#Alan Hebden

[all-action-all-picture]

Tiger Commander showing exactly the sort of attitude that enabled him to climb that management ladder. From Meltdown Man by Alan Hebden and Massimo Belardinelli, 2000AD featuring Judge Dredd prog 182, dated 18 October 1980. Rebellion.

#1980 #18oct #tiger commander #alan hebden #massimo belardinelli #2000ad #2000ad featuring judge dredd #meltdown man

[downthetubes]

Artist Carlos Pino celebrated in latest Commando Comics, online event with title editor Kate McAuliffe next month

Honouring the legendary Spanish comic artist Carlos Pino, Commandos 5679 - 5682, on sale from today, Thursday 14th September 2023, are a one-off reprint set dedicated to the fan-favourite Spanish artist

Honouring the legendary Spanish comic artist Carlos Pino, Commandos 5679 – 5682, on sale from today, Thursday 14th September 2023, are a one-off reprint set dedicated to the fan-favourite Spanish artist. The set was asked for specifically by readers – and Commando was only too happy to oblige. All the issues were specially hand-selected by Carlos himself as his favourite Commando comics he’s…

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#Alan Hebden #Carlos Pino #DC Thomson #downthetubes News #Ian Clark #Kate McAuliffe #Mac MacDonald #War Comics

[ginge1962]

Battle of Britain Special Sept/Oct 2020 from the Treasury of British Comics line at Rebellion here in the UK.

Cover by Nelson Daniel.

#comic books #british comics #nelson daniel #battle of britain #treasury of british comics #rebellion #garth ennis #keith burns #alex de campi #alan grant #glenn fabry #staz johnson #alan hebden #dan abnett

[floridageekscene]

The MarkWHO42's Universe Podcast - Episode 339 - MarkWHO42 is HAUNTED!

The MarkWHO42’s Universe Podcast – Episode 339 – MarkWHO42 is HAUNTED!

The77 Publications has announced their newest comic, This Comic is HAUNTED, a horror-themed comic anthology. Who inspires editor Dave Heeley? Which comic books and movies from his youth still shape his projects? How did his sister, Jo Heeley, find her own voice, and what fuels her imagination? What is it like working with so many creative people and do they have favorites? Where can we join the…

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#2000AD #Alan Hebden #Alex Ronald #Andrew Richmond #Antarctic Press #Anthology #Bambos Georgiou #Birmingham I.C.E. #Catherine Wild #Dave Heeley #Division 77 #Gary Burley #Grey Phantom #horror comics #Ian Stopforth #independent comics #Interview #Jo Heeley #Kickstarter #Lawless #Lee Milmore #Lew Stringer #Mark Baumgarten #Mark Marren #MarkWHO42 #MarkWHO42&039;s Universe #Podcast #Regened Issue #The Lodger #The77 Publications

[bandcampsnoop]

4/21/23.

The Last Peach were a UK based band that formed in Hebden Bridge in the late 1980s. In the Bandcamp notes written by band member Mark Hodkinson he admits that he and David Copper wrote music that reflected their love of The June Brides, The Wedding Present and The Go-Betweens (among others).

Using those three bands as touchstones, you clearly get an idea of what you're getting with The Last Peach. This is pop with trebly, manic guitar strumming.

This is being released by Copper's own Melodic Records and Firestation Records (it looks Firestation actually did the releasing). Firestation excels in releasing music from "lost" 80s bands with a similar appeal - This Poison! and Captain Cocoa come to mind.

