JohnMBurnsArt
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Glory Knight, Time Travel Courier was a weekly strip running in June and Schoolfriend 1970-71 drawn by John M Burns. @davidmcdonald.bsky.social of Hibernia Comics has announced that the strip will be collected late next year!
www.hiberniacomics.com
www.hiberniacomics.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Glory Knight, Time Travel Courier was a weekly strip running in June and Schoolfriend 1970-71 drawn by John M Burns. @davidmcdonald.bsky.social of Hibernia Comics has announced that the strip will be collected late next year!
www.hiberniacomics.com
www.hiberniacomics.com
A 2017 Modesty Blaise commission by John M Burns - pencils and inks. Even though he was sacked from drawing the daily newspaper strip after two and a bit stories and professed to hate the character, he did dozens of book covers, commissions and sketches for decades afterwards.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A 2017 Modesty Blaise commission by John M Burns - pencils and inks. Even though he was sacked from drawing the daily newspaper strip after two and a bit stories and professed to hate the character, he did dozens of book covers, commissions and sketches for decades afterwards.
I reposted @davidmcdonald.bsky.social's post about the found copies of Lost Treasures earlier but didn't have time to eloborate on them. Children of the Stars was drawn by John M Burns in 1970. The book also contains The Long Way Home drawn by Jesus Blasco.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I reposted @davidmcdonald.bsky.social's post about the found copies of Lost Treasures earlier but didn't have time to eloborate on them. Children of the Stars was drawn by John M Burns in 1970. The book also contains The Long Way Home drawn by Jesus Blasco.
www.hiberniacomics.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
www.hiberniacomics.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
We're still looking for five more pieces of art for an Eartha collection. Below are the published clippings of the instalments required. If you can help, please DM me or contact [email protected] 2/2
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We're still looking for five more pieces of art for an Eartha collection. Below are the published clippings of the instalments required. If you can help, please DM me or contact [email protected] 2/2
We're still looking for five more pieces of art for an Eartha collection. Below are the published clippings of the instalments required. If you can help, please DM me or contact [email protected] 1/2
November 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We're still looking for five more pieces of art for an Eartha collection. Below are the published clippings of the instalments required. If you can help, please DM me or contact [email protected] 1/2
A panel detail from an original instalment of Eartha illustrated by John M Burns. This appeared in the News of the World Sunday magazine in 1982. Book collection coming in 2026.
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A panel detail from an original instalment of Eartha illustrated by John M Burns. This appeared in the News of the World Sunday magazine in 1982. Book collection coming in 2026.
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Happy Halloween!
For those of you who didn't / couldn't back the Zetari book on Kickstarter, if you still want a copy of the main book and / or the black and white bookazine, here's your chance. The remaining copies are now for sale on the AUK website.
auk.direct?s=zetari&id=...
auk.direct?s=zetari&id=...
October 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
For those of you who didn't / couldn't back the Zetari book on Kickstarter, if you still want a copy of the main book and / or the black and white bookazine, here's your chance. The remaining copies are now for sale on the AUK website.
auk.direct?s=zetari&id=...
auk.direct?s=zetari&id=...
The deleted scene from Jaws was the first image I ever saw in newspapers in the summer of 1975. Didn't see the film until Boxing Day.
October 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The deleted scene from Jaws was the first image I ever saw in newspapers in the summer of 1975. Didn't see the film until Boxing Day.
Pen and ink "doodles" by John M Burns
October 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Pen and ink "doodles" by John M Burns
I’ve always loved comics, always loved books and now I hold in my hands one containing work by one of my favourite artists that I helped to make. Thank you again to @eatonjones.bsky.social and @roberthammond.bsky.social for letting me into their world. Roll on Eartha – no wait, that sounds rude...
October 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I’ve always loved comics, always loved books and now I hold in my hands one containing work by one of my favourite artists that I helped to make. Thank you again to @eatonjones.bsky.social and @roberthammond.bsky.social for letting me into their world. Roll on Eartha – no wait, that sounds rude...
Does anyone have a good quality clipping of E36 from Eartha published in the News of the World Sunday magazine 1981-82? As you can see, the one we have is ripped. Many thanks. This is for the Eartha collection featuring art by John M Burns.
October 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Does anyone have a good quality clipping of E36 from Eartha published in the News of the World Sunday magazine 1981-82? As you can see, the one we have is ripped. Many thanks. This is for the Eartha collection featuring art by John M Burns.
