The British Museum is to host a major exhibition dedicated to the history of Manga in the New Year, opening in May, along with a tie-in book titled, simply, MANGA. The exhibition, which will run until August, will explore the… Read More ›
Exhibitions
Exhibition news – mainly comics
“Unseen Art of Ron Embleton” exhibition announced
London’s Messum’s Gallery is to host an exhibition of work by Eagle and TV21 Ron Embleton in January, one of Britain’s best known comic and historical illustrators, with a reputation that stretched far beyond our shores
London Cartoon Museum move to Wells Street gets underway
After 12 years at 35 Little Russell Street, London’s Cartoon Museum is moving to brand new premises at 63 Wells Street, London WC1 – very near Oxford Circus. We previously reported on the reasons behind the move, which include a… Read More ›
Rawhide Kid: Slap Leather exhibition opens at San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum
The San Francisco-based Cartoon Art Museum is celebrating the art of John Severin‘s final Marvel Comics western series, Rawhide Kid: Slap Leather, in an exhibition that will be on display from now through April 2019. Johnny Bart made his debut in… Read More ›
Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson centenary exhibition opens in Ewell, Surrey
One hundred years after his birth, another exhibition commemorating Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson‘s work has just opened at Bourne Hall Museum in Ewell, Surrey. The museum just a hop and a skip from Bayford Lodge, Epsom, where he lived… Read More ›
New Hunt Emerson exhibtion opens in Birmingham
Just opened at the Primitivo Bar in Birmingham is a fantastic exhibition of art by this year’s Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art winner Hunt Emerson, which runs until February 2019. It includes a splendid Calculus Cat silkscreen print,… Read More ›
In Pictures: The Frank Hampson – The Man Who Drew Dan Dare Exhibition
An exhibition of art by Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson at The Atkinson, in Southport, Lancashire – where both the character and Eagle comic were “born” in the 1950s – is on now until March, and it’s well worth a visit. The exhibition covers all aspects of… Read More ›
Forget Black Friday – enjoy a comics-inspired night at the museum in Glasgow instead!
Glasgow’s Hunterian Museum is to host a free Comics Scotland event on Saturday 1st December 2018, with special guests including artist Frank Quitely. Night at the Museum: Comics Scotland is an exploration of Scotland’s illustrious history in the development of… Read More ›
“Miss Potato Head And Friends” comics exhibition opens in Lancaster
An award- winning comics project helping young people to improve their literacy is being celebrated with an exhibition in Lancaster – and will then go on tour around Lancashire. The Comic Literacy Project is part of The Dukes Cultural Partnership… Read More ›
Superman lives here – honest!
Way back in the late 1990s, I was working on a potential new publication along the lines of Starburst and INFINITY for Titan, which never happened, but I did commission a small amount of material for a “dummy”, including this… Read More ›
Horace Panter: The Beano 80th Birthday Collection opens in Harrogate
An exhibition of Horace Panter‘s Beano-inspired pop art opens in Harrogate later this month, at the RedHouse Originals Gallery. 2018 marks the 80th birthday of legendary comic The Beano and to celebrate, Beano Studios invited Horace Panter to produce a new… Read More ›
Oor Wullie set to storm Scotland next summer – in a very good cause!
Summer 2019 will see hundreds of painted Oor Wullie statues take to the streets of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness, for Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail. Scotland’s first ever national public art trail, which runs from 17th June to 30th… Read More ›
Doctor Who Blackpool Exhibition Winners
Last week, downthetubes announced ran a competition aimed primarily at North West residents to win entry to the opening of the new Madame Tussauds Blackpool Doctor Who exhibit later today. The competition, which closed at 12 noon on Wednesday 17th… Read More ›
Doctor Who is back in Blackpool!
Madame Tussauds Blackpool has launched an out of this world new Doctor Who area, including a wax figure replica of the Thirteenth Doctor. The Thirteenth Doctor and the TARDIS will set up home in an immersive new area at the… Read More ›
From The Trenches and In Pictures: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2018
This year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival – the weekend-long event in Kendal, Cumbria, now in its sixth year – saw dedicated comics fans brave Storm Callum in their hundreds to enjoy a weekend of creator events, exhibitions (some still… Read More ›
Unity Wall art project launches at Lakes Festival this weekend
The team behind the The Unity Wall project, which intends to showcase the creative talent of artists from around the globe, will be on the hunt for artists interested in contributing to a unique comics project at this weekend’s Lakes… Read More ›
Arthur Ranson signing tonight celebrates 10 years of exhibitions at London’s Orbital Comics
The Mazeworld signing and launch of The Art of Arthur Ranson exhibition is on tonight at Orbital Comics, London. The deluxe new edition of Mazeworld from Rebellion Publishing collects the entire dark fantasy he created with Alan Grant, and was… Read More ›
Roger Dean “Crossing the Line” Exhibition announced
Trading Boundaries in Uckfield, Sussex, has announced their 2018 official Roger Dean exhibition – Crossing the Line.
Beano exhibition breaks records for attendance
Bonnie Dundee, long home to DC Thomson who have provided generations of readers with their comics fix, has been running the Bash Street’s Back exhibition at the McManus Gallery, “a fun and rebellious look at the Beano at 80” –… Read More ›
Frank Hampson Centenary Exhibition opens at The Atkinson, Southport – Launch Report
David Britton of the Eagle Society reports on new exhibition of Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson’s work at The Atkinson, Southport… A reception was held on Thursday evening 20th September at The Atkinson in Southport, to launch three new exhibitions… Read More ›