Following up on our item on new Thunderbirds-inspired art from Vice Press, here’s some classic Gerry Anderson art, images by Shigeru Komatsuzaki, originally created from Japanese model kits
Exhibitions
Exhibition news – mainly comics
Hellboy set to haunt Kendal, Dungeons & Dragons delights revealed at Lakes Festival
With little over a month to go before this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival (11th – 13th October 2019) in Kendal, work is proceeding apace on a number of exhibitions at the event, These will include an exclusive take on… Read More ›
Major Mœbius exhibition heads to Germany’s Max Ernst Museum Brühl
Germany’s LVR Max Ernst Museum Brühl is hosting a major retrospective celebrating the visionary visual worlds of French comic creator Jean Giraud (1938-2012), known worldwide as “Mœbius”, from 15th September until February 2020
Ian Kennedy’s “Great War Dundee” cover revealed
Ian Kennedy’s cover art for the upcoming free Great War Dundee Comic has been unveiled, featuring “Ragtime Soldier”, a character created by Pat Mills, with art by Gary Welsh and Phillip Vaughan
WebFind: Inside A Surrealist Doll’s House, at Philadelphia Museum of Art
From Joseph Cornell’s curious found-object boxes to Jess’s fantastical “paste-ups,” there’s still time to discover the seemingly limitless ways that modern and contemporary artists have mixed materials to create something entirely new and surprising at the Philadelphia Museum of Art… Read More ›
Design Museum delights: Stanley Kubrick oddities, and the promise of your very own Mars mission
London’s Design Museum is currently hosting Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition, which includes some comic-related visuals inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey. running until 17th September. But the space age entertainment doesn’t stop there, because hot on the heels of this major exhibition, you’ll get the chance to travel to Mars without leaving London – in a multi-sensory adventure for all ages
Opening Soon: “Joost Swarte Everywhere” – a major exhibition at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam
A major one-man retrospective of the Dutch cartoonist, illustrator, architect and design wizard Joost Swarte, celebrating his fiftieth anniversary at the Kunsthal Rotterdam, from 14th September until 12th January 2020. Joost Swarte is a maestro, a pioneer and a true… Read More ›
Hellboy-inspired “Hell of a Comic Art Challenge” entries teased
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has revealed some of the fantastic entries received for its 2019 “Hell of a Comic Art Challenge” from students of the arts and young comic art enthusiasts, who have been creatively exploring the depths… Read More ›
London Cartoon Show opens today at Charing Cross Library
The London Cartoon Show opens today, Monday 19th August at Charing Cross Library, running until Sunday 1st September 2019
Lakes International Comic Art Festival trails Programme Highlights, including VIZ World Record Challenge
A world of comic art will return to Kendal for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (11 – 13th October 2019). Now in its seventh year, backed by the Arts Council and many other supporting organisations, the family-friendly festival will… Read More ›
Talking Manga: An Interview with British Museum curator Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere
Holly Rose Swinyard, editor of The Cosplay Journal, recently sat down with Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, curator of the British Museum’s Manga Exhibition, which runs until 26th August 2019, and has kindly shared part of their interview with downthetubes as a… Read More ›
Spot the TARDIS: Police Boxes recreated in “Ghost Monuments” project
Photographer and Doctor Who fan Paul Dykes has started a new photography project he’s calling “Ghost Monuments” – photo composites using a 3D model of a Gilbert MacKenzie Trench police box, rematerialising them in their former locations across London
Beano Time Travellers head to Mottisfont, Hampshire!
This summer, much-loved Beano characters are setting up home at Mottisfont, in Hampshire, for a vibrant new exhibition exploring 80 years of mischief and mayhem!
The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists exhibition opens in Leicester
The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists exhibition has just opened at New Walk Museum in Leicester, offering not just an insight into the art and the many books published, but a visual history of 20th Century Britain in microcosm…. Read More ›
Manchester’s National Football Museum’s 65th anniversary Roy of the Rovers exhibition opens next week
Celebrate the 65th anniversary of Roy of the Rovers with a visit to the dedicated pop-up exhibition at Manchester’s National Football Museum, which opens next week, on Friday 19th July. The Melchester Rovers legend made his first appearance in Tiger… Read More ›
Florida’s Norton Museum of Art hosts major Dwight M. Cleveland Collection film poster exhibition
If you’re heading to Florida on holiday this summer, then you may want to pop along to the Norton Museum of Art, which is presenting the first, extensive museum exhibition of classic movie posters from one of the most prominent… Read More ›
Tom of Finland Centenary exhibition announced as part of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019 is to celebrate the forthcoming 100th anniversary of the birth of Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen), the world’s best loved queer artist, comics creator and gay icon with a special exhibition in… Read More ›
Bromyard’s Time Machine Museum set to close in September
There’s sad news for fans of The Time Machine Museum of Science Fiction based in Bromyard, Herefordshire, which, it’s been announced, will close its doors in September – and all assets will be sold at auction
Creating Comics: A Video Interview with artist Howard Cruse
Gay Love, the first European solo art show of the work of Howard Cruse, is currently running in Brussels at the Galerie Comic Art Factory until 6th July 2019 – and the gallery has released a thought-provoking video interview with… Read More ›
Japan House London hosts Helen McCarthy’s free talk on Urasawa Naoki next week
Heading to London’s Japan House to see their This is Manga – the Art of Urasawa Naoki exhibition? Why not combine your visit with a free evening lecture on the artist by leading UK anime and manga writer Helen McCarthy… Read More ›