Strips 78 - award nominees & more

I've looked previously (here) at things to do with the Strips 78 comic convention. 

I recently spotted this ephemera related to the convention being sold on ebay by acesales1966 (well worth saving as a favourite seller). The detail of the award nominees was well worth saving for posterity I felt.

Strips 78 - the 2000AD contributors

I've been looking at various comic conventions recently (for a complete list check out the bottom of this post) and I recently looked at 'Strips 78' here - I noticed that there were a number of contributions from 2000AD artists so I thought I'd gather that all here for your benefit....

I'd be interested if anyone could tell me if the pictures by McMahon and Ranson relate to any particular stories that they've come across - thanks!

Brian Bolland

John M Burns

Mick McMahon

Arthur Ranson

Kev O'Neill

Dave Gibbons

If you're interested in other comic brochures then check out my other posts on the subject...

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 

Comic convention - Strips '78

I've looked at a whole lot of comic conventions previously...

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

London Super Comic con is here

A miscellany is here

Today's offering is 'Strips 78' - this was was held on 22-24 September 1978 at the Prince of Wales suite at the Y hotel, Great Russell Street, London. The programme is A5 sized, 48 pages.

The list of artistic contributors is as follows... 

Martin Asbury - Garth

Brian Bolland

John Bolton

John M Burns

Sandy Calder - Topps on two wheels

Manny Curtis

Dave Gibbons - Dan Dare, Powerman, Giant, Artie Gruber

Denis Gifford

Trevor Goring

Trog

Dicky Howett - Supermum

Kevin Smith

Brian Lewis

John McLusky - James Bond

Mike McMahon

Dick Millington - Mighty Moth

Kevin O'Neill - Ro-Busters

Arthur Ranson

John Richardson - various characters

Geoff Campion - Ultiman

Ron Tiner - Spring heeled jack

Bill Titcombe - various characters

Keith Watson- various characters

Tony Weare - Matt Marriott

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...