Book Palace Books has announced its limited edition art book, JMB: The Unseen Art of John M. Burns will be released in early 2025. Fans of the 2000AD and Look-In artist will be able to reserve a copy of the book shedding light on an unfinished epic, A Surfeit of Assassins, from 1st December.
John M. Burns, who died last December, was one of Britain’s, if not the world’s, finest continuity artists. In a career spanning over 60 years, he produced vast amounts of work for numerous British weeklies including TV Express, The Hotspur, Boys’ World, Diana, Wham!, Lady Penelope, TV Action, Look-in, 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine, as well as working for publishers in Europe and the United States.
He also drew hundreds of newspaper strips, including “The Seekers”, “Danielle”, “George and Lynne”, “Modesty Blaise”, “Eartha”, “Jane” and “Psycops”, to name but a few.
Although always in demand, John found time between his numerous long term work commitments to help John Dakin in his quest to revive the British newspaper comic strip. Unfortunately, this revitalisation never happened, but over a 15 year period, both Johns created characters, strips and full colour pages that, until now have barely been seen by the public.
Reproducing 40 colour pages, including all 25 pages of their unfinished epic, A Surfeit of Assassins, numerous strips, sketches and roughs, this book truly reveals the unseen art of John M. Burns.
A Book Palace Books publication, JMB: The Unseen Art of John M. Burns is a limited edition of only 500 copies, and will be offered with four free prints included with every advance order. More details are here at Book Palace Books.
Authors: John Dakin, John M Burns
Artists: John M Burns, John Dakin
Publisher: Book Palace Books, due early 2025
Number of pages: 68
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 13″ x 10″ (340mm x 245mm)
ISBN: 9781913548728
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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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