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Temple Classic Covers 13 (c) Darren Taylor

 

A rather amazing Scottish superhero artist and a jolly nice bloke too!  It was immediately obvious from the quality of Darren's art that he was going to go places, and since leaving the Temple's hallowed halls he has worked for a whole host of professional organisations including Cbeebies, NickJr, Nelvana and Disney UK.  You can see more of his bally marvelous artwork here. 

Incidental Factoid #1.  I once went to visit Darren whilst he was living in Kent, and his then miniature daughter successfully managed to tie my shoelaces together.  To this day, I still haven't figured out how to untie them...

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Temple Classic Cover 12 (c) Simon Mackie

 

Simon Mackie is one of the Temple's longest running members, and still contributes to this day.  His Flick and Jube comic strip was often the highlight of the Temple, and can be read in its entirety here:

Free Doggie!

For World Book Day UK comic writer Jason Cobley has made all his ebooks free, including The Greatest Adventures Of Captain Winston Bulldog, The Extraordinary Exploits Of Captain Winson Bulldog, and Bulldog Clips.

I've always had a bit of a softspot for Captain Bulldog as the Bulldog Adventures Magazine was the first small press comic I ever brought (way back in the nineties!). There's some mighty fine creators involved in these comics, and you'll find the likes of Garen Ewing (of Rainbow Orchid fame), PJ Holden (2000ad regular), Neill Cameron (highly popular artist for The Phoenix, and ex-Temple member) and there's even a few contributions from myself and Paul Harrison Davies (my Bunk Mates and Hoodied Horror collaborations with Paul appear inside Bulldog Clips).

Anyway, enough waffle from me! They may not be free for long, so pop along to Lulu and start downloading them now!

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Temple classic cover 11 - Artwork (c) John Kirkham.

 

This issue John Kirkham (or 'Fuz' as he was then known) burst onto the scene with a brilliant, eye catching cover.  He later went on to run the Temple on several occasions, and his flare for design work made him the perfect choice for Assistant Editor on the 100% Biodegradable comic anthology

The cover for this issue proved so popular that it was used again for the Temple's one-off comic anthology 'Small Fish'.

The Good Guys

Ex-Temple member and all round jolly nice chap Neil Alexander will be launching his anarchic superhero comic series 'Good Guys' at the Cardiff Comic Convention this weekend.  Comics are £3 each, or £5 for both.

 

The tagline for the series is:

'Saving the world that’s not in peril. Good Guys don’t give up, even when nobody needs them.'  So  you're sure to encounter happy hijinks and joyous carnage aplenty.

 

  If you're not attending the convention, they are both available on his newly revamped website here: http://neil-alexander.com/good-guys/buy-the-comic.html

 

If you are attending the convention then please pop along to Neil's stall an give him some money and a hug (he particularly enjoys big sweaty man-hugs.  Can't get enough of 'em).

 

He also has a Facebook page, which you can 'like' in an attempt to make Neil feel popular and handsome and stuff here:  https://www.facebook.com/goodguyscomic

 

 

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Temple classic cover 10 - Artwork (c) Neil Alexander.

This issue welcomed onboard my good friend Neil Alexander (another artist who I still work with from time to time).  Neil eventually partnered up with his mate Niblo, and together they wrote some of those most amusing 'artistic critics' of other contributor's work, usually over a bottle of cheap vodka.

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Temple classic cover 9 - Artwork (c) David Jeffreys. 

David had the pleasure of being the Temple's first controversial artist, with his liking for illustrating buxom young wenches in various states of undress.  He also gave rise to the Temple's very first Special edition, which was naturally a Swimsuit Edition.