Having already gained an illustration from Lew Stringer in his copy of Action Force: The Battle Years (a Kickstarter exclusive) Neil manged to gain another from top artist Mike Collins. Since Mike has provided the cover for Action Force Volume 2 (another Kickstarter exclusive) his contribution was at the end in the form of an advert for the second book!
For tickets for this year's Lawless (2023) sponsored by The77; https://lawlesscomiccon.co.uk/
Neil takes us on a journey through his comic collection with a timely look at The Thirteenth Floor.
This story originated in the short lived SCREAM! comic before continuing in the pages the EAGLE. Rebellion have subsequently issued the story as three hardback books and produced a continuation of the story over a number of specials.
The "missed opportunity" of the Comic Festival earlier in the year; COMICS SALOPIA
https://youtu.be/V9mhpVry-DA
For the Rebellion (2000AD) online store;
https://shop.2000ad.com/
For Hibernia;
https://hiberniabook.blogspot.com/
https://irishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/David_McDonald
https://www.facebook.com/EnniskillenComicFest/
For more information; SCREAM!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream!_(comics) http://screamcomic.co.uk/ MISTY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty_(comics) http://www.mistycomic.co.uk/Welcome.html TIGER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_(Fleetway)
THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor_(comic_strip) https://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-book-from-hibernia-books.html https://britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor
THE VIGILENT
https://britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/The_Vigilant
HOUSE OF DAEMON
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Daemon https://hiberniabook.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-house-of-daemon.html
JOHN WAGNER
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wagner ALAN GRANT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Grant_(writer) DAVID HUNT
https://ukcomics.fandom.com/wiki/David_Hunt
IAN RIMMER
https://britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/Ian_Rimmer
GUY ADAMS
https://www.guyadamsauthor.com/
Back in the day comics would print a coupon which you could cut-out and present to your local newsagent to reserve the next issue (and the issues following on from that). Now fast forward to the present day and thanks to social media we were all prepared and notified to the renaming and recalibrated Lawgiver (the Judge Dredd convention) into Lawless (the convention of British comics). So, on the 18th of May Neil found himself in Bristol once again with Tom’s camera and this is the result!
For more on Lawless; https://www.facebook.com/groups/14170...
As a guide these approximate timings might be of use;
Lawless event guide 6sec, Steve McManus 15secs, ROK of the Reds fan and Judge Glass 20secs, https://www.rokofthereds.com/ Colin MacNeil 30secs, Marshal Metta Lawson and Johnny Alpha 47 secs, Glenn Fabry 51secs, Soviet bloc hypnosis leaflet 1:08secs, Ian Gibson 1:16secs, John Higgins 1:29secs, http://artofjohnhiggins.com/ Absolute Batman: The Killing Joke 1:34secs, --That matches the carpet!-- Tribute to Carlos Ezquerra 1:40secs, Carlos Art Droid 3:07secs, Welcome to Lawless from Lawless! 3:12secs, Panels! 3:16secs, Draw off! 3:23secs, Max Normal 3:31secs, --Buys a self-portrait!-- Dan Cornwell 3:40, https://dancornwell.wordpress.com/ Henry Flint 3:46, https://henryflint.wordpress.com/ Torquemada 4:01secs, Mike Collins 4:06secs, http://www.freakhousegraphics.com/ Abigail Bulmer 4:20secs, https://abigailartryder.wixsite.com/d... Steve Austin and Dylan Teague 4:41secs, http://www.stevenaustinart.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dylbot2099/ John Wagner [don’t blink!] 4:44secs, Original art for sale 4:49secs, Sector 13 fanzine 4:57secs, https://www.facebook.com/sector13thef... Battle Badger 5:01secs, https://www.facebook.com/beasthunting... art ninetwo studios 5:08secs, https://www.artninetwo.com/ Awesome Comics 5:24secs, David Lloyd and Patrick Goddard 5:32secs, http://www.lforlloyd.com/ https://twitter.com/PaddyGod1 Planet Replicas 5:45secs, https://www.planetreplicas.com/ Steve McManus closeout 5:51secs, Judge Death – THE SENTENCE IS DEATH 5:56secs