#The Last Peach #Hebden Bridge #UK #Mark Hodkinson #David Copper #Melodic Records #Firestation Records #The June Brides #The Wedding Present #The Go-Betweens #This Poison! #Captain Cocoa #Bandcamp

[gmanem]

#comic books

[thecomicon]

Preview: 'Major Eazy: The Italian Job' - Unconventional, Insubordinate, 100% Cool

Preview: ‘Major Eazy: The Italian Job’ – Unconventional, Insubordinate, 100% Cool

We brought you the news and a short preview of the reprinting of one of the greatest war comics from the pages of Battle – Major Eazy! But now that publication is less than a month away, time to take a closer look at Major Eazy: The Italian Campaign…Continue reading

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#Alan Hebden #Battle #Carlos Ezquerra #comics #Major Eazy #Major Eazy Italian Campaign #Major Eazy: The Italian Campaign #Treasury of British Comics

[lunaticobscurity]

it’s time for the world’s greatest obscure videogames review blog to make its monthly sojourn into other territories, and this time, i take a look at an awesome british comic set during the american civil war! go and read about it~!

and please show your support by reblogging this post, and maybe also subscribing on patreon, for early access to new posts, and lots more screenshots of every cideogame i cover :D

#el mestizo #battle #british comics #alan hebden #carlos ezquerra

[thisiscomics]

Not quite as heavily stylised as the artist would become- no familiar thick dashed lines here- but Carlos Ezquerra’s mastery of the page was still quite clear in this strip, and it’s an enjoyable change of genre for someone who most strongly associates him with 2000AD characters, rather than his earlier war comics work.

The way he combines two or three ‘shots’ into one panel here, and uses that ghostly grayscale appearance for the second El Mestizo figure in the panel, gives the page a very distinct look, and emphasises the speed of the quick drawing protagonist. There’s no time to draw other panels, it seems to say: the gun is drawn and the target shot before our eyes could hope to cross a panel border, let alone follow El Mestizo’s movements. It’s quite clear where the likes of Dredd and Johnny Alpha got their moves from!

Carlos Ezquerra and a spaghetti-style Western saga seems like a clear winner, so it’s amazing to think it’s taken about 40 years to collect it. It’s good news that it’s finally out there and on shelves, as it’s well worth a read, both as a nice insight into non-WWI/WWII content in British war comics (Hebden and Ezquerra had collaborated on Major Eazy, also in Battle, which was much more in line with what your expectations of a war comic may be, given its World War II setting, in contrast to the American Civil War setting of El Mestizo. Not a war that British comics generally had much interest in, as far as I know, which maybe Eazy had a much longer run than El Mestizo), and as a reminder of Ezquerra’s range as an artist.

From "El Mestizo" by Alan Hebden & Carlos Ezquerra, in Battle, reprinted in El Mestizo

#comics #el mestizo #rebellion #treasury of british comics #alan hebden #carlos ezquerra

[michaelcarroll]

Forty-five years ago the war comic Battle Picture Weekly crashed down into the British comics scene with such an impact that the aftershocks are still being felt today.

Now, in a special double-sized issue, the award-winning fanzine Journey Planet takes a look back at this fan-favourite — and sometimes controversial — comic, and presents all-new in-depth interviews and features with some of its top artists, writers and editors, as well as never-before-published artwork!

Join Pat Mills, Carlos Ezquerra, Cam Kennedy, John Wagner, Ian Kennedy, Alan Hebden, Mike Dorey and more — as well as a host of today’s comics creators including Maura McHugh and Garth Ennis — as they discuss the impact and legacy of Battle and its stories, from the sublime Charley’s War to the subversive Hellman of Hammer Force.

With special features on the hugely influential creators Joe Colquhoun and Mike Western, this issue of Journey Planet is a must for every Battle fan!

At the low, low price of absolutely free, the fanzine is available now for download from the Journey Planet website!

Edited by Christopher J Garcia, James Bacon, Michael Carroll and special guest editor Paul Trimble, with the assistance of special correspondents John Vaughan and Pádraig Ó Méalóid!

#comics #Battle #BattlePictureWeekly

[all-action-all-picture]

Battle Action No. 142, dated 19 November 1977. The beginning of a new era with the first merged issue of Battle Picture Weekly and Action. A belter of a line-up featuring 4 stories from Battle Picture Weekly:

The return of Major Eazy in a 'prequel' story set in North Africa by Alan Hebden and Carlos Ezquerra.

Johnny Red, by Tom Tully and Joe Colquhoun, has a nightmare premonition that one of the Falcon Squadron is going to die on their next mission.

