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Elstree 76 is fantastic, so this looks like it’ll be worth your time…
My pal Jon Spira (Elstree 1976, Christopher Lee doc) is writing a biography of British Get Carter/Flash Gordon director Mike Hodges, based on conversations they had before Hodges passed in 2022. Support indie film writing and get the book from as little as £20!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
MIKE HODGES : I'LL SETTLE FOR NOTHINGNESS
A brand new book of conversations with the legendary British filmmaker Mike Hodges conducted over the last few years of his life.
www.kickstarter.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Behind door number 13 of the Scarred For Life advent calendar... a selection box of some of the weirdest, creepiest adverts of the 1970s and 80s!
December 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Peeking behind door number 17 of the Scarred For Life advent calendar... some of the toys and games you could expect to find under the tree, from Bermuda Triangle to Freddy Krueger!
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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ComicScene books and merchandise for Christmas gifts - order here theshift.store/collections/...
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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"Galaxus, The Thing from Outer Space" was an adventure strip that featured in the weekly comic Buster in the late 1960s a – a classic vintage SF adventure strip yet to be lined up for collection by the strip’s…

https://downthetubes.net/who-remembers-busters-galaxus-the-thing-from-outer-space/
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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This year has been our busiest year yet- we published three very different books.

Stock of The Editors Cut and The Running Man is now less than thirty of each left, and Lost Treasures is less than 90.
Get these now while you can, because they will sell out. Buy them here now- hiberniacomics.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Your Monday FLASH GORDON ⚡️
Flash Gordon Comic Strip 2025-11-17 | Comics Kingdom
Read the Flash Gordon comic strip from November 17, 2025, and check out other Flash Gordon comics by Dan Schkade.
comicskingdom.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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#1985AlbumsTop20

20. Green River - Come On Down

Fave track: Tunnel of Love
youtu.be/RDmR1RPON_Q?...
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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The Will Simpson cover to prog 687 is a grail page for Ant Celestino from episode 313: The War Machine
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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My wildlife-meets-social history-meets-humour book 21st-Century Yokel has now been republished. I'm giving away 2 signed copies with otter linoprint postcards by my mum. To enter, you just have to read & share the link to this silly piece I put on my blog today: www.tom-cox.com/things-about...
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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I just found out that some people think our Hellbreaker Kickstarter is a reprint! It's 48 pages of a BRAND NEW STORY, Fire in the Blood. The deluxe ed. includes a bonus story by Ian Ashcroft & George McDonald.
Back us here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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This week's Hotlist 🔥🌶️

From Dave to a bromance in space, the week's best culture chosen by our team of editors and writers

www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Have you ordered your copy of "The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor" by @bryan-talbot.bsky.social yet? Out tomorrow - here's the downthetubes review: downthetubes.net/in-review-th...
In Review: The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor by Bryan Talbot
Gadzooks! Bryan Talbot’s latest graphic novel is, sir, another triumph!
downthetubes.net
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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The Treasury of British Comics Annual is out on the 12th November, featuring THE LOCH TREGAR TERROR, originally published in Wham! Annual 1972:

✏️ Pencils: Vanyo

Available to pre-order now: https://bit.ly/44E9Eib
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Look at the Kev O'Neill weird glory we got as kids.
Good morning! It’s Wednesday October 29th 2025! Already? Crikey!

(Out this very month in 1983, a mere 42 years ago, 2000AD #340, with its cover by the great Kevin O’Neill featuring Nemesis The Warlock, protecting aliens from human beings.)

You be careful out there among them English,Joanne Book.
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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The ComicScene Yearbook 2026 Kickstarter ends tomorrow 30th October - don’t miss out on this 200 page comic collectors book www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
Sneak preview below…
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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P.S. There's some info here about how you can order books direct from me (signed, of course) while all this is going on: tomcox.substack.com/p/hurray-i-n...
March 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Rocket ships away! Andrew Stringer helps me explore the Ministry of Space by Warren Ellis and Chris Weston. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
November 17, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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It could be argued that you've never witnessed the true dark side of the British countryside unless you saw the "Marilyn Monroe" mannequin outside the Hollywood Legends diner in the Fens in the early part of this century.
March 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Battle lines being drawn. The successor to Charley’s War only available on Kickstarter now. Search ‘Pat Mills Ragtime Soldiers Kickstarter’ to pledge your support
March 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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We launched the Moonbuilding Weekly £1 Fighting Fund in today's newsletter. If enjoy our work you can now donate £1. We're not retiring on the proceeds, but people have been very kind.

Our tip jar is here... ko-fi.com/moonbuilding

Issue 55 is here... moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-55-2...
Support Moonbuilding on Ko-fi! ❤️. ko-fi.com/moonbuilding
Support Moonbuilding On Ko-fi. Ko-fi lets you support the people and causes you love with small donations
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February 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Last Tuesday, Katy Brand put this up on instagram and made me think about the problems of being an ally - in particular to women - so I wrote this

thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/why-can-we...
February 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Do as the kind man says, you should be especially careful as Issue 51 contains far too much good music...

moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-51-3...
February 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM