A Lanarkshire comic book artist is set to chat about his varied career at an upcoming event.Vin Deighan is known by his pen name Frank Quitely and has illustrated the likes of Batman, Superman and the X Men.
The Rutherglen artist will now talk about his work when he appears at the Imprint book festival in East Ayrshire later this month.
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