Northampton Museum and Art Gallery is currently hosting “Art and Comics Unwrapped: Exploring the Line Between Comics and Fine Art”, exploring the similarities between fine art and comics and how they are produced.
Running until Sunday 21st June 2026, this free exhibition explains the process of how comics are created and examine the common elements from fine art; the drawing, the painting and the poetry. It also exhibits a story of epic proportions without superheroes, just ordinary people.
The Museum will be hosting a free Spring Art & Craft Fair on Saturday 9th May 2026, from 11.00am – 4.00pm, so you may want to combine your visit with that The Fair will showcase amazing creativity from across Northamptonshire.
• Art and Comics Unwrapped: Exploring the Line Between Comics and Fine Art runs until Sunday 21 June 2026 | Cost: Free | Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, 5-6 Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP | Web: northamptonmuseums.com
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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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