Thursday, 14 June 2012
Legends of the Dark Knight
Art by Mike McMahon, December to February 1993. It's interesting how DC comics took a punt on such non-traditional illustrators as McMahon and Kevin O'Neil for some of their mainstream creations. Apart from Batman, I was never that keen on DC. A lot of their characters seemed a wee bit silly to me. I never 'got' Superman, he always seemed so boring. Although, I think there was a bit of a bias as I only really read Marvel UK titles as a kid. Marvel seemed part of the 'real' world whereas DC characters lived in some sort of weird 1950s limbo universe.
Original artwork
If you head over to Comic Book Auctions you'll find a treasure-trove of goodies up for offer.
(In a Spike Milligan voice) "Ah, I see you bought the whole collection? SO rich!!"
Some of the pieces on offer:
Sexton Blake Library 736 cover art by Eric Parker (1941).
Beryl The Peril by David Law for The Topper (1950s).
Leo Baxendale talks about Davey Law in his book, 'A Very Funny Business', ( a great book, by the way) about how DL agonised/laboured over his pages. The art 'looked' simple, but the images didn't flow out of the artist so easily. It's kinda evident when looking at the patches pasted all over this original.
'Branded' original cover artwork (1960) by Nino Caroselli from Thriller Picture Library 302
Captain Condor by Keith Watson from Lion 7 Oct 1961. I really like the spaceship design.
Eartha, (early 1980s) episode 6 drawn by Jon M Burns for The News Of The World Sunday Colour Magazine.
(In a Spike Milligan voice) "Ah, I see you bought the whole collection? SO rich!!"
Some of the pieces on offer:
Sexton Blake Library 736 cover art by Eric Parker (1941).
Beryl The Peril by David Law for The Topper (1950s).
Leo Baxendale talks about Davey Law in his book, 'A Very Funny Business', ( a great book, by the way) about how DL agonised/laboured over his pages. The art 'looked' simple, but the images didn't flow out of the artist so easily. It's kinda evident when looking at the patches pasted all over this original.
'Branded' original cover artwork (1960) by Nino Caroselli from Thriller Picture Library 302
Captain Condor by Keith Watson from Lion 7 Oct 1961. I really like the spaceship design.
Eartha, (early 1980s) episode 6 drawn by Jon M Burns for The News Of The World Sunday Colour Magazine.
Laser Eraser and Pressbutton
Art by Garry Leach, November 1985. Hm, there was a bunch of Laser Eraser and Pressbutton stories specifically created for the American market. I wonder if they were ever collected?
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Western Gunfighters
Monday, 11 June 2012
Zarga-Man of Mystery
The great Joe Colquhoun provides art for this weeks Buster, dated 20th May 1972.
Arken Sword
Do I have to say who did the art? Arken Sword was a really cool zine that morphed into Ark, a pretty slick magazine back in the day. You can read some of the interview from this issue here.
Tankbusters
Art by Luis Collado Coch. Warlord, dated January 24th 1976. I don't know what it is about this guy's style, but I could look at it all day. Simple, clear and gritty. Great war art.
Friday, 8 June 2012
Jet-Ace Logan
I love Geoff Campion's spaceships in this strip. So improbable (compared to the fully-realised versions in Dan Dare which ran at the same time in the Eagle) and yet they give the strip a certain charm. This is from The Comet, dated October 6th 1956.
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Lobo
I know. Not technically British comic art, but well, it's my blinkin' blog and I feel like it. Captain Bastich indeed!
Art by Kevin O'Neill circa 1993.
Art by Kevin O'Neill circa 1993.
Axel Pressbutton
Just realised that this is only the second piece of Dave Gibbons art in the blog. This is from December 1984. I see a Treen, a comics editor from Betelgeuse and a certain Dalek killer in the background. Lots of fun!
Monday, 4 June 2012
The Bionic Woman
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