The veteran Platoon-Sgt, Ole Bill is one of the very few who makes it all the way through the war with Bourne, more or less in one piece. An old pre-war Regular soldier, he was one of the BEF's ' Old Contemptibles' who fought at Mons in August 1914. Burly, loud, fond of a drink and seemingly indestructable, Bill's roaring voice and courage help Charley and his fellows out of trouble time and time again. a b Gertz, Bill (December 21, 2007). "Charlie's Movie". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007 . Retrieved July 18, 2020. Though later parts of the story covered the Russian Civil War (and, in episodes written by Scott Goodall, the early part of the Second World War), Pat Mills has stated that Charley's story should end at the end of the First World War, [ citation needed] and this has been reflected in the collections published by Titan Comics. In 2019, Pat Mills wrote a lengthy and damning post about the way Rebellion treats him and other creators. Read it yourself, but the allegations include: Using one of his books as a loss leader to launch a new series, with all the associated financial burden of that falling on the creators with no compensation; Deliberately withholding the number of units sold from creators; Rebellion taking a staggering 90% of profits from each book sold, leaving just 5% for writers and 5% for artists; That other creators are afraid to speak out because they worry that it will stop them getting work from Rebellion in the future. Charley’s War, the comic book story of a young soldier in the Great War, beautifully illustrated by Joe Colquhoun, is still in print today, as a superb three-volume collection from Rebellion,” Pat notes. “When it first appeared in Battle comic in 1979, despite its fiercely anti-war tone, it was rarely challenged or censored. This was because it was widely accepted at that time that World War One was mass-murder, carried out by incompetent generals and politicians under the banner of patriotism.

Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2008 Golden Globe Awards for the Year Ended December 31, 2007". goldenglobes.org. 2007-12-13. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15 . Retrieved 2007-12-16. It’s also a highly class conscious strip. While there are nasty characters on the German side, there’s an equal number on the British. Frequently we see that the real victims of those vicious characters (often upper class officers) are first and foremost those they command. The villainous Lieutenant Snell (a man so heartless he’s willing to use Charley as a bullet shield) is perhaps the exemplar of this trope. Home › Comics › British Comics › Curating Charley’s War: An Interview with Titan’s collection editor Simon Ward Meticulously researched by both writer and artist, the story shows the brutal reality of the WW1 trenches through the eyes of an unusual hero – an illiterate, underage boy who joins up in the fervour of recruitment. Mills had seen the film Oh What A Lovely War many times and could see a great comic story in it. It was inspired by letters home from ordinary soldier. He wanted readers to identify with Charley- a typical working class boy of the time.Michael Molcher, brand manager for Rebellion, has heard similar stories about original artwork being used to mop up basement leaks, or routinely thrown away. In 1980, Congressman Charlie Wilson is more interested in partying than legislating, frequently throwing huge galas and staffing his congressional office with attractive young women. His social life eventually brings about a federal investigation into allegations of his cocaine use, conducted by federal prosecutor Rudy Giuliani as part of a larger investigation into congressional misconduct. The investigation results in no charge against Wilson.

Conducted in 1982 for Fantasy Expressby Stephen Oldman and reproduced here with the kind permission of Stephen Oldman and editor Lew StringerSmith 70 was a great eccentric character who was into all things ‘a bit technical’. His number two on his beloved machine gun was Young Albert who always wanted to ‘have a go’ but never had enough ‘experience’. How he got his name I don’t know (When I was a kid I used to think he was actually 70 years old and hence ‘young’ Albert!) but I think it’s simply that Smith is such a common name and therefore they had to be numbered. Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989). Simon: Pat obviously wanted to write about the Great War and he did that as purely and respectfully as possible. That was his passion and I daresay that was Joe’s passion as well.