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@ComicsandCleave Captain Britain by Alan Davis. I can’t really say exactly what it is it’s just a great costume that stood out among the myriad of characters in the UK Mags and then Excalibur. And Alan Davis draws dynamic heroes as good as anyone.
#Otd 1778: Papists Act. 1st Act for Catholic Relief. Granted rights of leasing & inheritance to those who'd taken oath allegiance. Penalty of perpetual imprisonment for keeping a school, repealed! When Britain at war in America; keep RCs on side! Same 1793 https://t.co/2mekELNlN7
@ratemyskyperoom @hugolowell And here they are: William Russell (L) and Samuel Clarke (R).
I got the artist and book title right — Jacobus Houbraken’s HEADS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS OF GREAT BRITAIN — but what threw me was that they were flopped.
@RWhitechurch @_pastelpumpkin_ FY2021, Queen Elizabeth II received £86.3 million (i.e. equivalent to £1.29 per person in Britain). Her net worth is £365 million plus. The mean annual average salary for full-time workers in Britain for 2022 is £38,131. The national minimum wage is £9.50 per hour.
42 years ago the Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) album was released. This week @SkyArts named David Bowie as Britain’s most influential artist of the last 50 years
#duffy #duffyarchive #brianduffy #davidbowie #bowie #scarymonsters #onthisday #picoftheday #vinyl #bowieskyarts
You can find out why little Tommy is causing a scene in church very soon -
No Surrender will be out 10.11.22
It’s a graphic adaptation of Constance Maud’s 1911 classic novel about the battle for universal suffrage in Britain
Resources and the park: The latest version of UKCEH's land cover map has just been published........ download the Land Cover Map 2021 for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, free of charge....... https://t.co/PmMQQnUS6T #maps #cartography (image: CEH)
In one notable story from Captain Britain vol. 2 #13 (1986), written and drawn by Alan Davis, Betsy would briefly take on the mantle of Captain Britain herself, only to be brutally beaten and have her eyes gouged out by a villain called Slaymaster. 3/7
Here's the story of my dodgy mate Charlie, a stolen Thunderclap Newman LP and how we discovered Dylan's Basement Tapes in Britain
https://t.co/bSVa5ZkhNK
As a museum devoted to preserving the work of one of Britain's greatest illustrators, we are deeply saddened to learn about the passing of another. A patron of the Association of Illustrators, Raymond Briggs' legacy will live forever.
#RaymondBriggs
#Illustrator
#TheSnowman
PARADISE X #4: The Guardians of the Galaxy seek counsel from Reed Richards. Wolverine finally learns the truth about who—and what—he is. And newlyweds King Britain and Medusa get quite a surprise.
Today’s Mutant of the day is Elizabeth “Betsy” Braddock A.K.A Captain Britain!
@cbn_uk Love this wraparound cover for my comic, Raid on the Forth, by @GraemeNeilReid. It’s the story of the first air raid over Britain of #ww2 and the first time the Spitfire saw combat.
Here are some colourful illustrations from The Butterflies of Great Britain, part of our Entomolygy Collection, that match today's bright weather in Newcastle.
See more illustrations of insects from our Entomology Collection on Collections Captured: https://t.co/QIxSA0SaCE
🎂 Today marks 90 years since the birth of #HowardHodgkin (1932 – 2017).
During his lifetime Hodgkin was widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest painters and printmakers. See more of Hodgkin's work: https://t.co/g4qiLWNQHI
Image: Stormy Weather, 2012
Another PSA following on @TheTweedmeister that #WerewolvesofBritain is now at the printer after over 2 years in the making. #FaeriesandFolklore is next followed by #Novocastria #ttrpg #rpg #illustration #drawing #painting #modernfantasy
@KAZMA_555 The Britain Family That Will Fall into Chaos in 100 Days and Gudao-kun. Day 10.
EN Translation by @TheParacite