The End of Service?
By Charles EP Murphy On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories...
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Aug 7, 20206 min read
Splendid Americans
By Charles EP Murphy As we’ve seen, the fate of comics – who makes them, what shape they take, where they sell – is subject to random...
Aug 4, 20205 min read
Never Mind The Bollocks
By Charles EP Murphy On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories...
Jul 24, 202017 min read
Buy Misty For Me
By Charles EP Murphy In our discussion on girls’ comics – indeed, in anyone’s discussion of British girls’ comics – the gothic horror...
Jul 10, 202015 min read
The Rise and Fall (And Possible Rise?) Of Girls Comics, Part Three
By Charles EP Murphy Girls comics once dominated the UK market for almost three decades – and then died, for various reasons both unique...
Jun 26, 202015 min read
The Rise and Fall (And Possible Rise?) Of Girls Comics, Part Two
By Charles EP Murphy The Rise and Fall (And Possible Rise?) Of Girls Comics, Part Two Girls comics, as discussed in the previous article,...
Jun 12, 202014 min read
The Rise and Fall (And Possible Rise?) Of Girls Comics, Part One
By Charles EP Murphy In the beginning, there were just “comics”. Then, from the 1950s onwards, British publishers decided girls might buy...
May 29, 202014 min read
Archie joins the Crusades (Part Two)
By Charles EP Murphy Last time, we looked at the chaotic history of the Archie Comics superheroes. The early days as pioneering Golden...
May 16, 202012 min read
Archie Joins The Crusades (Part 1)
By Charles EP Murphy Comic history is littered with short-lived runs and characters that, due to capturing a fan-turned-pro’s imagination...
May 1, 202012 min read
Respect Authority
By Charles EP Murphy Jenny Sparks, electric spirit of the 20th century; Jack Hawksmoor, engineered to command cities; the Engineer,...
Apr 15, 20208 min read
SCREAM MORE
By Charles EP Murphy Scream! was that increasingly rare thing, a new British comic made in the 1980s with no licensed property to hang...
Apr 3, 202011 min read
Digital Dandy
By Charles EP Murphy Running from 1937 to 2012, DC Thomson’s The Dandy is still one of the longest-running comics on the Earth. For every...
Mar 20, 202010 min read
The Marvel Age of DC
By Charles EP Murphy The Avengers and Justice League go to war! Wonder Woman wields the hammer of Thor! Peter Parker tries to go on a...
Feb 28, 202012 min read
Sonic the Comics
By Charles EP Murphy Sonic the Hedgehog is all about two things – going fast and franchising. And in the first decade or so of Sonic’s...
Feb 21, 20209 min read
GAZE INTO THE FACE OF DREDD
By Charles EP Murphy Judge Dredd is the Law. A faceless, implacable force, he is never seen without his helmet – there’s no display of...
Feb 7, 20209 min read
Comics Of Infinite Earths: A Valiant Failure
By Charles EP Murphy Imagine if a successful video game company bought a successful, well-loved comic company. Imagine the possibilities...
Jan 24, 20209 min read
Comics Of Infinite Earths: Renga!
By Charles EP Murphy Renga! All-Brit Action In Yer Face! Renga! Demons and motorbikes and violence! Renga! From the company that...
Jan 10, 20208 min read
Comics of Infinite Earths: Alan Moore's Twilight
By Charles EP Murphy You’re Alan Moore, you’ve just finished Watchmen, you’ve just shattered the entire superhero genre. What do you do...
Dec 27, 20196 min read
Comics of Infinite Earths - Another Marvel
By Charles EP Murphy The year is 1961 and comics are about to change forever. Fantastic Four #1 is out, birthing the Marvel Age of Comics...
Dec 12, 20199 min read
Comics of Infinite Earths: The Spiderman Clone Saga
By Charles EP Murphy It’s one of the most controversial and mocked Spider-Man stories of all time, but also one that sold a lot of comics...
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