I'm guilty. I admit I did not know
who Dan Dare was until sometime in the late 1960s. I was attending a small comic book convention and happened across
these odd shaped comic strip/book collections from Britain.
There I was smug in my confidence that only 'America' could produce
high-quality science fiction. After
all, hadn't the U.S.A. created Star Trek and a plethora of science fiction
books, movies and comic books? We
ruled-or so I thought.
After reading a few panels of the beautifully illustrated Dan Dare strip I
reluctantly abandoned my previous assertion.
The Dare Dare strip was spectacular-especially with its depictions of
aliens and spacecraft.
Where am I going with this? Haynes Publishing appears to be just as
enamored as I am with Dan Dare.
Haynes has just released their new Dan Dare Pilot Of The Future Space Fleet
Operations Manual and it is a beaut!
Beside reprinting in full-color some of the famous comic strips the book
provides full diagrams of spaceships, vehicles, weapons and locations along
with character bios, a Dan Dare timeline and much more.
Don't you 'dare' pass up this book!
Also from across the pond comes two books starring everyone's favorite
bumbling and lovable inventors: Wallace & Gromit.
Two manuals make up the set: Crackling Contraptions 1 and 2.
Providing schematics and color photos from the Aardman animated shorts, the
two manuals cover everything from the Bun Vac 6000 to the Techno Trousers.
Wallace & Gromit fans are sure to love these two
great manuals that contain the bumbling duo's 'cheesy' contraptions. "I just love cheese Gromit!"