Telos Publishing has published The Fantastic Art of Ron Turner, written by the late John Lawrence, the artist’s long-time friend and agent. Here’s a quick video review of this stunning title. It’s an absolute delight and a must for Dalek fans!
Running to almost 400 pages, you can order a copy direct from the publisher here.
This is the first-ever comprehensive biography of the artist, and presents a wealth of his incredible and highly distinctive work, all reproduced in unparalleled quality, compiled by John before his death in 2023.
Artist Ron Turner (1922-1998) was a British master of science fiction book and magazine covers, and a comic strip legend. In a career spanning five decades, he provided illustrations for hundreds of classic SF paperbacks, numerous periodicals and some of the UK’s most fondly-remembered comics, his strip work taking in everything from Doctor Who’s “The Daleks” for TV Century 21 and the Supermarionation shows of Gerry Anderson to 2000AD’s Judge Dredd.
The Fantastic Art of Ron Turner, written by Turner’s long-time friend and agent John Lawrence (1944-2023), is the first-ever comprehensive biography of the artist, and presents a wealth of his incredible and highly distinctive work, all reproduced in unparalleled quality.
• The Fantastic Art of Ron Turner | 384 Pages | Large format 11×8.5-format full colour hardback | ISBN 978-1845832353 | Also available from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)
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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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