Ka-Boom - the art of creating comics (part 3)

Currently running at the Story Museum in Oxford is "Ka-Boom - the art of creating comics" - details here. There's plenty of original art featured in the exhibition. 

I showed an initial selection here

A second selection here here

And here's some more...

Hot-Shot Hamish art from a 1980 issue of Tiger

17th August 1996 Dennis the Menace cover for the Beano by David Sutherland 

more Dennis the Menace art from the Beano - dated 17th August 1996 - art by David Sutherland

2000AD covers by John Higgins

Billy's Boots artwork - on the caption this is credite to John Gillatt - but it looks much more like the work of Tom Kerr to me. Intriguingly there's a (c)2001 on it - where was Billy's Boots being printed / originated in 2001??

and some Jamie Smart art to finish off

Roy of the Rovers monthly - part 4 (of 5)

I've looked before at The best of Roy of the Rovers monthly...

part 1 is here; part 2 is here; part 3 is here; part 4 is here and part 5 is here

...and I always knew that there was a follow-up series entitled Roy of the Rovers monthly. I've recently acquired a partial run of this reprint comic series so I thought I'd document, as much as possible, which characters are in which issues so that you can track down issues of particular interest.

Part 1 of my look at Roy of the Rovers monthly is here; part 2 is here; part 3 is here

Without further ado then...

Roy of the Rovers monthly, January 1992

Roy of the Rovers monthly, February 1992

Roy of the Rovers monthly, March 1992

Roy of the Rovers monthly, April 1992

Roy of the Rovers monthly, May 1992

Roy of the Rovers monthly, June 1992

  

Roy of the Rovers monthly - part 2 (of 5)

I've looked before at The best of Roy of the Rovers monthly...

part 1 is here; part 2 is here; part 3 is here; part 4 is here and part 5 is here

...and I always knew that there was a follow-up series entitled Roy of the Rovers monthly. I've recently acquired a partial run of this reprint comic series so I thought I'd document, as much as possible, which characters are in which issues so that you can track down issues of particular interest.

Part 1 of my look at Roy of the Rovers monthly is here

Without further ado then...

Roy of the Rovers monthly, January 1991

includes Goalkeeper!, Billy's boots, Roy of the Rovers, Hot-shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse

Roy of the Rovers monthly, February 1991

includes Goalkeeper!, Billy's boots, Roy of the Rovers, Hot-shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse

Roy of the Rovers monthly, March 1991

includes Goalkeeper!,Billy's boots, Roy of the Rovers, Hot-shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse

Roy of the Rovers monthly, April 1991

includes Goalkeeper!,Billy's boots, Roy of the Rovers, Hot-shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse

Roy of the Rovers monthly, May 1991

includes City!, Cup final, Goalkeeper!,Billy's boots, Roy of the Rovers,

Roy of the Rovers monthly, June 1991

includes City!, Cup final, Goalkeeper!,Billy's boots, Roy of the Rovers,

Roy of the Rovers monthly - part 1 (of 5)

I've looked before at The best of Roy of the Rovers monthly...part 1 is here; part 2 is here; part 3 is here; part 4 is here and part 5 is here

...and I always knew that there was a follow-up series entitled Roy of the Rovers monthly. I've recently acquired a partial run of this reprint comic series so I thought I'd document, as much as possible, which characters are in which issues so that you can track down issues of particular interest. Without further ado then...

Jun 1990

the last issue of the previous title...

July 1990

contains Mighty Mouse, Billy's boots, Roy of the Rovers, Goalkeeper

August 1990

contains Billy's boots, Roy of the Rovers, Hot-shot Hamish, Goalkeeper

September 1990

contains Billy's Boots, Roy of the Rovers, Kevin's chance, Hamish and Mouse, Goalkeeper

October 1990

contains Tommy's troubles, Billy's boots, Roy of the Rovers, Goalkeeper

November 1990

contains Billy's boots, Roy of the Rovers, Hot-shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse, Goalkeeper

December 1990

contains Roy of the Rovers, Billy's boots, Goalkeeper!, Kevin's chance, Mighty Mouse

The best of Roy of the Rovers monthly - part 4

Here we go again with some more of the best of Roy of the Rovers monthly... 

Issue 16 - SO MUCH Mighty Mouse (58 pages!) and a bit of Roy (6 pages), whatever

Issue 17 - and it's a Nipper special

Issue 18 - is graced by a John Gillatt cover and pages and pages of John's art inside with Billy's Boots front and centre 

Issue 19 - total Hot Shot Hamish - no Roy (or anyone else at all) - just 64 pages of the big mon  

Issue 20 - the Safest hands in soccer is the centre of attention this month...  

The best of Roy of the Rovers monthly - part 5

The final selection of the best of Roy of the Rovers monthly (sob!)

Issue 21 - 100% Mighty Mouse action! 100! Julio Schiaffino art! No Roy!

Issue 22 - for once there's a whole lot of Roy in this issue, as well as a bit more The safest hands in soccer

Issue 23 - the second best Marks brothers in history and a weird cover - the attacker in the red shirt is a midget compared to the goal and the keeper is so far behind the goal line that I've no idea why he's bothered diving at all  

Issue 24 - Nipper and the safest hands in soccer are up this month...

Issue 25 - John Gillatt provides the cover and all that's best about this issue; there's also Roy and Tommy's troubles

Issue 26 - Total Hot Shot Hamish and nothing else - the usual madness ensues... 

Issue 27 - the final issue of the run, plenty of Nipper (including some of him playing cricket in the way that footballers do in the summer) and a smidgen of Roy

The best of Roy of the Rovers monthly - part 3

Issue 11 -  mainly Nipper but a bit of Roy as well - all wrapped in a cover with that iconic Melchester kit

Issue 12 - a whole heap of Billy's Boots here plus a bit of Roy to round out the issue 

Issue 13 - a whole heap of Hot-Shot Hamish (yes!) in this particular issue, featuring a typically dynamic cover by Julio Schiaffino

Issue 14 - Roy's front and centre in issue 14, but in fact almost the entire issue is given over to The safest hands in soccer

Issue 15 - The Marks brothers (sadly not as entertaining as the Marx brothers) and a bit of Roy Race's schooldays

The best of Roy of the Rovers monthly - part 2

My selection of the best of Roy of the Rovers monthly continues..

Issue 6 - all Roy of the Rovers

Issue 7 - some Nipper, mostly Roy

Issue 8 - quite a lot of Hot-shot Hamish, a bit of Roy

Issue 9 - a lot of The safest hands in soccer, a few pages of Roy 

Issue 10 - a whole lot of Mighty Mouse and a smidgen of Roy

The best of Roy of the Rovers monthly - part 1

There's a lot of Roy around at the moment so it feels like the right time to have a little look back at a neglected area of Roy collecting, yep, it's the best of Roy of the Rovers monthly...and it's not all Roy there's plenty of other strips in here too...27 issues in total (64 pages each), here we go...

Issue 1 - mainly Hot Shot Hamish (and a little bit of Roy) - the best Hot Shot Hamish reprint title until that annual came out in 2009 

Issue 2 - The Safest hands in soccer - plus a little bit of Roy

Issue 3 - half The Hard Man, half Roy

Issue 4 - almost all Tommy's troubles and just a little bit of Roy

Issue 5 - mainly Kevin 'Mighty' Mouse and a bit of Roy - is this the best (only?) reprint out there of Kevin's exploits? Only time will tell, but it's definitely the best one so far.