Issue Three Ready To Order

Issue three, with a special cover drawn by Tom Paterson.

Yes, after many ups, downs and false starts The Atomic Comic is back, and better than ever! Issue three will be released on 10th April 2016, and pre-orders are ready to be taken.

As you may have seen from the picture above, we’ve gone print! Very exciting times and the 32 page magazine has a great selection of articles, the highlight of the issue being Tom Paterson’s very first interview! Also in there is an article on Wham, Denis Gifford, Korky the Cat and much more!

The magazine will cost $10 (NZD) + postage, but you can get a digital copy for just $5. Pre-orders are being taken so to secure your copy email us at: whizzerandchips@live.com

Issue Three Out For Christmas!

Good news! The third issue of Atomic Comic is due to be released in time for Christmas! Here’s a sneak preview of the front cover which is still being designed.

 

Issue Two Is Out Now!

Issue two of Atomic Comic is out now, and is once again completely free!

Inside you will find an interview with Séan Baldwin and Jamie Smart, plus a guest article from Will barber – Taylor entitled The Changing Face Of Dennis The Menace.

Issue two can be read here:

Also out now is Harry Hill In Bubbles. This is a combonation of an original comic script  written by Séan Baldwin and the finished comic strip by Nigel Parkinson! Read it here:

Atomic Comic Is Launched!

 

That’s right! the first issue of Atomic Comic has been launched, and is avaliable now FOR FREE!

 

The fanzine is 36 pages and includes an interview with Andy Fanton and Will Dawbarn, part one of a brief history on comics, a look at the first appearence of Gnasher and a whole lot more!

 

You can read the fanzine here, without spending a single penny!

 

At Long Last, We Are Done!

Atomic Comic issue 1 is just three pages away from completion, and will hopefully be avaliable next week! I know we’ve said stuff like this before, but this time we mean it!

– George and Harry!

Issue 1 Cover – Plus some information!

 

Well that took longer than anticipated.

But, even after all our failures we’ve finally managed to get started (again) on issue #1! Above you can see the front cover, and the original image was taken from the 1941 Beano Book – which was kindly scanned for us by Phil-Comics!

So – how long until the entire publication is ready? Well, if we start writing the articles this weekend, we hope to have the issue ready in four to six weeks!

 

We apologise for the HUGE delay in getting Atomic Comic out there, but it was mostly due to problems we could not control (after all – the original issue one was ready in March)!

 

Please see the previous post for all the information on how to get your hands on a copy, how much it will cost etc.

 

-George and Harry!

An Important Announcement

The launch of Atomic Comic has been long awaited by both it’s creators and the fans!

We started out the project way back in Febuary of this year, and the first issue was completed and ready to go to the printers by March – interviews, images, the lot! Now, the next step in the plan was to have the fanzine printed so actual copies could be sent out to readers, but we waited several months and nobody got back to us. As you can probably guess, we were very dissapointed with the result, and neither me nor Harry wished to abandon the project, especially with so many fantastic people behind us!

But where did we go to next? We took to the internet, hoping to keep a blog and still have a printed fanzine. Still we waited, but no printers got back to us. Fortunatly, we had an internet-whizz on our hands, and Harry has made it possible to have Atomic distributed online! And this is fantastic news, not only because each issue will be ad free, but we’ll also have more pages! And most importantly, Atomic Comic has been reduced from £1 (although this price wasn’t definate), to £0! That’s right – Atomic will now be 100% free!

We still want to get Atomic Comic into printed format, and we are still working on it, and hopefully before too long it will also be avaliable on paper – for only the price of printing and posting!

But how can you get a copy? Well the answer is simple – all you have to do is visit this blog and we’ll have the issue right here for you to read or download – fresh every month!

But what we all really want to know is – when will this be launched? Well comic fans, we have some exciting news (at last)!

It’s almost time for the big summer break – which means we’ll have plently of time to put together some issues, update all our outdated articles, post more blogposts and get the fanzine out there!

