The Out – Book2
21/09/21 'The Out', a SF romp by writer Dan Abnett, artist Mark Harrison, with lettering by Annie Whitehouse, is back on the pages of 2000AD with Book Two- Part One appearing in Prog 2250 this week.
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Jac Batey and Zines
14/09/2021 Dr Jac Batey is a university lecturer with a background as a freelance illustrator. She created Artists’ Books and Zines under the name Damp Flat Books (est.1999).
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Judge Dredd Uprising – The Live Experience
05/09/2021 Little Lion Entertainment have been promoting Judge Dredd Uprising based on Rebellion’s Mega-City world,
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Popeye the Sailor Man
28/08/2021 Popeye is a pugnacious, pipe smoking, indestructible sailor with superhuman strength obtained by rubbing his head with the Whiffle Hen.
Created by Elzie Crisler Segar. Popeye first appeared in the daily King Features strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929.
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Stephen Hickman R.I.P.
19/08/202
Stephen Hickman 09/04/1949 – 16/07/2021
Stephen Hickman was an American SF and fantasy artist, sculptor and author, with over 350 book and magazine covers to his credit.
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MAZEWORLD BADDIES
08/08/2021 In turning these flying reptiles from the pen and ink drawing in the comics I realised I
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V for Vendetta; Behind the mask
07/07/2021 An exhibition at the cartoon museum, 63 wells road, Fitzrovia London w1a 3ae, till October 31st. V for Vendetta, a graphic novel written by Alan Moore, and illustrated by David Lloyd first appeared in the short-lived British magazine Warrior in 1982.
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Some Israeli comics
29/06/2021 From guest contributor Hagai Palevszky.
The comic book is not an such established part the culture in Israel as in the U.S or U.K.
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Mystery strip identified.
13/06/2021 Thanks to the tenacity, curiosity and contacts of John Freeman - writer, editor, creative consultant, publisher and compiler of news site ‘downthetubes.net.’ - the puzzle of the Triffid strip has been resolved.
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60 Years of Marvel Comics Universe
06/06//2021 An exhibition consisting of over 180 original drawings , letters and rare exhibits from illustrators Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Don Heck, John Romita Sr.
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Jean Dubuffet - Brutal Beauty
31/05/2021 An exhibition of the art of French artist Jean Dubuffet at The Barbican Centre, London
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London Comic Mart
20/05/2021
Following the reduction of Covid restrictions, Showmasters announce the return of its live shows.
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The Making of Rodin
16/05/2021
Exhibition at the Tate Modern in London from 18 May to 31 October 2021.
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor regarded as being the founder of modern sculpture.
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R.I.P Bill Titcombe
08/05/2021
RIP Bill Titcombe
September 1938 – February 2021.
Cartoonist, illustrator, and painter with a long career in many of Britain’s most successful comic books.
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Three with a pen.
26/04/2021 An exhibition of illustrations and documents from the work and life of three artists - Lily Renée, Bil Spira, Paul Peter Porges.
The Jewish Museum Vienna
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Netflix Button Man axed
18/04/2021. A week ago I learned that in late 2020 Netflix had dropped their plans for a Button Man movie.
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R.I.P Joye Hummel
11/04/2021
Joye Hummel (Joye Murchison Kelly) 04/04/ 1924 – 04/05/ 2021
Hummel was the first woman to write scripts for a superhero comic.
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R.I.P Francisco Hanghenbeck
05/04/20211
Mexican comic book writer and screenwriter Francisco Hanghenbeck aged 56, has died from respiratory complications related to covid19,.
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Mazeworld heroine (& baddies)
24/03/2021
For this pin-up of Riadne, one of Mazeworld’s heroines, the face of the Indian actor Esha Gupta has been used.
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Lily Renee Phillips
15/03/2021
Lily Renee Philips was a Jewish, Vienna-born, Holocaust survivor who fled Austria after the 1938 Nazi annexation of Austria. She escaped to England on a Kindertransport and reunited with her parents in New York in 1940. There she took her artistic talents to the comic book publisher Fiction House Comics.
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Sirius news
07/03/2021 A new title has been added to the list at the top right of the site.
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Mazeworld pics
28/02/2021
As promised.
They are set in the Hell Maze that Adam Cadman visits in a latter part of the story;
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Coming soon
20/02/2021
It has been a while since the last blog. My apologies.
Some time back I had an enquiry from a TV company asking about TV and film rights to Mazeworld.
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