Transformers G1 signing (2017)

Here's a flashback to a signing that took place 6 years ago today...

Creators...

The poster for the signing (at the much-missed Orbital comics)

The signing was to kick-off a Transformers 'partwork'

My signed book...

Signatures (in order) are as follows...

(To Richard - ) Simon Furman

(For Richard) Geoff Senior

John-Paul Bove

(Richard) Lee Sullivan

Stephen Baskerville

Jeff Anderson

Tom Tully novels

As a kid I acquired a couple of cricket novels by Tom Tully that I'd seen advertised in new Eagle - a recent spot on ebay set me off looking for Tully's (non-comic character related) novels. These are what I've found so far. There are some well-known names contributing art to them.

Tom Tully - Little Ed (1979)

interior art by Lesley Smith

Tom Tully - Ed at large (1980)

cover illustration by Maggie Ling; interior art by Lesley Smith

Tom Tully - Look out...It's Little Ed! (1981)

interior art by Lesley Smith

Tom Tully - the space-waifs (1980)

illustrations by Penny Ives

Tom Tully - the magnificent 11 (1986)

cover art by John Higgins; interior art by Kim Raymond

Tom Tully - the show-down at Seabank (1987)

cover art and interior art by Geoff Senior

Tom Tully - fight on the run (1987)

cover artist unknown to me

Tom Tully - Robbo versus the World (1990)

illustrated by Yvonne Hutton

Tom Tully - Robbo 2, the world 0 (1990)

illustrated by Yvonne Hutton

The Robbo series seems to have been popular in Norway because the stories ran to at least 7 volumes...

All other Geoff Senior mentions on the blog are here

All other John Higgins mentions on the blog are here and here

 

Death's Head: Freelance Peacekeeping Agent - signing today

This is today - don't forget!

To celebrate the publication of Death's Head: freelance peacekeeping agent, Forbidden Planet London have arranged a mega signing event. Let's see what they have to say about it...

JOIN AN EPIC LINE UP of comics talent signing DEATH’S HEAD: FREELANCE PEACEKEEPING AGENT at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 29th February from 1 – 2pm!

Come and meet...

• Simon Furman
• John Higgins
• Bryan Hitch
• Geoff Senior
• Lee Sullivan
• Simon Williams

...as they bring us one of Marvel UK’s biggest stars - the robot-for-hire known as Death’s Head! Just don’t call him a bounty hunter, yes? Join the android assassin in this pulse-pounding collection of his original adventures, from distant dimensions to the far future.

Death’s Head has his sights locked on an array of enemies - and will encounter familiar faces, including the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, She-Hulk and Arno Stark, the ruthless Iron Man of the future! But are you ready for Death’s Head’s mind-bending origin? For that matter, is he?!

Buy this book and stay healthy, yes?

The signing takes place at the London megastore on Saturday 29th February 2020 from 1pm-2pm - if you can't make the signing you can pre-order the book (for £33.50+postage) here

Death's Head: freelance peacekeeping agent mega-event

To celebrate the publication of Death's Head: freelance peacekeeping agent, Forbidden Planet London have arranged a mega signing event. Let's see what they have to say about it...

JOIN AN EPIC LINE UP of comics talent signing DEATH’S HEAD: FREELANCE PEACEKEEPING AGENT at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 29th February from 1 – 2pm!

Come and meet...

• Simon Furman
• John Higgins
• Bryan Hitch
• Geoff Senior
• Lee Sullivan
• Simon Williams

...as they bring us one of Marvel UK’s biggest stars - the robot-for-hire known as Death’s Head! Just don’t call him a bounty hunter, yes? Join the android assassin in this pulse-pounding collection of his original adventures, from distant dimensions to the far future.

Death’s Head has his sights locked on an array of enemies - and will encounter familiar faces, including the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, She-Hulk and Arno Stark, the ruthless Iron Man of the future! But are you ready for Death’s Head’s mind-bending origin? For that matter, is he?!

