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Temple Classic Cover 25 (c) A Whole Heap Of Artists!

Upon reaching it's milestone 25th issue, John Kirkham (who had once again taken over as Temple Central Mailer, with me as Deputy CM) hit upon the idea of collecting all the Temple covers together as one cover image.

This issue also marks the moment that the '...of heroes' part was dropped from the APA's name, as both myself and John realised that it didn't properly reflect the material contained within, since very few of the members contributed superhero artwork.

Temple APA Issue Sixteen

Sun, sea and saucers...

Temple APA Issue Sixteen is now available to download as a totally free pdf file, containing contributions from the likes of Dave Hailwood, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Paul Eldridge, Malcolm Kirk and Ben Peter Johnson, (who also provides the cover).

You can download from Dropbox, MediaFire or view online at Issuu.
PDF file size is 19.69 MB.

The Temple APA is a showcase for amateur and professional creators who are active in the UK comics scene. If you'd like to contribute or just want more information, check out the Temple blog or like us on Facebook...

Temple APA blog
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Temple Classic Cover 24 (c) Kyle Kimmons

This issue marked the departure of the Temple's founding member, Kyle Kimmons, who had briefly returned as Central Mailer to help keep things on track.  He did pop into the Temple on a few occasions after, but never stayed long.

I'm sure he's still out there somewhere, clad in a Zorro mask, waxing his moustache and fighting crime.

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Temple Classic Cover 23 (c) Ian Alexander

A nice Warhammer inspired cover illo by Ian.

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Temple Classic Cover 22 (c) Stuart Giddings

A jolly marvelous redesign of me and Stu's Nevada Tombs character, who appeared in 'The Teksas Chainstore Massacre', which was probably our most popular strip. 

Chainstore Massacre was published in 6 different comics (including Meanwhile, CAOF and Violent), and was finally given its last outing in Dave Candlish' Paragon a few years back.  It can still be viewed online here:

http://factorfictionpress.co.uk/violentwebcomic/2008/03/09/the-teksas-chainstore-massacre-1/

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Temple Classic Cover 21 (c) Niblo Hartman and Neil Alexander

This issue also came with an alternative cover by manga artist Laura Watton, which I'll have to try and dig out at some point.

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Temple Classic Cover 20 (c) Anthony Smith

  

Anthony Smith was a fantastic cartoonist, inker and also drew erotic images which you may have been able to deduce from this cover.  

Not sure what he's up to these days, but hopefully it includes lots of arty things.