Dave McKean
Comic book creator, writer, illustrator, artist, filmmaker, musician, composer, photographer, designer, twitcher, bad cook.
- Finally decided to part with this page from Arkham Asylum, Heritage Auctions bidding this week, ends Friday morning: comics.ha.com/itm/original...
- Huge retrospective exhibition opening on the 11th Sept. at Huberty & Breyne gallery in Brussels. i'll be there. Work representing 40 years of comics, illustration, painting, photography, film and theatre.
- Last few days to see Dark Carnival drawings at Adam's Gallery in Reigate.
- A little film for Quercus, a few gigs upcoming: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpNc...
- Red kite in the back garden.
- Ray Bradbury - Dark Carnival original artwork exhibition up now at Adam's Gallery in Reigate, UK.
- Two exhibitions currently up, At Comicgarden in Copenhagen, and Galerie Artizar in La Laguna, Tenerife.
- @johnmartynproject.bsky.social at the Gulbenkian, Canterbury. Tricky to do justice to such a wayward and singular voice, but in their own way they conjured Martyn's spirit, stunning harmonies and guitar work, solid rhythm section, from the gentlest midnight quiet to raucous noise. Recommended.
- Ray Bradbury - Dark Carnival, pre-order here: subterraneanpress.com/bradbury-dc/...
- My Italo Calvino - Invisible Cities drawings for sale at the Huberty Breyne booth at this year's BRAFA art fair in Brussels this week.
- Reposted by Dave McKeanKaren Haber reviews THALAMUS: THE ART OF DAVE MCKEAN by @davemckean.bsky.social (@DaveMcKean): “Thalamus is a must for artists, comic lovers, art worshippers and anyone else with the pocket change and shelf space…” locusmag.com/2025/01...
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, out now.
- I did a sequence for The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee, just been sent a nice thank you. Check out the film on streaming services.
- Great screening last night of Asif Kapadia's warning from the future 2073.
- Asif Kapadia @asifkapadia.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dave McKeanThank you so much Claire for recommending Phoenix - and @helloamandaroth.bsky.social, if you'd like to give him a flavour of it to see what he thinks, here's a brilliant book trailer for it made by the illustrator @davemckean.bsky.social - it's basically Chapter 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5yQ...
