Happy new year (2000)!

As we enter the new year I thought of this limited edition print that DC Thomson produced for the year 2000.

Happy new year to all blog readers!

You can find all all other mention of The Beano on the blog here

Image swiped from here

Ka-Boom - the art of creating comics (part 1)

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, here's an initial selection...

Here's Minnie the minx as drawn by Laura Howell

Here's more Minnie the minx as drawn by Laura Howell

Here are some pages for The Phoneix by Zak Simmonds

Here's Leo Baxendale drawing the Bash Street kids

Here's David Law drawing Dennis the Menace

Tom Paterson original art for sale

I've chanced across an eBay seller with a couple of pieces of original comic art by (the always magnificent) Tom Paterson up for sale. 

The first is here - bids open at £450 for this 1987 Whizzer and Chips cover

The second is here and is a Bash Street strip from The Beano dated August 28th 2010 - bids open at £215

UPDATED: Beano characters 'In flight fun' with Airtours

I'm always delighted / intrigued to spot advertisers using comics as a medium and I spotted these two comics on ebay recently (so apologies for the quality of some of the images). I'd not come across 'In flight fun' before so I don't know if it just features Beano characters in these 2 issues or even if there were any subsequent issues. Any help gladly received!

Updates are in red, below...

In flight fun (Airtours) - issue 1

In flight fun (Airtours) - issue 2

In flight fun (Airtours) - issue 3

I've now found (here) a copy of issue 4

cover art by Robert Nixon

In flight fun (Airtours) - issue 5

cover art by David Sutherland

In flight fun (Airtours) - issue 6

All other Beano references on the blog can be found here

UPDATED: Beano characters 'In flight fun' with Airtours

I'm always delighted / intrigued to spot advertisers using comics as a medium and I spotted these two comics on ebay recently (so apologies for the quality of some of the images). I'd not come across 'In flight fun' before so I don't know if it just featured Beano characters in these 2 issues or even if there were any subsequent issues. Any help gladly received!

Updates are in red, below...

In flight fun (Airtours) - issue 1

In flight fun (Airtours) - issue 2

In flight fun (Airtours) - issue 3

I've now found (here) a copy of issue 4

In response to my first post about this Ivan P Lewis (via the facebook group 'The Beano collectors society') says this lasted a minimum of 6 issues (1994-9). So maybe one copy each year? A new one for each summer holiday perhaps?

So now we just need to find a copy of issues 5 & 6 (and any subsequent issues)

All other Beano references on the blog can be found here

Beano characters 'In flight fun' with Airtours

I'm always delighted / intrigued to spot advertisers using comics as a medium and I spotted these two comics on ebay recently (so apologies for the quality of some of the images). I'd not come across 'In flight fun' before so I don't know if it just featured Beano characters in these 2 issues or even if there were any subsequent issues. Any help gladly received!

In flight fun (Airtours) - issue 1

In flight fun (Airtours) - issue 2

All other Beano references on the blog can be found here