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Comic Art in Vanity Fair
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Comic Art features in the Xmas gift special of upmarket magazine Vanity Fair. The current edition of the magazine – described as covering popular culture, fashion and current affairs – is dated January and is on sale now. Grab your copy now.
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New print – Billy Whizz starts today!
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Billy Whizz was one of my favourites when I was a kid. There is something very appealing about characters with special abilities – especially if they act as a handicap as often as not. But Billy’s speed gave the artists and writers at The Beano a very good excuse to use their imagination with the […]
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Focus on Asterix the Gaul
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I was brought up with Asterix – it was one of the few comic books i was even encouraged to read. It was the cultural option, mixing real history, foreign culture and witty language (thanks to Anthea Bell’s brilliant translations) with gripping story lines. I and my schoolmates were drawn to the funny tales of […]
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The Spitfire
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This is my new Spitfire screenprint. I love the shape of the aircraft and like finding ways to show it off, to do it justice. The elliptical shape of the wings and the sloping curves of the fuselage mean that it’s sometimes hard to remember that it was a very efficient killing machine. I’m delighted […]
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I chase Dennis the Menace
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Portrait photographer Emma Brown has taken a photograph of me joining in the chase for Dennis the Menace. It’s going to form part of a show at the Royal Society of Arts at some stage but I don’t know when. I’ll let you know in due course. In the meantime, here is the image. I […]
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