Adventures also continue for The Sarge, by Gerry Finley-Day and Mike Western, and Joe Two Beans by John Wagner and Eric Bradbury.

The 3 stories from Action:

The Early Adventure of Hellman of Hammer Force by Gerry Finley-Day and Mike Dorey. This was another prequel story beginning in Poland, September 1939.

Dredger loses his trusted right-hand man Breed and sets off to find the killer, by Gerry Finley-Day and John Cooper. I can remember being shocked at Breed being killed off but had a totally different memory of how he was killed.

The Spinball Wars begins and sees the Black Gladiators team join the Army, by Tom Tully and Ron Turner.

A very impressive roster of both strips and creators.

Treasury of British Comics.

#battle #action #battle action #1977 #tom tully #john wagner #alan hebden #gerry finley day #john cooper #joe colquhoun #carlos ezquerra #eric bradbury #mike western #hawker harrier #19nov

[downthetubes]

Commando 5655 - 5658 On Sale Now, pay tribute to fan-favourite artist Josè Maria Jorge

A special set of Commando tribute issues celebrating the work of much-missed artist Josè Maria Jorge are out today

This week’s Commando releases – Issues 5655 – 5658 comprise four special issues devoted to a master of cover and interior artwork and fan-favourite, Josè Maria Jorge, on sale from today, Thursday 22nd June 2023. “Jose Maria was a master of his trade, and he has been sorely missed since his death in 2010,” say the Commando team. Artist Josè Maria Jorge. Photo courtesy DC Thomson Josè Maria…

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#Alan Hebden #DC Thomson #downthetubes News #Ferg Handley #Ian Clark #Josè Maria Jorge #War Comics

[thesjt]

My SJT: Andy Cryer

Theatre can be life-changing - I’m proof of that!

Scarborough-born actor Andy Cryer, last seen at the SJT in last year’s Season’s Greetings, talks about his very first performance at the theatre…

Andy Cryer in Season’s Greetings. Photo by Tony Bartholomew

I think it's true to say that if it wasn't for the SJT and three very important people in my life, this lad from Scarborough would never have become a professional actor.

I was in my third year at Graham School, when VIP number 1, Mr Dave Bradley, my drama teacher, stopped me in the school corridor and asked if I knew anything about the SJT auditioning for the role of Ronnie in their production of Terence Rattigan's The Winslow Boy. Apart from ‘SJT’, Dave could have been speaking another language. I'd never heard of Mr Rattigan or his play, but I was very interested in auditioning for a professional theatre production. Dave told me that the SJT’s plan was to audition local lads in the area, rather than going to the stage schools in London. The lucky boy cast to play Ronnie would receive elocution lessons in between rehearsals to sound like a properly educated Sea Cadet from the Southern counties. First there would be auditions and recalls. All very nerve-racking, but I said yes immediately.

Enter VIP number 2… Mr Robin Herford. Robin was directing The Winslow Boy. I can remember clearly travelling down to the old theatre in Westwood, walking onto the stage and meeting him. I’m not entirely sure what my audition piece was, but I think it may have been one of Bottom’s speeches from The Dream that we were working on at school with Dave. Whatever speech it was, it got me a recall!

Randal Herley and Andy Cryer in The Winslow Boy. Photo c. Scarborough Theatre Trust Ltd.

Enter VIP number 3… Sir Alan Ayckbourn. Alan was busy working at the National Theatre in 1983, but was still the Artistic Director of the SJT and as such Robin wanted him to be part of the final casting process. I'd been asked to prepare Ronnie's big speech from the play, when he’s cross-examined by the great barrister of the time, Sir Robert Morton. I can still remember the opening lines 37 years later: “Well then, just before prep, Commander Flower asked to see me in his study...”

The two directors complimented me on my reading, gave me notes, a little redirection and said that they would be in touch. They did get back in touch and I got the job!

What followed were three of the happiest months of my life. I met a whole other list of lovely, talented, caring people that I still hold dear. There was Malcom Hebden, who had been given the task of teaching me how to speak ‘proper’. Malcom, a Manchester lad, teaching a Scarborough boy the ‘Queen's English’ – you can imagine the laughter in the green room!

