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MAD magazine’s Thomas Fluharty interview leads latest illustrators magazine
The latest issue of illustrators magazine, from Book Palace Books, embraces Thomas Fluharty, one of the usual gang of idiots from MAD magazine during the 1990s
New “illustrators” projects from Book Palace spotlight Edgar Rice Burroughs, Peter Jackson, Jesús Blasco, and more
Some great new projects in the works from the Book Palace team
Hire an Illustrator releases “State of Illustration 2019” report
Hire an Illustrator has just released its State of Illustration 2019 Report, the biggest survey of illustrators they have ever done, completed by over 3500 creators from around the world. Compiled by Darren di Lieto, founder of Hire an Illustrator,… Read More ›
Explore the SF and Fantasy art of Patrick J. Jones
Back in 2009, I edited SciFi Art Now, a compendium of great art with a foreword from one of my favourite all-time SF artists Chris Foss. One of the artists who responded to my international appeal for art to be… Read More ›
Latest issue of Illustrators spotlights Brooke Boynton Hughes, Septimus Scott and more
The latest issue of Illustrators, the sumptuous art quarterly presenting the world’s finest illustrators, will ship from publishers Book Palace Books at the end of January. Artists featured in issue 13 include: Mitch O’Connell – the “world’s best artist” bares… Read More ›
“Carol Day” artist David Wright features in illustrators Issue 2
The latest issue of illustrators, the heavily illustrated art quarterly celebrating the finest European illustration of the 20th Century, is now available. illustrators Issue 2 features two major articles on the artwork of David Wright – Peter Richardson looks at Wright’s elegant, painted pin-up… Read More ›
Comics Talk: Six Questions For illustrators Editor Peter Richardson
Artist Peter Richardson is the editor of the new quarterly journal, illustrators, covering British and European comic, newspaper and magazine artists which is published by London’s Book Palace Books. Peter spoke to Jeremy Briggs about the publication, how it came… Read More ›
Illustrators: A New Quarterly Journal About Brit and Euro Artists
In the last few years London’s Illustration Art Gallery have been releasing a series of books about, and reprinting older, British comics via their Book Palace Books imprint. These include The Modesty Blaise Companion reference book, a series of reprints… Read More ›
London International Creative Competition Launched
The London International Creative Competition for 2010 has just been announced and is calling for entries. Described as “a vehicle for facilitating contact between uniquely talented artists and an international audience”, work is juried by a board of internationally esteemed… Read More ›
Artist Spotlight: SciFi Heroes of the 1970s
What’s not to love about this labour of love by illustrator Dusty Abell we just found over on deviantart? We don’t think Dusty’s missed out many of TV’s 1970s heroes, including those from British series such as Space: 1999. “This… Read More ›
Comic Art Now Goes On Sale
On sale now in a good book shop near you — or, very possibly, on stalls at this weekend’s Comic Expo in Bristol — is the much anticipated Comic Art Now from industry veteran Dez Skinn, a 200-page “comic art… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Terry Maloney
Over on Bear Alley, Steve Holland has just paid tribute to writer and illustrator Terry Maloney, who died on 16 March 2008, aged 90. In the 1930s, Maloney joined the Communist Party and renounced his Catholic upbringing and the church… Read More ›
Bleathman’s Thunderbirds Art on EBay
Illustrator Graham Bleathman is offering two of his original Thunderbirds paintings via ebay, both original ‘never before published’ signed colour paintings. • Thunderbird 1 (see right) features the scout ship for the International Rescue organisation over Tracy Island • Thunderbird… Read More ›
Subscribe to a … T-Shirt?
Here’s a weird one, but so wacky it’s worthy of mention. Subscriptions, it seems, are no longer limited to comics and magazines – you can now subscribe to a t-shirt. And over 2500 people already have. T-post is described by… Read More ›