© Mal Earl
Top artist and Aces Weekly artist Mal Earl is making a special appearance in his home county of Cumbria later this week, to talk about digital art and his many projects, ad a guest of the Egremont-based Florence Art Group.
Over the last five years Mal has written and illustrated almost 100 pages of comic strip story for David Lloyd’s online anthology Aces Weekly. He has created artwork for record, magazine and book covers on both sides of the Atlantic, and is currently working on a graphic novel with Black Grape front man Kermit Leveridge, which will be launched at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October in Kendal.
His artistic process includes both traditional pencil work, and finishes produced solely on Apple iPad.
© Mal Earl
The event will be an informal, informative session focussing on the growing opportunities offered to artists by the ever growing digital landscape.
If you’re based near or live in Egremont, then the Florence Art Group meet every Thursday evening from 6.30pm to 8.30pm and welcomes artists of all disciplines and abilities. Take along your own work and share ideas and tips with others or just have a quiet place to get on with your latest project.
The cost per week is £5 which covers room hire and goes towards paying for regular one-off artist workshops. New members are always welcome (first two regular sessions are just £2.50).
• Florence Art Group: Digital Art with Mal Earl 6.30pm to 8.30pm Thursday 9 March 2017, Florence Arts Centre, Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, CA22 2NR Tel: 01946 824946 Box Offcice: office@florencemine.com Cost: £5 Web: www.florenceartscentre.com
• Mal Earl is online at https://malearl.com
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. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek 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.
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