365th Day

On May 15th, my wife and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary. After a lot of deliberation, I finally hit on what I wanted to give her as a gift. She likes a lot of different stuff. And I like comics. So I asked a bunch of my favourite artists to contribute pieces of art inspired by some of that lots of different stuff. The plan was to put the art in a book, and give it to her on the day. What I wasn't expecting was for the finished article to be quite as awesome as it was. When she opened the present, there were tears. Because she loved it, you understand. Not because she was freaked out or sad or anything. Now, I can't give you the book. That's hers. But it seems a shame having all this awesome art and not sharing it. So with the permission of the artists involved, I'm going to post their amazing work here. Please share it about, and show your appreciation to these creators with your love and money, by buying their stuff. It's awesome, I promise.

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"The Dark Arts are many, varied, ever-changing and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck is severed, sprouts a head even fiercer and cleverer than before. You are fighting that which is unfixed, mutating, indestructible." - Severus Snape

Harry Potter - Young Severus Snape by Becky Cloonan

Becky Cloonan is a rising star on the US comic scene, and one of the most enthusiastic people you will ever meet. She is excellent.

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"Dude, you didn't say Die Hard!" - Ross Geller

Die Hard - Sergeant Al Powell by Warwick J Cadwell

Warwick's work can be seen in galleries, comic anthologies, and The Dandy.

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"I will find you!" - Hawkeye

Last Of The Mohicans - Hawkeye & Cora by Nicolas Papaconstantinou

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"Welcome to Barrow. Top of the world." - Beau Brower

30 Days Of Night by Andrew Cheverton

Andrew Cheverton is an artist and writer. He lives in Hampshire with his wife and their two children.

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"What the-eh fuck?" - Fred Fenster

The Usual Suspects by Sean Azzopardi

Sean Azzopardi is a London based cartoonist and publisher, who drew the excellent horror thriller Necessary Monsters.

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"When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes!" - Do You Hear The People Sing? from Les Misérables

Les Misérables by Jordan Morris

Jordan Morris is an American artist whose digital paintings are brilliant. Her favourite movie is Jaws, and her favourite song is Hotel California.

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"If you were queer I'd still be here, Year after year Because you're dear to me." - Nicky

Avenue Q - Nicky & Rod by Cassie Selin

Cassie Selin is a designer and artist in Australia, and her fan art is super-cute and lovely.

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"Yet in his eyes, all the sadness of the world... those pleading eyes that both threatened... and adored..." - Christine

The Phantom Of The Opera by Nicolas Papaconstantinou

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"I've found a way to make you I've found a way A way to make you smile" - At My Most Beautiful by R.E.M.

Michael Stipe by David Baillie

David Baillie is a comic creator and illustrator, as well as a writer. He has contributed to Elephant Words, and is a smashing drinking partner.

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"These are just ghosts that broke my heart before I met you." - Laura Marling

Laura Marling by Nicolas Papaconstantinou

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"I came home." - Tarzan

Tribe Of One by Warwick J Cadwell

Tribe Of One is Warwick J Cadwell's version of Tarzan. Warwick's work can be seen in galleries, comic anthologies, and The Dandy.

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"Flounder, don't be such a guppy." "I'm not a guppy!" - Ariel & Flounder

The Little Mermaid - Ariel & Flounder by Bevis Musson

Bevis Musson is a small-press comic creator. He lives in Manchester with his husband and their son. And is fabulous.

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"My ancestors sent a little lizard to help me?" "Hey! Dragon. Dragon, not lizard! I don't do that tongue thing." - Mulan & Mushu

Mulan by Tim Keable

Tim Keable is an artist and co-creator of the comic West. He can draw dinosaurs really well. And daleks.

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"He called me lezza, which I particularly don't like. And a tosspiece. I especially don't like lezza!" - Karen Brockman

Outnumbered - The Brockman family by Peet Clack

Peet Clack is a small-press comic creator with a beard.

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"There are things that I'll never laugh at. The handicapped. Because there's nothing funny about them. Or any deformity. It's like when you see someone look at a little handicapped and go 'ooh, look at him, he's not able-bodied. I am, I'm prejudiced.' Yeah, well, at least the little handicapped fella is able-minded. Unless he's not, it's difficult to tell with the wheelchair ones." - David Brent

The Office - David Brent by Paul Rainey

Paul Rainey is the creator of the confessional comic, The Book Of Lists, among others.

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"We're a bunch of young offenders and not one of us knows how to steal a car? This is pathetic!" - Nathan

Misfits by Andrew Cheverton

Andrew Cheverton is an artist and writer. He lives in Hampshire with his wife and their two children.

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"We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded." - Major Richard D Winters

Band Of Brothers - Major Richard D Winters by David Wynne

David Wynne is a small-press comic creator living and working in London. He is very tall, and hairy, and eloquent.