Colin Smith
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Good morning! It’s Wednesday February 11th 2026! Another day already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1994, 2000AD #874, with its classic cover featuring Judge Dredd by Ron Smith.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
(Dated this very day in 1994, 2000AD #874, with its classic cover featuring Judge Dredd by Ron Smith.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
February 11, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Good morning! It’s Wednesday February 11th 2026! Another day already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1994, 2000AD #874, with its classic cover featuring Judge Dredd by Ron Smith.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
(Dated this very day in 1994, 2000AD #874, with its classic cover featuring Judge Dredd by Ron Smith.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
Reposted by Colin Smith
A more, er, senior citizen criticises a Carnaby Street hipster for wearing an old military uniform in an agency pic from 1967.
February 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
A more, er, senior citizen criticises a Carnaby Street hipster for wearing an old military uniform in an agency pic from 1967.
Reposted by Colin Smith
So that was Tuesday February 10th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here. So it goes.
(Out this very month in 1978, Superman Family #183, with its splendid what-the-heck-is-happening cover by Neal Adams.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1978, Superman Family #183, with its splendid what-the-heck-is-happening cover by Neal Adams.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
February 10, 2026 at 11:49 PM
So that was Tuesday February 10th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here. So it goes.
(Out this very month in 1978, Superman Family #183, with its splendid what-the-heck-is-happening cover by Neal Adams.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1978, Superman Family #183, with its splendid what-the-heck-is-happening cover by Neal Adams.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
So that was Tuesday February 10th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here. So it goes.
(Out this very month in 1978, Superman Family #183, with its splendid what-the-heck-is-happening cover by Neal Adams.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1978, Superman Family #183, with its splendid what-the-heck-is-happening cover by Neal Adams.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
February 10, 2026 at 11:49 PM
So that was Tuesday February 10th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here. So it goes.
(Out this very month in 1978, Superman Family #183, with its splendid what-the-heck-is-happening cover by Neal Adams.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1978, Superman Family #183, with its splendid what-the-heck-is-happening cover by Neal Adams.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
Pigeons, by John Sloan, 1910.
February 10, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Pigeons, by John Sloan, 1910.
A more, er, senior citizen criticises a Carnaby Street hipster for wearing an old military uniform in an agency pic from 1967.
February 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
A more, er, senior citizen criticises a Carnaby Street hipster for wearing an old military uniform in an agency pic from 1967.
Of course I studied the classics
February 10, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Of course I studied the classics
A serious falling out between Spider-Man & Spider-Woman, from the back cover of 1978’s The Comics Journal #39, by the splendidly Ditko-channeling Dennis Fujitake.
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
A serious falling out between Spider-Man & Spider-Woman, from the back cover of 1978’s The Comics Journal #39, by the splendidly Ditko-channeling Dennis Fujitake.
Reposted by Colin Smith
“Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!”
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
February 10, 2026 at 11:59 AM
“Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!”
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
Warehouse, Water & Dock Streets, Brooklyn, 1936, by the great Berenice Abbott.
February 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Warehouse, Water & Dock Streets, Brooklyn, 1936, by the great Berenice Abbott.
The page for Things I’m Still Fascinated By From 2003 in my digi-scrapbook is filling up with Good Stuff.
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The page for Things I’m Still Fascinated By From 2003 in my digi-scrapbook is filling up with Good Stuff.
I’ve dug out some boxes from the shed that we haven’t looked at in years. Fer shame. Some of the vinyl is ours, some belonged to family & friends now gone. The first album to emerge into the light is 1958’s The Best Of Peter Sellers. I didn’t even know we’d been given it. Fer shame. What a treasure!
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I’ve dug out some boxes from the shed that we haven’t looked at in years. Fer shame. Some of the vinyl is ours, some belonged to family & friends now gone. The first album to emerge into the light is 1958’s The Best Of Peter Sellers. I didn’t even know we’d been given it. Fer shame. What a treasure!
“Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!”
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
February 10, 2026 at 11:59 AM
“Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!”
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
Good morning! It’s Tuesday February 10th 2026! Another day already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1973, The Mighty World Of Marvel #19, with its cover featuring just about everybody by Jim Starlin et al.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
(Dated this very day in 1973, The Mighty World Of Marvel #19, with its cover featuring just about everybody by Jim Starlin et al.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Good morning! It’s Tuesday February 10th 2026! Another day already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1973, The Mighty World Of Marvel #19, with its cover featuring just about everybody by Jim Starlin et al.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
(Dated this very day in 1973, The Mighty World Of Marvel #19, with its cover featuring just about everybody by Jim Starlin et al.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
Reposted by Colin Smith
So that was Monday February 9th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
So that was Monday February 9th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
So that was Monday February 9th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
So that was Monday February 9th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
Ludlow Street, New York, 1980, by Brian Rose, whose street photography is as valuable as it is enjoyable.
February 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Ludlow Street, New York, 1980, by Brian Rose, whose street photography is as valuable as it is enjoyable.
Michael Bond’s Paddington, living the best life with marmalade to eat & a book to read, as depicted by Peggy Fortnum.
February 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Michael Bond’s Paddington, living the best life with marmalade to eat & a book to read, as depicted by Peggy Fortnum.
Men of the Docks, by George Bellows, 1912.
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Men of the Docks, by George Bellows, 1912.
Well, I’ve just spent £4.25 in a charity shop & can have no complaints at all.
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Well, I’ve just spent £4.25 in a charity shop & can have no complaints at all.
The digi-scrapbook for 1973 reveals a distant lack of High Culture in the things that still fascinate me from back then. But there you go, I yam what I yam, and I still love these wonderful things.
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The digi-scrapbook for 1973 reveals a distant lack of High Culture in the things that still fascinate me from back then. But there you go, I yam what I yam, and I still love these wonderful things.
Good morning! It’s Monday February 9th 2026! Another day already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1985, 2000AD #404, with its cover by Bryan Talbot featuring the dastardly Torquemada from the pages of Nemesis The Warlock.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
(Dated this very day in 1985, 2000AD #404, with its cover by Bryan Talbot featuring the dastardly Torquemada from the pages of Nemesis The Warlock.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Good morning! It’s Monday February 9th 2026! Another day already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1985, 2000AD #404, with its cover by Bryan Talbot featuring the dastardly Torquemada from the pages of Nemesis The Warlock.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
(Dated this very day in 1985, 2000AD #404, with its cover by Bryan Talbot featuring the dastardly Torquemada from the pages of Nemesis The Warlock.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
Reposted by Colin Smith
So that was Sunday February 8th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1982, The Saga of Swamp Thing #1, with its cover by Tom Yeates with Gaspar Saladino.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1982, The Saga of Swamp Thing #1, with its cover by Tom Yeates with Gaspar Saladino.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
So that was Sunday February 8th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1982, The Saga of Swamp Thing #1, with its cover by Tom Yeates with Gaspar Saladino.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1982, The Saga of Swamp Thing #1, with its cover by Tom Yeates with Gaspar Saladino.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
So that was Sunday February 8th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1982, The Saga of Swamp Thing #1, with its cover by Tom Yeates with Gaspar Saladino.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1982, The Saga of Swamp Thing #1, with its cover by Tom Yeates with Gaspar Saladino.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
So that was Sunday February 8th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1982, The Saga of Swamp Thing #1, with its cover by Tom Yeates with Gaspar Saladino.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1982, The Saga of Swamp Thing #1, with its cover by Tom Yeates with Gaspar Saladino.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
Reposted by Colin Smith
Genesis on a New York rooftop, 1973, by Armando Gallo.
February 8, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Genesis on a New York rooftop, 1973, by Armando Gallo.