I see Robert Redford has passed. Always loved those movies he did with Paul Newman. Here’s Robert Redford in Trivquiz back in 2013.

Trivquiz: Big Fry and Larry Lurex ... aka George Lazenby and Freddie Mercury! How's your Bond movie knowledge? How about rockstars who, like Freddie Mercury, passed away in 1991?

How's your James Bond movie knowledge? How about rockstars who, like Freddie Mercury, passed away in 1991?

Sean Connery would have turned 95 on August 25. This is one of my most popular posters at comic cons, on eBay and Etsy etc and in my store at: stevemcgarry.com/product/gold...

Trivquiz: Tears For Fears and The Avengers ... Roland Orzabal and Honor Blackman. How are you on Tears For Fears tracks used in movies ... and actors who. like Honor Blackman, parlayed their TV roles into pop chart success?

How are you on Tears For Fears tracks used in movies ... and actors who. like Honor Blackman, parlayed their TV roles into pop chart success?

Trivquiz: Superfly and Gunsmoke ... Curtis Mayfield and James Arness. How's your knowledge of double inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ... and actors who, like "Gunsmoke" star James Arness, passed away in 2011?

Trivquiz: Superfly and Gunsmoke ... Curtis Mayfield and James Arness.

I’ve also included a shot of Doves and Pop Noir backstage at the Anaheim show and my lads onstage in San Diego. Finally, here’s a pic of me, Jimi, @joepowermcgarry.bsky.social and @lukeymcgarry.bsky.social with Chis Connor and designer Chris Wicks having a liquid lunch catch up in LA pre-pandemic.

Happy birthday to the brilliant Jimi Goodwin. Back when @popnoir.bsky.social was first gaining traction, the lads supported Doves on some California shows. I never do any artwork for “the Noir” but couldn’t resist doing the poster for the opening date in San Diego at the House of Blues.

Trivquiz: The Pope of Mope and Catwoman ... aka Morrissey and Camren Bicondova. How much do you know about British bands ... and how many Catwoman actresses can you name?

How’s your knowledge of British bands … and actresses who have played Catwoman?

Trivquiz: Bond foe May Day and Anne Boleyn ... Grace Jones and Natalie Dormer. Test your knowledge of Grace Jones movies and actresses who have portrayed Anne Boleyn, the doomed second wife of King Henry VIII.

Do you follow me on Substack? Daily pop culture trivia comics! Like this one:

Trivquiz: Bond foe May Day and Anne Boleyn ... Grace Jones and Natalie Dormer. Test your knowledge of Grace Jones movies and actresses who have portrayed Anne Boleyn, the doomed second wife of King Henry VIII.

#NOISE12: Remembering Rob Gretton Of mods in brogues, a Union Jack cape, the Kippax and the kibbutz .. of Benchill, Baguley and the wild dogs of Wythenshawe..

26 years today since Rob Gretton died, so I thought I'd share again my piece on growing up together in Wythenshawe and how he was the reason I got into sleeve design, which played a big part in kickstarting the life and career I've subsequently enjoyed: shorturl.at/e5oVt

RIP Gene Hackman … here’s a Trivquiz comic from 2018:

#PFAD7: Cristiano Ronaldo - A wealth of comics featuring soccer's first billionaire! Cristiano Ronaldo, who recently turned 40, is the first footballing billionaire. I've featured him in lots of comics over the years, not only chronicling his career but lampooning him unmercifully!

Read the @Cristiano Ronaldo life story in this FREE comic: shorturl.at/24HOj

#CR7 #manunited #RealMadrid #Juventus #alnassr #portugal #comics #footballcomics #illustration

Trivquiz: Rubina Flake is actually Roberta Cleopatra Flack ... and Elizabeth, the star who was a Mitchell then a Casey before becoming a Banks. Test your knowledge of the stellar careers of Grammy winner Roberta Flack and the Emmy-nominated Elizabeth Banks.

Roberta Flack has passed away at the age of 88. I featured her in Trivquiz last month in a double post that also included an Elizabeth Banks comic: rb.gy/3srjho

#robertaflack #RIPQueen #ElizabethBanks

Check out stevemcgarrycomics.substack.com for daily posts including behind-the-scenes tales of working with the likes of @joydivision and #JiltedJohn ... creating soccer art for all the top football mages ... and daily "Trivquiz" comics like this one featuring @DanaiGurira

Soccer Monday: A week of Trivquiz Football Comics Test your knowledge of Cristiano Ronaldo, Len Shackleton, Stanley Matthews, George Best, Hristo Stoichkov, Angelos Charisteas and Radamel Falcao!

Test your knowledge of #CristianoRonaldo,#LenShackleton, #StanleyMatthews, #GeorgeBest, #HristoStoichkov, #AngelosCharisteas and #RadamelFalcao @FALCAO in this full week of Trivquiz comics here: shorturl.at/lRpvW

#footballtrivia #soccertrivia #comics #football #soccer

it's Cristiano Ronaldo's birthday:

Trivquiz: Life In a Northern Town hitmaker and the boobs that got a major movie banned ... Nick Laird-Clowes and Jane Russell! Pop stars turned TV presenters and classic movies of 1943 ... a Trivquiz for pop culture experts!

