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Latest Comic Guest Announcement - Gary Erskine Attending: Saturday and Sunday Artist: Dan Dare; Thunderbolts; Knights of Pendragon LIKE so many others looking to establish themselves professionally in comics, Gary Erskine practiced his craft in fanzines before being hired by Marvel UK. His career began quietly (with a cover for Marvel UK's Transformers #251) but within months of that 1990 debut, the young Scots artist was hired by the House of Ideas' British arm to be the regular artist on Knights of Pendragon. He pencilled all but one of the title's first 18 issues before moving on to the first two issues of 1992's Warheads via contributions to Crisis, the politically aware sister title of 2000 AD for which he had also taken to working. America came calling in 1993 when Erskine was offered the Wolverine and the Punisher: Damaging Evidence three-parter by Marvel. This he followed by illustrating issues of Firearm later Code Name: Firearm for Malibu's Ultraverse imprint and Blaze for Marvel and then two four-parters – Malibu's Terminator movie tie-in T2: Nuclear Twilight and The Mask: World Tour for Dark Horse – with a 1996 return to 2000 AD sandwiched in between. From 1997 to 2000 Erskine drew issues of Dark Horse's Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron and Vermillion for Helix (DC's short-lived SF imprint) as well as two Dark Horse four-parters – Hypersonic and Out for Blood – and the three-issue City of Silence for Image. After that he elected to pretty much drop his pencilling work in favour of inking Chris Weston's pencils on a couple of DC/Vertigo projects. War Stories: Johann's Tiger (a 2001 one-shot) was followed by the 13 issues of 2002's The Filth​ although Erskine did fully illustrate Archangel – a 2003 War Stories one-off – during that run. Over the next four years he inked two 2004 six-parters (Avengers/Thunderbolts for Marvel and DC's JSA: Strange Adventures) as well as such other projects as 26 issues of New Thunderbolts (retitled Thunderbolts in 2006) and the four issues of 2007's Thunderbolts Presents: Zemo – Born Better. During that same period he also pencilled and inked 2005's Jack Cross four-parter for DC and reunited with Weston to ink Marvel's 2006 six-parter, Fantastic Four: First Family after which he returned to Vertigo to ink all 18 issues of 2007's Army @ Love alongside Virgin Comics' seven-issue Dan Dare, a 2007 resurrection of Britain's quintessential 1950s SF icon that he fully illustrated. Between 2010 and 2013 he spent much time at IDW, primarily inking G.I. Joe and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero although he also illustrated the two issues of 2011's Star Trek: Infestation. On top of that he inked the 28 issues of 2012's Crossed: Wish You were Here for Avatar before moving back to Marvel in 2013 to provide finishes on the Ultimate Comics Wolverine four-parter. Since parting company with IDW, Erskine's inks have turned up on a variety of titles, chief among them the first four issues of 2014's Dead Boy Detectives for Vertigo. His most recent major project is Revolutionary War: Warheads​, a 2014 one-shot that he pencilled and inked for Marvel.

