Orkney Comic Art Exhibition in Kirkwall. Photo: Peter Rowe
Photo: Peter Rowe
If you’re heading to Orkney for your holidays, then you might want to drop in on a new exhibition featuring comic art by four artists who live on the island.
The Orkney Comic Art Exhibition is being held on the first floor of the Custom House, Albert Street, Kirkwall, and features both original work and prints from four Orkney-based artists — 2000AD‘s Cam Kennedy and Jim Baikie, The Giddy Limit creator Alex Leonard, and Tony O’Donnell of The Beano.
The exhibition is due to run until 30th August 2014.
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as 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.
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now that looks like a wonderful exhibition, why don’t we have exhibitions like this in Ireland?
Any one know how Cam is doing, last I heard, he was not able to draw due to illness, really miss seen new works from the man, he has inspired so many of us.
james