Hi there!
I’m Fred McNamara – a writer with inconsolable interests in several niche topics; retro science fiction, indie comics, cult television.
You may know me best for my writings on the worlds of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, which I’ve been doing so for the past decade. I’ve written several books about their TV and film creations; my Captain Scarlet celebration, Spectrum is Indestructible (2020), essay anthology Andersons’ Supersonic Centuries (2022) and Flaming Thunderbolts: The Definitive Story of Terrahawks (2023).
I’m currently the website editor at Official Gerry Anderson, regularly writing articles that celebrate Gerry Anderson’s fantastic worlds as well as keep fans engaged through all the latest news and releases from Anderson Entertainment. I also currently work in an editorial capacity as a writer/researcher on Anderson Entertainment’s continuing line of comic anthologies. I also run the world’s only Gerry Anderson comic book blog – Sequential 21.
I’ve previously written for We Are the Mutants, Your Chicken Enemy, We Are Cult, ComicScene UK, Starburst Magazine, Comic Book Yeti, Andersonic, the British Science Association, PopMatters, WhatCulture, ScreenRelish, Grovel and Flickering Myth. My work has also appeared in anthologies published by Pencil Tip Publishing, Watching Books and Who Dares Publishing. From 2014 to 2020, I also served as the senior editor for the superhero/indie comic book website A Place To Hang Your Cape.
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Fred McNamara 
Hey Fred. I just finished reading your excellent book “Anderson’s Supersonic Centuries” and found your analyses of SHADO, the WSP, Terrahawks, WASPs and Spectrum operating “above the law” a new and interesting concept. Of course, no one questioned that they were all the “good guys” and above the law, right? My ONLY criticism of you book was on page 200 where you mention Supercar’s “Chip the Monkey”!!! Really? Your research and references were infallible except for the omission of one of Supermarionation’s favorite characters, MITCH the monkey!!!! Both Mitch and I demand a retraction and reprinting. Ook ook!
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