12 Facts About British comics

British comics are usually comics anthologies which are typically aimed at children, and are published weekly, although some are published on a fortnightly or monthly schedule.

In 1954, Tiger British comics introduced Roy of the Rovers, the hugely popular football based strip recounting the life of Roy Race and the team he played for, Melchester Rovers.

Until that point, the British comics comic was usually printed on newsprint, with black or a dark red used as the dark colour and the four colour process used on the cover.

The success of these British comics was such that Amalgamated's owner, Alfred Harmsworth, was able to launch the Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail newspapers on the profits.

Eagle's success saw a number of British comics launched in a similar format — TV Century 21, Look and Learn and TV Comic being notable examples.

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However, both these British comics ceased publication soon after their trial, as much due to the social changes at the end of the counter-culture movement as any effect of the court cases.

Carlos Ezquerra is the most notable Spanish artist to have worked in British comics, having worked on both Battle and 2000 AD, and is credited with the creation of the look of Judge Dredd.

Creators involved in those collections who have gone on to do several manga style graphic novels include British comics based Japanese creators such as Chie Kutsuwada and Michiru Morikawa, as well as, conversely, a British comics writer based in Japan, Sean Michael Wilson.

The British comics publishers reprinted many other American series, including the early 1950s Eerie and Black Magic in black-and-white format.

The importation of Marvel's American British comics continued to be erratic due to Marvel UK's promotion of their own reprints, which meant some titles were not offered for periods — The Amazing Spider-Man being a prime example.

Panini's titles include Ultimate Spider-Man and a Collector's Edition line of British comics, featuring a cardboard cover, three stories and a letters page on the inside back cover.

Since 2005, a small selection of American translations of the most popular Japanese British comics have been reprinted in the UK by major publishers such as Random House and the Orion Publishing Group.