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JON'S DAILY BLOG OF ART http://hawardarthouse.blogspot.com

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARES HAMLET FOR CLASSICAL COMICS ...

Jon is Art Director on Hamlet the graphic novel for Classical Comics ,the book will be the complete play running to 186 pages

JUDGE DREDD NEW STORY FOR 2000A.D COMIC...

After a gap of 16years Jon returns to the world of Mega-city 1 he has just finished a Judge Dredd story written by John Wagner called ''Fat Fathers'',Jon's last Dredd story was way back in 1993 written by Garth Ennis called Barfur.

MACBETH WINS BRONZE AT IPPY AWARDS...

Macbeth the graphic novel has won a Bronze medal at the INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS 2009 known as the ippy award in the u.s.a ,

BAD PRESS LTD...

for updates on WASTED,blog,merchandise for Tales of the Buddha t-shirts, collected editions,wallpapers back issues of NORTHERN LIGHTZ and other fun stuff visit the website http://www.badpressltd.com

GRAVITY QUEST featuring JOE GRAVITY...

a new comic strip for young children to read http://gravityquest.blogspot.com

MARVEL EUROPE TPB COLLECTION OUT NOW !!...

featuring a reprint of jon's SPECTACULAR SPIDERMAN ADVENTURES issue 114 where Spidey and Captain Britain face the Red Skull in battle ,drawn in 2004 with inks by John Stokes and colouring by Alan Craddock for Panini/Marvel u.k. The cover of the collection was drawn by Staz Johnson the bar code for the book is ISBN 978-0-7851-3719-1 priced $14.99

Macbeth Award......

British Book Design and Production Awards 2008 was a great success for Classical Comics. Macbeth Original Text was the winner of the Secondary Education category and was also Highly Commended (2nd place) in Literature; while Henry V Quick Text achieved the shortlist for the Secondary Education category. The award for Macbeth, presented by Gyles Brandreth, marked a significant achievement - not only for the book itself, but also for the company as both gain recognition from the mainstream book industry.

William Shakespeare The Tempest...

On the front page of this website are 4 pencil pages of the Tempest graphic novel pages 22,23,24,25 these are some of Jon's favourite pages he's drawn, they will be inked by Gary Erskine and coloured and lettered by Nigel Dobbyn.

The book will be published by CLASSICAL COMICS LTD August 2009. http://classicalcomics.com/books

Macbeth Newspaper reviews...

Jon's Macbeth art was featured in THE INDEPENDENT Newspaper on the 28th August 2007 in the U.K, the feature was called The Comic Bard

THE DAILY MAIL Newspaper featured Jon's art on the 18th August 2007 in the U.K, the feature title was Shakespeare,the comic.

On the 18th March The Guardian newspaper's John Mullan wrote a nice feature about Macbeth for the G mag arts section.

Mark Medley of THE NATIONAL POST Canada on the 21st April wrote a feature called How classical Comics turned Shakespeare's Macbeth into a graphic novel http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2008/04/21

The Times newspaper's Benedict Nightingale wrote a great review about Jon's work http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre

CLASSICAL COMICS presents MACBETH...

OUT NOW TO BUY MACBETH THE GRAPHIC NOVEL.

To view a 22 pages preview click on to this link http://classicalcomics.com/books

GRAPHIC CLASSROOM'S Chris Wilson gives Macbeth : MY RECOMMENDATION: Highly Recommended Shakespeare has never been so accessible, so meaningful or approachable to the modern masses as it is in the Classical Comics’ adaptations. The different editions are elegant and beautiful – a true homage to The Bard. These are, simply put, the best comic adaptations of Shakespeare I have ever encountered. http://graphicclassroom.blogspot.com/search/label

JOHN FREEMAN from downthetubes.net says "Here at downthetubes, we think the advance pages from the project look great and Jon has clearly proven the right choice for bring Macbeth to life, successfully accommodating the demands of three different formats with consummate professionalism. Couple that with Nigel's colouring and Classical Comics surely has a winner on its hands. The interpretation Jon's brought to the text is bold and striking and should surely stir some young hearts and minds to take an interest in our beloved Bard of Stratford!

