THE PROFESSOR ISSUE THREE OUT NOW!

Vi abbiamo presentato sovente molti progetti inerenti la figura di Peter Cushing ma, uno dei migliori è sicuramente il fumetto creato da Andrea Corbetta #theprofessor. Troverete molti accenni nel personaggio che sembra essere una via di mezzo tra Van Helsing, Sherlock Holmes e il Barone Victor dei film Hammer, fin dalla prima pagina. Curato in ogni dettaglio e illustrato con grande attenzione al racconto, si rimane incollati fino all'ultima vignetta. Anche le copertine sono superbe oltre alle tavole interne. Potete trovarlo in edicola ogni due mesi.

2016 PRESENTED US with quite a few interesting developments around the career of Peter Cushing, and one of the better ones was Andrea Corbetta's excellent comic, #THEPROFESSOR. With more than just a little nod to a central character who looks and behaves like a cross between Van Helsing, Sherlock Holmes and The Baron, The Professor drips in that atmosphere of gothic dread, that lovers of Hammer films will recognize right away from the turn of the first page. Beautifully detailed and illustrated, with a great twist in the tale, you never know what is coming next. Many of the panels would not look out of place, at the risk of mutilating your issue, cut out and frame on your den wall! The full-colour covers are quite superb!

The first issues of THE PROFESSOR ZERO AND ISSUE ONE are available now to buy and order. ISSUE THREE IS ON THE NEWSSTANDS NOW! Just follow THIS link: HERE!

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THE PROFESSOR COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

CONGRATULATIONS to our THREE lucky WINNERS who have each won a copy of the outstanding new comic, THE PROFESSOR, which proving to be quite a hit in Italy at the moment. EVERYONE is trying to get a copy. Well done to ALAN, WENDY and MARCIA. PLEASE get on touch so we can quickly sort out the delivery of your prizes! Many thanks to ANDREA CORBETTA the man behind the comic, for sponsoring our competition. Find out MORE about the history of Peter Cushing in COMICS in our extensive feature at the website. link below!

OUR INTRO FEATURE ABOUT THE PROFESSOR 

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EXCLUSIVE TO PCASUK : THE PROFESSOR COMPETITION: CUSHING VAN HELSING HOLMES IN ONE!

WITH MANY THANKS  to Andrea Corbetta, we EXCLUSIVELY present our THE PROFESSOR COMPETITION! Here is your chance to win a copy of this beautifully illustrated Hammeresque-Peter Cushing-styled-Nightmare!! It's Van Helsing cross-over with Sherlock Holmes Mash up! Answer the question correctly, and you could be one of our THREE lucky winners, who bag themselves their very own copy! 

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We featured an extensive piece on THE PROFESSOR earlier this year, you can read an ITALIAN REVIEW ON THE PROFESSOR #0 HERE .  Now THE PROFESSOR is about to be launched at THE TURIN HORROR FESTIVAL, on Wednesday, 12 October 19:30 hours, THE PROFESSOR #0! MORE details about the LAUNCH BELOW. Check out the superb TRAILER and some TELEVISION INTERVIEWS with the ANDREA CORBETTA below! ENJOY the competition, and get your entries in NOW!  Good Luck! - Marcus.

 

 

 

 

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#THROWBACKTHURSDAY: FROM CHUMPS TO PROFESSOR : THE HISTORY OF PETER CUSHING IN COMIC STRIP

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY: Some panels from the very rare and vintage comic, #MOVIECOMIC from September 1939. This issue, number six included in it's colour pages, a comic strip adaption of  a Laurel and Hardy feature film, that was to be released the following year, 'A CHUMP AT OXFORD', which also included one Peter Cushing in it's cast! But, 1939 was just the beginning . . .

 

WITH THE ARRIVAL of the internet, portraits, comic strips and studies of Peter Cushing arrived on a website and forum called, DeviantArt. It was started by Scott Jarkoff (Jark), Angelo Sotira (Spyed) and Matt Stephens (Matteo), who launched the site on August 7, 2000. There are literally thousands of examples of artwork on the subject of Peter Cushing, and many comic strips too. There have of course since 2001, been several other smaller adaptions of the Star Wars saga, and many other strips that have inclusion of a Cushing-like character plus some adaptions of stories where again, the Peter Cushing image has influenced the look of a villain, doctor, academic, in comic strips and comic art. The MOST IMPRESSIVE of all of these is the breath-taking THE PROFESSOR . . .

