Basil Reynolds auction sales

The comics artist Basil Reynolds has appeared on the blog a few times over the years (all previous references are here) and I just wanted to record, for posterity, some recent sales of his artwork from the Peter Hansen sale on 10/11 March 202 at Andesron & Garland...

Lot 497 was described thus

Original artwork for page 5 of Micky Mouse Weekly No. 142, published October 22nd 1938, featuring the characters Skit, Skat and the Captain, by artist Basil Reynolds, ink over pencil on artboard, 51.5 x 38cms; together with artwork for another Mickey Mouse Weekly picture strip “The Big Top”, dated March 18^th, ink on artboard, 26.5 x 54cms, both unframed.

Sold for £110

Lot 499 was described thus

Original artwork for page 5 of Micky Mouse Weekly No. 138 “Mickey’s Bumper Birthday Number”, September 24^th 1938, by Willbank Publication and Odhams Press Ltd, featuring the characters Skit, Skat and the Captain celebrating Mickey Mouse’s birthday, by artist Basil Reynolds, ink on artboard, 53.5 x 38cms unframed.
Sold for £140

Note that this was previously the property of Denis Gifford and was sold in lot 4518 of the Hamer book & comic auction on February 16th 2003 (see here for an image of the auction catalogue cover). Estimate was £250; hammer price is unknown. 

Lot 500 was described thus

Original front cover artwork for Money Fun! painted by artist Basil Reynolds to a script by Denis Gifford, gouache on heavy paper stock, 49.5 x 37cms, unframed.

Sold for £85

Lot 501 was described thus
Two fully coloured interior pages from issue No’s. 1 and 2 of Denis Gifford’s Money Fun! painted by artist Basil Reynolds, with features "Wonders of the Wild", "Funny Money!" and reviving Reynold’s long running strip "Skit, Skat and the Captain", gouache on heavy stock paper and art board, 49.5 x 37cms. (a pair).

Estimated at £200-£300 this lot went unsold

The image on the left was on the back page of Money Fun #1 and the image on the right was on the back page of Money Fun #2

Double Duo - covers gallery, part 2

A recent e-mail from CCS books (find them here and subscribe to their newsletter to be notified about all sorts of interesting comics thing for sale) reminded me of the existence of Double Duo comic. I've owned a few of these in the past, they seem pretty collectible (£20 - £30 each) so happy hunting!

Part 1 of the covers gallery was XXXXXXXXXXXX

Double Duo, issue 7, 10p

Double Duo, issue 8, 10p

Double Duo, issue 9, 12p

Double Duo, issue 10, 12p

Double Duo, issue 11, 12p

Double Duo, issue 12, 12p

Steve Dillon exhibition (Stevenage) - part 7

Some images from the recent Steve Dillon exhibition that was held in Stevenage...

Part 1 was here

Part 2 was here

Part 3 was here

Part 4 was here

Part 5 was here

Part 6 was here

Brit Comics Art - latest pieces

Just some highlights from the recent update to the BritComicsArt website (which can be found here - I suggest subscribing to their e-mail updates too)...

A Brian Bolland piece from his early work on Powerman comic in the 1970s. This was £300 I think.

A Cam Kennedy Fighting Mann page from Battle issue #295 - yours for £500

A Robin Smith cover for 2000AD - yours for £3,000

These 3 cover roughs were (I think!) £300 each

Glasgow Comic Art Convention - 1991

I've looked before (here) at the 1990s incarnation of the Glasgow Comic Art Convention (GCAC) that ran from 1990-5. I've been collecting the convention programmes for a long time and this was the final one I needed! I was very pleased to pick this up recently and I'm highlighting just some of the interior art. Good luck tracking down your own copy

Glasgow comic art convention 1991, Judge Dredd by Colin MacNeil

Glasgow comic art convention 1991, Dan Dare (& Digby) by David Pugh

Glasgow comic art convention 1991, DR & Quinch by Alan Davis

Glasgow comic art convention 1991, Judge Dredd by Will Simpson

Glasgow comic art convention 1991, Judge Dredd by Steve Yeowell

Glasgow comic art convention 1991, Wonderwoman by Brian Bolland

and here's a complete list of artists who created art for the souvenir programme

Eric Parker - miscellaneous work, part 5 (of 23)

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

Life drawings (part 5) here

Life drawings (part 6) XXXX

Life drawings (part 7) here

Life drawings (part 8) here

Life drawings (part 9) here

Life drawings (part 10) here

Gentlemen is here

Horses (part 1) is here

Horses (part 2) is here

Furniture is here

And now we turn our attention to a final (albeit large selection of his work). Next up is his work on "old soldiers". These are a variety of sizes - from the very small to the quite large.

Dan Dare spaceship kite

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

Dan Dare stationery here

Eagle cricket bat here

Dan Dare secret ink here

Dan Dare mask here

Not a great photo today I know (it was part of a job lot of Eagle stuff at The Saleroom and there was only one image, grrrr) BUT this is a rare item that I just couldn't let the opportunity pass me by to add it to this listing. The kite (plus a few Eagle annuals) sold for £25 (+ fees)

UPDATE: Bulldog Empire - Neill Cameron & Jason Cobley

I've now added (at the bottom of this post) more details about where you can find reprints of this strip...

After nearly 2,000 posts its seems hard to believe that I could have someone making their first appearance on the blog but it happens. In fact today we have two people on their blog debut - artist Neil 'Mega Robo Brothers' Cameron and author Jason Cobley.

They owe their appearance today to my recent purchase of these two comics from the estate of the friend of the blog, the much missed Colin Noble.

First up is Bulldog Empire #1 - this was produced in 2005 (priced at £2.95) and was a limited run of 200 copies. This particular copy is numbered 73. Cover (and interior) art is by Neill Cameron. Classic US comic size, black & white interior art, 32 pages (including covers). 

You get 20 pages of Bulldog empire and then 6 pages of Brittany Bell and her brilliant Bimech (by Neill Cameron & Stu Perrins). 

...it's a wraparound cover & here's the back 

Here's issue 2 (front cover), this is from 2006 and was a limited print run of 150 copies (of which this is numbered 4). £3.95 for 44 pages of comics (black & white art by Neill Cameron throughout)

and the rear cover

The cover of issue 2 was re-used as the cover to 'The mammoth book of best new manga' in 2006. In fact that book reprinted all the Bulldog Empire material that had appeared in the standalone comics.

Barney also tells me that there were 8 pages of Bulldog empire in Judge Dredd megazine #253 (cover dated 9th January 2007)

I've also discovered that Paragon #35 (from Davey Candlish) also featured the first 7 page strip from Bulldog Empire #1

I've recently been alerted (thanks ColinYNWA on the 2000AD forum) to the short-lived small press section in the back of Comics International magazine back in the day. This is from issue #164 (October 2003) and is a stand-alone episode of Captain Bulldog.