Flamingnet review for Macbeth http://www.flamingnet.com/bookreviews/newreviews

Writeaway review for macbeth http://www.writeaway.org.uk/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,3247/Itemid,99999999

SCI-FI-ONLINE.COM gave a 9 review for the graphic novel http://sci-fi-online.50megs.com/2008_reviews/comic

Neil Elkes of the Birmingham Mail newspaper book review gave Macbeth 4 out of 5 stars

Grovel review http://www.grovel.org.uk/macbeth-the-graphic-novel

Books monthly has another good review for Macbeth http://www.booksmonthly.co.uk

Ittosha Incorporated are going to reprint Classical comics Macbeth in Japan

PATRICK STEWART ...

Patrick Stewart applauds Classical Comics' pioneering three-tier dialogue graphic novel adaptation of Macbeth "I'm fascinated by your approach... I find them gripping, dramatic and, although for me the original Shakespeare is always my reason for turning to these plays, I think that what you are doing in illuminating and making perhaps more lucid, especially for young people, is clever and meaningful" - Patrick Stewart

The internationally respected actor, known for successfully bridging the gap between the theatrical world of the Shakespearean stage and contemporary film and television, has given his seal of approval to Classical Comics' pioneering three-tier dialogue approach, in particular its graphic novel adaptation of Macbeth.

The Times reviews for Macbeth...

Amanda Craig wrote a great review for macbeth in the Times May 30th 2008 http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/children

Quoting Benedict Nightingale, from The Times in an article dated 14th April 2008, "...the terrific cartoons that Jon Haward has drawn for Macbeth. His green-faced, red-eyed, scrubbily bearded witches are far nearer the hellish creatures that Shakespeare conceived than the prancing Glasgow chavs or glum Morningside housewives I've seen in the theatre. And his Macbeth is as formidable as he should be: a big, grim warrior who nevertheless sweats and ogles with horror at the spectral dagger or Banquo's blue, eyeless ghost. Haward has caught the play's terror and tension a lot better than many productions that I recall."

CLASSICAL COMICS presents FRANKENSTEIN...

Jon was art director on Frankenstein out now to buy from Classical Comics ltd ,there are two versions ORIGINAL TEXT and PLAIN TEXT http://classicalcomics.com/books

SCI-FI-ONLINE.COM review http://www.sci-fi-online.com/2008_reviews/comic

wins award from the Association of Educational Publishers in America, for Distinguished Achievement in grades 9-12 2009

Bullet proof anthology...

Bullet proof a new anthology ,The first two issues feature SIDEBURNS by Jim Alexander and Jon ,issue three will have background development of SIMBA-KHAN by Paul h Birch and Jon http://www.bulletproofcomics.co.uk

writing and illustrating the GRAPHIC NOVEL ...

Jon's art appears in writing and illustrating the GRAPHIC NOVEL by MIKE CHINN. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Writing-Illustrating-Graphic-Novel-Everything/dp/0713669985

MUTANT CHRONICLES website...

mutantpedia.com have images of Jon's MUTANT CHRONICLES artwork here's the link to Jon's work http://www.mutantpedia.com/eng

downthetubes.net interview with Jon ...

Jon recently did along interview with John Freeman for website downthetubes.net Jon talks about macbeth plus his career in comics you can read the interview by clicking this link http://www.downthetubes.net/features/interviews/artists

COMIC ART NOW book by DEZ SKINN...

Jon's MACBETH art is shown in Dez Skinn's new art book COMIC ART NOW published by ILEX . http://www.amazon.co.uk/Comic-Art-Now-Contemporary-Illustration/dp/1905814259

how to DRAW and SELL COMICS by ALAN McKENZIE...

Jon's art appears in how to DRAW and SELL COMICS by ALAN McKENZIE. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draw-Sell-Comics-Alan-McKenzie/dp/1581807163

WIZARDS-KEEP guest artist...

Jon has the honour of being guest artist on WIZARDS-KEEP GUEST ARTIST section http://www.wizards-keep.com Jon would like to thank Tim Perkins for his support and friendship and wish him continued success with all his projects.