Brian Bolland for Comicon 76

Images swiped from an ebay sale last year and included here as I hadn't seen them before. Brian Bolland's advert for Comicon (19)76

The images doesn't appear in the actual convention brochure/programme that was produced, so this advert is the only place you'd see this image.

Strips 78 - the programme

I've looked a few different conventions before....

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! comic con is here

British comic conventions 1970-76 is here 

British comic conventions 1977-81 is here 

Comic conventions miscellany is here

Comics 101 is here

Strips 78 is here

Comicon 1972 is here

Eaglecon 80 - part 1 - is here

Comicon 1971 is here

Comicon 1970 is here

Bristol comic expo 2023 is here

ALL the Lawless 2023 posts can be found here

Alexandra Palace in 1992 is here

11th British comic convention (1979) is here

6th British comic convention (1973) is here

and now here's the very slim (single piece of A4 paper) that shows the programme for the Strips 78 (and Comics 103) convention held in September 1978

6th British comicon - 1973

I've looked a few different conventions before....

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! comic con is here

British comic conventions 1970-76 is here 

British comic conventions 1977-81 is here 

Comic conventions miscellany is here

Comics 101 is here

Strips 78 is here

Comicon 1972 is here

Eaglecon 80 - part 1 - is here

Comicon 1971 is here

Comicon 1970 is here

Bristol comic expo 2023 is here

ALL the Lawless 2023 posts can be found here

Alexandra Palace in 1992 is here

11th British comic convention (1979) is here

Another rare piece of ephemera related to British comic conventions. This time relating to the 6th British comic convention (in 1973) trying to drum up support for the con.

It's 2 pieces of A4 paper folder in half (loose, not stapled)  

the rear page is blank.

11th British comicon - 1979

I've looked a few different conventions before....

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! comic con is here

British comic conventions 1970-76 is here 

British comic conventions 1977-81 is here 

Comic conventions miscellany is here

Comics 101 is here

Strips 78 is here

Comicon 1972 is here

Eaglecon 80 - part 1 - is here

Comicon 1971 is here

Comicon 1970 is here

Bristol comic expo 2023 is here

ALL the Lawless 2023 posts can be found here

Alexandra Palace in 1992 is here

Some more rare comicon ephemera - this time from the 1979 edition. Two pieces of foolscap paper (and tiny font!) telling you all you need to know for your trip to the NEC in Birmingham. Guest of honour was Jim Steranko.

Cover to the convention booklet.

5th British comicon - 1972

Here's an advert for the 1972 British comic convention...

and here's what the (small) convention booklet looked like...

4th British comicon - 1971

Here's a rare survivor from 1971 - yes, it's the programme for  Comicon 1971 - the fourth annual British comics convention.

It's a single (folded) piece of A4 paper.

The front cover

The programme of events etc.

The back cover 

3rd British comicon - 1970

There's always room on the blog for details of old comic convention, so here's a glimpse at what the 1970 convention featured.

Cover to the (small) convention booklet

Here's the programme for the weekend...

Here's some pre-convention advertising to let people know what the convention was all about

...and this is on the back of the above - giving details of contemporary fanzines. You'll see that this is actually called 'Aspect 2 - supplement' and if you'd like to know what 'Aspect 2' actually looked like then check out this link to David Hathaway-Price's amazing archive of old British comics fanzines 

Brian Lewis art for Comicon 1978

Presented here is the Brian Lewis art from the Comicon '78 brochure...

rear cover...

Classic British humour characters - rare art (4 of 4)

From the pages of the Comics 101 convention brochure comes this final selection of art by some of the big names of British comics humour art of the 1970s...

Classic British humour characters - rare art (3 of 4)

From the pages of the Comics 101 convention brochure comes this third selection of art by some of the big names of British comics humour art of the 1970s...

Classic British humour characters - rare art (2 of 4)

From the pages of the Comics 101 convention brochure comes this second selection of art by some of the big names of British comics humour art of the 1970s...

Classic British humour characters - rare art (1 of 4)

From the pages of the convention brochure comes this initial selection of art by some of the big names of British comics humour art of the 1970s...

Some glimpses of Powerman

Some rare glimpses of Dave Gibbons 'lost' superhero, Powerman…

First up is the Comicon (19)76 convention booklet...

Also from 1976 we have the Comics 101 convention booklet... 

...which features an intriguing advert for POP issue 10 - looks like if features a strip called 'The Super E' and a football strip - did Dave draw for these comics? If not, who did?

…and finally the convention booklet for Strip (19)78

Brian Lewis art for Strips 78

From the pages of the (A5 sized) programme that was produced for Strips 78 here are Brian Lewis's contributions... 

Comicon 72 - early Kev O'Neill artwork

I've just been working on a project looking at a whole heap of comic convention programmes, and I've spotted loads of great, and interesting art in there, I'll be highlighting some of this stuff over the next few weeks, first up is the earliest piece of Kev O'Neill art I've got (I think!)...