Battler Britton and the Pusser's Spitfire

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.

 

 

 

Science Fiction Adventures

Brian Lewis provides the cover and interior illustrations for volume 2, number 8, of Science Fiction Adventures in 1959.

 

 

Secret of the Microverse

 Kevin O'Neil supplies the cover for this week's issue dated, 26th November 1977.

Space Ranger

An advertisement from 1980 with art by Ron Smith. It's interesting to note that he's made no attempt to beef up the Rom character. I seem to remember the toy looked particularly unimpressive and weedy. Some of you may remember the long-running Rom: Spaceknight comic from Marvel in the US?

 

 

Booby Trap!

Some magnificent work by Ian Kennedy. Battle, dated 24th January 1981.

The Highwayman

 Not exactly comic art per se, but Charles Keeping's work did turn up in comics from time-to-time. Here's an article with more art for you to view. I think this originally came out in 1981 and reprinted here, in the School Journal in '85.

 

 

2000AD Sci-Fi Special

 A nice Mick McMahon cover for the 2019 2000AD Sci-Fi Special. 

Hm, I don't know of many artists whose style has mutated so much from year-to-year. I'll have to do a page of comparisons at some point.