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In Memoriam: Comic artist and colourist John Michael Burns

We're sorry to report the passing of artist and colourist John Michael Burns, who we have just learned passed away in February. He was the nephew of 2000AD artist John M. Burns, who died late last year, his credits spanning over 40 years in the industry

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The Tick 13 (2000) Written by Marc Silvia Penciled by Mychailo Kazybrid Inked by Tak Toyoshima Tick and Arthur faced some supervillains... . #tick #arthur #superhero #supervillain #00s #marcsilvia #mychailokazybrid #taktoyoshima #nutcracker #benedlund #mrtragedy #fuzzyperson #antisanta #santa #tuunla https://www.instagram.com/p/B9-FTdVh5UD/?igshid=1854ex3kqxsyq

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ACES PANELS - DR QUEER

Dr Queer, Aces Weekly Volume 24 Issue 2. Pencils by Mychailo Kazybrid. Script, inks & lettering by Bambos.

This spectacular full-page panel is almost overwhelming in its depth of detail and vivid colour choices. The style uses several juxtapositions to create immediate interest and unease, resulting in not only a piece of sequential art but a picture that can be appreciated in isolation.

The first juxtaposition is of art style. The panel uses cartoony figures echoing characters from British comics such as Beano and Dandy (or perhaps their parody comic, Viz), but with a level of detail and cross-hatch shading more evocative of underground American ‘comix’ such as those drawn by Robert Crumb or Gilbert Shelton. A second is that of style and subject. The cartoony and grotesque figures are supplanted into a tale of Lovecraftian horror, with this panel in particular placing its whimsical figures alongside a huge occult symbol. Perhaps the most immediate contrast is that of colour. Black, white and red is a particularly dramatic colour combination and red is known to create anxiety, aggression and stress.

The effect of all these powerful contrasts is to create unease and even panic. The busyness of the panel likewise seeks to overstimulate the viewer, as if placing them in the creepy and overcast world of a Lovecraftian mystery.

The detail crammed into the panel also creates places to hide ‘easter eggs’ that might not be obvious at first reading, such as the Lovecraftian references in the dialogue and the restaurant’s name, and the various pungent grotesques among the background characters. The void in the detail, occupied by the occult symbol, naturally draws the eye to the symbol, allowing the panel’s composition to get its story across in spite of the amount going on.

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Aces Weekly, the on-line comic magazine, founded in 2012 by David Lloyd and Bambos Georgiou, has announced the release of a set of collectible “trading cards”, which give purchasers access to volumes of the award-winning publication.

Each of the ten cards features an image from a specific volume on one side and a unique code on the other, which allows access to that volume. Volumes feature at least six different stories spanning seven issues and are often over 200 pages in length.

The cards are limited editions of 100 per volume, and are available from direct sales comic shops retailing for £6.99 for one card.

The first ten volumes feature a stellar line-up of established talent such as David Lloyd,  Herb Trimpe, Marc Hempel, Henry Flint, James Hudnall, Val Mayerik, JC Vaughn, Mark Wheatley, Phil Hester, John McCrea, Yishan Li, Algesiras, Alain Mauricet, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Roger Langridge, Dan Christensen, Kev Hopgood, Ferg Handley, Dave Hine, Shaky Kane, Keith Burns, Lew Stringer, Carl Critchlow, Phil Elliott, Lew Stringer, Stephen Baskerville, Jim Hansen, Mychailo Kazybrid, David Leach, Batton Lash, Jimmy Broxton and Bambos Georgiou.

Aces Weekly has also managed to launch plenty of breakout creators during those first ten volumes, including Paul McCaffrey, David Hitchcock, Ben Dickson, Gavin Mitchell, Esteban Hernandez, Kathryn Layno, Jok, Santullo, Rachael Smith and Lawrence Beveridge of the Fearless Vampire Killers, to name but a few.

