Pre-orders are now being accepted for The Art of Jon Whitcomb, a new 224 page book that will be shipping in February 2017 about the work of the stunning US illustrator, who also became a media star. Whitcomb has been… Read More ›
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Lakes Festival art online auction starts on Wednesday – Jordi Bernet, Bryan Lee O’Malley items and more
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced its latest online fund-raising art auction will begin on Wednesday – 23rd November 2016. Included in this year’s auction to raise funds for the Festival’s 2017 activities is original artwork produced by no less… Read More ›
Lakes international Comic Art Festival announces 2016 online art auction plans
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced plans for an online fund-raising art auction, which will begin on 23rd November 2016. Full details of the 2016 on-line auction have yet to be announced, but included will be original artwork… Read More ›
New Thelwell “Menagerie” Prints Released
Screen printer John Patrick Reynolds – perhaps best known to downthetubes readers for his Beano-inspired prints -has produced six new screenprints based on the drawings of cartoonist Norman Thelwell. These “Thelwell Menagerie” prints show the range of Thelwell’s interests, from… Read More ›
Tokyo reimagined in style by Shinji Tsuchimochi for “100 Views of Tokyo” project
(With thanks to Marcia Allass): Following in the footsteps of ukiyo-e artist Hiroshige, Shinji Tsuchimochi spent three years illustrating the city, bringing a modern sense of whimsy and, sometimes, surrealism to the Japanese city. First published online, 100 Views of Tokyo, published in… Read More ›
Alan Lee to illustrate new edition of JRR Tolkien’s love story, “Beren and Lúthien”
HarperCollins will publish a new JRR Tolkien title, Beren and Lúthien, in May 2017, a love story that has inspired many creators to illustrate scenes from their story. This edition will feature art by Alan Lee, an award-winning artist long associated with… Read More ›
Lakes Festival’s “Beatrix Potter Reimagined: Competition Winners Announced
The winners of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival’s Beatrix Potter Reimagined competition have been announced. A creative project by the organisation, supported by the University of Cumbria, the competition attracted entries from across the UK. The overall winner is artist Beatriz Lostalé Seijo, for her… Read More ›
Dr Gale, Mrs Peel, Tara King… We’re Needed – on New Avengers Posters!
Following the success of last year’s pop art featuring The Avengers John Steed and Mrs Peel, Art & Hue‘s collection has been expanded to include fellow spies Cathy Gale (played on screen by Honor Blackman) and Tara King (Linda Thorson) as… Read More ›
New Fantastic Beasts Posters and more launched as Harry Potter prequel film debut approaches
Fresh in stock ready for the Christmas rush, GB Posters offers a great range of posters, ready to hang collectable framed prints and other merchandise from this season’s biggest brands. The company says Pokemon and Suicide Squad have proved to be a… Read More ›
Coming Soon from Telos Publishing: The Art of Reginald Heade
On its way from Telos Publishing in October (and available to pre-order now) is The Art of Reginald Heade, written by Stephen James Walker. Reginald Heade is renowned amongst vintage paperback fans and collectors as the pre-eminent British pulp fiction… Read More ›
Art & Hue Goes 60s with new hair-inspired pop prints
Art & Hue has created a new collection of stylish pop art prints inspired by the sharp bobs and modernist cuts of the 1960s hairdressing revolution. With the invention of the 60s bobs, geometric crops, and the five-point cut, women… Read More ›
New Vice Press Limited Edition Judge Dredd prints on sale at Bedford’s NICE convention
Two new 2000AD-inspired screen prints this coming weekend, one by Tom Whalen, which the team at Vice Press are hugely excited about. The prints will be on sale at the NICE Comic Convention in Bedford and we will releasing this new Judge Dredd… Read More ›
Hunt Emerson has Henry VIII and Noddy Holder all Stitched Up in Walsall!
Ace comic artist Hunt Emerson has been doing designs for a series of eleven “tapestries” (not actually tapestries, but stitch-based pieces) for Walsall Silver Threads, which will all be brought together today, Saturday 20th August 2016, at the New Art Gallery… Read More ›
The Bizarre World (but eye-catching advertising art) of British “Bile Beans”
Bile Beans? Really? Who on earth would buy such a product? Well, as it turns out, quite a lot of people, swayed it seems by canny advertising, despite the dubious and much challenged health claims… And you can still buy… Read More ›
Concept Artist Peter Dobbin puts Mythical Monsters on the Map!
Top British Concept Artist Peter Dobbin has come up with a nifty way to keep track of those things that might be lurking under your bed – by putting them on a gorgeous Mythical Monster Map. The Mythical Monster Map… Read More ›
Bloomsbury to publish classic Dorothy M. Wheeler-illustrated Nursery Rhymes collection
British publisher Bloomsbury currently has a number of beautifully-illustrated works in the works, including a stunning re-release of English Nursery Rhymes, as Classic Nursery Rhymes, a book first published when World War One was at its height. The new edition… Read More ›
Frank Bellamy Thunderbirds Art Prints Released, and do check out “True Brit”!
Last month, we plugged the fantastic Comics Unstripped exhibition at Kettering Museum and Art Gallery (and Colin Noble reviewed it here). The exhibition, which runs until 20th August 2016, features work by Frank Bellamy – who lived in the town – Doug Braithwaite, John… Read More ›
Sparkle World’s “Goblin Princess” strip Brought To Book
A few years ago Jenny O’Connor, Editorial Director at Redan Publishing (whose titles include the best-selling Peppa Pig) started writing a strip story for the company’s popular Sparkle World called The Goblin Princess – and now the strip has become… Read More ›
Vice Press get set to release limited edition Judge Dredd prints by Jock
Vice Press has announced the upcoming release of its Judge Dredd Letterpress Set by Jock this week – an officially licensed, Limited Edition Portfolio Set featuring some of the artist’s stunning work on 2000AD‘s most popular character. This new release – following… Read More ›
Talking Art and Comics To Lancashire!
For those of you who missed it, you can still tune into my interview about comics on BBC Radio Lancashire, recorded yesterday at Lancaster’s Robert Gillow public house, taken over for most of the day to promote local Lancaster voices,… Read More ›