What's in the Annual?

The return of Icarus Dangerous!

By original creators Dirk Van Dom and Stephen Prestwood.

You do not want to miss this!

What's in the Annual?

L'il Ganesh has a Christmas caper in another rhyming adventure,

 written by Davey Candlish and illustrated by Jim Cameron

(Check out his PARAGON toys! Cor - I'm jealous! I want a bendy Bulldog and Jikan action figure!)

What's in the Annual?

An all new adventure for Jikan the time travelling demon hunter;

Cold as Ice, written by Dirk Van Dom

with pencils (as seen above) by Tom Newell

and lettered by Jim Campbell

Are you excited yet?!?

What's in the Annual?

Expect to see a new Spencer Nero tale written by creator Greg Meldrum and illustrated by original artist Davey Candlish

And if you haven't bought a copy of the latest issue - why the hell not?!

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What's in the Annual?

First up, there will be the fantastic Bulldog: Mertropolis

by Jason Cobley and Mitzi

Tell Santa you want one!

I can now reveal the cover to this years hardback Christmas annual in all its' 80s retro glory!

Some old favourites in new adventures, new characters, new artists, new writers and the return of one character you probably didn't expect to see back! This is going to be great!

Out in December; tell Santa you want one!

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The return of the Annual!

It's heartening to see the resurgence of the Christmas Annual this year.

I don't mean the latest boy band fanzine in hardback form that populate the shelf of WHSmiths nor the latest exciting blockbuster film love-in that will you find nestled next to them. No, I mean old school annuals of comics from yesteryear such as;

Admittedly, they are reprint rather than new stories but I grew up reading these. The adventures of Roy Race were eagerly devoured by pre-teen me back in the 70s, along with the jingoistic adventures of plucky Tommies against the Japs and Jerries (who always seemed to cry AAIIEEE!!! or Gott in Himmel! respectively), not to mention the Colonial racism of some of the Hotspur tales; consider this introductory paragraph from The Wolf of Kabul...

Bill Samson, the top British secret agent, better known as The Wolf of Kabul, was with his manservant Chung in a British fort on the North-West frontier of India. Chung carried an old brass-bound cricket bat which he called Clicky Ba. It was a deadly weapon in his hands.

Ah, they don't write 'em like that anymore!

All this reminiscing (and you can do it too if you pop down to Sainsbury's and buy from their selection which also includes the Best of Topper, Beezer and Bunty, amongst others) made me decide that there will be a PARAGON annual this year so be sure to keep an eye on the blog as I reveal details of all new tales starring Jikan, Spencer Nero, Bulldog and the return of an old favourite - Icarus Dangerous!

Tell Santa you want one!