UPDATED: Glasgow comic art convention, 1990-95

I've recently look at a lot at the various programmes produced to tie-in with various comic conventions...

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

Updated: Glasgow Comic Art Convention 1991 brochure added to the listing

...and today it's the turn of The Glasgow comic art convention (GCAC), which ran from 1990-95...I've included the listing of all those that contribute pin-ups to these programmes. These are great and well worth tracking down.

Glasgow comic art convention, 1990, A4, 68 pages, cover art by Ian Gibson

Glasgow comic art convention, 1991, A4, 68 pages, cover art by Colin MacNeil

Glasgow comic art convention, 1992, A4, 68 pages, cover art by Jamie Hewlett

 Glasgow comic art convention, 1993, A4, 72 pages, cover by Steve Pugh

Glasgow comic art convention, 1994, A5, 64 pages, cover by Mark Buckingham

Glasgow comic art convention, 1995, A5, 16 pages, cover by Steve Yeowell

interior art by Thomas Creilly, Darryl Cunningham, Craig Dixon, Mike Hadley, Robert McCallum, Jim O'Reday and Frank Quitely

ComicHaus - issues 1-10

From 2016 here's the start of a covers gallery for small press comic Comichaus - full colour cover, b&w interior art. Classic US comic size.

Comichaus #1, September 2016, art by Glenn Fabry

Comichaus #2, October 2016, art by John McCrea

Comichaus #3, November 2016, art by Carlos Ezquerra

Comichaus #4, February 2017, art by Steve Yeowell

Comichaus #5, art by Gary Erskine

Comichaus #6, art by Tess Fowler

Comichaus #7, art by Boo Cook

Comichaus #8, art by Mark Buckingham

Comichaus #9, art by Simon Bisley

Comichaus #10, art by Darick Robertson

Comic festival 2003+4

I've looked a few different conventions before....

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! comic con is here

British comic conventions 1970-76 is here 

British comic conventions 1977-81 is here 

Comic conventions miscellany is here

Comics 101 is here

Strips 78 is here

Comicon 1972 is here

Eaglecon 80 - part 1 - is here

Comicon 1971 is here

Comicon 1970 is here

Bristol comic expo 2023 is here

ALL the Lawless 2023 posts can be found here

Alexandra Palace in 1992 is here

11th British comic convention (1979) is here

6th British comic convention (1973) is here

Comic fest 2001+2 is here

2003 & 2004 saw Kev Sutherland expand his efforts into producing 2 huge festivals a year...

Here's the May 2003 cover image - again, this was a piece of A2 paper folded into an A5 size leaflet (which included the voting form for the 6th national comics awards). The guest list was, as ever, enormous. Star guests were Jeff Smith, Bryan Talbot & Jim Lee. 

cover art for the one-day festival in London in November  2003, cover art by Mark Buckingham. Usual A2 piece of paper folded up into A5 size.

The last Bristol event, sob! A2 sized piece of paper folded up as usual. Voting form for the awards, loads of guests, panel etc.

The last one! A2 sized piece of paper folded up as usual.

CI #128 - the Miracleman cover that never was

A recent Facebook chat took me down a Miracleman rabbit-hole recently...Suffice it to say the (first) cover below was used in the Diamond Previews catalogue cover BUT Todd McFarlane saw it and threatened to sue Comics International if it was used. So it wasn't used... 

...instead this was the cover that was used - you may recognise it as the cover (by Mick Austin) from Warrior #7 

The issue contains 5 pages all about Miracleman, including Mark Buckingham's original artwork for issue 25 which at that point was unpublished.

Here's the original chat...

UPDATE: Carol Day - Lance Hallam project

Just an update on this...you can now pre-order the book from 'The Book Palace' here - yours for £299!

Great news for all fans of vintage newspaper strips there's a sumptuous volume of Carol Day coming your way in Spring 2023. Art by David Wright. The strip is called "Lance Hallam". 

More details here where it says

At the Printer!
At long last we are pleased to announce that our Carol Day book presenting the Lance Hallam story is finally at the printer! This book has been a long time coming, but we believe it will prove well worth the wait when it hits book shelves in Spring 2023.

