Illustrators Ireland member Cathy Dineen is the latest illustrator to be commissioned by An Post for their annual greetings stamps designs. The stamps are available in a 10 stamp booklet and first day cover. Well done Cathy!

Philipp Lenssen of Comic Browser has compiled a small series of John Romita Jr.’s scamps for Marvel comics covers compared with the final printed covers. Go trawl through the rest of his site, its a veritable treasure trove of comic book covers. Go get lost and nostalgic for a few hours!

The Irish Times reports, a quartet of stamps featuring feline characters drawn by cartoonist Martyn Turner won the Stampilou Prize at the Grand Prix de L’Art Philatelique in Brussels on Saturday. The 55c and 78c stamps were issued by An Post last September and feature the artist’s interpretation of a Fat Cat , a Celtic Tigress , a couple of Cool Cats and, not surprisingly, a very satisfied Kilkenny Cat. Full article

An Post have released their 2008 greetings booklet featuring 2 stamps designed and illustrated by IGI member Steve Simpson. The normally reclusive and humble Simpson has come out of his cave to blow his trumpet and take us step-by-step through the stamp design process.
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The recent release of a set of Harry Potter stamps by the Royal Mail is being overshadowed by reports by The AOI (The Association Of Illustrators in the UK) that the publisher, Bloomsbury, has been involved in a copyright grab.

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