Comics International

Comics International was a long running monthly publication dedicated to the comics industry in general, but in particular the British comics industry, featuring news, reviews, interviews and retrospective features as well as classified ads, a Q&A section and a letters page which was frequently one of the highlights of the magazine. The brainchild of Dez Skinn, it was published for sixteen years by his company, Quality Communications, from 1990-2006, a total of two hundred issues. Originally in black and white on newsprint, it later featured colour covers and some internal colour. Following #200, it was taken over by its former News Editor Mike Conroy's Cosmic Publications with #201, but the new regime were unable to maintain the standards of the original owners, and the magazine's appearances became sporadic, often featuring previews of titles which had already long since been and gone. The magazine ceased publication without fanfare in 2010, Cosmic Publications having succeeded in publishing only eight regular issues in four years.