Pop stars turned TV presenters and classic movies of 1943 ... Test your knowledge with these Trivquiz comic quizzes for pop culture experts! shorturl.at/5x3ex

Soccer Monday! A week of Trivquiz Football comics ... Test your knowledge of Gianluigi Buffon, Romário, Dimitar Berbatov, Liverpool, Gabriel Batistuta, Gerard Piqué and players who died in 1994.

Test your knowledge of Gianluigi Buffon, Romário, Dimitar Berbatov, Liverpool, Gabriel Batistuta, Gerard Piqué and players who died in 1994 in these Trivquiz Football comics! shorturl.at/qTOE3

My first daily comic strip, "The Diary of Rock & Pop," debuted, with a full page in color, in Britain’s Daily Star on February 2, 1987. I've written a two-part history of the strip that covers creating comic strips, syndication … and rock music! bit.ly/4grEgYb

Steve McGarry on Substack As Harry Styles just turned 31, here’s his life story in my Biographic newspaper comic back in 2022.

As he just turned 31, here's the Harry Styles story in my "Biographic" newspaper comic back in 2022.

harrystyles #onedirection #comicstrip

NOISE#14: The Death of a Nosebleed Thoughts and recollections sparked by the death of Edweena Banger

Edweena Banger died last week. The thing about death is that it jogs the memory. This week I found myself thinking back to 1977 and those early days of punk, of friendships that have endured and compatriots lost along the way. The Death of a Nosebleed: bit.ly/3Cyn8lu

Here’s a pair of Trivquiz comics featuring Adam Lambert and Tom Selleck. Test your knowledge of “American Idol” winners and Selleck’s career … and see some backstage pics of Adam Lambert with McGarrys! shorturl.at/5muJv

Goalkeeping legend Gianluigi Buffon was born Jan 28, 1978. A World Cup winner with Italy, he earned 176 caps and won a record trophy haul with Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Parma. Here’s his life story in my “Biographic” series:
#gianluigibuffon #Azzurri #Juve #parma #PSG

Trivquiz: One of The Other Two and Sasquatch ... New Order's Gillian Gilbert and André the Giant! Take the quizzes and see if you can remember the names of the female in these six major bands ... and how's your André the Giant IQ?

How many of the girls in major rock bands can you name in this Trivquiz comic? And how much do you know about giant wrestlers? shorturl.at/OkHpb

trivia #gilliangilbert #neworder #andrethegiant

Soccer Sunday! A week of Trivquiz Football Comics ... Test your knowledge of Nicky Butt, Hidetoshi Nakata, Arjen Robben, Luis Suárez, Robinho, Jose Mourinho and Ahn-Jung Hwan in these seven Trivquiz comics!

Test your knowledge of Arjen Robben, Luis Suárez, Robinho, Jose Mourinho, Nicky Butt, Hidetoshi Nakata, and Ahn-Jung Hwan in these seven Trivquiz comics! shorturl.at/wLgdG

#LFC #CFC #MCFC #MUFC #InterMiamiCF #realmadrid #THFC #footballtrivia #Mourinho #NUFC #bayernmunich

Each week, I post a week's worth of "Mullets," the daily comic strip I created with my mate @rickstromoski.bsky.social on Substack. Here's the week where we discover Scab's real name and Kevin and Scab discover hidden musical talents: shorturl.at/frqsX

Trivquiz: Nirvana get discovered and Rutger Hauer runs away to sea ... Test your knowledge of Rutger Hauer movies ... and can you identify these artists who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame the same year as Nirvana?

Test your knowledge of Rutger Hauer movies ... and can you identify these artists who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame the same year as Nirvana? It’s all in my latest “Trivquiz” comic! shorturl.at/RqiiW
#bladerunner #Nirvana #Trivia #rutgerhauer #comics

Trivquiz: A serial bad guy and an inveterate bad boy ... Casablanca's Conrad Veidt and INXS frontman Michael Hutchence. German actor Conrad Veidt was famous for playing bad guys, while Aussie superstar Michael Hutchence was a rock & roll bad boy. How's your pop culture knowledge?

The dastardly German officer in “Casablanca” was, in real life, married to a Jewish woman and helped the WWII allies' efforts from Hollywood. Test your knowledge of the movie … and identify these music stars who, like INXS front dastardly man Michael Hutchence, died in 1997: shorturl.at/U6GHY

Trivquiz: On meeting Richie Havens at the zoo ... and mistaking a holy roller for the fastest milkman in the West! How I met Richie Havens in a zoo. And did you know Benny Hill, who topped the UK charts with Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West), was a former milkman?Where'd you be without Trivquiz?

The Kings Hall was a Manchester concert venue inside Belle Vue Zoo! Here's a piece about meeting Richie Havens when he played there ... and then how I mistook a televangelist for Benny Hill. As you do. shorturl.at/SpGBK

#NOISE13: Who the #@£! is Robbie Williams? Robbie Williams is a global superstar … assuming you don’t include North America. The bananas biopic "Better Man," in which he is replaced by an anthropomorphic chimp, may move the needle on that.

Looking forward to seeing “Better Man” … the clips look insane! If you are not sure who Robbie Williams is then you are undoubtedly North American, so here’s his life story, adapted from my “Biographic” comic that ran in newspapers Sunday, Jan 19th: shorturl.at/16nZ3