Boxes of Books

Boxes Of Books

Big thanks to Stephen Marchant for donating his comic book collection.

What an exciting start to the academic year as we received an email from Stephen Marchant, Curator and teacher of the Cartoon Museum in London.   Steve was moving house and as a result he had to get rid of his extensive library of comic reference books. Hi comics he donated to GOSH comics in London, but where better to send such an excellent supply of literature, than the only Cartoon and Comic Arts course in the UK.

The books included those of Harvey Kurtzman, Robert Crumb, Jack Kirby, Eric Stanton, Will Eisner, Posy Simmonds, Andrew Loomis, Steve Ditko and Ronald Searle to name a few.  

2nd years get ready to take MCM by storm

2nd year Cartoon and Comic Arts students getting ready for MCM London May 2016 

Once again its that time of year where the troops are getting ready to produce their comics and head off to London for the biggest comic con in the UK ... MCM. with over 100,000 people expected to visit during the 3 days the convention is open, it has grown in size. 

Along side this so has the Cartoon and Comic Arts award which will be taking 20 students to the event to sell their own original work and comics. 

here are their logos as they appear on the MCM Comic Village Website

Carta Comics Consists of Hanna Stanway, Phoenix Cooper-Morriss, Tony Holdsworth, Paul Walshaw, Isaac Hirshfield Wight

Covenant of Arcana - Alessandra Lombardi, Megan Strobb, Daniel Johnson, Tom Bickles-Guilfoyle

Farpoint Comics - Shaun Nichols, Mark Farnell, Zach Cobb, Michy Kahuya, Matt Fair 

Mythical Inc - Kale Mcleer, Lawrence Copeman, Oliver Humm, Natalie Burgher, Sam Megaw

Staffordshire University 

Cartoon & Comic Arts 

Exhibition at London Cartoon Museum 

This year saw the Cartoon & Comic Arts second lot of students to graduate and we also had an attempt to display their work from the degree show in the capital city at the Cartoon Museum. With the Help of Sarah Batten, who did a lot of the work, I turned up with Becci Such and Emma Buxton. 

We met Alice who is the liaison person for the lottery grant which the museum had secured and was keen to meet the students and see the work. She passed on some real helpful tips. Also there was Steve Marchant, ex Beano Artist and assistant at the museum.

From Left to right Becci Such, Steve, Sarah, Alic and Emma Buxton at the event.

Some of the work on show at the museum along with the comic books that you can have a look through below.

Special thanks for the Museum who managed to get some beer from their sponsor, and American beer Company whose labels are design by Ralph Steadman. We might ask them if they could sponsor the next Cartoon and Comic Art event!!!

 While in London we ended up in Forbidden Planet. 

Becci and Emma Found themselves in the Manga Section of Forbidden Planet and suddenly there is a problem.

 Which Manga book should Becci buy... Over to you Emma

This is the book Becci recommended for me to get for the Cartoon Award.

Finally we ended up in China Town. Many thanks to Steve and Sarah who came out on the town with us and kept us entertained and informed about the museum and beer sponsorship.

1st Year Students In Londo

London here we come

Last week cartoon and Comic Arts newest intake went to London. 

The aim was to get them thinking about what comics are and introduce them to the many and varied ways that comics influence our society. 

The trip to London started off with a bit of culture and the students were sent into the British Museum to seek out where Comics or sequential art has been used through out history. 

Afterwards we headed off to see Comics in their now natural place, the Comic Shop, before heading to China Town for a meal.

The following day the students went to the Cartoon & Comic Museum in Russell Street to see satirical cartoonist work by William Hogarth.

 In the afternoon Gareth Cowlin Took them to Sommerset House to see the exhibition by the Association Of Illustrators, while I headed off to London ExCel arena to set up the stall for MCM.
Saturday saw the students in MCM exploring yet another element of Cartoon & Comic Arts and how its influence has reached out across the UK to include Games, Manga, Independent Comics and Merchandising. 

 Cartoon and Comic Arts first graduating students setting up base camp in the Nova Hotel. There were there running their own stalls and selling their work

Things to come from September 2014

I thought I'd better post some thing to say how busy we will be over the next few weeks. But we will be out and about so come and see us.

Monday 15th September - induction week - new students, new studio.
Wednesday 17th September - The Glebe for the induction quiz. Pop along after 4pm for a beer and a chat
Saturday  20th September - Open day. Recruitment  for 2015... yes we do start that early.

Sunday 28th September - Stoke Con, Leek Road. We'll have a stall selling student work  (as well as students selling their own work independently!) John Charles (MarvelUK, Power Rangers) and Jason Brindley (2000AD- Death Comes to Dillinger) 2 lecturers and comic artists will be available to draw you for a small fee. There will also be a design your own comic strip area in the Brindley.

Saturday 4th October - 24 hour comic challenge. This year taking place in the Cadman Court yard area, along College Road.

Thursday 23rd - Sunday 26th October 1st years trip to London and MCM

So there is quiet a few things planned.
Phew !