26 June 2020

Brian Bolland - BEM interior art

For any Brian Bolland fans out there here's a quick guide to the issues of BEM (Bug Eyed Monster) fanzine you should be looking to collect...

I looked at the BEM covers here

As well as these covers his artwork also appeared in the following issues...I'll highlight some of his less well-known work (rather than just lots of copies of the well-known 'People like us' advert)...

20 - (full page) Forbidden Planet advert (People like us...)
21 - (full page) Forbidden Planet advert (People like us...)
22 - (full page) Forbidden Planet advert (People like us...)
23 - (full page) Forbidden Planet advert (Hey! put that down...)

24 - (small sketch) 2000AD Conrad Conn, Mega-City One's foremost vid-pic star and "handsomest man in the world, introduced in Judge Dredd's 'The Day The Law Died' part 13, 2000 AD Prog 101 by Wagner & Bolland

25 - no contribution
26 - (quarter page) Forbidden Planet advert (People like us...); Judge Dredd sketch accompanying advert for interview with Brian in Masters of Infinity #2

27 - Judge Dredd sketch

28 - no contribution
29 - (quarter page) Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan the barbarian
30 - (full page) Comic Showcase advert (Joker)
31 - (full page) Comic Showcase advert (Joker)
32 - (full page) Comic Showcase advert (Joker)
32 - (full page) Comic Showcase advert (Joker) 
33 - (full page) Comic Showcase advert (Joker)
34 - (full page) Comic Showcase advert (Joker)
35 - no contribution
36 - no contribution

2 comments:

  1. 24 isn't DD but rather Conrad Conn, Mega-City One's foremost vid-pic star and "handsomest man in the world, introduced in Judge Dredd's 'The Day The Law Died' part 13, 2000 AD Prog 101 by Wagner & Bolland.

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