The Zetari Kickstarter books are packed and ready to go. Make sure you've updated your delivery address.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zet...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zet...
September 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The Zetari Kickstarter books are packed and ready to go. Make sure you've updated your delivery address.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zet...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zet...
I just realised I've never posted any photos of John on this page. Consider that rectified.
September 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I just realised I've never posted any photos of John on this page. Consider that rectified.
There are a couple of updates on the Zetari Kickstarter page. The books are ready. If you backed it, be sure to log in and supply your final address.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zet...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zet...
September 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
There are a couple of updates on the Zetari Kickstarter page. The books are ready. If you backed it, be sure to log in and supply your final address.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zet...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zet...
The Sweeney is 50 years old this year. John M Burns did this illustration for an article in the UK magazine Reveille in 1978.
September 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Sweeney is 50 years old this year. John M Burns did this illustration for an article in the UK magazine Reveille in 1978.
This is Eartha. Her adventures appeared in the News of the World Sunday magazine 1981-82 painted by John M Burns. We're putting a book collection together and are still looking for some of the original art. Please get in touch if you have any either here or at [email protected]
September 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is Eartha. Her adventures appeared in the News of the World Sunday magazine 1981-82 painted by John M Burns. We're putting a book collection together and are still looking for some of the original art. Please get in touch if you have any either here or at [email protected]
Love this illustration of Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin.
September 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Love this illustration of Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin.
Those of you who backed the Zetari Special Edition book on Kickstarter should have received an update. I had the pleasure of going through a PDF of the finished version and obviously I'm biased but @roberthammond.bsky.social has done an amazing job on restoration, lettering and book design.
August 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Those of you who backed the Zetari Special Edition book on Kickstarter should have received an update. I had the pleasure of going through a PDF of the finished version and obviously I'm biased but @roberthammond.bsky.social has done an amazing job on restoration, lettering and book design.
John M Burns' few projects with American publishers were not happy experiences. One was Sable and Fortune for Marvel in 2006. An intended six issue arc ended up being three and a cover for issue 4.
August 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
John M Burns' few projects with American publishers were not happy experiences. One was Sable and Fortune for Marvel in 2006. An intended six issue arc ended up being three and a cover for issue 4.
Apart from the piece sold through Heritage Auctions in 2017, 6 pieces of original Eartha art by John M Burns are unaccounted for. These are the original published clippings for the missing instalments E9, E10, E11, E13, E18, E31. If you can help, please e-mail [email protected] 2/2
August 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Apart from the piece sold through Heritage Auctions in 2017, 6 pieces of original Eartha art by John M Burns are unaccounted for. These are the original published clippings for the missing instalments E9, E10, E11, E13, E18, E31. If you can help, please e-mail [email protected] 2/2
Apart from the piece sold through Heritage Auctions in 2017, 6 pieces of original Eartha art by John M Burns are unaccounted for. These are the original published clippings for the missing instalments E9, E10, E11, E13, E18, E31. If you can help, please e-mail [email protected] 1/2
August 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Apart from the piece sold through Heritage Auctions in 2017, 6 pieces of original Eartha art by John M Burns are unaccounted for. These are the original published clippings for the missing instalments E9, E10, E11, E13, E18, E31. If you can help, please e-mail [email protected] 1/2
Still looking for hi-res scans of original Eartha art by John M Burns for a book collection. This one, E41 sold on Heritage Auctions in 2017. If you have it or know who has and would be able to help, please contact me at [email protected] Thank you
August 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Still looking for hi-res scans of original Eartha art by John M Burns for a book collection. This one, E41 sold on Heritage Auctions in 2017. If you have it or know who has and would be able to help, please contact me at [email protected] Thank you
I'm trying to locate the original art for these Nikolai Dante pages by John M Burns. They're both from the story Usurper which appeared in 2000AD Prog 1487 May 2006. Please DM me if you have any info or contact [email protected]. Thank you.
August 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm trying to locate the original art for these Nikolai Dante pages by John M Burns. They're both from the story Usurper which appeared in 2000AD Prog 1487 May 2006. Please DM me if you have any info or contact [email protected]. Thank you.
Thanks to @johnfreeman.bsky.social for scanning these gorgeous pages from a leaflet entitled Looking After Yourself in Retirement published in 1982.
July 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thanks to @johnfreeman.bsky.social for scanning these gorgeous pages from a leaflet entitled Looking After Yourself in Retirement published in 1982.