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

Violent! #1

Thanks to friend of the blog Matthew Bunce I've recently acquired issues 1-6 of Violent! a small press comic from, erm, I'm not precisely sure when as I've not come across any dates on 'em yet. The best I've got is that the Aggro strip has a (c) 1999 on it. So that's the earliest this could date from.

Anyhoo, they were sent to me as they contained some interesting example of artwork by some folks who are now well-known artists.

The total list of credits is as follows...

Cover by Colin MacNeil

The Tallyman - story by H Janus, art by PJ Holden

Rabid - story & art by H Janus, letters by Jim Campbell

Mitch Molotov, campus cop - story & art by Phil Nixon, letters by Jim Campbell

Lowlife - uncredited

Aggro - Simon Fraser 

Anyway, let's have a look at the best of the art...

Cover by Colin MacNeil

List of contributors

Art by Simon Fraser

Art by PJ Holden

Starblazer calendar - part 2

Here's a chance to look inside the rare Starblazer 2009 calendar. I wish I'd got this when it came out and I wish they'd done more of them. Good luck tracking this down.

Part one was here

Starblazer calendar 2009

Starblazer calendar 2009, July - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, August - art by Colin MacNeil

Starblazer calendar 2009, September - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, October - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, November - art by Colin MacNeil

Starblazer calendar 2009, December - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar - part 1

Here's a chance to look inside the rare Starblazer 2009 calendar. I wish I'd got this when it came out and I wish they'd done more of them. Good luck tracking this down.

Starblazer calendar 2009

Starblazer calendar 2009, January - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, February - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, March - art by Colin MacNeil

Starblazer calendar 2009, April - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, May - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, June - art by Colin MacNeil

UPDATED: Dundee college of art anthologies

I'm late to the party in highlighting these examples of the work of (future) comic art stars that the University of Dundee have been producing for a number of years. 

Anyway, let's start with volumes 8 & 10 that I found on ebay recently. If you can supply any further images that'd be great!

Now with the covers to issue 5 added 

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 1, cover by Colin MacNeil

There's a review here

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 2, cover by Phillip Vaughan

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 3, cover by Dave Gibbons

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 4, cover by Kate Brown

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 5, cover by Dan McDaid

For more details check out this contemporary link (from friend of the blog Jeremy Briggs) here

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 6, cover by Letty Wilson

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 7, cover by Claire Roe

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 8, cover by Kathryn Briggs

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 9, cover by Anna Morozova

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 10, cover by Anna Morozova

UPDATED: Dundee college of art anthologies

I'm late to the party in highlighting these examples of the work of (future) comic art stars that the University of Dundee have been producing for a number of years. 

Anyway, let's start with volumes 8 & 10 that I found on ebay recently. If you can supply any further images that'd be great!

Now with lots more covers added - issue 5 still sought though

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 1, cover by Colin MacNeil

There's a review here

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 2, cover by Phillip Vaughan

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 3, cover by Dave Gibbons

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 4, cover by Kate Brown

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 5, cover by Dan McDaid

cover not to hand - can you help?

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 6, cover by Letty Wilson

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 7, cover by Claire Roe

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 8, cover by Kathryn Briggs

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 9, cover by Anna Morozova

Dundee College of Art Comics & Graphic Novel Anthology, volume 10, cover by Anna Morozova