This is page 1 of the latest strip we're running, The Marionettes, drawn by comics legend RICK GEARY!

This was an adaptation of a short story by O. Henry, written by Antonella for Graphic Classics, and appeared in Graphic Classics Vol. XI: O Henry.

Monday, April 23, 2007 9:47:06 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell (Romford) has called for St. George's Day to be made an English national holiday (replacing May 1), to "assert our Englishness".

Monday, April 23, 2007 9:01:07 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

...and here's the latest, teriffically exciting episode of NICK MILLER, HERO OF SPACE...

Sunday, April 22, 2007 8:43:09 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the final page of our Brigadier Gerard story, How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom...

Sunday, April 22, 2007 8:41:01 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: round 1 of the French presidential elections take place tomorrow, with 33% of voters still undecided between Nicolas Sarkozy, Francois Bayrou, Jean-Marie Le Pen and woman candidate Segolene Royal.

Saturday, April 21, 2007 10:13:22 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the penultimate page of our Brigadier Gerard story, How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom...

Saturday, April 21, 2007 10:09:15 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Pollution on Britain's beaches has increased by 90%, according to the Marine Conservation Society. Main causes cited are "individual action" and "fishing debris".

Friday, April 20, 2007 11:33:26 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's page 20 of How the Brigardier Came to the Castle of Gloom...

Conan Doyle caused me a bit of a problem here, bless him, in describing a long, exciting sword fight. Unfortunately, your actual cavalry sabre is something of a slash-and-run terror weapon, being no good for an acrobatic Zorro-style swordfight since the first blow would be fatal, or at least disabling. The nearest equivalent would be a fight with samurai swords, which start (in Yojimbo at least) with a long period of stillness followed by a sudden, shocking, fatal blow (Samurai Jack's swordfights have nothing to do with reality). OK for a manga comic, but not what's described here. In the end I got most of the dramatic poses in the lower half of this page from various websites about Kung Fu sword fighting. This seems to use a similar style of sword (but shorter) but is all about using your body to outmanouvre your opponent ~ lots of dramatic leaping about, and it looks good in a cartoon strip!

Friday, April 20, 2007 11:20:13 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Despite criticisms over poor hygeine and lax bio-security, turkey meals manufacturer Bernard Matthews is to get £589.326 compensation for birds destroyed during a recent outbreak of bird 'flu on his farm.

Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:52:36 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

This is page 19 of our current Brigadier Gerard story, How the Brigadier Came to the Casdtle of Gloom...

Since the hero of this story is French, I decided to use French comic sound effects throughout the strip. I didn't need Ronan Jouan de Kervenoel, our translator, for this, I just lifted most of them from my copies of Asterix.

Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:47:44 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Barclays Bank are to issue hand-held 'pinsentry' security devices to all their on-line customers.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:44:10 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

And now for the latest page of our on-going Brigardier Gerard story, How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom...

The labels on the barrels in frame 1 read "gunpowder" in French and Polish. I reasoned that a brigand such as Jean Carabin would have stolen supplies from both armies.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:41:38 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Governor of the Bank of England forced to explain himself to Government after UK inflation rises to 3.1%

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:08:25 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the latest page of How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom...

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:05:54 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: British TV channel Five has warned that children's cartoon characters the Mister Men will be shown on their channel next year.

Monday, April 16, 2007 9:28:04 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's page 16 of our latest Brigadier Gerard adventure, How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom...

Monday, April 16, 2007 9:25:01 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0]