It's nearly that time of the year when newsagents and corner shops have to clear out that spare room and make space under the stairs to store their vast deliveries of festive TV guides.
Mammoth double issues with mammoth double prices will soon be weighing down the dump bins just inside the doors of local supermarkets. Some of the dumpbins may also be still standing by the end of their first day on the job.
So to celebrate and in anticipation of the mad rush to see what five year old movie we'll be sleeping through on Christmas Day, here's a stocking full of seasonal Radio and TVTimes for your amusing...
When the early 70s comic weekly Countdown dropped its science fiction remit and became TV Action, it broadened its comic strips to include other TV show genres.
In particular, shows that the young me (at the time) didn't bother about like Hawaii Five-0, Cannon and Alias Smith & Jones. There were plenty of other shows that DID interest me but alas they failed to materialise in the comic's pages.
Until now... with apologies to purists who may argue about broadcast dates and the years the comic was originally published.
(Admittedly, this was all an excuse to do a cover for The Invaders following my rediscovery of it on The Horror Channel...)
Remember the days when television over the bank holiday weekend was exciting and special?
I do...
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Chocolate is always good.
It's even better when its courtesy of your TV favourites from the 1970s...
It may come as a shock to you but I love old TV annuals!
No doubt the subtle clues from previous posts on the subject have gone over your heads and the admission comes out of the blue to you.
I have a neat little collection of them stretching from a mint-fresh copy of the very first Doctor Who annual from 1965 (apparently written by the show's original script-editor, David Whitaker!) to a Dick Barton Special Agent annual (based on the late 70s TV series and illustrated in muted 50s hues by V for Vendetta's David Lloyd).
A year or so ago, when I first started fiddling around in Photoshop, I put together a few annuals that I wished were available back in their hey-day when I was the age of their target market.
This is a selection of them which I hope you appreciate.
It's nearly that time of the year when newsagents and corner shops have to clear out that spare room and make space under the stairs to store their vast deliveries of festive TV guides. 
