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Mike Western
Mike Western (b. Southampton, 4 February 1925; d. 13 May 2008)Ian WheelerMike Western remembered, Down The Tubes, 21 May 2008 was a British comics artist. He worked as a clean-up artist for GB Animation after military service in the Second World War, and later at Halas and Batchelor on their 1954 film adaptation of ''Animal Farm''. In the early 1950s he joined fellow former GB Animation artists Ron ''Nobby'' Clark and Eric Bradbury at Amalgamated Press, drawing adventure strips for ''Knock-Out'', including the western ''Lucky Logan'' and the aviation series ''Johnnie Wingco''.Steve HollandMike Western (1925-2008) Bear Alley, 20 May 2008 In 1960 he moved to ''TV Express'', where he drew TV tie-ins ''No Hiding Place'' and ''Biggles'', the latter in colour. In 1962 he began drawing for '' Buster'', including ''The Leopard from Lime Street'', on which his pencils were inked by Bradbury, ''When Britain Froze'', ''World in Peril'', and ''The Star of Fortune''.Dominik Vallet and Steven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton
Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Portsmouth and the towns of Havant, Waterlooville, Eastleigh, Fareham and Gosport. A major port, and close to the New Forest, it lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south. Southampton is classified as a Medium-Port City . Southampton was the departure point for the and home to 500 of the people who perished on board. The Spitfire was built in the city and Southampton has a strong association with the ''Mayflower'', being the departure point before the vessel was forced to return to Plymouth. In the past century, the city was one of Europe's main ports for ocean liners and more recently, Southampton is known as the home port of some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Tully (writer)
Tom Tully (died 2013) was a noted British comic writer, mostly of sports and action-adventure stories. He was the longest-running writer of the popular football-themed strip ''Roy of the Rovers'', which he wrote for much of Roy Race's playing career until the weekly comic closed in 1993. Other notable strips penned by Tully included '' The Steel Claw'', '' The House of Dolmann'', '' The Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark'', ''The Leopard from Lime Street'', '' The Robo Machines'', and '' Harlem Heroes''. During his three-decade career, Tully wrote exclusively for what became known as the IPC line of publishers: Amalgamated Press/Odhams/ Longacre Press/Fleetway/IPC Magazines. Biography Tom Tully was born in Glasgow, but grew up in Reading, Berkshire (where he became a supporter of Newcastle United). He worked as a telephone operator for the Royal Air Force as part of his national service. After a series of civil service jobs and earning a diploma in writing for children, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Comics Artists
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Star (United Kingdom)
The ''Daily Star'' is a daily tabloid newspaper published from Monday to Saturday in the United Kingdom since 2 November 1978. On 15 September 2002 a sister Sunday edition, ''Daily Star Sunday'' was launched with a separate staff. On 31 October 2009, the ''Daily Star'' published its 10,000th issue. Jon Clark is the editor-in-chief of the paper. When the paper was launched from Manchester, it was circulated only in the North and Midlands. It was conceived by the then-owners of Express Newspapers, Trafalgar House, to take on the strength of the ''Daily Mirror'' and '' The Sun'' in the north. It was also intended to use the under-capacity of the Great Ancoats Street presses in Manchester as the ''Daily Express'' was losing circulation. The ''Daily Star'' sold out its first night print of 1,400,000. Its cover price has decreased over the years to compete with its rival ''The Sun''. The ''Daily Star'' is published by Reach plc. The paper has predominantly focused on stories revol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Of The Rovers
''Roy of the Rovers'' is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer and later manager named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers. The strip first appeared in the ''Tiger'' in 1954, before giving its name to a weekly (and later monthly) comic, published by IPC and Fleetway from 1976 until 1995, in which it was the main feature. The weekly strip ran until 1993, following Roy's playing career until its conclusion after he lost his left foot in a helicopter crash. When the monthly comic was launched later that year the focus switched to Roy's son Rocky, who also played for Melchester. This publication was short-lived, and folded after only 19 issues. The adventures of the Race family were subsequently featured in the monthly ''Match of the Day'' football magazine, in which father and son were reunited as manager and player respectively. These strips began in 1997 and continued until the magazine's closure in May 2001. In 2018, following the ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorcher (magazine)
''Scorcher'' was the name of a football-themed British comic magazine published by IPC between January 1970 and October 1974. ''Scorcher'' featured various well-known comic strips, such as ''Billy's Boots'', ''Bobby of the Blues'' and ''Lags Eleven'', a story about a prison football team. In addition, the ''Nipper'' strip was absorbed from the ''Score'' comic, and '' Hot Shot Hamish'' made its first appearance after that. Some of these stories later found homes in ''Roy of the Rovers'' and in ''Tiger''. IPC Magazines, the publishers of ''Scorcher'', always referred to it as a "paper" rather than a comic in its editorials, to distinguish it from more child oriented publications such as ''The Beano'' or ''The Dandy''. In addition to its realistic and comedic football themed stories, it contained factual items about British professional football, and advertisements not only for contemporary toys, games and confectionery, but also others aimed at an older readership, such as for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy's Boots
