Maxwell the magic cat, volume 3

The four slim reprint volumes (published by Acme press) of Alan Moore's Maxwell the magic cat newspaper strips are surely high on the wants list of any Moore aficionado. Volumes 1 and 2 seem a little easier to get hold of than volumes 3 and 4 but I've long been more interested in volumes 3&4 as I knew they had Maxwell work by other artists in.

Below we have the artistic highlights of volume 3 - the original art of these images (along with those in volume 4) were all auctioned off at UKCAC87 for charity.

Art by Bryan Talbot

Art by Garry Leach

Art by John Bolton

Art by Graham Higgins (top) and Dave Gibbons (bottom)

Art by Ian Gibson

this fast-driving truck driver is clearing dead cats off the front of his cab - nice!

After Image fanzine

I'm grateful to friend of the blog Ewan Brownlow for today's covers gallery. This is a fanzine that I've always liked the look of but only have one issue of (#3). For fellow fanzine collectors then this is what you're looking for.

Note that Lew Stringer also produced a fanzine called After Image which these issues are not to be confused with. 

No.1 and 2 are super rare and had no distribution beyond ACE

No.3 was given out free at UKCAC 1987

4, 5, 6 & 7 were sold nationally in comic shops

After Image #1

After Image #2

cover image not to hand - can you help?

After Image #3 - cover by Glenn Fabry

After Image #4 - cover by Kevin O'Neill

interview with Kevin O'Neill 

Nostalgia & Comics advert by Hunt Emerson

letter from Ewan Brownlow

Original art by Kev O'Neill

Steve Holland talks to Richard Rayner & Vincent Danks

After Image #5 - cover by Barry Kitson

After Image #6 - cover by Simon Bisley

After Image #7 - cover by Brett Ewins

UKCAC87 - Judge Dredd strip

 I spotted this Judge Dredd strip in the UKCAC87 brochure (cover art by Jim Baikie, below) and wondered if it had been shared more widely or not?

Anyway, here it is again - art is by Robin Smith & script is by John Wagner & Alan Grant

Nigel Kitching - UKCAC contributions

As a follow-up piece to my recent post (for the Sonic the Comic podcast guys) here about Bojan Djukic drawing for UKCAC conventions I thought I'd look up their favourite artist, Nigel Kitching, and see if he'd done any work for UKCAC.

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 

A miscellany is here

Nigel's work can be found in the following convention brochures...

The UKCAC 1997 brochure - Frank Quitely cover

Spawn by Nigel Kitching

The UKCAC 1996 brochure - Bryan Talbot cover

Batman by Nigel Kitching

The UKCAC 1995 brochure - Duncan Fegredo cover

The UKCAC 1994 brochure - Glenn Fabry cover

Jack Kirby had died in early 1994 so there were many artistic tributes to him in the brochure...

Here's his contribution to the 1991 brochure (Simon Bisley on cover art duties)

Here's his contribution to the 1989 brochure (John Bolton on cover art duties)

Bojan Djukic draws Wonderboy

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 

A miscellany is here

and now for the benefit of those fine chaps on the Sonic the Comic the podcast here's a few of pieces relating to Sonic the Comic...

First up from the 1993 brochure we have Bojan Djukic drawing Wonderboy

and then from the 1994 issue (cover by Glenn Fabry)

we again have Bojan Djukic drawing Wonderboy

and then from the 1996 issue (cover by Bryan Talbot)

some non-Sonic art by Bojan

and then from the 1997 issue (cover by Frank Quitely)

more Bojan art - those look like the Gargoyles chasing those ninjas - check out the Gargoyles comic here

As well as UKCAC there was, for a few years, a GCAC [Glasgow Comic Art Convention] - here's the (A5 sized) brochure for 1994 complete with Mark Buckingham cover

...and here's Bojan's Wonderboy contribution

UKCAC programmes - part 3 (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
UKCAC - part 2 - is here

BICS convention is here

Today it's the final part of my 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

UKCAC programme 1995, A4 sized, 84 pages, Duncan Fegredo cover

UKCAC programme 1996, A4 sized, 72 pages, Bryan Talbot cover

UKCAC programme 1997, A4 sized, 84 pages, Frank Quitely cover

UKCAC programme 1998, A4 sized, 72 pages, Woodrow Phoenix cover

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


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

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

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