Ilke's Davis Update

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:05 pm

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Win Wiacek notes in his review of Captain Britain Vol.5: End Game TPB that this volume includes "... a brief introductory reminiscence from multi-talented star-turn Alan Davis," and that "‘A New Vision of Captain Britain’ closes the book with a selection of captivating sketches and rare or unseen artwork."

http://www.comicsreview.co.uk/nowreadth ... -end-game/

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:52 pm

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The cover of July's Avengers #15...

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/ ... ol_cov.jpg

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:46 am

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Alan Davis' contribution to "the World's Biggest Comic, produced to raise money for Comic Relief 1999 and displayed at the Comics 99 Festival in Bristol," is shown at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InLX2YPnHus

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:18 am

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Featured as part of 'Free Mondays,' this week sees Excalibur #42-44 as free digitized reads. It's "a free peek inside Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited" by way of some stellar comics by Alan Davis & Mark Farmer! (Have I mentioned they're free?)

And next week's free batch: Excalibur #45-49...

http://marvel.com/news/story/15746/free_mondays_42511

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:44 am

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Captain Britain statue by Bowen Designs, all painted...

http://www.statuemarvels.com/f87/marvel ... 12425.html

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:36 pm

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The cover of Fantastic Four Adventures (Panini UK) #17...

http://www.paninicomics.co.uk/web/guest/news?id=53898

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:00 am

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At the bottom of this page featuring an interview with Gary Spencer Millidge on Alan Moore: Storyteller...

http://alanmooreworld.blogspot.com/2011 ... about.html

...is a page from the Ilex catalogue promoting the book...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6bjz ... e28-sm.jpg

Take a look, and you'll see a tiny reproduction of Alan Davis' D.R. & Quinch cover for Comics News Monthly #14 from 1984.

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Tue May 03, 2011 7:32 am

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Free Mondays...Excalibur #45-49...'Nuff said.

http://marvel.com/news/story/15785/free_mondays_5211

(Well, maybe not ''Nuff,' because coming next week for free in digital form...Avengers Prime #1.)

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Wed May 11, 2011 6:53 am

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Marvel Beginnings cards of note from the recently released set from Upper Deck:

Jamie Braddock
http://cgi.ebay.com/Marvel-Beginnings-B ... 53e76d01cf

Bishop
http://cgi.ebay.com/BISHOP-X-5-Marvel-B ... 25639a8290

Marrow
http://cgi.ebay.com/MARROW-X-29-Marvel- ... 25639a84ed

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Sun May 15, 2011 6:26 am

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The Bat rogues must wish they'd slept in, in this piece by Davis & Farmer...

http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2011/ ... s-sake-13/

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Sun May 15, 2011 2:15 pm

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Another Wolverine button!

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-vintage-1980s-Ma ... 2eb49b1a1e

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Tue May 17, 2011 6:01 am

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2011 B.C. ...Birmingham Comicon...August 27th...

http://www.thecomicsshow.co.uk/2011BC/guests.html

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:16 am

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DC RETROACTIVE: BATMAN - THE '80s
Written by MIKE W. BARR; Art and cover by JERRY BINGHAM

Someone using the name, appearance and methodology of The Reaper is killing off the mobsters of Gotham City...but both of the men who previously masqueraded as The Reaper are dead! Meanwhile, Batman must shepherd an untried Robin – Jason Todd. A reprinted Reaper tale from the 1980s rounds out this special edition.

DC Universe 56pg. Color $4.99 US
On Sale August 3, 2011

http://dccomics.com/dcu/comics/?cm=19550

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Tue May 17, 2011 5:41 pm

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The cover of August's Avengers #16...

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/ ... ol_COV.jpg

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Wed May 18, 2011 5:44 pm

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The New Avengers 100 Project TPB, out now...

http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=22172241