From left: Michael Ross, Randal Herley, Andy Cryer, Liza Sadovy, Ursula Jones, Graeme Eton in The Winslow Boy. Photo c. Scarborough Theatre Trust Ltd.

Michael Cashman and Lisa Sadovy, regulars at the SJT, were my lovely brother and sister in the play. Randal Herley played my father; Rupert Vansittart; Lavinia Bertram; the list goes on…

What I remember though, is how welcome I was made to feel at the theatre by everyone.

After the production ended my dream of becoming a professional actor began. The support and advice my three VIPs gave set me on my journey. I attended Harrogate College of Arts for two years and then three years training at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

In my professional career I have been lucky enough to work again for Robin and Alan. I have performed many more times at the SJT. Paul and Caroline are now running the place, and doing a great job. What still holds true for me, though, is that every time I walk into the SJT, I am made to feel as welcome as I was all those years ago, as a young lad with no acting experience, just a script in his hand and a dream to follow.

These are difficult times for us all but please, please support your local theatre. It can be life-changing: I’m proof of that!

#theatre #Stephen Joseph Theatre #The Winslow Boy #Terrance Rattigan #Andy Cryer #Robin Herford #Alan Ayckbourn

[cultfaction]

Mega City Book Club Ep. 105: Meltdown Man

Mega City Book Club Ep. 105: Meltdown Man

Conrad from SpaceSpinner2000 returns to Mega City Book Club to discuss the epic adventures of Meltdown Man by Alan Hebden and Massimo Belardinelli. Along the way we discuss the title, the cover, Yujee character design, and resolve the burning question of who is the galaxy’s greatest polar bear!

http://britishinvaders.com/megacitybookclub/episodes/episode105.mp3

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#Alan Hebden #Massimo Belardinelli #Mega City Book Club #Meltdown Man

[afsma]

What becomes of the brochen-hearted?

So I read about the Caithness Broch Project, which almost immediately brought to mind the old Slaine four-parter The Beast In The Broch and sent me looking online for some of Massimo Belardinelli's art from those episodes.

Which led me to this.

"Despite having never touched anything like Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, or Strontium Dog — some of the title’s biggest serials of the era — it’s an undeniable fact that Belardinelli’s work nonetheless was the backbone of the smaller (and still infinitely beloved) characters and concepts that helped shape both 2000 AD..."

This is a really interesting point, and something that had genuinely passed me by until now. For all that Belardinelli's art looms so large in my memory of 2000AD's first decade, he wasn't given the opportunity to make his mark on any of the big-name characters. It's tempting to maybe add "except for Slaine", but his runs on Slaine came during the strip's relative infancy and he was moved on fairly quickly (purportedly because of reader dissatisfaction).

So the end result was that Belardinelli's extraordinary talent for the weird, dark and humorous (in that respect he was like a gleaming reflection of Kevin O'Neill) was often used in service of strips that weren't always worthy of his gifts (Mean Team, anyone? Moonrunners?). There were exceptions, of course: Meltdown Man is the standout for me, with Alan Hebden's year-long, somewhat bonkers sci-fi saga giving Belardinelli the room to really flex his talent and make the world and characters his own.

It's a shame 2000AD didn't make more of an effort to retain his skills, or find a better way to make use of them while they had access to them. I don't know how he'd have dealt with the Dark Ages of the '90s, though. With his customary professionalism and flair, I suspect, despite but the generally poor quality of the progs through much of this time.

Belardinelli was - and remains to this day - a unique artistic voice in the now-45 year history of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic.

(I also came across an unexpectedly fond tribute to Belardinelli by Pat Mills, which is well worth a read.)

#2000ad #Massimo Belardinelli

[punishermaxborn]

Garth Ennis Presents: Battle Classics Volumes 1 And 2 By John Wagner Mike Western Cam Kennedy John Cooper Alan Hebden David Hunt. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTU6ux1LBw5/?utm_medium=tumblr