ellen page: juno – jock, manon, mike hawthorne, dustin harbin, katie green, henry flint, jonathan edwards, dan mcdaid, dean beattie, emma vieceli, julia scheele, mick mcmahon, rebekah isaacs, roger langridge, simon gurr & jeff lemire

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A mixture of con sketches and commissions, thank you to all the artists for their generosity and enthusiasm in contributing to this collection. To see other Junos, you can use the search function on this blog. Other artists have promised contributions and I’ll put them up in due course (when they are done, obviously). There is much to be excited about, there.

Some people have asked if it would be possible to see all the Junos together. This would be a good thing, if anyone has any specific ideas about how it should be done (there are a lot of Junos), please feel free to contact me.

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sketches: conan – becky cloonan

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Becky Cloonan is a great role model for anyone wanting to work in comics. That is all. The Conan story that Becky will be drawing is being written by Brian Wood, the images above are via Comics Alliance, and the full article from which they are taken can be seen by clicking on the image above.

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clothing – marion churchland

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girls – donya todd

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Go Donya! Death and The Girls is out in not too Long from Blank Slate.

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betrayal of the planet of the apes – gabriel hardman & various

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a new suit for johann krauss – guy davis, mike mignola, duncan fegredo & tyler crook

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character design – simon gane

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pencil & ink – tony salmons

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All images linked to Tony Salmons’ new blog, where he is posting unseen work.

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ink: secret avengers – david aja

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Click on the image above to access David Aja’s blog where this and many more images can be seen, with their original line art. Amazing (love the compositions).

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after we shot the grizzly – dan berry

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A tale of violence, lust and bears, as yet incomplete, but due to be available from Mr Berry at Thought Bubble, and ideally everywhere else soon thereafter. Also: Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Berry on the birth of their first son, Calvin, who has shared some of the art chores on this piece.

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thoughtbubble anthology – tula lotay & various

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The ThoughtBubble Anthology, from which the above pages are taken, is due out from Image Comics. The latter two pages are unlettered (you’ll have to buy the book to see what the story- by Rufus Hound and Tula Lotay after a Lovecraft story- is). The work is by some of the countries’ best creators, who will be in attendance at the Festival, as well as a cover by New York’s finest, Becky Cloonan, who we welcome back to Thought Bubble again this year. Links to ThoughtBubble’s own pages are found by clicking on the above images, as well as directions about how to get your own copy of the Anthology.

ThoughtBubble is perhaps the United Kingdom’s finest and most inclusive festival. Spanning a full week and culminating on the weekend of the 19th November in Leeds, the festival includes workshops for children, an academic conference and film screenings as well as a very substantial turnout by the best artists and writers in the comics industry, for the Saturday and Sunday, at the Saville Hall and the Royal Armouries. An offshoot of the Leeds film festival, Thought Bubble truly has the feel of a City festival and can provide opportunities and inspiration for anyone who turns up, whether familiar with the medium or not. If you live in the UK and have not been to a comic convention, but have an iota of interest, this might be a good place to start.

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sketches – duncan fegredo

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Above, not a sketch, but one of Duncan’s panels from his chapter in the Nelson anthology.

Click on this for a super-enlarged version. As Nel overtakes me in age, I’m concerned for the future. Why is she necking that wine? Is this what happens?

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