For my ‘Bit’ this month, I have decided to hand the reigns over to one of our amazing customers who shared his thoughts and memories of Ace Comics on social media and brought a tear to this old feller’s eye: So, I was 14 when I first got the train from Sudbury to Colchester. Walked […]
Biff's Bit
Biff’s Bit: Happy New Year!
“Thank you so very much for enabling us to reach 36 years in business, and for allowing us to continue on through these uncertain times!”
Biff’s Bit: We Do Not Know How Lucky We Are
The list of books subject to bans over the last two decades include a roll call of some of our industry’s most lauded titles and creators…
Biff’s Bit: 100 Years Since the End of World War I
The comic community have got together to produce a most magnificent artistic reflection on the tragedy of World War I, titled Traces of the Great War.
Biff’s Bit: A Story 57 Years in the Making
Ben Grimm and Alicia masters are to tie the knot in Fantastic Four #5. How the story develops from here will be interesting. Plus Batman: The Damned #1!
Biff’s Bit: Invasion Colchester does it again!
The country’s biggest FREE comic (related) convention, Invasion Colchester, was once again a resounding success with the feel good factor palpable.
Biff’s Bit: Robert Kirkman secretly launches Die! Die! Die!
Biff talks about the surprise release of Robert Kirkman’s new comic series Die! Die! Die!, including his open letter to comic shop customers.
Biff’s Bit: What Goes Around Comes Around (Part II)
Biff looks at the return of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman Universe, Marvel’s new Fantastic Four and X-Men books, Boom Studios’ Black Badge and the upcoming Aliens: Essential Comics collection.
Biff’s Bit: What Goes Around Comes Around
Biff looks at comic publishers producing their own comic catalogues to promote their books in the wake of DC’s new ‘DC Previews’ magazine, and what this could mean for the comic book industry.
Biff’s Bit: A Blip in Comic Book Sales, 2017
This month Biff shares his thoughts on the fallen sales of comic books in 2017 compared to 2016 and looks ahead to some exiciting new series launching in June 2018, including Tony Stark: Iron Man.
Biff’s Bit: Why do people think comics are only about superheroes?
This month Biff tells of his experience talking about comics in a local school and of the common incorrect assumptions about comics. Also mentioned – Tom Hart’s beautiful Rosalie Lightning.
Biff’s Bit: A little bit of politics
This month Biff takes a look at the current political spectrum regarding the NHS and likens it to the comics industry. Plus there are some kind words for Matt Kindt’s ‘Grass Kings’.