Anderson Entertainment partners with Gail Myerscough to launch limited edition mug set

By John Freeman on April 9, 2021

Anderson Entertainment has partnered with the surface pattern designer and illustrator Gail Myerscough in the release of a limited edition set of mugs and coasters bearing designs inspired by shows created Gerry Anderson.

*Gail Myerscough Thunderbirds Controls Mugs*

The designs were commissioned by Jamie Anderson, MD of Anderson Entertainment and son of Gerry Anderson, who was impressed by a design inspired by control panels seen in shows like Thunderbirds.

Each of the bone china mugs are hand finished at James Dean Pottery in Kent.

The mugs and coasters are being sold exclusively through Anderson Entertainment’s successful e-commerce site, the Gerry Anderson Store, which boasts an expanding list both of licensee-supplied product and new items developed and created by Anderson Entertainment. They will be available from the beginning of April.

The core market for the mugs is expected to be Gerry Anderson fans and gift buyers of all ages, along with lovers of stylish, unusual homeware.

“I take my inspiration from mid-century design and modernist architecture and I grew up watching Gerry Anderson shows,’ says Gail Myerscough, “so bringing all these interests together in these designs has been a real pleasure for me.

“Anderson Entertainment has been a delight to work with and I’m looking forward to more collaborations in the near future.”

“Gail is a creative and versatile designer with a new and fresh way of looking at the Anderson classics,” notes Jamie Anderson, MD of Anderson Entertainment, “which at the same time captures the essence of their appeal. These, stylish, original and fun mugs and coasters are an integral part of our ongoing plans for an expanded offering from the Gerry Anderson Store to meet growing demand. It’s going to be a very busy 2021.”

• The mugs and coasters are being sold exclusively through Anderson Entertainment’s successful e-commerce site, the Gerry Anderson Store

• Gail Myerscough is online at www.gailmyerscough.co.uk | Twitter

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.