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Chinbeard Books announces plans for Eartha newspaper strip collection Another collection of John M. Burns amazing work? Where do we sign?

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Coming to Kickstarter in April from Chinbeard Books.

Eartha Hardback Collection!

Written by Donne Avenell and illustrated by John M Burns.

"Eartha" will be a unique, luxury, landscape hardback; containing over 90% of the original unlettered artboards, as well as the full strips alongside them.

A year ago today, the Zetari Kickstarter campaign was launched. Here's an illustration that couldn't be fitted in - an unpainted page from The Monastery of Dreams. I wish John had taken copies of all the pages from this book before painting them like he did for The Bright Face of Death.

Psycops was a daily newspaper strip appearing in The Sun 1996-99. Collection still available. Cover shown here not used.

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Remembering John M Burns today on what would have been his 88th birthday.

Just a reminder for those of you who have not taken a punt on Lost Treasure 2 yet - there are about 80 copies left of this treasure trove of art.

Full colour art by Don Lawrence, Ron Embleton and Jesús Blasco- only available here www.hiberniacomics.com
Grab a copy while you can!

Lot 206 - Original artwork for Wrath of the Gods by J. Lot 206 - Original artwork for Wrath of the Gods by J.

There's a rare chance to buy a piece of original art by John from Wrath of the Gods in this auction. There are many other great examples of vintage British comic art in the same auction.

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Before the Wuthering Heights adaptation for Classical Comics, John illustrated Jane Eyre for the same publishers in 2008. Here's a look at his process.

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Book Palace Books has opened preorders for its Limited Edition collection of the Biggles strips published in TV Express Weekly, featuring stories credited to the character’s creator, W. E. Johns, with art by…

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While Wuthering Heights divides cinema audiences, here's a reminder that John M Burns illustrated two adaptations of the novel. In 1963, a 9 part version appeared in the weekly comic Diana. In 2011, a 144 page graphic novel was published by Classical Comics.

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Here's one of the earliest sightings of George and Lynne drawn by John in the British tabloid The Sun from 1976 until 1984. He left it to work on Zetari and it continued for many years after drawn by Josep Gual.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Might have been done before but best meet cute?

One last look at Modesty Blaise for now. Between 1987 and 1986, John M Burns illustrated 13 book covers (11 novels and 2 short story collections) for the Swedish publishers Berghs. Presented here in no particular order. 6x Modesty plus cover rough plus similar pose 4/4

One last look at Modesty Blaise for now. Between 1987 and 1986, John M Burns illustrated 13 book covers (11 novels and 2 short story collections) for the Swedish publishers Berghs. Presented here in no particular order. 3/4

One last look at Modesty Blaise for now. Between 1987 and 1986, John M Burns illustrated 13 book covers (11 novels and 2 short story collections) for the Swedish publishers Berghs. Presented here in no particular order. 2/4

One last look at Modesty Blaise for now. Between 1987 and 1996, John M Burns illustrated 13 book covers (11 novels and 2 short story collections) for the Swedish publishers Berghs. Presented here in no particular order. 1/4

Bluesky can be quite limiting for showing images. For fans of John's work who also use Facebook, I run a group which lets me show a lot more including unpublished work, audio interviews, albums, photos from his studio, Q & A and even a rare video of him drawing.

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In case you don't know, I love the work of John M. Burns.

Sadly, I lost virtually all my research/writing/scans on a book I was making on his life.

I found an old hard drive with some scans, and have just found a way to access it.

In 2011, John M Burns proposed illustrating Modesty Blaise in colour. He used existing strips from the story "Top Traitor" drawn by Jim Holdaway (whose work he admired - he had a Holdaway original framed in his studio) in lieu of a script. Here are his examples alongside the Holdaway strips.

What classic film could be improved if an original casting choice could have done it? Examples- Robert Redford instead of John Cassavetes in Rosemarys Baby or Cary Grant instead of Humphrey Bogart in Sabrina.