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Comic Creator Spotlight: Jinty and Tammy artist Ken Houghton

Comic Creator Spotlight: Jinty and Tammy artist Ken Houghton

Ken Houghton may a name unfamiliar to many British comic fans, but after chatting with artist Alan Langford this morning, I discovered his influence extends well beyond his comics work for titles ranging from Battle, Look and Learn to Sally, Jinty and Tammy. Ken, who died in the 1980s, represented by agent Mike Fowler, worked on a range of titles from the 1960s onwards, for various publishers,…

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Comic Creator Spotlight: Beano and Dandy artist Ken H. Harrison

Comic Creator Spotlight: Beano and Dandy artist Ken H. Harrison

Ken H. Harrison is a British comic artist, now retired, best known for his work on numerous strips for The Beano, “Desperate Dan” for The Dandy, and “The Broons” and “Oor Wullie” for The Sunday Post. Initially working on strips such as “Kings of the Castle” for Sparky, over a 40-year career, Ken drew strips such as “Robbie Rebel“, “Big Brad Wolf” and “Lord Snooty” and “Minnie the Minx“, in a…

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Comic Creator Spotlight: Shazleen Khan

Comic Creator Spotlight: Shazleen Khan

Shazleen Khan is an award-winning, London-based illustrator and comic maker, creator of the web comic Buuza!!, who’s been self publishing comics since 2011, who works as a full-time freelance illustrator. Right now, Shazleen is working on BUUZA!!, a free to read, urban fantasy webcomic with a wide-ranging LGBTQ+ POC cast, available to read on Tapas and Webtoon, and is seeking reader support…

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Revisit the wonder of summer, through the eyes of SF author Ray Bradbury, who passed this day, 5th June 2012

The Wonder of Summer, by Ray Bradbury, courtesy New York Yorker magazine

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Ace American artist Trevor von Eeden has kindly shared two of his fantastic artworks with us, homaging the art of M.C. Escher’s in illustrations featuring Batman and Green Arrow; one a promotion for "The Messiah Of The Crimson Sun", a story first published in Batman Annual #8, published by DC Comics

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French global superstar François Boucq, a Grand Prix winner of the Angoulême Festival in 1998 and a recipient of numerous other international awards, turned 70 this week.

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George Caltsoudas is a Greek illustrator, best known for his work in the world of alternative film posters and art prints…

Artist Spotlight: George Caltsoudas

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In a new “Comic Creator Spotlight”, downthetubes looks at Mike Deodato’s take on the Fantastic Four, and his new book set in the Land of Oz, written by Cullen Bunn and Larry King, introduced by Elton John…

Comic Creator Spotlight: Mike Deodato’s take on the Fantastic Four, and a trip to OZ