About the Book
In Lance Hallam we reprint the complete story (minus 3 episodes) from the original art, in the full size of the originals, a pleasingly large 17 x 5.25 inches. Our goal is to give readers an experience as close as possible to viewing the original art, and to provide a definitive presentation, as Wright and his art deserve, of one of David Wright’s very best stories.

Here are the highlights:
The back cover image is an original illustration by David Wright, and the front cover image is by Carol Day super-fan and artist extraordinaire, Brian Bolland!

Brian only works digitally now, and to fully appreciate his cover, we encourage you to go to The Cover and explore the image further. We guarantee you will be amazed.

Second, to our knowledge this is the first time a comic strip story has been reprinted in its original size and format from the original art!

Third, to bring the character into the 21st century we commissioned a number of great contemporary artists to create their reaction to the character and story, and we think the resulting portfolio showcases some truly outstanding work by some of the best artists working today. You can see these now in the Carol Day by Today's Artists.

Finally, because we’re nerds and avid collectors, in addition to presenting the original art in its original size we also present scans of the complete art boards with all the marginal notes, editorial comments, revisions, etc. that characterize the art as physical objects.

Technical Details
Lance Hallam reprints the Lance Hallam story from the original art in the original size: 84 strips which ran from Friday, January 11, 1957 - April 18, 1957, along with a critical essay, background on David Wright and contemporary interpretations of the character.

Cover illustration by Brian Bolland

Published as a trade hardcover edition:
Availability: at the printer, expected in stock in Spring 2023
Limited to 500 copies
21 x 14 inches
Printed on acid-free paper
152 pages
Quarterbound with a cloth spine
Colored headbands with ribbon marker
Hot foil stamping on the spineContents
Foreword
A Brush with Fitzrovia by Peter Richardson
The Lance Hallam Art
The Artistry of Lance Hallam by Roger Clark
Carol Day by Today’s Artists [see 3 images below]
The Lance Hallam Boards
Acknowledgments and Project Journey

Price
This is an expensive book, not because we’ll be making money on it but because we spared no expense to produce the best book we could, the book we want as fanatical Carol Day and David Wright collectors.

If we sell out our print run, we will make a very tiny profit, but that is all. We have done this as a project to give back to collectors, not as a commercial endeavor.

Shipping will be added to the price. Shipping prices are changing rapidly around the world right now and we are unable to confidently predict what they will be when we start shipping.

We will post the price here when we know it.

Reservations and Pre-orders
We are accepting reservations but not advance payments. We do not want to accept money until we have the books in hand.

You can reserve your copy of the book here: www.carol-day.com/reserve-a-copy.cfm. Fill out the form, and we will confirm your reservation.

Carol Day by David Roach

Carol Day by Dani

Carol Day by Mark Buckingham

Gosh comics - super-signing today

These are all happening today - don't forget!

Saturday 22nd October is turning into a Gosh comics super-signing sorts day, check out details of their 3 (!) signings on just one day...

Comics festival 2000 - part 1

I've previously looked at the great spin-off 'decks of cards' that Kev Sutherland put together for the comics festivals he ran in the early '00s. So far I've looked at...

The (2001) hearts suit of cards is here
The (2001) diamonds suit of cards is here
The (2001) clubs suit of cards is here
The (2001) spades suit of cards is here

He then repeated the exercise in 2003... 
Part 1 of the 2003 deck of cards is here
Part 2 of the 2003 deck of cards is here
Part 3 of the 2003 deck of cards is here

And the 2003 London (winter) comics festival here
And then some extra items here
And then the cards from the 2003 London (winter) comics festival here
And then my first look at the 2004 charity deck of trump cards here and part two is here

Comics festival 2004 calendar is here

And now the A2 leaflet /programme for the Comics 2000 festival has been found and the 'deck of cards' theme is present, but just in terms of illustrations provided for the programme. So without further ado let's see who's in here...

Judge Dredd - illustrated by John Charles

Then we have Dave Gibbons drawing Martha Washington, Bryan Talbot with 'Britannia', Paul Johnson draws Batman, Art Wetherell drawn Darth Maul and Henry Flint draws Nemesis the warlock.

