TMNT comic - Titan, 2007, part 2

I've looked at various short-lived comics from Titan comics before (check 'em out here ) but this is a new one...

Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles, 2007, lasted 13 issues. The images below are all from this amazing Turtles fan site.

Part 1 was here

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic #8, Titan, December 2007, £2.60

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic #9, Titan, January 2008, £2.60

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic #10, Titan, February 2008, £2.60

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic #11, Titan, March 2008, £2.60

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic #12, Titan, April 2008, £2.60

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic #13, Titan, May 2008, £2.60

Indiana Jones comic (2008)

I've looked before (here) at Indiana Jones comics - in that instance it was the 11 issue run from Marvel UK in 1984/5 - and now here's another one. 

Published by TItan comic in 2008 (to tie-in with the Crystal Skull movie) this came out every 3 weeks and lasted 9 issues. Most cover images are from here.

Indiana Jones comic issue #1, Titan comics, May 22 2008

Indiana Jones comic issue #2, Titan comics, June 12th 2008

Indiana Jones comic issue #3, Titan comics, July 3 2008

Indiana Jones comic issue #4, Titan comics, July 24 2008, fortnightly

Indiana Jones comic issue #5, Titan comics, August 14 2008

Indiana Jones comic issue #6, Titan comics, September 11 2008

Indiana Jones comic issue #7, Titan comics, October 2 2008

Indiana Jones comic issue #8, Titan comics, October 23 2008

Indiana Jones comic issue #9, Titan comics, November 13 2008

Dan Dare at SDCC 2008

Just to prove that there's always something new to discover out there here's a new edition of a comic that came out 17 years ago but which, to now, I'd been unaware...

I knew about this...Garry Leach cover for issue #7 of the Virgin comics Dan Dare series

I knew about this...Dave Gibbons cover for issue #7 of the Virgin comics Dan Dare series

I knew about this...Dave Gibbons SDCC variant cover (inks)  for issue #7 of the Virgin comics Dan Dare series. Limited to 500 copies and available at San Diego Comic Con 2008.

I didn't know about this...Dave Gibbons SDCC variant cover (pencils)  for issue #7 of the Virgin comics Dan Dare series. Limited to 250 copies and available at San Diego Comic Con 2008.

If you have a copy let me know as I'd love to get one!

Artist sketchbook - part 3

I've looked here and here at British comic artist sketchbooks - today it's the turn of two comics legends...

Simon Bisley sketchbook - 2018, 64 pages, limited edition of 400 copies

available on eBay here

Simon Bisley sketchbook - 2018, 64 pages, limited edition of 100 copies

available on eBay here

There also seems to have been this version too...

Simon Bisley sketchbook - 2008, 32 pages, limited edition of 1000 copies

And Berserker have a new Bisley sketchbook in the works 

John Higgins sketchbook

I didn't get this from an actual comic convention in Moscow, instead I got it at the 2000AD 40th birthday event in 2017, A5 sized, 44 pages

Wasted magazine - a primer

I didn't get Wasted when it originally came out, being put off by the drugs-based content, it seems hard to acquire these days and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality in issue #1.

So to celebrate here's what you should be looking out for... 

Wasted, issue 1, September 2008, cover by Frank Quitely

Contributors include Alan Grant, Jon Haward, Mark Stafford, John Wagner, Simon Bisley, Gary Erskine

Wasted, issue 2, 2009, cover by Alan Kerr

Review from Down the Tubes is here

Wasted, issue 3, 2010, cover by Simon Bisley

Review from Down the tubes is https://downthetubes.net/?p=2034

Wasted, issue 4, 2010, cover by Dave Taylor

Review from Down the Tubes is here

Wasted, issue 5, 2010, cover by Neil Beattie

Review from Down the Tubes is here

Wasted, issue 6, 2010, cover by Cam Kennedy

Review from Down the Tubes is here

Wasted, issue 7, ??, cover by Alex Ronald 

Wasted, issue 8, 2011, cover by Gibson Quarter

Review from Down the Tubes is here

BICS, 2006+ programmes

I've looked previously at the programmes produced to accompany various British comic festivals...

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

UKCAC - part 2 is here

London Super Comic Con is here

In keeping with that theme I'll today start looking at the (A5 sized programmes) produced to accompany the Birmingham International Comics Show (BICS). I'm unclear as to how many of these programmes were published so if you could help fill in any gaps in my collection I'd love to hear from you...

BICS, 2006 - cover by Alex Toth

BICS, 2007 - cover art by Mike Mignola and Kevin Nowlan 

with thanks to Alan Henderson
Interior art /features on...Doug Braithwaite, Mike Carey, Mick McMahon, Mike Mignola, Kevin Nowlan, Lew Stringer, Bryan Talbot, Phil Winslade and Will Sliney

BICS, 2008 - cover by Martin Golden

BICS, 2009 - cover by Howard Chaykin

note the name change from Birmingham international comic show to British international comic show

BICS, 2010
cover image not to hand - can you help? 

Paul H Birch has, below, filled in some of the history on this show for us...

Bristol comic expo, 2004-2014

I've recently looked here at the London 2003 comic festival but now I want to look at the conventions that succeeded the events that Kev Sutherland ran. According to wikipedia...the Bristol international comic & small press expo ran from 2004 until 2014. That should mean that there are plenty of convention programmes out there to collect. So, here are the programmes I've tracked down so far..

November 2004, Bristol
cover not to hand - can you help?

May 2005, Bristol

November 2005, Brighton
cover not to hand - can you help?

May 2006, Bristol

May2007, Bristol
cover not to hand - can you help?

May 2008, Bristol

May 2009, Bristol
cover not to hand - can you help?

May 2010, Brighton
cover not to hand - can you help?

May 2011, Bristol
cover not to hand - can you help?

May 2012, Bristol
cover not to hand - can you help?

May 2013, Bristol
cover not to hand - can you help?

May 2014, Bristol
cover not to hand - can you help?