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Acme opened a retail location, also called Acme Comics, in 1987 at 391 Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, [15] [6] South London. At one point, future comics writer Alan Mitchell worked as Acme's shop manager. [15] Acme sponsored The Basement Gallery below the shop, which held exhibitions by such artists as Dave McKean, John Watkiss, and Frank Bellamy ...
By issue #35 (Nov. 1983) Speakeasy had settled on a permanent logo (which lasted through 1986) and a tagline, "All the latest UK/US comics news". In addition, Ashford had taken on editorial help, with Speakeasy being edited by Bambos Georgiou and Richard Hansom alongside Ashford.
Described in Time Out as the NME of comics, [citation needed] Comics International provided up-to-date news and reviews of comics from around the world. There was a particular focus upon the British comics scene, including British comics creators, conventions and comics-related events, and information on British comics retailers.
Sales for the second issue fell to 50,000 - while a drop after the first issue was industry standard, this was more severe than expected. [6] At the same time Maxwell's underlings drastically cut back on the numbers of staff and general costs at Fleetway, with most of the staff moved to work-from-home freelancers to reduce costs.
Pages in category "Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom" The following 117 pages are in this category, out of 117 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jackpot was a British comic book magazine [1] that ran from the issues cover dated 5 May 1979 [2] to issue 141, 30 January 1982, [3] when it merged with Buster. [ 4 ] Publishing history
By the late 1980s, slow sales and distribution problems, combined with the rise of the specialist comic shop and the decline of newsagent purchases, together with the easy availability of new U.S. comics and back issues, signaled the end of the line for the business. [1]