Comic creator Jessica Martin’s latest book, A Star Is Drawn will be launching exclusively at ICE Birmingham 2017 next month (Saturday 9th September 2017).
A collection of Jessica’s distinctive portraits and sketches, it features some of the brightest stars in entertainment from the last 100 years, put together for the first time in one volume.
As well as some never-before-seen artwork, this special limited Christmas edition for 2017 includes several bonus festive pieces.
Join Jessica on a journey through her influences and inspirations, from Bette Davis to Bowie, and experience the ArtyMiss collection as you’ve never seen it before.
Jessica, whose work we’ve featured several times on downthetubes, has spent over 30 years in entertainment, performing in theatre, comedy, television and radio. Now a critically acclaimed comic creator and artist, and glad to be at ICE 2017, she describes herself as a “seasoned” multi-faceted entertainer with a career of many twists and turns.
“I’ve gone from teenage jazz singer, to television impressionist (in the days when light entertainment was at its Saturday night best!), to cult Doctor Who guest star, leading West End musical theatre actress,” she says, “and now, in the last four years, a comic creator and published graphic novelist.”
As well as A Star Is Drawn, you’ll be able to pick up her previous works (including comics It Girl and Vivacity, and graphic novel Elsie Harris Picture Palace), and get a first look at some of the art for her upcoming memoir Life Drawing – a Life under Lights, which has recently achieved 100% crowdfunding and will be published next year with Unbound.
One of the UK’s premier comics conventions, ICE is devoted only to the medium of comics in all of its forms and currently host events across the UK. Creators at ICE Birmingham this year include some of the biggest names in comics from both sides of the Atlantic, including the only UK appearance of the decade from Marvel and Star Wars cover artist John Tyler Christopher who will be signing all day for free and super star Spider-Man writer Dan Slott.
• Find out more about Jessica at www.officialjessicamartin.com or www.artymisspublishing.com
• For more about ICE Birmingham visit www.thecomicsshow.co.uk | Facebook
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
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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