Latest Comic Guest Announcement - Gary Erskine Attending: Friday, Saturday and Sunday GARY ERSKINE Artist: Dan Dare; Thunderbolts; Knights of Pendragon LIKE so many others looking to establish themselves professionally in comic, Gary Erskine began his career quietly but within in months of making his debut in 1990 (with a cover for Marvel UK's Transformers #251), the young Scots artist was hired by the House of Ideas' British arm to be the regular artist on Knights of Pendragon. He pencilled all but one of the title's first 18 issues before moving on to the first two issues of 1992's Warheads via contributions to Crisis, the politically aware sister title of 2000 AD for which he had also taken to working. America came calling in 1993 whenErskine was offered the Wolverine and the Punisher: Damaging Evidence three-parter by Marvel. This he followed by illustrating issues of Firearm later Code Name: Firearm for Malibu's Ultraverse imprint and Blaze for Marvel and then two four-parters – Malibu's Terminator movie tie-in T2: Nuclear Twilight and The Mask: World Tour for Dark Horse – with a 1996 return to 2000 AD sandwiched in between. From 1997 to 2000 Erskine drew issues of Dark Horse's Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadronand Vermillion for Helix (DC's short-lived SF imprint) Helix as well as two Dark Horse four-parters – Hypersonicand Out for Blood – and the three-issue City of Silence for Image but then he elected to pretty much drop his pencilling work in favour of inking Chris Weston's pencils on a couple of DC/Vertigo projects. War Stories: Johann's Tiger (a 2001 one-shot) was followed by the 13 issues of 2002's The Filth​although Erskine did fully illustrate Archangel – a 2003 War Stories one-off – during that run. Over the next four years he inked such projects as two 2004 six-parters (Avengers/Thunderbolts for Marvel and DC's JSA: Strange Adventures), 26 issues of New Thunderbolts(retitled Thunderbolts in 2006) and the four issues of 2007's Thunderbolts Presents: Zemo – Born Better. Over the same period he also pencilled and inked 2005's Jack Cross four-parter for DC and reunited with Weston to ink Marvel's 2006 six-parter, Fantastic Four: First Familybefore returning to Vertigo to ink all 18 issues of 2007's Army @ Love alongside Virgin Comics' seven-issue Dan Dare, a 2007 resurrection of Britain's quintessential 1950s SF icon that he fully illustrated. Between 2010 and 2013 he spent much time at IDW, primarily inking G.I. Joe and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero although he also illustrated the two issues of 2011's Star Trek: Infestation. On top of that he inked the 28 issues of 2012's Crossed: Wish You were Herefor Avatar before moving back to Marvel in 2013 to provide finishes on the four issues of Ultimate Comics Wolverine. Since parting company with IDW, Erskine's inks have turned up on a variety of titles, chief among them the first four issues of 2014's Dead Boy Detectives for Vertigo. His most recent major project is Revolutionary War: Warheads​, a 2014 one-shot that he pencilled and inked for Marvel.

Latest Guest Announcement - Andy Diggle Attending: Saturday and Sunday Writer: The Losers, Daredevil, 2000 AD, Six Guns, Thunderbolts, Green Arrow: Year One Writer: The Losers, Daredevil, 2000 AD, Six Guns, Thunderbolts, Green Arrow: Year One TWO YEARS after joining the Judge Dredd Megazine editorial team, Andy Diggle formally became editor of the title as well as its long-running parent, 2000 AD. He remained in the post for two years, resigning to embark on a freelance writing career in 2002. His earliest stories appeared in 2000 AD but he was quickly headhunted by DC's mature readers imprint, Vertigo. A four-issue Hellblazer: Lady Constantine (2003) led to The Losers, which ran 32 issues until 2006. Both launched in 2003, the same year he collaborated with Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner on the four issues of Judge Dredd vs Aliens: Incubus for Dark Horse and a year before he relaunched Swamp Thing for Vertigo. After scripting that title's initial six-chapter serial Diggle moved on to his first overt excursion into the world of superheroes. An eight-parter for DC, Adam Strange​ was followed by 2005's six-issue Silent Dragon, a futuristic creator-owned title for DC's Wildstorm imprint after which the writer authored his first project for Marvel. A 2006 one-shot, Punisher: Silent Night was followed by the first six issues of DC's Batman Confidential and Gamekeeper – a five-parter co-written by filmmaker Guy Ritchie – for Virgin before he returned to Vertigo for 18-issues of Hellblazer alongside which he also scripted 2007's Green Arrow: Year One six-parter for DC Leaving Vertigo in 2009 Diggle moved to Marvel for what would be his most high profile series to date. He remained on Thunderbolts for only for 11 issues but his next move – to Daredevil – took his career to even greater heights. In between he authored Ratcatcher, a 2010 graphic novel for the newly established Vertigo Crime line, it indicated a new direction for Diggle, one that would infuse his Daredevil work. His 12-issue run on the title segued into Shadowland, a major 2010 five-parter that wrapped up the blind superhero's current title and which – along with the Diggle-written Daredevil: Reborn – laid the groundwork for a Daredevil relaunch. The writer followed that 2011 five-parter with another Marvel miniseries of the same length. Released in 2012, Six Guns was also more about crime than about bombastic superhero activities while Snapshot (which marked his return to Judge Dredd Megazine) was even more ground level. Next, however, came classic science fiction as IDW commissioned Diggle to relaunch BBC TV's iconic Time Lord in an ongoing Doctor Who comic for the American market. But then it was back to crime as the regular writer of The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman's Image series Thief of Thieves and – after an abortive flirtation with DC's Action Comics – Uncanny, a six-part "paranormal thriller" for Dynamite's crime line. Currently scripting Thief of Thieves and the recently launched Uncanny Season 2, Diggle did step back into the world of superheroes in 2014 for Marvel's four-issue Captain America: Living Legend.

