Hookjaw's gold! The original art

From a recent auction (here) were these pre-production pieces of artwork for the Hookjaw's gold! game from June 1977. Artwork by Colin Wyatt.

Boom! sells for £110+fees

Hook Jaw cover art by Nick Percival

Always happy to look at Hook Jaw comics - that crazy shark! Anyway, I spotted this on ebay a while back and snagged the image just for posterity. 

Here it is then, the original pencils for the cover to issue 5 [there were 3 variant covers in total]. Personally I think the pencils version is much scarier than the printed version!

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Comics update

There seems to be a ton of comics stuff going on at the moment so I thought I'd try and round-up the new developments..


1). Frontline UK will be officially out of print tomorrow - really, really last chance to buy

http://bearalleybooks.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/frontline-uk-special-offer.html

I've just bought this and am enjoying it so far




2). Arena will be officially out of print tomorrow - really, really last chance to buy

http://bearalleybooks.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/arena-special-offer.html

3). Titan books will be reprinting Hookjaw in mid-September 2017

I go the Spitfire comics reprint when that cam out a few years ago and even met Ramon Sola at the ICA in London, about 10 years ago, must see if I can fish his autograph out..


4). HookJaw issue 4 (of 5) is now out

as ever there are 3 different covers to collect...


5). I knew that 'The Leopard from Lime Street" was coming soon...

what I didn't know until I read (https://bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/) this morning was that "...Rebellion will be publishing The Leopard from Lime Street Volume 1 in July in a regular softcover edition with a limited hardcover from Rebellion Publishing".


6). Steve Holland also notes that this is the second book in the Treasury of British Comics line following on from the release of One-Eyed Jack in June.

7). And don't forget that Rok of the Reds #5 is now available (and issue 6 is not that far away)

8). BHP publishing are also publishing this...

this is a companion to Frank's exhibition - and this is due out 1st April

Hook Jaw - part 2

OK, so here we go,

Hook Jaw, issue 1, cover E, Titan comics - cover art by Steve White 

Hook Jaw, issue 1, Titan comics - cover art by Brian Williamson

Hook Jaw - part 1

Help, someone's defaced my comics!

Hook Jaw, issue 1, cover A, Titan comics - cover art by Conor Boyle

Hook Jaw, issue 1, cover B, Titan comics - cover art by John McCrea

Hook Jaw, issue 1, cover C, Titan comics - cover art by Marc Laming