AND SO the image and influence of Peter Cushing is still very much with as an  a comic strip character. Something that he would ndever have dreamed back in 1939, when his image was first pressed into the comic strip panel of MOVIE COMIC....

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TRADING CARDS HAMMER COMICS AND FIERY GIF!

#‎frankensteinfriday‬ Over at our Facebook Fan Page we are asking ...DID you or DO you collect Hammer Trading Cards? There have been many sets of Hammer films trading cards issued over the years, some very good, others not so. I have never understood the 'sketch cards' series? I'd love to know which card did you have most annoying doubles of?

#NEWS : TITAN PUBLISHING has announced a release date for their first issue of a joint venture with Hammer films... ' a brand-new mini-series that reanimates the characters, as imagined by legendary Horror studio, Hammer films...' Halloween 2016 will see the first of their stories, 'The Mummy', ' written by the legendary Peter Milligan, drawn by Ronilson Freire, with cover art by John McCrea. Their press release says, ' ...the line will see the publication of brand-new comic stories, featuring classic Hammer properties, as well as wholly original Hammer stories, produced by Titan.' Hmmm those of us expecting something along the lines of a 'House of Hammer' comic strip story and artwork revival..maybe a little disappointed . . . 

#frankensteinfriday : The final scenes of #frankensteinmustbedestroyed is probably the most dramatic of all the Hammer Cushing Frankenstein films... out is a blaze. Milton Subostsky once said, that to end a film with an explosion or fire was a bit of a cop-out, the mark of what writers do when they can think of nothing else, or when the budget calls for a quick end... maybe, but in this case the drama and fire are so well executed, it creates a tension you can't help but get caught up in...and that surely is the mark of a great film???

VAN HELSING TERROR TALES : CLASSIC ART: BEST OF THE BUNCH

THE VAN HELSING TERROR TALES were a regular feature in comic strip form that appeared in the popular UK magazine 'The House Of Hammer' during the mid 1970's. Here we have gathered four of the best drawings of the host character mostly drawn by artist Brian Lewis… Which drawing gets your vote?

MORE Van Helsing ARTWORK: Basil Gogo's cover 

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THE TRIALS OF VAN HELSING: PART ONE : HERE

TITAN COMICS TEAM UP WITH HAMMER FILMS CUSHING AND LEE GOTHICS

NEWS: The British publisher teams up with the studio known for 'Let Me In,' 'The Woman in Black' and classic Peter Cushing gothic horrors.

It's welcome back to the house of Hammer. Announced at comic book retailer conference ComicsPro Friday, Titan Comics will launch a new line of comic books based on properties from classic horror movie studio Hammer Films later this year. Hammer, the home of British horror, was founded in 1934 but truly came to prominence in the 1950s with a string of horror features including The Quatermass Experiment, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out and 1958's Dracula, the movie which arguably made the careers of both Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Throughout the 1950s, '60s and into the '70s, "Hammer Horror" became a reliable shorthand for a particularly gothic aesthetic filled with dramatically lit castles, creepy old men with upperclass English accents and chills that managed to be both over-the-top and surprisingly effective.

Following the studio's disappearance in 1979 after almost falling into bankruptcy, Hammer Films returned in 2008 with a string of updated horror titles including The Woman in Black, The Quiet Ones, The Resident and Let Me In, a remake of the Swedish vampire movie Let the Right One In.

Titan's Hammer line, which aptly launches in time for Halloween, will feature a mix of classic Hammer titles and all-new properties. In a statement accompanying the announcement, editor David Leach said, "Hammer is the home of some of the most groundbreaking horror and genre films in motion picture history. Together, we're going to make some terrifyingly good comics."

The British-based publisher has built a reputation for its licensed material, with series based on Doctor Who, Heroes Reborn, Assassin's Creed and NBC's The Blacklist in its portfolio. Its next high profile launch starts in May, based on Showtime's Penny Dreadful.

'THE HOUSE OF HAMMER' NUMBER 11: HAMMER FILMS: THE GORGON TOLD IN COMIC STRIP

Cover Art: Brian Lewis. Script: Scott Goodall. Artwork: Goring and Cuyas.

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