Buy this book and stay healthy, yes?

The signing takes place at the London megastore on Saturday 29th February 2020 from 1pm-2pm - if you can't make the signing you can pre-order the book (for £33.50+postage) here

Transformers - Perchance to dream

Ages ago (here, here, here and here) I looked at 4 (of the 5) small Transformers reprint volumes that Titan books published in 2005. I've now acquired the 5th volume so I present it here to bring my researches up to date....

Stories are taken from Transformers #255-260, 230-233, 241-242 & 287-289

Stories are...
Perchance to dream - script by Simon Furman, art by Andrew Wildman, Staz, John Stokes, 
The big shutdown! - script by Simon Furman, art by Lee Sullivan
A small war! - script by Simon Furman, art by Jeff Anderson, Geoff Senior
Rage! - script by Simon Furman, art by Andrew Wildman
Inside story! - script by Simon Furman, art by Pete Knifton
Front line! - script by Simon Furman, art by Pete Knifton
End of the road! - script by Simon Furman, art by Staz

Judge Dredd - LOTF, Geoff Senior covers

The other day I put up a list of artists & writers who contributed to the Judge Dredd - Lawman of the future title (here) and, inspired by that posting Simon Furman noted...

So here are the covers that Geoff is credited as drawing for Lawman of the future...

Issue 2 

Issue 16

Issue 17

Issue 18

Issue 20

Issue 23

Judge Dredd - LOTF, contributor guide

Inspired by a recent question from David McDonald (about the picture at the bottom of this post) I thought I'd share the centre pages from the Judge Dredd (Lawman of the future) action special. 

Why? Well they provide a (still relatively rare) guide to precisely who did what in the whole run of the Lawman of the future ('90s Stallone movie spin-off Dredd comic). A useful list and it's got some familar name on it (and just as interestingly it's got some unknown names on it). Anyway, a useful reference sheet. The strips were credited in LOTF but it's still handy so have them all in one place like this. 

Transformers - Aspects of evil

Ages ago (here, here and here) I looked at 3 (of the 5) small Transformers reprint volumes that Titan books published in 2005. I've now acquired the 4th volume so I present it here to bring my researches up to date....

Contents are from the following issues of Transformers 223-227, 251-254, 235-236, 240 & 245-7 and are as follows:

Aspects of evil! script by Simon Furman, art by Jeff Anderson, Art Wetherll, Simon Coleby, Andrew Wildman, Lee Sullivan, Cam Smith
The Void! script by Simon Furman, art by Staz
Edge of impact script by Simon Furman, art by Staz
Shadow of evil script by Simon Furman, art by Cam S[mith]
White fire script by Simon Furman, art by Cam Smith
Deathbringer script by Simon Furman, art by Geoff Senior, Staz
Out to lunch script by Simon Furman, art by Andy Wildman
_{^{Underworld! script by Simon Furman, art by Jeff Anderson
Demons! script by Simon Furman, art by Jeff Anderson
Dawn of darkness script by Simon Furman, art by Geoff Senior}}

Geoff Senior @ Orbital comics, July 2019 - part 6

A final flourish then...5 pages of Transformers art to make you wish you'd been able to make it to Orbital comics. Hope you've enjoyed this record of the show.   

Geoff Senior (left) and Simon Furman (right)

Geoff Senior @ Orbital comics, July 2019 - part 5

Four stunning pages of Transformers art from the pen of Transformers maestro Geoff Senior - plus the inks for a To the death cover. Thanks again to Orbital for displaying the art (and all those who contributed pages). 

Geoff Senior @ Orbital comics, July 2019 - part 4

More Transformers comic art and 2 pages from To the Death - all from the page of Geoff Senior and displayed at Orbital comics recently...

Geoff Senior @ Orbital comics, July 2019 - part 3

More amazing Geoff Senior art from Transformers comic, an Action Force weekly cover, Death's Head and an amazing portrait of Alexsy from To the death