''Billy's Boots'' was a popular British comic strip by writer Fred Baker and artist John Gillatt, later continued by Mike Western. The original Billy's Boots was an earlier humorous series, written and drawn by Frank Purcell, which appeared in Tiger from December 23rd 1961 until July 13th 1963, with a similar premise to this later series. The later more serious Billy appeared in the first issue of '' Scorcher'' in 1970, and later moved to ''Tiger'' when the two comics merged in 1974. In 1985 ''Tiger'' in turn merged with ''Eagle'' and the strip moved again, however just a year later Billy's adventures relocated once more, this time to ''Roy of the Rovers''. New adventures were included in the weekly comic until May 1990 (later followed by reprints), before he switched to ''Best of Roy of the Rovers Monthly''. The strip also appeared in annuals, including annuals for comics which had themselves ceased publication, and is still fondly remembered by fans of the "golden age" of British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle (comic)
''Eagle'' was a British children's comics periodical, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994. It was founded by Marcus Morris, an Anglican vicar from Lancashire. Morris edited a Southport parish magazine called ''The Anvil'', but felt that the church was not communicating its message effectively. Simultaneously disillusioned with contemporary children's literature, he and ''Anvil'' artist Frank Hampson created a dummy comic based on Christian values. Morris proposed the idea to several Fleet Street publishers, with little success, until Hulton Press took it on. Following a huge publicity campaign, the first issue of ''Eagle'' was released in April 1950. Revolutionary in its presentation and content, it was enormously successful; the first issue sold about 900,000 copies. Featured in colour on the front cover was its most recognisable story, '' Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'', created by Hampson with meticulous attention to detail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computer Warrior
''Computer Warrior'' (initially titled ''Ultimate Warrior'') was a comic strip series that debuted in Eagle on 13 April 1985 (shortly after the comic merged with Tiger) and ran for another nine years. The plot involves people playing real-life versions of computer games. Plot In 1985, following the success of the film ''Tron'' and the incorporation of the ''Tiger'', the Eagle launched a new strip called "The Ultimate Warrior". This was quickly renamed "The Computer Warrior" and was one of only two strips (the other being Dan Dare) to last for the rest of the comics lifetime. When the strip first appeared, Bobby Patterson's friend Martin French mysteriously disappears. Bobby Patterson receives a message in which Martin reveals that he had discovered a code to activate a ''real life facility'' on his computer, enabling him to literally enter the computer games realm and that his disappearance means that he has lost a game and is now trapped within the ''Nightmare Zone''. In order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger (Fleetway)
''Tiger'' was a weekly British comic magazine published from 1954 to 1985, originally by Amalgamated Press (AP) and later by IPC/Fleetway. Launched as ''Tiger – The Sport and Adventure Picture Story Weekly'', initially the publication predominantly featured sporting strips. Its most popular strip was ''Roy of the Rovers'', a football-based strip recounting the life of Roy Race and the team he played for, Melchester Rovers. This strip proved so successful it was spun out of ''Tiger'' and into its own comic. In addition, sports stars such as Tony Greig, Geoff Boycott, Trevor Francis, Ian Botham, and Charlie Nicholas wrote columns for ''Tiger''. Also many TV stars such as Morecambe and Wise appeared in Christmas issues, usually dressed up as Santa Claus. Publication history ''Tiger'' debuted with the 11 September 1954 issue. As was common with British comics during this period, ''Tiger'' absorbed a number of other comics magazines during its run; six in all. Following suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed (comic)
In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quantity. The average speed of an object in an interval of time is the distance travelled by the object divided by the duration of the interval; the instantaneous speed is the limit of the average speed as the duration of the time interval approaches zero. Speed is not the same as velocity. Speed has the dimensions of distance divided by time. The SI unit of speed is the metre per second (m/s), but the most common unit of speed in everyday usage is the kilometre per hour (km/h) or, in the US and the UK, miles per hour (mph). For air and marine travel, the knot is commonly used. The fastest possible speed at which energy or information can travel, according to special relativity, is the speed of light in a vacuum ''c'' = metres per second (approx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 AD (comics)
''2000 AD'' is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic magazine. As a comics anthology it serialises stories in each issue (known as "progs") and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. Since 2000 it has been published by Rebellion Developments. ''2000 AD'' is most noted for its ''Judge Dredd'' stories, and has been contributed to by a number of artists and writers who became renowned in the field internationally, such as Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Grant Morrison, Brian Bolland, Mike McMahon, John Wagner, Alan Grant and Garth Ennis. Other series in ''2000 AD'' include ''Rogue Trooper'', '' Sláine'', ''Strontium Dog'', ''ABC Warriors'', ''Nemesis the Warlock'' and ''Nikolai Dante''. History ''2000 AD'' was initially published by IPC Magazines. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary, which was sold to Robert Maxwell in 1987 and then to Egmont UK in 1991. Fleetway continued to produce the title until 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
