UPDATED: Aaargh!!! at the ICA

I'm aware of the 1970/1 comics exhibition at the ICA entitled "Aaargh!!! A celebration of comics" - although I've not covered it on the blog to date - but this image was new to me so I thought it could act as a prompt for me to gather together all sorts of other bits n' bobs about the exhibition.

UPDATED: now with another poster added

art by Alan Aldridge

Puss in Boots comic - pilot issues

In his The complete catalogue of British comics (page 188) Denis Gifford notes the following about a title call Puss In Boots

1969 pilot issue, 24 pages

1970 pilot issue, 24 pages

different editions of this unpublished comic

Here's what those comics looked like. They were up for auction recently here

1969 pilot issue

1970 pilot issue

The most obvious difference between the two issues is the pattern on the giant wall picture.

UPDATED: Dark they were and golden eyed - adverts

I've long wanted to have a post for all those great vintage adverts for long-gone comic shops, so this is the start of that. 

Got any other adverts for Dark they were and golden eyed? Feel free to share 'em! 3 posters below, 3 different addresses.

art by Jim (James) Cawthorn

art by Jim (James) Cawthorn

art by Bryan Talbot

and now, thanks to friend of the blog Mac Mac Anorak has supplied me with a number of other adverts...

art by Alan Moore, Cyclops issue 3, page 8, Sept. 1970

Art by Brian Bolland, Starburst #1, 1978

art by David Edward Britton, 20/11/69

Bryan Talbot, 1979

Bryan Talbot, 1979

art by Dave Gibbons

art by Dave Gibbons

art by Garry Leach, Starburst #5, 1978

Trev Wright - White Dwarf #2 back cover, Aug/Sept 1977

unknown artist & publication

and now even more adverts - again all images care of Mac Mac Anorak

and now a final

art by Dave Gibbons

art by David Lloyd

UPDATED: Dark they were and golden eyed - adverts

I've long wanted to have a post for all those great vintage adverts for long-gone comic shops, so this is the start of that. 

Got any other adverts for Dark they were and golden eyed? Feel free to share 'em! 3 posters below, 3 different addresses.

art by Jim (James) Cawthorn

art by Jim (James) Cawthorn

art by Bryan Talbot

and now, thanks to friend of the blog Mac Mac Anorak has supplied me with a number of other adverts...

art by Alan Moore, Cyclops issue 3, page 8, Sept. 1970

Art by Brian Bolland, Starburst #1, 1978

art by David Edward Britton, 20/11/69

Bryan Talbot, 1979

Bryan Talbot, 1979

art by Dave Gibbons

art by Dave Gibbons

art by Garry Leach, Starburst #5, 1978

Trev Wright - White Dwarf #2 back cover, Aug/Sept 1977

unknown artist & publication

and now even more adverts - again all images care of Mac Mac Anorak

UPDATED: Dark they were and golden eyed - adverts

I've long wanted to have a post for all those great vintage adverts for long-gone comic shops, so this is the start of that. 

Got any other adverts for Dark they were and golden eyed? Feel free to share 'em! 3 posters below, 3 different addresses.

art by Jim (James) Cawthorn

art by Jim (James) Cawthorn

art by Bryan Talbot

and now, thanks to friend of the blog Mac Mac Anorak has supplied me with a number of other adverts...

art by Alan Moore, Cyclops issue 3, page 8, Sept. 1970

Art by Brian Bolland, Starburst #1, 1978

art by David Edward Britton, 20/11/69

Bryan Talbot, 1979

Bryan Talbot, 1979

art by Dave Gibbons

art by Dave Gibbons

art by Garry Leach, Starburst #5, 1978

Trev Wright - White Dwarf #2 back cover, Aug/Sept 1977

unknown artist & publication