Dave McKean's first published work

There are many great artistic things about the Comicon 1978 brochure (cover by Frank Bellamy, interior art contributions from Brian Bolland, MichMcMahon, Jack Kirby, Frank Thorne & Brian Lewis - what a list!). 

There is also, according to well-known fanzine collector Ewan Bronlow, the first published work by Dave McKean. It's a rather innocuous advert for Alan Green and you can see the initials DM on the right of the advert. Dave was born (according to wikipedia) n 29th December 1963 so that's make him probably just 14 when he drew the advert....

Copies of this con brochure can be found for sale on ebay currently (here for instance - bidding closes just before 4pm today so hurry!) 

I've always enjoyed collecting programmes issued by comic conventions - often because they contained unique illustrations - but until I started looking at this in such detail I had no idea just how many programmes there were out there to collect...

Bristol comic expo (2004-2014) is here

London comic festival 2003 is here
Kev Sutherland festival original art is here
A 'Lawless 2019' miscellany is here
Boys and Girls exhibitions of the 1950s and '60s is here
Glasgow comic art convention is here
Edinburgh art convention is here
Hi-Ex convention is here

UKCAC - part 1 - is here
UKCAC - part 2 - is here

UKCAC - part 3 - is here

BICS convention is here

Glasgow comic con is here 

Kapow! con is here

British comic conventions, 1970-76 is here

British comic conventions, 1977-81 is here

A miscellany is here

Comics 101 is here

Strips 78 is here