Although I can’t give an exact launch date just yet, I do know that we are starting *almost* fresh in two weeks – and together we’ll decide an official launch date then – and we promise it this time!

It shouldn’t be more than a month from now!

Stay tuned comic fans!

-George and Harry!

References

When it comes to writing blogs, I often get many of the names of artists wrong, or maybe the incorrect number of issue numbers etc. But why’s that? Well, there are three possible reasons:

1) I’m incorrectly reading the information (although this rarely happens, as I often reread articles and check mulitple sources).

2) There are no sources of information for what I am looking for.

3) There are different sources with different information.

As I thought about this I decided it’s about time us researchers and fans of comics had one place to go to find our information, and that’s exactly what I intend to create!

So far we’ve hardly started, listing the general information for just two comics – Cheeky and Whizzer and Chips. But hey, it’s a start!

It’s a massive project I’m sure you’ll agree, and we’d be most grateful for any help people can give us to get the refrence list completed faster! If you are a complete boffin in one title, have a list of everthing one artist has drawn, or would just like to lend a hand, please get in touch at whizzerandchips@live.com

The Reference list can be found until the title, next to the ‘About Us’ page, or you can find it by clicking here!

-George!

The lowdown

Not a lot of comics have a blog. Then again, we’re not a comic exactly…

The Atomic Comic is an upcoming comic-fanzine which covers, well… All things British and comic like its slogan…

Coming soon (hopefully) in June 2012, Atomic Comic will be giving you the lowdown on every British comic your younger self or your offspring love(d). From The Beano to Strip Magazine – we’re going to be telling you about ’em, reviewing ’em and definitely enjoying reading ’em!

In the team that bring you this fanzine of fun, we have:

George Shiers who will be mainly reviewing everything classic and bring back childhood memories, looking back on debuts of soon to be household names such as Dennis the Menace and Lord Snooty. Being in charge of our Auction Watch feature, George will also be bringing you all of the best deals and staggering sales on all of your favourite comics!

Harry Rickard who will be behind giving you all of the present information. Being fairly new to comics, only starting in 2007. Harry has a love for the modern era. His favourite comic being The Phoenix followed by The Dandy, The DFC and The Beezer. Harry will also be behind editing the fanzine with his apparent “graphic designing skills” – we’ll let you decide what you think of them.

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Right about now, I can imagine you all asking the same question,

“Well, that’s all very well but what exactly is inside?”

Well, impatient readers – here’s exactly what:

Each issue will comprise of a review of some description, the majority of these being three-five pages long; two exciting interviews with artists and writers past and present, Issue 1 being Andy Fanton and Wilbur Dawbarn, fact fans; a “REJECTED” page, a page reviewing a failed pitch or a failed story from Andy Fanton’s rejected George VS. Dragon Christmas story all the way up to Steve Beckett’s Good Egg, Bad Egg – all appearing in a publication for the first time; Auction Watch will be sharing all the sales taking place at the moment as well as some staggering sales from the past which are sure to have you shocked; Beano VS. Dandy, we’ll be comparing two random issues of the current month and reviewing both comics and which ever one proves best wins; plus, Webcomic of the Month, each issue we’ll be reviewing a brilliant webcomic we’ve discovered which you must also discover because they really are fantastic!

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The fanzine is also free to buy, by visiting our online publisher, Issuu, you can read 40 pages or so of comic brilliance, past and present! We’ll be sharing links soon. Sadly, we’ll be unable to review Fleetway in the fanzine due to copyright law (apparently) so any news on Fleetway as well as other things will be shared on this blog, but I’ll leave that part up to George!

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But now I’m simply teasing you, see you all in Issue 1!

– Harry Rickard @ Atomic Comic

How many can you name?

Can you name all of the stars of The Beano and Dandy that appear in this collage?

Can you name the characters that appear? All of these and even more will be included in The Atomic Comic – coming soon!