Rogue Trooper signing at Gosh! comics

This is today! Have fun if you're going

Gosh! comics have announced a signing with Dave Gibbons and Gerry Finley-Day, let's see what they have to say about it...

Get ready for another zarjaz signing earthlets!

Rebellion continue their programme of creating the definitive collected editions of their finest characters. This 368 page paperback is the first volume in the final word on our blue skinned GI, just in time for the new animated movie in 2025! We'll be joined by the incredible Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons for a signing on Saturday 12th April 2025, from 1-2pm to celebrate.

Pre-order a signed copy of the comic for mail-order or collection by clicking the link here:

https://buff.ly/4hKnSD9

Rogue Trooper signing at Gosh! comics

Gosh! comics have announced a signing with Dave Gibbons and Gerry Finley-Day, let's see what they have to say about it...

Get ready for another zarjaz signing earthlets!

Rebellion continue their programme of creating the definitive collected editions of their finest characters. This 368 page paperback is the first volume in the final word on our blue skinned GI, just in time for the new animated movie in 2025! We'll be joined by the incredible Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons for a signing on Saturday 12th April 2025, from 1-2pm to celebrate.

Pre-order a signed copy of the comic for mail-order or collection by clicking the link here:

https://buff.ly/4hKnSD9

Into Battle! - the exhibition, part 6

It's just finished but for anyone who missed it, here's part 6 of my look at the 'Into battle! - the art of British war comics' exhibition. 

Part 1 was here

Part 2 was here

Part 3 was here

Part 4 was here

Part 5 was here

Dave Gibbons & Gerry Finley-Day sign Rogue Trooper

This is today! Have fun if you're going!

To celebrate the release of 'Essential Rogue Trooper - Genetic Infantryman' Forbidden Planet have announced a signing with Dave Gibbons & Gerry Finley-Day on Saturday 17th August (2024), 1-2pm

Can't make it? Then why not pre-order a signed copy of the book right here for £14.99 (plus postage)?

Dave Gibbons & Gerry Finley-Day sign Rogue Trooper

To celebrate the release of 'Essential Rogue Trooper - Genetic Infantryman' Forbidden Planet have announced a signing with Dave Gibbons & Gerry Finley-Day on Saturday 17th August (2024), 1-2pm

Can't make it? Then why not pre-order a signed copy of the book right here for £14.99 (plus postage)?

Gerry Finley-Day signing tour announced

2000AD have announced a short tour of duty by Gerry Finley-Day to celebrate the release of the book 'The best of Gerry Finley-Day!.

As it says here on their website...

To celebrate the release of the brand new The Best of Gerry Finley-Day collection, the acclaimed writer will be signing copies at four stores across the UK next month.

One of the most prolific and inventive writers in British comics, Gerry’s work for 2000 AD was extraordinary and included such beloved strips as future war G.I. Rogue Trooper, the ‘Great escape’ in space series Harry 20 on the High Rock, the Star Wars-inspired V.C.’s and the gritty 1970s take on the iconic Eagle character Dan Dare.

Featuring art by Alan Davis (Captain Britain), Cam Kennedy (Star Wars), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Ian Kennedy (Dan Dare), Mick McMahon (Judge Dredd), Garry Leach (Marvelman), The Best of Gerry Finley-Day contains just some of Gerry’s greatest work.

Gerry will be signing at the following stores the first week in August, with early copies of The Best of Gerry Finley-Day available to buy:

• Tuesday 2 August: Forbidden Planet Birmingham, 4.30pm
• Wednesday 3 August: Forbidden Planet London, 4.30pm
• Friday 5 August: Forbidden Planet Newcastle, 4.30pm
• Saturday 6 August: Forbidden Planet International Edinburgh, 4.30pm

Stories featured can be found here but include Rogue Trooper, Dan Dare, Harry 20 on the high rock and the VCs

UPDATED: Battle - from Rebellion

Thought I'd just try and start collating all the instances where Rebellion Publishing have used the Battle logo - please let me know if I've missed anything...

New items highlighted in red

Operation Overlord
Standalone (so not presented free with the Megazine) comic issues 1-4 of Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord

Presented free with Judge Dredd magazine issue 404 

Presented free with Judge Dredd magazine issue 405

Presented free with Judge Dredd megazine issue 406

Presented free with Judge Dredd megazine issue 407

and then collected together in a single volume...

Sniper Elite: Resistance

Sniper elite: Resistance, Issue 1 - cover A, Patrick Goddard art

Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 1 - cover B, Edouard Groult art

Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 1 - Forbidden Planet variant cover, Ian Kennedy art 

Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 2 - cover A, art by Patrick Goddard & Quinton Winter

Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 2 - cover B, Colin Wilson art

Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 3

Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 3 - cover B, Carlos Ezquerra art 

And then collected together... 

And, pre-dating all of these, was this Sniper elite: Resistance ash-can comic sold at San Diego Comic-con

Battle reprints books

Major Eazy vs Rat Pack - Alan Hebden & Carlos Ezquerra

Major Eazy - the Italian campaign (standard cover)

webshop exclusive cover by Patrick Goddard

El Mestizo - Alan Hebden & Carlos Ezquerra

Originally serialised in Battle 4th June 1977-17th September 1977

Death Squad - by Alan Hebden and with art by Carlos Ezquerra & Eric Bradbury

This book collects the Death Squad stories published in Battle Action from 12 July 1980 - 4 June 1981, as well as the Battle Annual 1982.

Invasion 1984! by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Eric Bradbury

The Sarge by Gerry Finley-Day and Mike Western [standard edition - hardback]

The Sarge by Gerry Finley-Day and Mike Western [webshop exclusive edition - hardback]

limited to 200 copies

The art of Carlos Ezquerra 

available here promises 'never before short stories' from Battle so I'm including it here

Specials

softback, 'holiday special' style publication - webshop exlusive cover by Keith Burns

'Standard' cover by Patrick Goddard

Mini trade - Lofty's one-man Luftwaffe

This was free with the Judge Dredd Megazine #397 (cover dated 17th July 2018)

Reprinted from Battle issue #1-#18

'Ant Wars' original art up for sale

Just spotted on ebay (right here) are these 3 pages of the Ant Wars strip that appeared in prog #71 in a 1978 issue 2000AD.

Theses 3 pages are by artist Ferrer and are from the very first issue of Ant Wars.

Bidding starts at £400 and there's already one bid in so these will sell - good luck if you decide to bid.

UPDATE: SOLD FOR £599!

Ant Wars appeared in progs 71-85 and has been reprinted in Scavengers comic issues 22-26, in new Eagle issues 217 (dated 17/05/86) to 231 (dated 23/08/86) and in its own reprint volume (ISBN 978-1-78108-622-3).

There's a piece of work to do to compare and contrast all those reprints and see if the same material is present in, say, new Eagle as in 2000AD but that's a project for another day.