Category: UK Annuals & Summer Specials

  • Nostalgia Collecting – Old UK Comics and Annuals

    [T]hey say that nostalgia is the narcotic of the over-forties. I\’m almost fifty-three, and I can definitely admit that it\’s particularly true of me. I\’ve always been a very nostalgic person, always fascinated by the past, even back when I was a kid. So pretty much my entire life, I\’ve been on a quest to…

  • When I Was Young – Christmas 1975

    [I] think it\’s fair to say that spoiling children is not a good thing, as spoiled kids have absolutely no appreciation for anything that they\’re given. It seems that the more you spend on them, the LESS they appreciate it. Spoiled, ungrateful kids really piss me off. You know the sort I\’m talking about, spoiled…

  • Collecting Old Comics Stuff

    I\’ve been going through a bit of a crazy phase recently. Almost a reversion to my youth, or, at least, my youthful collecting habits. I\’ve been spending a lot of money on Ebay, trying to pick up some of the rare relics of my early-to-mid teenage years, when I was an obsessive collector of British…