Illustration and Comic Art Items
London auction house Sotheby’s has announced the auction of arguably the most famous and evocative book illustration of the twentieth century: E.H. Shepard’s original ink drawing of Christopher Robin, Piglet and Pooh on the famous ‘poohsticks’ bridge, first published in A.A…. Read More ›
Cartoons featured as heavily in the day to day lives of the men and women of 1914 as they do today. This German cartoon from 1914, highlighted by the Public Domain Review, shows the lay of the political land… Read More ›
Bonhams next Entertainment Memorabilia auction (taking place on Wednesday 18th December) hosts an enticing line-up that includes some fantastic Doctor Who items such as art from some of the series annuals by Paul Crompton and a number of props from… Read More ›
A much admired comic artist for The Beano, The Dandy, and more, is honoured
Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein currently has a show on at the Tate Modern. While the public is intimately familiar with his work, what they may be unaware of is that many of his images were directly “appropriated” from comic artists… Read More ›
Watchmen artist and co-creator Dave Gibbons was interviewed on a recent BBC TV documentary about the Pop Art painting ‘WHAAM!’ by Roy Lichtenstein, which is currently on show in a major retrospective at Tate Modern, London. Gibbons was probably the… Read More ›
The following tribute is compiled with grateful thanks to Martin Baines, Gerry Dolan, Martin Griffiths, the Illustration Art Gallery (from where much of the information featured below about Colin’s career was sourced), Steve Holland , the New Camden Journal and… Read More ›
The long-awaited SciFi Art Postcard title from ILEX is now officially on sale, comprising a selection of ace science fiction art included in SciFi Art Now and some other art specially selected for this project, too. With a cover by… Read More ›
Check out this wonderful picture book for kids, by 2000AD and Crucible artist Smuzz
Just through my door this weekend: an advance copy of the Sci-Fi Art Now postcard book ILEX asked me to compile earlier this year, which features illustrations by a number of British comic artists, including Rian Hughes, Smuzz and… Read More ›
The British plastic kit manufacturer Airfix are looking for the loan of original artwork that was used for their box lids during the 1960s and 1970s for an exhibition due to take place at the RAF Museum at Hendon, London… Read More ›
Monty Nero’s cover for CLiNTVolume 2 Issue 3 Ace artist Monty Nero, whose credits include Death Sentence for CLiNT Magazine, is teaching two weeks of live online digital painting classes from 6th August 2012. These courses, organised by the Computer… Read More ›
Mention the character of Captain “Space” Kingley to readers of a certain age or collectors of 1950s annuals and you tend to get a remarkable reaction.
Ian McQue, Lead Concept Artist and Assistant Art Director at Rockstar North, will be teaching a Professional Concept Art Course over the weekend of 6-7 August 2011 in Scotland, UK. The course offers a rare opportunity for game and concept… Read More ›
Check out some fantastic original comic art by David Pugh
Delving into the cutaway work of Leslie Ashwell Wood
Vicky Stonebridge at work Scottish Highlands-based Vicky Stonebridge describes herself as “an artist, firefighter, youth worker, convention organiser, and other things! “I think living in remote rural North West Scotland has caused this chaos,” she says. “It’s always been necessary… Read More ›
Paul McCaffrey graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic (as was) with a BA in graphic design. Since then, he’s mainly worked in the area of children’s educational illustration, so he’s done a lot of work you’ll never see for books you’ve never… Read More ›
Patrick J. Jones was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, growing up during the height of Ireland’s conflicts and was one of the first people to be awarded a Prince Charles Trust Fund. He now lives with his wife Cathy and… Read More ›
A stunning double page spread from Tim Perkins Worlds End Tim Perkins is comic and concept artist, designer and writer who I’ve known since my days at Marvel UK, back when I was editing Doctor Who Magazine and Tim was… Read More ›