shaped us, and that (occasionally) return in the deep dark of the night to haunt us: The death of a pet; the unwanted attentions of school bullies; the …

Took advantage of the old HMV "3 DVDs for 30 Euro" offer on Saturday to pick up a few choice items that had been missing from my collection till now.

Item 1 was John Carpenter's Escape From New …

Following on from my recent 'Doomlord' post, I hereby present a brief interview with collector of British comics, and publisher of the Deathlords of Nox reprint, Mr. David McDonald. I was intrigued to find out how a Doomlord-enthusiast …

Untill I discovered the very…em…groovy Groovy Age of Horror blog the other day, I'd never heard of the term 'fumetti' (despite being a lifelong comics fan). Here's the handy Wikipedia definition:

Fumetti or photo novels are a form of …