UPDATED: Comic Speculator News (1992-94)

I've now added in covers for issues 12, 13 & 15 for this update

Inspired by episode 342 of the Awesome Comics Podcast (check it out here) I thought I'd remind myself of the '90s speculator boom nonsense by pulling together my issues of the British answer to Wizard that was Comic speculator news. It lasted 13 issues in total, here's what you missed...

Comic Speculator News promo issue

not to hand - do you have a copy?

Comic Speculator News issue 0, December 1992

looks like it's been run off on a photocopier - single sided photocopying at its best!

Comic speculator news #1, February 1993

Comic speculator news #1, February 1993

All the issue have front & back covers that look like front covers - I'll include them here to avoid (?) confusion. A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #2, April 1993

Comic speculator news #2, April 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #3, May 1993

Comic speculator news #3, May 1993

I can't recall what this is referencing
A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #4, June 1993

Comic speculator news #4, June 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #5, July 1993

Comic speculator news #5, July 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #6, August 1993

Comic speculator news #6, August 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #7, September 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout (apart from the covers)

Comic speculator news #8, October 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #9, November 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #10, November 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #11, January 1994

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #12, February 1994

it then seems to have undergone a name change to... 

Comic News #13, March 1994

it's now free (rather than 55p). It COULD have been an entirely separate title but I reckon that if issue #12 of CSN came out in Feb 1994 and this is issue #13 and is dated March 1994 then I reckon it's the same publication.

Comic News #14, April 1994

cover not to hand - can you help??

Comic News #15, May 1994

Comic festival 2003+4

I've looked a few different conventions before....

Bristol comic expo (2004-2014) is here

London comic festival 2003 is here
Kev Sutherland festival original art is here
A 'Lawless 2019' miscellany is here
Boys and Girls exhibitions of the 1950s and '60s is here
Glasgow comic art convention is here
Edinburgh art convention is here
Hi-Ex convention is here

UKCAC - part 1 - is here
UKCAC - part 2 - is here

UKCAC - part 3 - is here

BICS convention is here

Glasgow comic con is here

Kapow! comic con is here

British comic conventions 1970-76 is here 

British comic conventions 1977-81 is here 

Comic conventions miscellany is here

Comics 101 is here

Strips 78 is here

Comicon 1972 is here

Eaglecon 80 - part 1 - is here

Comicon 1971 is here

Comicon 1970 is here

Bristol comic expo 2023 is here

ALL the Lawless 2023 posts can be found here

Alexandra Palace in 1992 is here

11th British comic convention (1979) is here

6th British comic convention (1973) is here

Comic fest 2001+2 is here

2003 & 2004 saw Kev Sutherland expand his efforts into producing 2 huge festivals a year...

Here's the May 2003 cover image - again, this was a piece of A2 paper folded into an A5 size leaflet (which included the voting form for the 6th national comics awards). The guest list was, as ever, enormous. Star guests were Jeff Smith, Bryan Talbot & Jim Lee. 

cover art for the one-day festival in London in November  2003, cover art by Mark Buckingham. Usual A2 piece of paper folded up into A5 size.

The last Bristol event, sob! A2 sized piece of paper folded up as usual. Voting form for the awards, loads of guests, panel etc.

The last one! A2 sized piece of paper folded up as usual.

UPDATED: Comic Speculator News

I've now added in covers for issue 4-7 for this update...

Inspired by episode 342 of the Awesome Comics Podcast (check it out here) I thought I'd remind myself of the '90s speculator boom nonsense by pulling together my issues of the British answer to Wizard that was Comic speculator news. It lasted 13 issues in total, here's what you missed...

Comic Speculator News promo issue

not to hand - do you have a copy?

Comic Speculator News issue 0, December 1992

looks like it's been run off on a photocopier - single sided photocopying at its best!

Comic speculator news #1, February 1993

Comic speculator news #1, February 1993

All the issue have front & back covers that look like front covers - I'll include them here to avoid (?) confusion. A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #2, April 1993

Comic speculator news #2, April 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #3, May 1993

Comic speculator news #3, May 1993

I can't recall what this is referencing
A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #4, June 1993

Comic speculator news #4, June 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #5, July 1993

Comic speculator news #5, July 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #6, August 1993

Comic speculator news #6, August 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #7, September 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout (apart from the covers)

More issues yet to come - come back soon for updates!

UPDATED: Comic Speculator News (1992-94)

I've now added in covers for issue 8-11 for this update...

Inspired by episode 342 of the Awesome Comics Podcast (check it out here) I thought I'd remind myself of the '90s speculator boom nonsense by pulling together my issues of the British answer to Wizard that was Comic speculator news. It lasted 13 issues in total, here's what you missed...

Comic Speculator News promo issue

not to hand - do you have a copy?

Comic Speculator News issue 0, December 1992

looks like it's been run off on a photocopier - single sided photocopying at its best!

Comic speculator news #1, February 1993

Comic speculator news #1, February 1993

All the issue have front & back covers that look like front covers - I'll include them here to avoid (?) confusion. A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #2, April 1993

Comic speculator news #2, April 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #3, May 1993

Comic speculator news #3, May 1993

I can't recall what this is referencing
A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #4, June 1993

Comic speculator news #4, June 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #5, July 1993

Comic speculator news #5, July 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #6, August 1993

Comic speculator news #6, August 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #7, September 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout (apart from the covers)

Comic speculator news #8, October 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #9, November 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #10, November 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #11, January 1994

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #12, ?? 1994
cover not to hand - can you help?