Sunday, 7 June 2026

Red Lines

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This is a very early example of Ali's Baba , a strip which appeared in D. C. Thomson's Sparky from January 1970 up until the comic...
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Sunday, 31 May 2026

Fight! Fight! Fight!

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In March 1983, the very third Fighting Fantasy gamebook, The Forest of Doom , was published in the UK. I'm aware it's a story I...
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Sunday, 24 May 2026

The Many Faces of Rubidium von Screwtop

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One of the newest strips in the weekly Beano , Rubi's Screwtop Science , started life in CBBC's 2016 series Dennis & Gnasher: Un...
Friday, 22 May 2026

"Happy to Sign This!"

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The author was delighted not only to see a copy of this edition again, but also to learn that the entire series is now on YouTube. Which may...
Sunday, 17 May 2026

By Gordon's Beard

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Recently, I have written a few things about editing on the BBC's 2006-09 version of Robin Hood . These posts feel a bit like they'v...
Sunday, 10 May 2026

Toddler of Terror: The Director's Cut

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A few months ago, I published a history of Ivy the Terrible which went down spectacularly well. (Thanks again if you reposted it or said so...
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Monday, 4 May 2026

33 on E4

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As one door closes, another must open. In the great shake-up of late 2024, E4 became the only place to see new-to-linear-TV  Simpsons in the...
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Sunday, 3 May 2026

Only YOU Can Save Cliff Hanger!

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Last year, I published one of my favourite things I've ever written -- a history of Cliff Hanger , the part-gamebook part-comic strip th...