James Bacon reports on the opening night of Bryan Talbot’s new Luther Arkwright exhibition at the Cartoon Museum, and reviews it, too
Exhibitions
Exhibition news – mainly comics
Looking Back at Lawless: A Celebration 2022
Richard Sheaf had a splendid time at the recent Lawless: A Celebration in Bristol, and encourage you all to get there in 2023…
New comics Festival gets set to launch in Vigo next weekend
The very first Banda á Feira Comics Festival will take place in Vigo, Galicia, Spain next weekend, Saturday 4th – Sunday 5th June 2022
Humour of “Gadget King” Heath Robinson exhibition opens
The Heath Robinson Museum is hosting a new exhibition, The Humour of William Heath Robinson, open now, which will run until September.
Royal College of Physicians to host cartoon and caricature workshops as part of “A Taste of One’s Own Medicine” exhibition
London’s Royal College of Physicians is hosting a “hybrid workshop” for adults about caricature and cartoons next month, in partnership with the Cartoon Museum
Toyohara Kunichika print exhibition at Liverpool’s Lady Lever Art Gallery
Check out this new exhibition of prints by Toyohara Kunichika at Liverpool’s Lady Lever Art Gallery
New Steve Dillon art exhibition announced
The Culture Trust Luton has announced they will be exhibiting the work of legendary comic artist, Steve Dillon next month
“Demon Drink” exhibition opens in Glasgow, featuring art by Frank Quitely
A new exhibition, “Demon Drink” has just opened at Glasgow’s Hunterian Gallery, and features new art by comic artist Frank Quitely
Astonishing Akira exhibition heads to Berlin
Coming to Berlin in June is AKIRA – The Architecture of Neo Tokyo, an exhibition presenting the original background artwork of the classic science-fiction anime
In Review: Superheroes, Orphans & Origins: 125 years in Comics Exhibition at the Foundling Museum, London
Richard Sheaf explores the the world’s first major exhibition to explore the representation of foundlings, orphans, adoptees, and foster children in comics…