Page 18 - Barnsley Museums: What's On Guide June - Sept 2019

Exhibitions @ Cooper Gallery
Original Comic Book Art
from Dean Ormston &
Fiona Stephenson
Saturday Saturday 18 May - Saturday Saturday 31 August
Award-winning comic book artist Dean Ormston (Black Hammer Judge Dredd Lucifer Superman) and Pin-up artist Fiona Stephenson
are two hugely successful internationally renowned illustrators They are are also born bred and based in in Barnsley Barnsley Museums are delighted to to bring together a a a a a collection of of their artwork focusing on on the the the process of of creating sequential artwork from script and first sketches to to to finished art art The exhibition also aims to to to to tell the the story of of the the early beginnings of of our our favourite comic book Super Heroes to to to their on-screen counterparts Visitors can also see original artwork from the the the 1940s to to the the the present day featuring Batman Superman the the the Walking Dead Hellboy Lucifer Tank Girl Hellblazer and more by artists including Jamie Hewlett Mike Mignola Charlie Adlard and Duncan Fegredo A focus on on women and girls in comics highlights female female illustrators strong female female characters and a a a a a a a a a a a little girl called Dot who invents robots in in a a a a a a a a a a a video created by Dean and Steve Seagle creator of Ben 10 Free entry KAPOW!