5 April 2022

UPDATED: The football comic - covers by Jim Holdaway

A lovely selection of 'The football comic' recently appeared on ebay and I've highlighted the covers here as early examples of the work of comics artist James 'Jim' Holdaway (wikipedia entry is here). 

His artwork was recently celebrated in an 'Illustrators' special edition (number 10) that you can acquire here

New editions from last time are highlighted in red and are all taken from the Grand Comics Database (here)

The Football comic - special cricket edition - cover is signed by Holdaway

The Football comic - issue 1 - cover is unsigned and is NOT by Holdaway

The Football comic - issue 2 - cover is unsigned and is NOT by Holdaway

The Football comic - issue 3 - cover is unsigned and is NOT by Holdaway

The Football comic - issue 4
cover not to hand - can you help?

The Football comic - issue 5 - cover is signed by Holdaway

The Football comic - issue 6 - cover is signed by Holdaway

The Football comic - issue 7 - cover is initialled JH (James Holdaway)

The Football comic - issue 8
cover not to hand - can you help?

The Football comic - issue 9 - cover is signed by Holdaway

The Football comic - issue 10
cover not to hand - can you help?

The Football comic - issue 11 - cover is signed by Holdaway

The Football comic - issue 12
cover not to hand - can you help?

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