Next up we have Simon Gurr drawing Batman, Paul Palmer draws a cat and mouse version of Superman and Batman, Dave Roberts draws Wonderwoman, James Hodgkins draws 'bubblegum girl, Glenn Dakin draws monsters (bottom left), Craig Dixon draws Hellboy and Mark Buckingham draws a lot of characters!

Nest up is Judge Dredd drawn by Neil Edwards, superhero by Stephen Baskerville, John Erasmus draws 'man and mouse', Mike Perkins draws Superman, D'Israeli draws a bunch of characters and Mark Harrison draws a whip wielding woman.

Gosh comics - super-signing Sat 22 Oct 2022

Saturday 22nd October is turning into a Gosh comics super-signing sorts day, check out details of their 3 (!) signings on just one day...

Carol Day - Lance Hallam project

Great news for all fans of vintage newspaper strips there's a sumptuous volume of Carol Day coming your way in Spring 2023. Art by David Wright. The strip is called "Lance Hallam". 

More details here where it says

At the Printer!
At long last we are pleased to announce that our Carol Day book presenting the Lance Hallam story is finally at the printer! This book has been a long time coming, but we believe it will prove well worth the wait when it hits book shelves in Spring 2023.

About the Book
In Lance Hallam we reprint the complete story (minus 3 episodes) from the original art, in the full size of the originals, a pleasingly large 17 x 5.25 inches. Our goal is to give readers an experience as close as possible to viewing the original art, and to provide a definitive presentation, as Wright and his art deserve, of one of David Wright’s very best stories.

Here are the highlights:
The back cover image is an original illustration by David Wright, and the front cover image is by Carol Day super-fan and artist extraordinaire, Brian Bolland!

Brian only works digitally now, and to fully appreciate his cover, we encourage you to go to The Cover and explore the image further. We guarantee you will be amazed.

Second, to our knowledge this is the first time a comic strip story has been reprinted in its original size and format from the original art!

Third, to bring the character into the 21st century we commissioned a number of great contemporary artists to create their reaction to the character and story, and we think the resulting portfolio showcases some truly outstanding work by some of the best artists working today. You can see these now in the Carol Day by Today's Artists.

Finally, because we’re nerds and avid collectors, in addition to presenting the original art in its original size we also present scans of the complete art boards with all the marginal notes, editorial comments, revisions, etc. that characterize the art as physical objects.

Technical Details
Lance Hallam reprints the Lance Hallam story from the original art in the original size: 84 strips which ran from Friday, January 11, 1957 - April 18, 1957, along with a critical essay, background on David Wright and contemporary interpretations of the character.

Cover illustration by Brian Bolland

Published as a trade hardcover edition:
Availability: at the printer, expected in stock in Spring 2023
Limited to 500 copies
21 x 14 inches
Printed on acid-free paper
152 pages
Quarterbound with a cloth spine
Colored headbands with ribbon marker
Hot foil stamping on the spineContents
Foreword
A Brush with Fitzrovia by Peter Richardson
The Lance Hallam Art
The Artistry of Lance Hallam by Roger Clark
Carol Day by Today’s Artists [see 3 images below]
The Lance Hallam Boards
Acknowledgments and Project Journey

Price
This is an expensive book, not because we’ll be making money on it but because we spared no expense to produce the best book we could, the book we want as fanatical Carol Day and David Wright collectors.

If we sell out our print run, we will make a very tiny profit, but that is all. We have done this as a project to give back to collectors, not as a commercial endeavor.

Shipping will be added to the price. Shipping prices are changing rapidly around the world right now and we are unable to confidently predict what they will be when we start shipping.

We will post the price here when we know it.

Reservations and Pre-orders
We are accepting reservations but not advance payments. We do not want to accept money until we have the books in hand.

You can reserve your copy of the book here: www.carol-day.com/reserve-a-copy.cfm. Fill out the form, and we will confirm your reservation.

Carol Day by David Roach

Carol Day by Dani

Carol Day by Mark Buckingham