War Comics.

A friend of mine is in good progress for a new comic dealing - what else, if I post it here- the Desert War. The author is the Swiss comic artist Franz Zumstein; after the project was "sleeping" for a god time it is now developped further and will hopefully be published soon!

 

Exactly; that's his webiste. The story is his phantasy but embedded in the historical background.

 

I am more and more impressed about Zumstein's work:

 

I am more and more impressed about Zumstein's work:

Excellent talent. Thank you.

 

Fantastic thread especially like the German ones.

Cheers
Paul

 

What about Bill Mauldin's Willie & Joe?

 

Just got this thru the post the other day and the art work is fantastic, can't wait to read.

Commando: Battle of Britain - Scramble!: The Ten Best Commando Battle of Britain Comic Books Ever! Commando 70: Amazon.co.uk: George Low, Calum Laird: Books

 

The comic will be published in November at 'Delcourt' in French Language. Zumstein sais, that he is already working on the second volume...

 

Gott im Himmel spitfeur.......ach no


Brilliant comics! I still have my battle collection of comics from number one back in the mid seventies 74 or 75 If I remember rightly

Can you remember all the characters

D Day Dawson ( dont remember much

Lofty's one man Luftwaffe escaped from a pow camp and nicked a plane to escape then some how joined the luftwaffe

The Bootneck boy Danny Budd I think little blond kid who wanted to be like his dad...

Rat Pack squad of blokes blowing things up with Turk and a little weasel bloke

Major Easy cool dude with a charoot in his mouth all the time

Johny Red ( flew with the Russians after being on a camship )

 

Hi all

I enjoyed reading Biggles books and the Commando series as well .
Learnt a lot about the wars and also about different countries
Also it is good for kids to read
Still have Biggles books but lost comics, pity

regards

Robert

 

victor was undoubtedly without peer..I have most of the xmas annuals still..But dont forget the valliant..hornet..hotspur..tiger..lion..all containing regular ww2 story lines..Thursday and Saturday mornings were special to me and my brother..stuff todays computer games.

 

Like Adam and others, I too was brought up with Battle, Commando and Victor which were well thumbed and swapped at school.

Brings back boyhood memories.

Regards
Tom

 

yes agree

commando comics
they still keep churning out almost accurate stories as well as a few far fetched
the drawings are excellent and not very pc

 

That's it:

BD Le Faucon du désert 1. Martuba airfield : Éditions Delcourt, vente de mangas, comics et bande dessinée (BD)

 

Johnny Red : Falcons First Flight: Amazon.co.uk: Tom Tully: Books

Johnny Red : Falcons First Flight (Hardcover)
Titan Books Ltd (26 Feb 2010)

 

victor was undoubtedly without peer..I have most of the xmas annuals still..But dont forget the valliant..hornet..hotspur..tiger..lion..all containing regular ww2 story lines..Thursday and Saturday mornings were special to me and my brother..stuff todays computer games.
I dunno two doses of nostalgia in one day im off to lie in a dark room

 

Just found this book surfing Amazon:

The Complete Maus: Amazon.co.uk: Art Spiegelman: Books

Combined for the first time here are Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II - the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the horror of the Holocaust through cartoons, the author captures the everyday reality of fear and is able to explore the guilt, relief and extraordinary sensation of survival - and how the children of survivors are in their own way affected by the trials of their parents. A contemporary classic of immeasurable significance.