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It’s no state secret that Art & Hue likes the cult 1960s British TV show The Avengers, as evidenced by the large pop art collection of stylish art prints featuring the show’s characters.
Starring Diana Rigg as Mrs Emma Peel, and Patrick Macnee as John Steed, prints from the pop art collection have been displayed at the BFI at a pop-up exhibition, and is now on permanent display at Elstree Studios where the show was filmed in the 1960s.
With Diana Rigg’s 80th birthday coming up in July, Art & Hue has been inspired to create eight stylish greeting cards featuring reworked images of Emma Peel and John Steed.
An official collaboration with Studiocanal, all cards are available to purchase individually, as well as in groups, and come in A6 size with envelopes.
Printed on carbon-captured papers from sustainable sources, the all-purpose cards are ideal for any occasion – birthdays, congratulations, anniversaries, or simply for a fan of classic television.
Art & Hue produces a massive line in pop art collections, with a football-inspired Top Trumps line recently joining Audrey Hepburn, Carry On, British Film Noir, From Stage to Screen, Hammer Horror, Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley, Julie Christie, The King of Carnaby Street, Mod Hair, Beat Films, School for Scoundrels, The Wicker Man, and Thunderbirds– and more in the pipeline.
• You can see the full collection of The Avengers greeting cards online at artandhue.com/theavengers
John Freeman
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. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek 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.
Categories: Art and Illustration, downthetubes News, Other Worlds, Television
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