Alan Hebden signing announced

It's not been officially announced yet but as you'll see from the message below (from the Battle Fans Facebook group) Alan Hebden will be signing copies of the upcoming Clash of the guards reprint (from Battle) at Forbidden Planet on Saturday 15th July 2023 at 2pm. 

Lawless 2023 - original art

I've looked here at some of the photos from the convention floor of Lawless 2023 and now here are some of my photos of the original art that I saw there...

Keith Burns - cover from Out of the blue, volume 2

More Keith Burns art

Colin MacNeill & Richard Elson art

Even more Keith Burns art - from the cover of Battle Action #1

This is actually an A6 sized Green Lantern sketch by Frazer Irving

Zombo sketch by Henry Flint that I'm very glad that I waited around what like felt ages for

Mick McMahon was sketching Dredd heads

Hit the jackpot

I'm always happy to feature comics free gifts on the blog especially more 'modern' ones - not just pre-war stuff given away with the regular issue of a comic. 

So this is right up my street - a free gift from Jackpot comic given to all readers whose joke was judged the funniest of the week.

This is currently up for sale on ebay here - bidding starts at 99p and runs until early evening on Saturday. Good luck if you bid!

All the jokes...

The editor declare joke  #6 the winner

 

UPDATED: UKCAC programmes - part 2 (of 3)

I've recently look at a lot at the various programmes produced to tie-in with various comic conventions...

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
UKCAC - part 1 is here

Today it's the second part of a look at that long running comic convention, the United Kingdom Comic Art Convention (UKCAC) - these are the best and longest programmes you can track down

Now updated with additional Kev Walker ABC Warriors art

UKCAC programme 1990, A4 sized, 112 pages, Garry Leach cover

UKCAC programme 1991, A4 sized, 96 pages, Simon Bisley cover

UKCAC programme 1992, A4 sized, 92 pages, Gary Erskine cover

Cover art for the schedule (usually just an insert for the programme; albeit these tend not survive whereas the 'main' programmes tend to last much better) by Kev Walker. Currently up for sale here

UKCAC programme 1993, A4 sized, 96 pages, Dave Gibbons cover

Cover art for the schedule (usually just an insert for the programme; albeit these tend not survive whereas the 'main' programmes tend to last much better) by Dean Ormston.

UKCAC programme 1994, A4 sized, 100 pages, Glenn Fabry cover

UPDATED: Roy of the Rovers - M&S merchandise

Back in 2012 Marks & Spencer carried an exclusive range of Roy of the Rovers merchandise - there's more than this just this pinball game to track down but you've got to start somewhere!

And now here's another bit of merchandise - a table football table!

Ian Kennedy Draws Judge Dredd

I was alerted to this Judge Dredd picture by Ian Kennedy too late  to feature it on the blog yesterday (when the eBay auction finished) so instead I've snaffled the images for posterity.

It sold for £275 

The dangerous breakfast

A recent (fantastic) posting by Adrian Clarke on the "Marvel UK Comics" Facebook group alerted me to the existence of this particular comic - reckoned to be the rarest comic Marvel UK ever produced. 

Not much is known about it except that it was produced to mark Kiss FM's 3rd birthday.

Maybe they produced other some (low print run) comics for other entities and we're just waiting to discover them.

Good luck tracking this down - these images are from a recent ebay sale (for £25).

The Starlogged blog covered it here

Check out all other mention of Marvel UK on the blog here

Earthspace promotional poster

A rare poster for Earthspace - this strip ran in 1978 in the Evening News as a 'Lance McLane' (not Jeff Hawke!). It's currently up for sale on ebay here with a buy it now price of £50 (or you can make an offer). The strip was by Jeff Hawke creator Sydney Jordan.

See notes here and here for publication details.

Lawless 2023 - the artists

Here's the first selection of my photos from Lawless 2023 - see if you can spot yourself mingling amongst fellow comics fans. 

Here's Mick McMahon

Here's Dave Gibbons

Here's Chris Weston

Here's Henry Flint

and this is the finished Zombo sketch that he did for me (that he's drawing above)