Things To Come (and things still in limbo)

Here's a brand new one-off character I've created who will be appearing in the GOOF Summer Special that will be launched at the Macc-Pow comics festival on Saturday 28th May.

As with last year's festival, the latest GOOF will contain a mixture of new funnies by some of today's cartoonists and edited and designed by Marc Jackson who is also organising the event. More news on that soon!

So I'll see you at Macclesfield Town Hall on May 28th for Macc-Pow! 

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On to other news, or lack of it. Some additional health worries and tests have preoccupied me recently and set back plans to publish Combat Colin No.6 this summer. I really should learn not to announce plans until they're definite as there's always something to jinx it. I semi-retired in April to self-publish more comics but that's not working out so far due to stress and finances. Expect to see more comics from me... whenever. Your guess is as good as mine.

Meanwhile I'm still contributing my Daft Dimension strip to Doctor Who Magazine every month (my only ongoing mainstream strip now) and I'm doing a Sgt.Shouty page for The77 No.11. More on that when it's completed.

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Preview: Daft Dimension for DWM 617

The four week gap between issues rolls around quickly and this Thursday there's a new edition of Doctor Who Magazine in the shops. Here's an exclusive sneak preview of part of my latest Daft Dimension comic strip that you'll find within it pages.

That issue also contains a wealth of features and interviews of course, including special previews of the final episodes of this season as Doctor Who races towards its dramatic conclusion! This season has been particularly good and I think we can expect the final two episodes to deliver the goods too. 

(Will the TV show be back? Yeah, I'm pretty sure it will.)

Doctor Who Magazine No.617, bagged with a complete paperback adaptation of the Cyberman story The Wheel in Space, in shops on Thursday 22nd May!

https://www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/doctor-who-magazine-617-gbdrw617-uk02.html

Vintage comic art for sale from 1960 to 1995!

Art by Richard Elson.

There are some unusual and rare pieces of British comic art in my auctions this week that should hopefully appeal to various collectors.

From 1985 there's one of my earliest characters, Snailman, in a complete strip from Marvel UK's Spider-Man No.648. This is liklely to be the last Snailman strip I'll be selling so if you're interested please bid. Here's the link:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205480143411?itmmeta=01JV325EHYRMDY8MAFS3A2XPW1&hash=item2fd7922a33:g:6SQAAOSw8jVoIMyS

From 1995 here's a very collectable page of Richard Elson's artwork from Sonic the Comic No.64, written by me. It features Sonic and his team plus Commander Brutus, a villain I created who proved to be very popular with the readers. Here's the link...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205480187789?itmmeta=01JV325EHYJ72MQPY7P60QR13H&hash=item2fd792d78d:g:tGsAAOSwHZ9oINMk

Art by Richard Elson

From my collection of comic art here's a page by the late Jimmy Hansen of the popular Ricky Rainbow character from Buster back in 1990. A chance to own a great page by Jimmy, one of the best humour artists of the day.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205480146406?itmmeta=01JV325EHYJ1B7A4GKYEHERK04&hash=item2fd79235e6:g:rccAAOSwNFNoIM20

Art by Jimmy Hansen

Art by Jimmy Hansen.

Finally, something really special. The original artwork of part of a Billy Bunter story that appeared in Knockout comic way back in 1960! Drawn by the wonderful Albert Pease, one of the greatest UK humour artists of the 20th Century. It's very rare to see Mr.Pease's work up for sale. I'm hoping there'll be a lot of interest from British comics afficianados for this one!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205480164898?itmmeta=01JV325EHY1DMVTH1PJ1TG85R0&hash=item2fd7927e22:g:H6sAAOSwCC1oIM9U

Art by Albert Pease.

 

The auctions end on the evening of Sunday 18th May. All bids greatly appreciated. Wishing you all the very best of luck!

Here's the link to the whole listings:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_ssn=graphite47

 

Art by Albert Pease

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The77 Repackaged

If you missed the early issues of The77 a few years ago you'll be pleased to hear they've been repackaged into new 32 page editions.

The contents have been revamped somewhat, trimmed down to selected strips and the addition of Ian Gibson's Lifeboat serial. My Sgt.Shouty series has survived the revamp and appears in the back of every issue. 

The77 was launched in 2020 as an all new anthology comic showcasing new talent as well as established creators. It won the Comic Scene Award for Best Indepedent Comic in 2024. 

Sgt.Shouty of the Moon Force is a brand new character I created for the comic; a sci-fi spoof set in the distant future. What is Sgt.Shouty? Is he friend or foe? Hero or halfwit? You decide as the story unfolds. 

The first four revised issues of The77 are available from participating comic shops or you can order them directly from this link:

https://the77comic.bigcartel.com/product/the77-retail-editions-1-4-bundle 

 

...and for regular readers, The77 No.11 is currently looking for backers. The Kickstarter is here:

 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/the77comic/the-77-issue-11

 

 

 

Latest Combat Update

 

I've recently been paginating the next issue of Combat Colin (No.6) and working out the full contents. It'll reprint the remaining stories from The Transformers from the early 1990s plus some strips that followed. It'll have at least 44 pages including covers, possibly 48 depending on the length of back up features. It's still early days so, as yet, there's no firm publication date. Hopefully sometime this summer.

Most contents of previous issues have been scanned from the original art that Marvel UK let me have back after they had published it. However, most of the later pages of original art were missing from the Marvel art cabinet when I went to collect them, which means I'll have to scan directly from the comics themselves. As the comics were in full colour this means those pages will reproduce in greyscale. (This also happened with some pages in issue 5, you may have noticed.)

What happened to my original artwork from those later issues? Misplaced? Thrown away by accident? Who knows? It's been over 30 years so they're long gone.

Anyway, here's a sneak peek at the story that will lead off issue 6, the first page of One of Our Gigglies Is Missing! Ironic that the rest of that story is also missing! as I said though, I'll scan the missing pages from the comics and I'll do my best to make them look good for the new printing. 

If you need to catch up with issues 3 to 5 you'll find them in my shop at this link:

https://ko-fi.com/lewstringer/shop

©2025 Lew Stringer

Last chance to own this VIZ artwork

The auction on the original artwork of a Felix and his Amazing Underpants page ends soon! I don't have many of my Viz pages left so don't miss out if you've always wanted to own one. 

This is the one where Felix and his pants go rogue! Bizarre British comedy at its daftest!

Bidding ends on Sunday 27th April at 9pm. Good luck! 

More info here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_ssn=graphite47

Preview: Doctor Who Magazine 616

There's a new issue of Doctor Who Magazine out this Thursday so here's a preview of part of my latest Daft Dimension comic strip that you'll find within its pages. 

The issue also contains previews of three upcoming episodes of Doctor Who, plus interviews, reviews, and much more! 

Here's the cover to look out for. Doctor Who Magazine No.616, on sale Thursday 24th April!  

 More info:

https://www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/doctor-who-magazine-616-gbdrw616-uk02.html