UPDATED: 'Battleground' fanzine

A new one for me is this covers gallery for Battleground ('The comics discussion fanzine') from back in the day. I'd love to know how many issues this lasted. I remember seeing adverts for this in the back of Comics International but I never ordered a copy, more fool me by the looks of it - this looks great!

Updated: now with cover for issue 6 - covers gallery completed!

Ewan Brownlow says 6 issues only

Battleground #1

available to download here - thanks to friend of the pod David Hathaway-Price

Battleground #2

available to download here - thanks to friend of the blog David Hathaway-Price

back cover to issue #2 by Ade / Adrian Hughes

Battleground #3, cover by Adrian Hughes

the original image that was used for the cover

contains this centrespread by Glenn Fabry

and there's an interview with him; and an interview with Paul Grist. In fact here's a look at the contents...

Battleground #4

c/o friend of the blog David McDonald

Battleground #5, cover by Adrian Hughes

Battleground #6

image c/o friend of the blog Reuben Willmott

cover by Chris Hogg

'From the tomb' fanzine

All these images were swiped from an ebay sale last year even though EC comics aren't something that I normally cover on the blog. Anyway, I swiped the images because

a). I've covered plenty of other British comic fanzines

b). It's great to see a complete set of these fanzines

c). I've certainly never seen those really early issues before

Anyway, enjoy & happy collecting! 

UPDATED: 'Battleground' fanzine

A new one for me is this covers gallery for Battleground ('The comics discussion fanzine') from back in the day. I'd love to know how many issues this lasted. I remember seeing adverts for this in the back of Comics International but I never ordered a copy, more fool me by the looks of it - this looks great!

Updated: now with covers for issue 1, 2 and 4

Ewan Brownlow says 6 issues only

Battleground #1

available to download here - thanks to friend of the blog David Hathaway-Price

Battleground #2

available to download here - thanks to friend of the blog David Hathaway-Price

Battleground #3, cover by Adrian Hughes

the original image that was used for the cover

contains this centrespread by Glenn Fabry

and there's an interview with him; and an interview with Paul Grist. In fact here's a look at the contents...

Battleground #4

c/o friend of the blog David McDonald

Battleground #5, cover by Adrian Hughes

Battleground #6

cover not to hand - can you help?

Brickman first appearance

That finder of rare and wonderful comics things ewan_b has excelled himself again with this rare fanzine ...

...which features the very first appearance of Lew Stringer's Brick-Person, who would go on to become better known as Brickman, Lew's hilarious Batman parody strip. 

Hellfire fanzine #2+3 - David Roach

I've looked previously at the early work of David Roach and his comics fanzine Hellfire as follows...

Issue 1 here

Issue 3 here

issue 4 here

...and I just wanted to highlight some images from issue 2 (and 3) from ace ebay seller ewan_b

Hellfire issues 2 & 3

not sure if this is from issue 2 or 3 but I've included it as an early example of David's work

not sure if this is from issue 2 or 3 but I've included it as an early example of David's work

I think David drew the comic shop advert on the left of this image

update...here's a better cover image of issue #2

Battleground fanzine

A new one for me is this covers gallery for Battleground ('The comics discussion fanzine') from back in the day. I'd love to know how many issues this lasted. I remember seeing adverts for this in the back of Comics International but I never ordered a copy, more fool me by the looks of it - this looks great!

Battleground #1

cover not to hand - can you help?

Battleground #2

cover not to hand - can you help?

Battleground #3, cover by Adrian Hughes

contains this centrespread by Glenn Fabry

and there's an interview with him; and an interview with Paul Grist. In fact here's a look at the contents...

Battleground #4

cover not to hand - can you help?

Battleground #5, cover by Adrian Hughes

Steve Moore - FA #16 cover

Just spotted the original art (by Steve Moore) for Fantasy Advertiser #16 (1968) for sale on ebay right here. It's a 'buy it now' for £399

Bog Standard Komix

Over on that eBay ace cartoonist Lew Stringer (right here in fact) has put up an underground comic for sale featuring early Bryan Talbot artwork. Bids open at £40 and close on Wednesday (10th) just after 9pm.

As Lew says...
BOG STANDARD KOMIX. A fanzine/underground comic from 1978 that reprinted some of BRYAN TALBOT's earliest work from the early 1970s. Adults Only!

Contains SUPERHARRIS which Bryan did in 1972 for his college paper in Preston.

Centrespread poster features CHESTER HACKENBRUSH, another of Bryan's early characters.

VERY SCARCE 'UNDERGROUND' COMIC and essential for collectors of Bryan Talbot's work! Not many would have been printed. A5 size.

The FREE GIFT is still attached to the inside back cover, which is a sheet of toilet paper stamped 'Lancashire County Council'!