The cards feature the following artist;

Volume 1 David Lloyd Volume 2 Henry Flint Volume 3 Marc Hempel Volume 4 Herb Trimpe Volume 5 Shaky Kane Volume 6 Roger Langridge Volume 7 Nardo Conforti Volume 8 Paul McCaffrey Volume 9 Val Mayerik Volume 10 Keith Burns

Comic shops can obtain wholesale prices and order sets of cards by contacting Bambos Georgiou at info@acesweekly.co.uk

Aces Weekly Asks You to Pick a Card, Any Card #comics #digitalcomics Aces Weekly, the on-line comic magazine, founded in 2012 by David Lloyd and Bambos Georgiou…

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A whale of a good comic anthology: new Aces Weekly available now

Volume 69 of Aces Weekly, the dazzlingly delightful digital comics anthology published by David Lloyd and team, has just launched

Volume 69 of Aces Weekly, the dazzlingly delightful digital comics anthology published by David Lloyd and team, has just launched. Once again, this volume offers a massive mix of supercool strip stuff coming straight out of the sky to you in seven parts over seven weeks in up to 150 pages, including Extras, for just £1 per week, in any currency. Expect a mad metamorphosis in “Mr Custa” by…

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Corruption and lawlessness aplenty in latest Aces Weekly!

Aces Weekly Volume 68, the digital anthology from V for Vendetta co-creator David Lloyd, is running now, offering with no less than two stories set in the Old West, where corruption and lawlessness were rife, and evil men had weak men in their grip...

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Aces Weekly Volume 63 races to its finale, with adventure, humour and panache

The latest volume of digital anthology Aces Weekly draws to a close this week. If you subscribe now you can read all 150+ pages in one go

The latest volume of digital anthology Aces Weekly draws to a close this week, with plenty of bangs, not a whimper! (Oh, all right – we can see Dr Strange-Glove whimpering, after what happens in that humour strip, but he’s the only one whingeing). “Black” by © 2023 Tobias Taitt and Anthony Smith Volume 63 has featured a terrific set of strips, yours for just £1 per week, in any currency, if you…

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Thrills, spills and digital delight - A new volume of Aces Weekly is in our sight!

Stand by for action, scary stuff… and deadly plimsolls! Wait, what? The first issue of the latest volume of the digital anthology Aces Weekly is available now…

Week One, Volume 63 of the digital only anthology Aces Weekly, published by David Lloyd, is available now, and comes crammed, as ever, with a variety of strips for your on screen enjoyment. The stories in this volume offer cool and kooky hired killers in “Sicarios” from Roberto Corroto Cuadrado and Ertito Montana, continued from Aces Weekly Volume 60; nutty space stuff in “Babaluba” from David…

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Does Aces Weekly Volume 40 see the debut of a new heroine - Siriana?

Does Aces Weekly Volume 40 see the debut of a new heroine – Siriana?

Aces Weekly Volume 40 offers surprise selection box of the light and the dark, the hard and the soft, and the nutty in one digital anthology, with strips by Jok LP, Rodolfo Santullo, David Leach, Roberto Corroto Cuadrado, Anthony Zicari, Thiva de Souza, Joshua Spiller, Philip Alan Whitmore, Bambos Georgiou, Mychailo Kazybrid, Kishore Mohan, Claudio Sepulveda, and Adrián Gutiérrez and more.

The…

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Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Slash Moron Limited Edition Graphic Novel

Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Slash Moron Limited Edition Graphic Novel

Seeking crowdfunding right now on Indiegogo is a limited edition release of Slash Moron, written, inked and lettered by Bambos Georgiou – a wonderful parody of a certain square-jawed all-action space hero of the 1930s…

Bambos, who I’ve known since my days at Marvel UK days (he was my editor on the mini-series, Gene Dogs, drawn by Dave Taylor), gave me a sneak peek at the project earlier this…

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New Lion Kids Comic Bible released

New Lion Kids Comic Bible released

Two years in the making, The Lion Kids Comic Bible, was published last week by Lion Children’s Books, a collaborative project from Ed Chatelier (original concept), Mychailo Kazybrid (script and pencils), Bambos Georgiou (inks), Jeff Anderson (colourist) and Jesus Barony (colourist).

Described as great for reluctant readers, offering fun for all ages, the book offers 60 Bible stories in comic…

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Super spy Velicity Jones heads back to Aces Weekly!

Super spy Velicity Jones heads back to Aces Weekly!

Aces Weekly Volume 37 begins today – and super spy Velicity Jones from Lee Robson, Bryan Coyle and Bolt-01 is back in action!

Last of the year, but first in class, Aces Weekly leaves 2018 with the same mix of content this digital anthology published by David Lloyd has always offered to readers who love comics for what they often do, as well as the many other things they can do, and can try…

Volum…