• Those pesky Scottish creators are attempting another coup of
downthetubes with a reminder that
Scotch Corner, a collection of Scottish artists, is up and running. The fine team from north of the border include Thomas Crielly, Gary Erskine, Andy Hepworth, Jon Hodgson and Graeme Neil Reid.
"Every day there will be a new piece of art posted, each artist posting on a certain day," says Thomas" We kicked off last Wednesday so have a look and feel free to comment on the images."
The blog will also feature the work of guest artists: on Sunday,
Leigh Gallagher kindly provided this splendid
2000AD-inspired image.
• A quick reminder that the London Film and Comic Con takes place later this month (Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July) at Earl's Court 2. As well as media guests such as
Scott Bakula (
Quantum Leap,
Star Trek: Enterprise),
Tom Baker (
Doctor Who),
Bruce Boxleitner (
Babylon 5,
Heroes) and
Eve Myles (
Torchwood), comics creators such as Spider-Man artist
Lee Townsend,
The Beano's
Henry Davies,
Doctor Who Magazine's
Mike Collins,
John Charles and
Al Davison are also on the guest list, as well as publishers such as Orang Utan Comics. More info via
www.londonfilmandcomiccon.com/.
• ComicBitsOnline has
a round up of all the new Classics Illustrated titles now on sale in British newsagents, which include digitally enhanced editions of
Mutiny on the Bounty,
Wuthering Heights and
Jane Eyre. You can also subscribe to the series online via the official web site at:
http://www.classicsillustrated.co.uk• Brilliant British cartoonists news site
Bloghorn - for some reason, often a breed apart from comics artists, although I'm never sure why or how that happened - reports the
Chris Beetles Gallery in London will stage
A Celebration of Cricket: From Ashes to Zooter from 15th July 15 until 8th August.
Encompassing 200 years of cricket and featuring illustrations and watercolours, more than half the show will be devoted to cartoons, including the work of Glen Baxter, Mark Boxer, Tony Husband, Jak, John Jensen, Larry, Nick Newman and many more.
The Chris Beetles Gallery, is at 8 and 10 Ryder Street, St James’s, London (nearest Tube Green Park or Piccadilly Circus) is open Monday to Saturday, 10am – 5.30pm. The gallery’s website can be found at
www.chrisbeetles.com•
2000AD and
Star Wars artist Colin Wilson reports he's got his own web site. "After 14 years of maintaining a website, I've finally got myself a domain name. With my old ISP cutting me off a lot quicker than expected, thanks to Wolfgang at Gestalt my comic work, in all its glory, can now be found here (
http://web.mac.com/wilco440). Who knows, I might even have the time to update the site one day...."
• Over on the Forbidden Planet International blog, Richard Bruton has given
a glowing review to the latest issues of indie detective comic treat Harker, the work of York-basd publishers Ariel Press, which we had no hesitation in plugging earlier in the year. "Harker issue 1 & 2 were reviewed a few weeks back. The verdict: I thought it was great," he opens. "So with issues 3 & 4 I was really hoping it was going to live up to the promise of the first issues. Well, [Roger] Gibson & [Vince] Danks have taken that promise and really gone for it. If 1 & 2 established the characters and setting and dastardly plot, then 3 & 4 are where they relax and open out into the story some more. It’s still completely fantastic genre stuff but it just gets better and better and better here."
Issue 5 is already on the shelves at Traveling Man in York and is winging its way to the other stores Ariel supply over the next day or so. If your local comic shop doesn't supply it, please ask them to drop me an email:
roggibson1@aol.com - we'd be very happy to supply them, and will make it very easy for them (and even offer them a really good rate).
Read the full review here or find out more about the comic at www.arielpress.com
• Talking of indie publishers, head over to
Insomnia Publications blog where, after a whole host of new titles and projects were announced last week, various art trailers for them also now feature. Upcoming titles include
Burke and Hare by Martin Conaghan (interviewed about the project
here) and Will Pickering,
Oz: Fall Of The Scarecrow King by Barry McGowan,
Damaged Goods: Manifestation by Mark Chilcott and
Butterflies and Moths by Jennie Gyllblad. Head there now,
or take a gander at their Burke and Hare preview on myebook...
The Scotch Corner daily art blog is celebrating its third birthday and, like last year, has called on a number of guest artists to give a short holiday to the Scotch Corner regulars, artdroids Graeme Neil Reid, Gary Erskine, Simon Fraser and Alex Ronald, and artists Jon Hodgson, Andy Hepworth and Thomas Crielly.
