Eric Parker - life drawings (part 5 of 10) - NSFW!

I've recently begun a lengthy series of blog posts all about renowned illustrator Eric Parker (check out his Wikipedia entry here) who had a 50 year (!) career as a comic illustrator.

I've looked at Roughs (part 1) here
Roughs (part 2) here
Roughs (part 3) here
Roughs (part 4) here
Female heads (part 1) here
Female heads (part 2) here
Female heads (part 3) here
Female heads (part 4) here
Pubs (part 1) here
Pubs (part 2) here

Overseas (part 1) here

Overseas (part 2) here

Overseas (part 3) here

Overseas (part 4) here

Overseas (part 5) here

Overseas (part 6) here

Overseas (part 7) here

Overseas (part 8) here

Overseas (part 9) here

Overseas (part 10) here

UK scenes (part 1) here

UK scenes (part 2) here

UK scenes (part 3) here

UK scenes (part 4) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 1) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 2) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 3) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 4) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 5) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 6) here

Life drawings (part 1) here

Life drawings (part 2) here

Life drawings (part 3) here

Life drawings (part 4) here

And now we turn our attention to some of his life drawings...

These next two images are on the same piece of paper; the first image looks like a rough drawing which has then been improved for the second drawing

Rogue Trooper signing at Gosh! comics

This is today! Have fun if you're going

Gosh! comics have announced a signing with Dave Gibbons and Gerry Finley-Day, let's see what they have to say about it...

Get ready for another zarjaz signing earthlets!

Rebellion continue their programme of creating the definitive collected editions of their finest characters. This 368 page paperback is the first volume in the final word on our blue skinned GI, just in time for the new animated movie in 2025! We'll be joined by the incredible Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons for a signing on Saturday 12th April 2025, from 1-2pm to celebrate.

Pre-order a signed copy of the comic for mail-order or collection by clicking the link here:

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Eaglecon 80 - part 13

It occurs to me that I've not covered anything to do with the very first Eagle comic convention - Eaglecon 80. A recent sale by ace ebay seller phil-comics (here) of one of the awards from Eaglecon 80 (see below) for £155 has inspired me to start looking images.

I looked at some initial images here

We had images about what was on display here

images of the original art that was on display here

the banquet dinner here

from the panels here

Frank Hampson here

Interviews being held here

Keith Watson here

More Keith here

Miscellaneous photos here

photos from a recent ebay sale here

more photos from a recent ebay sale here

and now a further (final?) selection of images relating to the convention

Eaglecon 80 guide to what's on

Eaglecon 80 guide to what's on

Eaglecon 80 guide to what's on

Eaglecon 80 (ordinary) ticket

Eaglecon 80 headed paper

Newsletter #1 from the Eaglecon 80 planners 

Newsletter #2 & #4 from the Eaglecon 80 planners 

Newsletter #1 from the Eaglecon 80 planners 

Tomorrow revisited - the Don Harley art

Occasionally copies of the deluxe leatherbound editions of Tomorrow Revisited crop up for sale. For those with deep enough pockets to be able to afford them one of the highlights is surely the unique original Don Harley painting that accompanies each volume. 

I thought it would be a fun project to log the examples of these Harley paintings whenever one comes up for sale.

So, this is the book you're looking for...

There's a copy for sale on the Book Palace website here which describes the book thus...

A full colour illustrated biography of Frank Hampson, with the best of his original artwork finally printed as it was meant to be seen!

The book is crammed with superb examples of Hampson's best work, printed in full colour from original art boards, so you can see all the amazing detail and painstaking backgrounds Hampson was so good at creating.

After he completed 'The Road of Courage', Hampson went on to create seven other strip cartoon characters, intended for Eagle. Now these amazing strips are printed for the first time, together with backgrounds of how they were drawn and some of the intended story-lines.

This Deluxe Leatherbound Edition - numbered 35 - features the Certificate of limited availability (100 copies worldwide) and is signed by Alastair Crompton, Peter Hampson, Andrew Skilleter & Don Harley.

As well as the UNIQUE and SIGNED WATERCOLOUR PAINTING by Don Harley, it also comes with a limited edition print by Andrew Skilleter.

Authors: Alastair Crompton, Frank Hampson
Artists: Frank Hampson, Andrew Skilleter, Don Harley
Publisher: PS Publishing, December 2010 (Out of Print)
Number of pages: 200+
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9" x 12" (230mm x 300mm)
ISBN: 9781848631229

So here's the Harley painting (#35) that comes with this copy of the book.

Zip comic

Just to record for posterity that Zip comic continues to attract a premium, as seen from the £600 sale for a near-complete run at the recent Excalibur auction here. The lot included two rare free gifts (from issue #2 & #3). There were 85 issues in total.

Stan Lee book signing - 1975

A look, for posterity, at this recent excellent item sold by (always interesting auction house) Excalibur Auctions (here). The hammer price was £110.

It's a photo album commemorating the Stan Lee book signing for Captain Britain launch. It was held on the Charing Cross Road in October 1975.

Starblazer calendar - part 2

Here's a chance to look inside the rare Starblazer 2009 calendar. I wish I'd got this when it came out and I wish they'd done more of them. Good luck tracking this down.

Part one was here

Starblazer calendar 2009

Starblazer calendar 2009, July - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, August - art by Colin MacNeil

Starblazer calendar 2009, September - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, October - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, November - art by Colin MacNeil

Starblazer calendar 2009, December - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar - part 1

Here's a chance to look inside the rare Starblazer 2009 calendar. I wish I'd got this when it came out and I wish they'd done more of them. Good luck tracking this down.

Starblazer calendar 2009

Starblazer calendar 2009, January - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, February - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, March - art by Colin MacNeil

Starblazer calendar 2009, April - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, May - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, June - art by Colin MacNeil

Dan Dare stationery

I'm always happy to feature unusual bits of Eagle merchandise on the blog. 

There were...

Dan Dare roller skates here

Dan Dare hairbrush here

Dan Dare tie clip here

Eagle stationery here

Eagle club notebook here

With the compliments of the Eagle club here

Eagle / Girl table tennis medals here

Eagle club cycle pennant here

Dan Dare gyro jeep here

Dan Dare space shooting here

Dan Dare rocket ball here

Dan Dare beach ball here

Dan Dare bagatelle here

Eagle report to members (1951) here

Dan Dare field glasses here

Dan Dare interplanetary dominoes here

Dan Dare space-ship construction game here

Dan Dare draughts here

Dan Dare transfers (1) here

Dan Dare transfers (2) here

Riders of the Range painting book here

Dan Dare models here

Silver Eagler here

Space-cup here

And now some lovely Dan Dare themed stationery - in lovely, lovely condition for its age

Fleetway Editions - Duck Tales

I'm filing this (for now) under the heading of 'comics I know nothing about'. I mean there are a LOT of Disney comics out there and I'm not going to try and start cataloging them all - it'd be a nightmare.

This on the other hand looks quite intriguing. '90 comics, high quality cover. It lasted at least 2 issues - the 2nd image below says that issue '2 will be on sale on 14th May 1992. The 3rd image below shows a copy of that 2nd issue so it definitely exists. Were there any further issues though?? Let's hope so. The 2nd image also tells us that this was published by Fleetway Editions.

Disney's Duck Tales, issue 1, 30th April - 12th May, 1992

Disney's Duck Tales, issue 2, 13th May - 27th May, 1992