This Halloween we have a spooktacular selection of weird and wonderful events lined up, so get your human-skin-bound diary ready! Witchin’!
HORRIFIC: CHARITY COMIC ART SALE & EXHIBITION
21th – 23rd OCTOBER
The Just 1 Page comics charity presents ‘Horrific’, a three day exhibition and art sale starting next Friday, including original artwork by Mike Carey and Charlie Adlard, signed prints by Tim Bradstreet (Hellblazer, Punisher, Blade, Unknown Soldier), Shaun of the Dead sculptures designed by Jesse Farrell and lots more. All art in the exhibition will be for sale and some additional items will be available to view via their Facebook and Flickr pages and all money raised will go to Macmillan Cancer Support.
On Sunday 23rd, when the main exhibition closes, Unwritten, Lucifer and X-Men Legacy scribe Mike Carey will be giving a public reading, starting at 3pm.
MAGICK EYE: A CELEBRATION OF HORROR COMICS
27th OCTOBER
Jason Atomic (Hail to the King exhibition) and Garry Leach (Marvelman) present a Halloween miscellany of monsters, as seen through the eyes of such incredible and varied artists as Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, Wally Wood, Bryan Talbot, Jason Atomic, Dave Hine, Shaky Kane, Rufus Dayglo, Garry Leach, Mark Stafford, Steve Pugh, Steve Parkhouse, Dougie Braithwaite, Ellen Rogers, Una Fricker, Liz Jordan, Ron Embelton, Jesus Belasco, Luis Bermejo, Jordi Bernet,Solano Lopez, Vlad Quigley, Espira, Dennis Franklin, Feroze Alam, Gothic Hangman, Madame Talbot, Dame Darcey, Lamour Supreme and Barry William Hale.
Make sure to come down to the launch party for the exhibition on October 27th at 8pm for zombie punch and Halloween cupcakes!
JOHN WATKISS’ “THE BLACK LIGHT SPOOKS MEET THE WALKING DEAD” TALK
28th OCTOBER
Commercial illustrator and concept art developer John Watkiss will be discussing his work for The Walking Dead TV show, the Sherlock Holmes movie, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and many more big-budget movies.
He will also be demonstrating his spectacular Black Light Spooks: forget the rubber masks, plastic skeletons and cheesy blood and gore – the Black Light Spooks will present themselves as tortured phantom souls floating before you in black space, reaching out from the dark, pitiful yet menacing! Starts 7pm.
MIKE AND LAURA ALLRED SIGNING
29th OCTOBER
Orbital is very excited to announce that the fantabulous Mike and Laura Allred, the twisted minds behind Madman, X-Statix, iZombie and many more fantastical comics, will be signing and sketching exclusively at Orbital Comics on Saturday 29th of October!
Make sure you come down from 5pm to get your books scribbled on by the world’s snappiest comics couple, as this will be their only UK appearance!
BRETT EWINS & ALAN MCKENZIE SIGNING
30th OCTOBER
Brett Ewins, supreme cartoonist and the man behind Deadline will be signing and sketching to promote his new book The Art of Brett Ewins. Alan McKenzie, the book’s editor and Marvel UK alumnus, will also be in attendance
The pair will be signing from 2pm to 3pm.
HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARADE & COMPETITION
31st OCTOBER
It’s Halloween! Dress up as your favourite comic book character and come down to Orbital to be part of our costume parade and competition for your chance to win spectacular prizes! We will, of course, all be in costume too, so get your cameras ready!
If you don’t have a costume ready in time (or just don’t want to be seen in public dressed as the Sub-Mariner), our resident artiste Clair will be on hand with facepaints, ready to make you up as a skeleton, zombie, sparkly vampire or anything you like!
