Fred McNamara
@commandermac.bsky.social
Atomic-powered analoguepunk enthusiast. 💥 Website editor/classic comic compiler at Anderson Entertainment. 🚀 "Gerry Anderson pervert", apparently.
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Anxious and aro 💚🤍🖤 He/him
📖 fredmcnamara.com
💥 sequential21.net
⚡ gerryanderson.com/blog/blogs
Anxious and aro 💚🤍🖤 He/him
We are operating on the chumbliest of vibes.
November 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We are operating on the chumbliest of vibes.
Shockingly, more robots have appeared.
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Shockingly, more robots have appeared.
Motton packs in plenty of fast-moving action scenes, particularly in the race-against-time scenes of Scarlet venturing back to Cloudbase. He utilises the SPV's mostly unseen tractor treads to carve itself across country!
November 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Motton packs in plenty of fast-moving action scenes, particularly in the race-against-time scenes of Scarlet venturing back to Cloudbase. He utilises the SPV's mostly unseen tractor treads to carve itself across country!
Scarlet warns Cloudbase in time for Colonel White to deploy the Spectrafan, a component of Cloudbase used to stop runaway jets. Amazingly, the Spectrafan is detailed in the '68 annual's spec rundown of Cloudbase!
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Scarlet warns Cloudbase in time for Colonel White to deploy the Spectrafan, a component of Cloudbase used to stop runaway jets. Amazingly, the Spectrafan is detailed in the '68 annual's spec rundown of Cloudbase!
Spent the evening reading an unpublished Captain Scarlet comic script! Shall we take a deep dive into David Motton's script?
November 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Spent the evening reading an unpublished Captain Scarlet comic script! Shall we take a deep dive into David Motton's script?
Might just be that I haven't dived into some classic Dredd for a while, but even by Ron Smith's standards, The Stupid Gun is shockingly violent stuff.
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Might just be that I haven't dived into some classic Dredd for a while, but even by Ron Smith's standards, The Stupid Gun is shockingly violent stuff.
Never would have guessed that in the year that gave us Omega Prime and Star Convoy, I'd become smitten with unofficial Legends/Micromaster scale lads.
October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Never would have guessed that in the year that gave us Omega Prime and Star Convoy, I'd become smitten with unofficial Legends/Micromaster scale lads.
A great bunch of lads!
October 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A great bunch of lads!
Here are a whole bunch of 3P Autobots. Autonots? Hope you all approve. And don't tell Hasbro's lawyers.
October 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Here are a whole bunch of 3P Autobots. Autonots? Hope you all approve. And don't tell Hasbro's lawyers.
Chirst almighty, might just consign my Hasbro figures to history and commit full-time to third-party gear. What a stunner!
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Chirst almighty, might just consign my Hasbro figures to history and commit full-time to third-party gear. What a stunner!
We saw you from across the room and liked your vibe.
October 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We saw you from across the room and liked your vibe.
A treat to myself for my continuing adventures in teaching and growing confidence in leading the classroom, but also something to take the sting out of yet another filling needed from the dentist.
Truly, this is the year of third-party shenanigans for Fred.
Truly, this is the year of third-party shenanigans for Fred.
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A treat to myself for my continuing adventures in teaching and growing confidence in leading the classroom, but also something to take the sting out of yet another filling needed from the dentist.
Truly, this is the year of third-party shenanigans for Fred.
Truly, this is the year of third-party shenanigans for Fred.
Pulling together my latest Thunderbirds Deep Dive, and I'm once again struck by how *weird* Thunderbirds became by the end of the series: exploding dog food; aristocratic heists; mutant alligators; aircraft terrorism enabled by pop music!
October 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Pulling together my latest Thunderbirds Deep Dive, and I'm once again struck by how *weird* Thunderbirds became by the end of the series: exploding dog food; aristocratic heists; mutant alligators; aircraft terrorism enabled by pop music!
The Powertech Tracy Island was a transforming Tracy Island playset that stayed disguised as the Tracy home - until it was activated! One chunky rockface button was all it took to reveal *four* Thunderbird launch bays with mini vehicles. What a thing!
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Powertech Tracy Island was a transforming Tracy Island playset that stayed disguised as the Tracy home - until it was activated! One chunky rockface button was all it took to reveal *four* Thunderbird launch bays with mini vehicles. What a thing!
And it's written by Terence Feely, who would go onto create the Blobs for Space: 1999!
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
And it's written by Terence Feely, who would go onto create the Blobs for Space: 1999!
The Captain Scarlet comic strips from these annuals are doubly interesting in their graphic design. So much spin-off story material, bar the TV Century 21 strip itself, features the eye-catching "We, the Mysterons..." block of text. It commands its own unique design and placement within the pages.
October 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Captain Scarlet comic strips from these annuals are doubly interesting in their graphic design. So much spin-off story material, bar the TV Century 21 strip itself, features the eye-catching "We, the Mysterons..." block of text. It commands its own unique design and placement within the pages.
Many of the comics from the annuals feature stills integrated into the pages. They're not just bolted on - they're creatively hardwired into the spreads, impacting on page layouts and panel designs of the comics themselves.
Motton's scripts make no indication of how these stills should be included.
Motton's scripts make no indication of how these stills should be included.
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Many of the comics from the annuals feature stills integrated into the pages. They're not just bolted on - they're creatively hardwired into the spreads, impacting on page layouts and panel designs of the comics themselves.
Motton's scripts make no indication of how these stills should be included.
Motton's scripts make no indication of how these stills should be included.
Proud father and his offspring.
October 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Proud father and his offspring.
Some quite good comics have recently been consumed.
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Some quite good comics have recently been consumed.
Counting down the last few minutes to own some more of David Motton's comic scripts - stories from Dan Dare, Secret Agent Picture Library and Lion!
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743341...
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743291...
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743291...
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743341...
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743291...
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743291...
October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Counting down the last few minutes to own some more of David Motton's comic scripts - stories from Dan Dare, Secret Agent Picture Library and Lion!
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743341...
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743291...
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743291...
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743341...
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743291...
- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27743291...
A great bunch of lads.
October 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A great bunch of lads.
A funky bunch of space nerds.
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A funky bunch of space nerds.