Initially appearing in 1961, 4 issues of Commando comics are still being published every fortnight. Check out the website here. There's a free issue for you to sample too.
The comics are printed in a pocket-size format with a glossy, colour, cover and black and white interior art. Here's a small example below, followed by some covers painted by the great Ian Kennedy.
Some more Ian Kennedy art. Here we have his first painted cover, Seek and Strike, for Commando comics from January 1970 and his final published cover, Old Dogs, from April 2022.
Ian Kennedy provides the cover (and interior art) for this issue of War Picture Library issue 417, published in 1968.
I was sad to hear that Ian Kennedy recently passed-away at the age of 89. There goes another one of my childhood heroes. This short story was from Thriller Picture Library number 265, published in 1959. He drew this in his late twenties. It's interesting to see that some of his style is established and recognisable, but there are some things he hasn't quite refined yet. He's still working out how to render some elements, like the sea on page seven and the sea exploding at the bottom of page eleven is a bit of an experiment.
Thanks for all the wonderful art, Ian.
Ian Kennedy provides the art for "Q-Ship" from Battle Action, dated 20th January 1979.
It's interesting to note that the painted art on the top left of page one isn't by IK. I wonder if it's an old War or Battle Picture Library cover, re-purposed for this story?
Ian Kenendy, still going strong and providing covers for Commando Comics.
