Glenn Fabry’s art for the upcoming The77 Annual offered for sale

By John Freeman on October 11, 2021

We’ve previously plugged the crowdfunder for the The77 Annual – the independent SF and adventure comic’s first such venture, emulating the classic hardback book releases of old.

Now, the team behind The77 are selling three pages of Glenn Fabry artwork from the Annual, created for the story “House Wins by Paul Neal and Glenn, all priced at £295 per page. Email The77comic@gmail.com for further details.

*Art on offer from “House Wins” by Paul Neal and Glenn Fabry*

The first ever The77 Annual is currently seeking backing now on Kickstarter, and just like the British independent comic anthology, comes crammed with strips from a great mix of new and legendary talent, including Glenn Fabry, Steve Pugh and Lew Stringer.

Mark Montague’s original artwork for the Kickstarter hardback edition. The Kickstarter hardback edition cover by Mark Montague. Credits: featuring (back) Ba’al created by Steve Bull & Ade Hughes (middle left) Shard from Division’77 by Dave Heeley and Sinclair Elliott, (right) Sgt. Shouty! by Lew Stringer (bottom left), Penny Pentagram by David Thomas & Jonny Roydon, (right) Benksy by Ben Conan Cullis & Neil Sims

With an ambitious target that aims to cover both an agreed creator page rates and production costs, The77 Annual will feature 144 pages of brand new strips and much, much more.

On offer are not one, but two editions: a hardback edition, with a Mark Montague cover, a “thank-you” to loyal and steadfast Kickstarter backers, which will not be reprinted or sold in highstreet retail outlets; and a softback edition, with a cover by Ade Hughes, the Illustrator of The77 strip “V” and co-conspirator on Pat Mills’ SpaceWarp.

Kickstarter Softback edition with Ade Hughes’ cover. Credits: (back) Benksy by Ben Conan Cullis & Neil Sims, (middle) Shard from Division’77 by Dave Heeley and Sinclair Elliott, Ba’al created by Steve Bull & Ade Hughes, (centre) Penny Pentagram by David Thomas & Jonny Roydon, (right) The Cell by Bambos Georgiou and Andrw Sawyers

Expect everything from space opera and mythology, to action and comedy or monsters and robots in the planned 144-page Hardback Annual, exclusively available in the Kickstarter, created by hot new talent and legendary creators.

• The77 Annual Kickstarter ends this Sunday – check it out here

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as 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.