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7 March 2024

Shockwave - 1991

I've looked before at some DC reprint titles that appeared in the UK...
DC action! here
Zones here

and now the third and final title - Shockwave - published by London Editions magazines in 1991 for 4 issues. Here's my covers gallery...

Shockwave, issue 1, 1991, 95p, London Editions magazines
Dave McKean cover art

Shockwave, issue 2, 1991, 95p, London Editions magazines
cover art by Brian Bolland

Shockwave, issue 3, 1991, 95p, London Editions magazines
cover art by Joe Brozowski (AKA JJ Birch)

Shockwave, issue 4, 1991, 95p, London Editions magazines
cover art by David Lloyd

the cancellation of the title must have been quite sudden as the cover of this (final) issue carries a banner for part 1 of an interview with Alan Grant.


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28 September 2022

2 day comic auction - Sep22

This auctions starts today - don't forget - good luck if you're bidding on any items!

Anderson & Garland have announced a 2 day comics auction on Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th September. The catalogue is now available to view all the lots right here. There are over 1,000 lots to look at, and many, many highlights. British comics are well represented and there are some fine US lots as well.

I've picked out just a few of the British comics highlights...

Lot 321 here is a run of TV21 comics from issue 1-100 - these look to be in great condition


Lot 322 here has a great run of Ranger comic, issues 1-40


Lots 323-347 are a run of lots focusing on issue 1's. 

Lot 329 (here) has an issue of (Junior) Quizzer amongst it. Check out all my posts on this elusive comic here

Lot 336 (here) has an issue of Bea amongst it. Check out all my posts on this elusive comic here

Lot 754 (here)  has issues 2, 3, 4 & 5 of Viz

Lot 757 (here) is a Dave McKean lot


Lot 760 (here)  is 2000AD #2

Lot 761 (here) is "Burger Wars" episodes of 2000AD

Lot 769 (here) is issues 1&2 of 2000AD

Lots 798-814 are all the original art for various picture libraries. Art is by people like Oliver Frey, Jordi Penalva, Allesandro Biffignandi, Giorgio de Gaspari, Vincente Alcazar, Graham Coton and others. Some examples are shown below...








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17 September 2022

2 day comic auction - Sep22

Anderson & Garland have announced a 2 day comics auction on Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th September. The catalogue is now available to view all the lots right here. There are over 1,000 lots to look at, and many, many highlights. British comics are well represented and there are some fine US lots as well.

I've picked out just a few of the British comics highlights...

Lot 321 here is a run of TV21 comics from issue 1-100 - these look to be in great condition


Lot 322 here has a great run of Ranger comic, issues 1-40


Lots 323-347 are a run of lots focusing on issue 1's. 

Lot 329 (here) has an issue of (Junior) Quizzer amongst it. Check out all my posts on this elusive comic here

Lot 336 (here) has an issue of Bea amongst it. Check out all my posts on this elusive comic here

Lot 754 (here)  has issues 2, 3, 4 & 5 of Viz

Lot 757 (here) is a Dave McKean lot


Lot 760 (here)  is 2000AD #2

Lot 761 (here) is "Burger Wars" episodes of 2000AD

Lot 769 (here) is issues 1&2 of 2000AD

Lots 798-814 are all the original art for various picture libraries. Art is by people like Oliver Frey, Jordi Penalva, Allesandro Biffignandi, Giorgio de Gaspari, Vincente Alcazar, Graham Coton and others. Some examples are shown below...









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5 May 2022

A1 (1992) by Atomeka & Epic

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications.

I've looked at the original A1 series (from 1989) here
The Epic comics anthology (from 1992) is here

Now, thanks to friend of the blog Reuben Willmott we can look at some more Atomeka titles...

From 1992 this production with Epic was a colour (!) [rather than black & white] run featuring new material

A1 book one, Epic comics & Atomeka, 1992, cover by Glenn Fabry
all contents details here - controbutors include Ilya, Steve White, Roger Langridge, Glenn Fabry, Annie Parkhouse & more

A1 book two, Epic comics & Atomeka, 1992, cover by Hunt Emerson
all contents details here - contributors include Steve White, Nick Abadzis, Roger Langridge, Philip Bond, Peter Milligan, Jamie Hewlett, Glyn Dillon & more

A1 book three, Epic comics & Atomeka, 1992, cover by Simon Bisley
all contents details here - contributors include Dan Abnett, Gary Erskine, Pedro Henry, Colin MacNeil, Roger Langridge, Peter Milligan, Jamie Hewlett, Glyn Dillon & more

A1 book four, Epic comics & Atomeka, 1992, cover by Jamie Hewlett
all contents details here - contributors include Peter Milligan, Jamie Hewlett, Glyn Dillon, Dave McKean, Roger Langridge & more

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29 April 2022

Epic - an anthology, by Atomeka

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications.

I've looked at the original A1 series (from 1989) here

Now, thanks to friend of the blog Reuben Willmott we can look at some more Atomeka titles...

Epic comics - an anthology, Atomeka Press, 1992, book one - cover art by Dave McKean

Epic comics - an anthology, Atomeka Press, 1992, book two - cover art by Dave Dorman

Epic comics - an anthology, Atomeka Press, 1992, book three - cover art by Doug Braithwaite

Epic comics - an anthology, Atomeka Press, 1992, book four - cover art by Colin MacNeill

Interior art contributors include John M Burns, William Simpson & D'Israeli.

All in all, sounds well worth looking out for.
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6 April 2022

Atomeka Press - A1 (original series)

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications. I'm going to start with the (original) A1 title and then move onto other series. All of the below have great contributors and are well worth tracking down. 

As ever, if you spot I've missed anything then just let me know...

A1 - issue 1 (1989) - cover by Garry Leach

A1 - issue 2 (1989) - cover by John Bolton (below) and Dave McKean (rear cover)

A1 - issue 3 (1989) - cover by Brian Bolland

A1 - issue 4 (1989) - front cover by Simon Bisley, back cover by Moebius

A1 - issue 1 (1989) - cover by William Stout

A1 - issue 1 (1989) - cover by Jamie Hewlett

The A1 true life bikini confidential - cover by Adam Hughes 




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10 January 2022

Dave McKean's first published work

There are many great artistic things about the Comicon 1978 brochure (cover by Frank Bellamy, interior art contributions from Brian Bolland, MichMcMahon, Jack Kirby, Frank Thorne & Brian Lewis - what a list!). 

There is also, according to well-known fanzine collector Ewan Bronlow, the first published work by Dave McKean. It's a rather innocuous advert for Alan Green and you can see the initials DM on the right of the advert. Dave was born (according to wikipedia) n 29th December 1963 so that's make him probably just 14 when he drew the advert....

Copies of this con brochure can be found for sale on ebay currently (here for instance - bidding closes just before 4pm today so hurry!) 






I've always enjoyed collecting programmes issued by comic conventions - often because they contained unique illustrations - but until I started looking at this in such detail I had no idea just how many programmes there were out there to collect...

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
Comics 101 is here
Strips 78 is here

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6 January 2022

Dave McKean at Lakes festival 2021

To celebrate episode 172 of the Mega City Book club (available right here) I thought I'd share some Dave McKean photos that I took at the 2021 Lakes comic art festival

Dave (on the left) and Paul Gravett (right)



images of raptors...



birds!


some more impressionistic artwork from Dave

You can read my full review of the festival right here - I could have watched Dave flick through his (electronic) folders of art all day - there was SO much unpublished stuff that we just whizzed through. A great talk!





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