Latest Comic Guest Announcement - Gary Erskine Artist: Dan Dare; Thunderbolts; Knights of Pendragon LIKE so many others looking to establish themselves professionally in comic, Gary Erskine began his career quietly but within in months of making his debut in 1990 (with a cover for Marvel UK's Transformers #251), the young Scots artist was hired by the House of Ideas' British arm to be the regular artist on Knights of Pendragon. He pencilled all but one of the title's first 18 issues before moving on to the first two issues of 1992's Warheads via contributions to Crisis, the politically aware sister title of 2000 AD for which he had also taken to working. America came calling in 1993 when Erskine was offered the Wolverine and the Punisher: Damaging Evidence three-parter by Marvel. This he followed by illustrating issues of Firearm later Code Name: Firearm for Malibu's Ultraverse imprint and Blaze for Marvel and then two four-parters – Malibu's Terminator movie tie-in T2: Nuclear Twilight and The Mask: World Tour for Dark Horse – with a 1996 return to 2000 AD sandwiched in between. From 1997 to 2000 Erskine drew issues of Dark Horse's Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron and Vermillion for Helix (DC's short-lived SF imprint) Helix as well as two Dark Horse four-parters – Hypersonic and Out for Blood – and the three-issue City of Silence for Image but then he elected to pretty much drop his pencilling work in favour of inking Chris Weston's pencils on a couple of DC/Vertigo projects. War Stories: Johann's Tiger (a 2001 one-shot) was followed by the 13 issues of 2002's The Filth​ although Erskine did fully illustrate Archangel – a 2003 War Stories one-off – during that run. Over the next four years he inked such projects as two 2004 six-parters (Avengers/Thunderbolts for Marvel and DC's JSA: Strange Adventures), 26 issues of New Thunderbolts (retitled Thunderbolts in 2006) and the four issues of 2007's Thunderbolts Presents: Zemo – Born Better. Over the same period he also pencilled and inked 2005's Jack Cross four-parter for DC and reunited with Weston to ink Marvel's 2006 six-parter, Fantastic Four: First Family before returning to Vertigo to ink all 18 issues of 2007's Army @ Love alongside Virgin Comics' seven-issue Dan Dare, a 2007 resurrection of Britain's quintessential 1950s SF icon that he fully illustrated. Between 2010 and 2013 he spent much time at IDW, primarily inking G.I. Joe and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero although he also illustrated the two issues of 2011's Star Trek: Infestation. On top of that he inked the 28 issues of 2012's Crossed: Wish You were Here for Avatar before moving back to Marvel in 2013 to provide finishes on the four issues of Ultimate Comics Wolverine. Since parting company with IDW, Erskine's inks have turned up on a variety of titles, chief among them the first four issues of 2014's Dead Boy Detectives for Vertigo. His most recent major project is Revolutionary War: Warheads​, a 2014 one-shot that he pencilled and inked for Marvel.