Former DC and Marvel comic artist Jeff Aclin has been delighting Marvel UK fans recently, presenting many of the splash pages and covers he drew for the company for their 1970s superhero and other comics
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Hire an Illustrator releases “State of Illustration 2019” report
Hire an Illustrator has just released its State of Illustration 2019 Report, the biggest survey of illustrators they have ever done, completed by over 3500 creators from around the world. Compiled by Darren di Lieto, founder of Hire an Illustrator,… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Unseen Art of Hollywood Storyboards by Trevor Goring and Joyce Kaskey Goring
US publisher Hermes Press has launched a Kickstarter to fund The Unseen Art of Hollywood Storyboards, what looks like a fascinating and wonderfully illustrated book detailing the history of film storyboards, by comics and storyboard artist Trevor Goring – whose credits include 2000AD and more – and his partner, the late Joyce Kaskey Goring
Rare Ron Embleton UFO posters up for grabs
The official Gerry Anderson web site is currently offering limited copies of a rare facsimile UFO poster featuring art by comics legend Ron Embleton, inspired by the much-loved SFTV live action series
Limited edition Wally Wood exhibition catalogue now available to order from Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême
Three of the major exhibitions at this year’s Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême in France are accompanied by a substantial, deluxe, limited-edition hardcover catalogues, including the Wallace “Wally” Wood exhibition
Brian Bolland’s iconic “Amazing Heroes” Judge Dredd cover included in ComicLink auction next month
Published in 1984, Fantagrahics Amazing Heroes magazine (#52), ran a Judge Dredd cover by Brian Bolland which on publication promoted a “European Invasion” of US comics – and the art itself is up for auction next month at ComicLink
Dinosaur Artist and Comics Creator Steve White fronts new issue of “Colored Pencil”
Celebrating ten years in publication, the latest issue of the US magazine Colored Pencil leads with a cover feature on dinosaur and natural history artist supreme and comics creator and editor, Steve White
“Syd Mead – Future Cities” exhibition continues in Berlin as his passing is mourned worldwide
An exclusive look into the creative world of Syd Mead, one of the great futurists of our time, continues in Berlin into January 2020. The death of the legendary designer, whose film credits include Aliens, Blade Runner, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Tron, along with an unrealised remake of Forbidden Planet, was announced yesterday
Comic Artist Spotlight: Bruno Oliveira
I came across this eye-catching study of DC Comics character Shazam by Bruno Oliveira quite by chance – tracking down the Brazilian artist’s original post here back in 2012 on DeviantArt – and thought I’d quickly spotlight it and his work.
Recommended Web Viewing: The Brian Bolland Appreciation Society
If you’re a fan of artist Brian Bolland and you’re on Facebook, then one group you might want to consider joining is The Brian Bolland Appreciation Society. Not only will you find discussion of Brian’s work; Brian himself also posts… Read More ›
Merry Christmas from downthetubes!
Merry Christmas, downthetubers! Here’s the cover for Galaxy Magazine, cover dated January 1956, featuring a four-armed Santa Claus – the work of Ed Emshwiller, an American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films. He… Read More ›
A Christmas Comics Mystery – The Case of the Missing Garth Strip
A Garth strip has surfaced on eBay that has fans of of the Daily Mirror newspaper strip in a bit of a spin – because it suggests there may be missing, unpublished sequences from some stories out there, that were… Read More ›
Moebius’ take on Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” offered as limited edition print
London’s Illustration Art Gallery is offering a limited edition print of Moebius‘ unique take on Edward Hopper‘s iconic painting “Nighthawks“. Never previously published, this glorious limited edition Moebius giclée print is limited to just 100 numbered copies and on sale… Read More ›
Mick McMahon’s first ever drawn Judge Dredd up for sale on ComicArtFans
The UK-based comic art seller service Art Droids is currently selling pages from Mick McMahon’s first ever Judge Dredd strip that he drew, intended for 2000AD Prog One, but bumped to a later issue because of excessive violence
House of Illustration announces Raymond Briggs retrospective and more
London’s House of Illustration have announced their brand-exhibition programme for 2020 – and it’s going to be one heck of a year
In Review: Illustrators – Daggers Drawn!
It was inevitable the review of this Illustrators special edition would fall to me considering how well known my fondness for Commando is. For those unaware, Commando is a pocket-sized 68 paged picture library that was first published in 1961… Read More ›
TV Times “The Snail and the Whale” competition now open
It can’t have escaped the attention of eagle-eyed downthetubes readers that Axel Scheffler, the illustrator of iconic children’s books including The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and The Snail and the Whale has created an original illustration for TV Times’… Read More ›
A Christmas Gift Suggestion: illustrators Magazine from Book Palace
If you’re looking for something for Christmas for the art lover in your life, then can we recommend a subscription to illustrators magazine from the Book Palace? The latest issue (Issue 28), features a stunning cover by Frank Kelly Freas,… Read More ›
Holy Caped Crusader! INFINITY Magazine heads “Bat” to the 1960s!
Artist Pete Wallbank has kindly shared his the full Batman cover for Issue 24 of Infinity magazine, on sale soon, inspired by the 1960s TV show starring Adam West and Burt Ward. All 120 episodes from the 1960s live action Batman… Read More ›
Brian Bolland illustrators Special On Sale Now
Available now from Book Palace is their latest illustrators Special Edition – a quarterly magazine that presents the world’s finest illustrators – and this time out the focus is on 2000AD and DC Comics artist Brian Bolland. And it looks… Read More ›