There’s an opportunity learn how to draw Comic Art Superheroes at a practical demonstration by comic creator Sam Hart at Blackwell’s Bookshop in Broad Street, Oxford, later this month.
Spend an hour with professional comic book and storyboard artist Sam Hart at Blackwell’s Oxford, where he will take you through how to draw comic art superheroes.
Sam will be referencing his new book, Comic Art Superheroes, during the workshop, which will be available to buy at the event.
Sam Hart is a British-Brazilian comic book artist with over 30 years of experience in comics, illustration, and visual storytelling. Known for his dynamic and expressive style, Sam has worked on iconic properties including Judge Dredd, Power Rangers, VR Troopers, and Starship Troopers, as well as a wide range of historical and legendary figures such as Robin Hood, King Arthur, Joan of Arc, and the 16th-century pirate Grace O’Malley.
He is perhaps best known internationally as the illustrator of The Coldest City, written by Antony Johnston – the graphic novel that was adapted into the 2017 Hollywood film Atomic Blonde, starring Oscar-winner Charlize Theron.
• Sam Hart – Comic Art Superheroes 3.00 – 4.00pm Saturday 17th January 2026, Blackwell’s Bookshop, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BQ | Tickets (£5) from EventBrite
• Comic Art Superheroes by Sam Hart is available here from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link) | ISBN: 9781800922624
Create your own jaw-dropping comic art characters who burst off the page with personality and power!
This is the essential, practical guide to creating believable, unique characters, authored by influential artist Sam Hart – comic book guru of over 30 years.
Aimed at young teens and upwards, this must-have guide is the perfect introduction to creating dynamic, memorable comic book superheroes, supervillains and monsters. With step-by-step instructions and skill-building exercises integrated throughout for fun, fast results, you will build your characters from the ground up:
- Start with a comprehensive introduction to the human form, looking at muscles, movement and amplifying characteristics for a superhuman finish.
- Give your characters charisma and personality through their facial expressions, head movements and masks.
- Dress your characters: from spandex to fabric, this section contains everything you need to know to give your superhero their vital, identifying costume.
- Translate power onto paper (from flight, strength and speed, to x-ray vision, magic and even weaponry).
- Create believable, dynamic action poses.
Once you master the basics, you’ll move on to advanced skills like creating dramatic perspective, adding narrative and inking to create comic-style tone and shading. Sam also shares special secrets on creating drama and dynamics through layout – a key element of comic book art!
Finally you’ll find advice on ensuring artwork is print-ready with resources including blueline pages for showing your professional-quality work.
With a foreword from John Higgins, prominent comic book artist and writer best known for his colouring work on two of the biggest and most groundbreaking graphic novels of all time – Watchmen and The Killing Joke, this is the must-have guide to bringing your own comic art to life.
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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.
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