Vice Press have announced a licensing agreement with ITV Studios Global Entertainment for an ongoing series of limited-edition art prints and collectable pin badges featuring Thunderbirds and many more of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s classic titles.
Working with a handpicked selection of renowned artists, designers and illustrators, Vice Press will be faithfully creating original art prints and enamel pin badges celebrating Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Space: 1999 and many more. Each release will only be available in a very limited edition.
Vice Press will start to release artwork and Collectable pin badges from the series from Thunderbirds Day on 30th September 2019, starting with a limited edition Thunderbirds art print by artist Henrik Sahlstrom, a concept artist and illustrator currently working at EA DICE in Stockholm, Sweden who’s previously contributed to other Vice Press art projects such as Zarjaz! An art tribute to 40 years of 2000AD. His list of projects include video game titles such as Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena and Syndicate.
Ice Press limited edition Thunderbirds poster by Henrik Sahlstrom
There’s a Thunderbirds fine artwork by 2000AD artist Jake Lynch, too, featuring the vehicles in space that could have been ripped from a story in TV Century 21 – a limited edition of just 175 prints.
Thunderbirds by Jake Lynch
Also in the pipeline are Thunderbird 1, Thunderbird 2, Thunderbird 3, Thunderbird 4 and Thunderbird 5 enamel pin badges designed by Florey, an artist and designer from Melbourne, Australia, whose clients include Marvel, DC, AMC, Peanuts and Namco-Bandai.
Vice Press Thunderbirds enamel pin badges designed by Florey
Look out too, for a Space: 1999 poster by Raid71 aka Chris Thornley.
Vice Press Space: 1999 poster by Raid71
Vice Press is a UK based print house focused on producing fully licensed artwork and screen-printed posters featuring primarily British and European properties from movies, television and literature.
Established by renowned artist Matt Ferguson, Vice Press work with a number of well-known artists as well as up and coming talent from around the world to produce new and distinctive works of art.
• Find out more about the Vice Press Gerry and Sylvia Anderson range here on the Vice Press web site
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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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