Comics - The Best of British
Before Solar Wind*, there wasn't an awful lot going on in the nostalgia comics market (with honourable mentions for The Eagle Flies Again and Jack Staff comic), but by the time it had finished, it was going mainstream.
There were big profile re-releases of comics material such as Jackie and Commando repackaged as nostalgic Christmas presents, BBC4 documentaries on British comics, magazine reprints of IPC strip, a DC/Wildstorm reinvention of British classics, the classic comic magazine Crikey! (now on it's third issue) and small publishers such as Spitfire (HookJaw) and Hibernian (Doomlord/The 13th Floor) striking out into uncharted territory and producing collections of fan favourites.
Now Titan Books are expanding the field of classic reprints, having already published four volumes of the superlative Charley's War and reprints of Steel Claw and The Spider. They now have the rights for footballing ace Roy of the Rovers, as well as strips from Battle, Action, Misty and Tammy. These are the very best of the late 70's/early 80's boys and girls adventure comics.
One can only speculate as to the treasures they will unearth from these comics. Also, they have the rights to reprint from Buster, and hopefully that can only mean one thing, The Leopard of Lime Street. Britain's answer to Spider-man, the boy reporter scratched by a radioactive leopard!
I'll be reading much of the material for the first time, so it's going to be a great experience.
http://www.titanbooks.com/home/uk
*As always I don't claim Solar Wind was responsible, it was just riding the wave.
There were big profile re-releases of comics material such as Jackie and Commando repackaged as nostalgic Christmas presents, BBC4 documentaries on British comics, magazine reprints of IPC strip, a DC/Wildstorm reinvention of British classics, the classic comic magazine Crikey! (now on it's third issue) and small publishers such as Spitfire (HookJaw) and Hibernian (Doomlord/The 13th Floor) striking out into uncharted territory and producing collections of fan favourites.
Now Titan Books are expanding the field of classic reprints, having already published four volumes of the superlative Charley's War and reprints of Steel Claw and The Spider. They now have the rights for footballing ace Roy of the Rovers, as well as strips from Battle, Action, Misty and Tammy. These are the very best of the late 70's/early 80's boys and girls adventure comics.
One can only speculate as to the treasures they will unearth from these comics. Also, they have the rights to reprint from Buster, and hopefully that can only mean one thing, The Leopard of Lime Street. Britain's answer to Spider-man, the boy reporter scratched by a radioactive leopard!
I'll be reading much of the material for the first time, so it's going to be a great experience.
http://www.titanbooks.com/home/uk
*As always I don't claim Solar Wind was responsible, it was just riding the wave.
posted by paulvonscott at 7:27 PM
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