6 pages of Eric Bradbury's 2000AD art up for sale

I've only just spotted this particular online auction so apologies for the short window for bidding.

Anyhow, 6 pages of Eric Bradbury art from prog 212 (16th May 1981) is currently up for sale here - as I type this the price is £1,520 (before auction fees). 

The auction closes at 9pm on Sunday 3rd October - good luck if you bid! 

UPDATE: sells for £2,050

The Stainless Steel rat is unleashed!

A while ago (here) I looked at the old Eagle comic reprints of The Stainless Steel Rat comic strip from 2000AD

As it says on the website...

Long out of print, the adaptation of Harry Harrison's science-fiction classic by Kelvin Gosnell and Carlos Ezquerra is back in a gorgeous new edition!

James Bolivar diGriz aka 'The Stainless Steel Rat' is many things, including a con man, a thief and a member of an elite law-enforcement agency known as the Special Corps. After escaping the corps, the Rat crosses paths with the beautiful but deadly Angelina. Like Jim diGriz she is also a master criminal, albeit a lot more ruthless. They are a match made in hell!

After marrying Angelina, the Rat has to travel through time to stop a master criminal meddling with the past and then later help overthrown an evil President by running for the job himself!

A classic from 2000 AD's first 'golden age', Stainless Steel Rat is a must-read for fans of Harrison or old school sci-fi action with bold characters and a wry twist of humour, complemented by Ezquerra's dynamic and inimitable artwork.

This brand new edition includes, for the first time, the stunning colour centre spreads as they originally appeared in 2000 AD.

You can order the standard version here on the 2000AD shop for £19.99 (plus postage)

Or you can order the webshop exclusive here for £25 (plus postage)

STOP PRESS: this edition has now sold out! already! you can no longer pre-order it! boo!

The Stainless Steel Rat - Eagle comics reprint

Listening recently to the always entertaining & informative 'Mega City bookclub' podcast (specifically episode 58) reminded me that Carlos Ezquerra had once drawn 'The Stainless Steel Rat' comicstrip.

These strips were reprinted in a 6-issue mini-series (in standard US comic book format) in 1985/6, covers are here - well worth hunting down!

Issue 1, dated October 1985

Issue 2, dated November 1985

Issue3, dated December 1985

Issue 4, dated January 1986

Issue 5, dated February 1986

Issue 6, dated March 1986

There's also a trade paperback collection...

Look Alive - issue 1 - Don Lawrence art and more

Following on from some online chat at the weekend about Don Lawrence dinosaur art (which has been neatly summarised here) I promised I'd fetch a few more images out from the comic magazine they originally came from...

So here we have some pages from Look Alive #1...  

This is the original Genghis Grimtoad strip - that would be re-drawn by Ian Gibson for Marvel UK

Don Lawrence dinosaur art...

Wilf Hardy aviation art

John Cooper art accompanying a text feature

Look Alive only lasted 5 issues, was edited by Kelvin Gosnell and was ambitiously priced at 40p (when new Eagle was half the price).