Solar Wind is a British

United Kingdom

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 small press

Small press

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 comics anthology

Comics anthology

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. Edited by Cosmic Ray (a pseudonym for small press comics publisher Paul Scott

Paul Scott (comics)

Paul Scott, sometimes known as Paul von Scott, is a British comics writer who is very active in the British small press comics scene.-Biography:Paul attended the University of Birmingham, where he studied geology....

), the comic is devoted to gentle parodies of British boys' comics of the 1970s and 80s. Eight issues in all were produced between 2003 and 2007, with the final issue published in November 2007 as the Solar Wind Summer Special.

Emerging originally from the fanbase of best selling British comic 2000AD, Solar Wind has featured writers and artists including Gordon Rennie

Gordon Rennie

Gordon Rennie is a comics writer, responsible for White Trash: Moronic Inferno, as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy....

, Rufus Dayglo

Rufus Dayglo

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, Al Ewing

Al Ewing

Al Ewing is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press and for 2000 AD.-Biography:Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the five-page Future Shocks format for 2000AD...

 and PJ Holden.

Collected editions

The comics have been collected in The Bumper Book of Solar Wind Volume 1 and 2, available at Lulu.com

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Reception

Don't let anyone tell you different: Solar Wind is the funniest comic of the decade.
- Comics International

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Awards

In 2004, the title won the Best Independent Comic Award at the British Diamond Comics Awards.

In 2006, Solar Wind was nominated for the Eagle Awards

Eagle Awards

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for best British Black and White comic.

The comic was three times SFX Fanzine of the Month.

Spin-offs

Solar Wind has two direct spin-off publications - Big War Comic (1 issue) and Sunny For Girls (2 issues). The same small-press publisher also produces Omnivistascope comics.

External links

• Solar Wind on the Omnivistascope site
• Interview with Paul Scott.