Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Blogger Views Dropping?
Two other bloggers tried to get me into an online forum to discuss the fact that UK comic bloggers are reporting dropping numbers when it comes to daily views. I refused the offer since some of the bloggers have been behind some nasty stuff aimed at me (which is why the UK is no longer a main target audience).
All I can say or write is that CBO currently gets between 30-40,000 world wide views each day. I publish the stats every-so-often for those interested (I have dyscaculia to an extent so numbers are just a jumble to me).
Look at it this way: those blogs may have declining views BUT they get comments on posts while CBO does not. Go figure.
I asked non comics media blogs and they say views are quite steady.
Cinebook Newsletter 222 - June 2026
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Monday, 29 June 2026
Sunday, 28 June 2026
Black Tower Western -Hurricane Hurry
Ben R Dilworth
24pp
A$
Black and White
£9.00 UK (price for other countries shown at the online store)
Hurricane Hurry. The fastest and most justified enforcer of the law in the Wild West. Riding across the plains and deserts to help those in need on his stallion Snowball.
They try to ambush, beat to the draw or set devious traps by William A. Ward's wandering lawman isn't falling for any of them....
What if some of those he put in Boot Hill rise to challenge him. What good does being fast on the draw do you if your opponents are ...dead? And are they really there for a shoot out or something more rewarding?
Rootin' tootin' shootin' gunplay all the way!
Saturday, 27 June 2026
This Is NOT Sparta! This Is Bristol!!!!
And you can damn well count on a 6 feet (1.82m) tall, fluffy white rabbit going by the name Bunny Warren is sorting out crime and other "stuff"
Wait...the "Other bloke" became Captain Cosmic so....who is this ?! Any why does he look like Unkle tWistEd?
oh no.
Dilworth's Ally Sloper
Ben R, Dilworth
A4
Black and white
36pp
£10.00 UK (overseas check price via online store)
Alexander "Ally" Sloper is the eponymous fictional character of the British comic strip Ally Sloper. First appearing in 1867, he is one of the earliest characters in comic strips. Red-nosed and blustery, an archetypal lazy schemer often found "sloping" through alleys to avoid his landlord and other creditors, he was created for the British magazine Judy by writer and fledgling artist Charles H. Ross, and inked and later fully illustrated by his French wife Émilie de Tessier under the pseudonym "Marie Duval" (or "Marie Du Val";. The strips, which used text narrative beneath unbordered panels, premiered in the 14 August 1867 issue of Judy, a humour-magazine rival of the famous Punch. The highly popular character was spun off into his own comic, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, in 1884. Ben R Dilworth has previously drawn Sloper for Black Tower but here he gets right back to what Sloper was all about and anyone familiar with Dilworth's work will realise that he is probably the only modern era artist who could do Sloper along with social commentary.
Surprise Time Again! Labbat's Charcoal!!
Yeah, what have I been doing since this morning? Yep, the mysterious Pierre Labbat (no one has worked out who he is yet?!) has produced a Black Tower/Penguinflight exclusive!
22 pages
Black and White
£8.00
Labbat is back!
Charcoal is a long awaited new book written and illustrated by the mystery comic pro people are guessing about but never guess right, "Footie is Life" "Corporal Religion" "Angel's Share" and more. ("more" is NOT a clue....?) For lovers of street level Independent comics and zines this one is for you!
pssst! his real name was mentioned in a post recently about favourite artists
VNV Nation - When is the Future?
Maybe do another selection of music next week? Never know. I mean, when is the future?
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