PS Publishing has just released details of Tomorrow Revisited: The Complete Frank Hampson Story, scheduled for release in April – the 60th anniversary of Eagle.
Written by Alistair Crompton, with art contributions from Don Harley and Andrew Skilleter, the book charts the life and work of Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the launch of Eagle.
But this is more than a plain biography: the book is simply crammed to the gunnels with superb examples of Hampson’s best work, printed in full colour from original art boards, so you can see all the amazing detail and painstaking backgrounds Hampson was so good at creating.
Along with plenty on Dan Dare, also featured is information on seven other strip cartoon characters, intended for Eagle, available in print for the first time, together with backgrounds of how they were drawn and some of the intended story-lines.
Tomorrow Revisited, which will cost £29.99, also contains sketches from Hampson’s notebooks, and some of the many hundreds of photos he took to help him create his strips.
In addition to the regular release, a slipcased limited edition (£69.99) is also being produced as a cloth bound hardback full colour book; and a deluxe leather bound hard back edition (Limited to 100 copies, priced at £295.00) housed in a leather bound Presentation Case, which comes with a certificate of limited availability signed by Alistair Crompton, Andrew Skilleter and Don Harley; a unique original illustration by legendary Eagle artist Don Harley; and a Frank Hampson illustrated Homage by Andrew Skilleter.
• Until April 2010, the bookshop version of Tomorrow Revisited: The Complete Frank Hampson Story is on offer at 10% off.
• For full details and a preview of some of the pages from the book visit http://store.pspublishing.co.uk/acatalog/info_480.html
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Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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What incredibly good news this is. Alistair Crompton’s first long-out-of-print book on Mr Hampton sits proudly on my Shelfari list, nestled between The Walter Mosley Omnibus and Colin Turnball’s “The Forest People”. By which I mean, I think the world of it, and I can’t wait for this!
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