Sjakie & Rob van de Rovers repriints

I've looked previously (here and here) at a few of the Dutch reprints of Billy's Boots that have been produced. That was quite a lengthy series of reprints volumes - stretching to at least 33 volumes. I've got most of those volumes (I'm just missing volumes 23 & 25) but there are a few more things that you could be looking out for once you've collected all those Billy's Boots volumes. This is by no means a complete guide to what's out there, it's just a introduction...

This is a (nearly) A5 sized text novel, approx. 70 pages long. Only one internal illustration.

Tom Kerr style cover for this reprint of the very earliest Billy's Boots stories. A4 size, paperback, full colour throughout. These stories are covered in pages 3-47 of the Billy's Boots reprint from Rebellion.

This is like one of the 'regular' reprint volumes only it's got a bit of extra content in it - quizzes, puzzles, skills etc. A4, full colour throughout, 64 pages.

A4 sized, black & white art throughout. 94 pages - of which 2/3rds is Roy of the Rovers and 1/3rd is Billy's Boots.

80 page, A4 sized, full colour throughout. Half Billy's Boots, half Roy of the Rovers.

A 'double' reprint album - this combines volumes 10 & 11 of the 'classic' album reprints. Why, since it's double album #1, it doesn't reprint volumes 1 & 2 is beyond me. Presumably they had lots of unsold copies of volumes 10 & 11 and this was the best way to get rid of them!

A postcard, art by Tom Kerr.

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

Dez Skinn's 'Warrior' volume 1

Inspired by a comment on episode 40 (here) of the 'Never iron anything' podcast - which was all about Dez Skinn's Warrior magazine - I thought I'd post up some details of his first Warrior...all are black & white, A4 size, have 1 or 2 pages of the particular story reprinted and are hard work to collect!  

Warrior, issue 1

Includes Wrath of the Gods by John M Burns, Kelpie - boy wizard by John M Burns, Erik the viking by Don Lawrence, Heros the Spartan by Frank Bellamy, Olac the gladiator by Don Lawrence and Black Axe - Saxon avenger by Tom Kerr.

Warrior, issue 2

Erik the viking by Don Lawrence, Thong by Steve Parkhouse, Wrath of the Gods by John M Burns, Heros the Spartan by Frank Bellamy, Kelpie - boy wizard by John M Burns, Black Axe - Saxon avenger by Tom Kerr and Olac the gladiator by Don Lawrence.

Warrior, issue 3 - cover by Barry (Windsor-)Smith

Erik the viking by Don Lawrence, Thong by Steve Parkhouse, Kelpie - boy wizard by John M Burns, Heros the Spartan by Frank Bellamy, Wrath of the Gods by John M Burns, Black Axe - Saxon avenger by Tom Kerr and Olac the gladiator by Don Lawrence.

Warrior, issue 4

Erik the viking by Don Lawrence, The knight from Nowhere by Eric Bradbury (script by Steve Moore), Thong by Steve Parkhouse, Heros the Spartan by Frank Bellamy, Kelpie - boy wizard by John M Burns, Wrath of the Gods by John M Burns and Olac the gladiator by Don Lawrence.

Warrior, issue 5 - cover by Angus McKie

Erik the viking by Don Lawrence, Thong by Steve Parkhouse, Olac the gladiator by Don Lawrence,  Heros the Spartan by Frank Bellamy, The mystic fountain (creators unknown) and Horatius - the hero of Rome (creators unknown).

Warrior, issue 6

Erik the viking by Don Lawrence, Swordspell by Angus McKie (script by Alan Booth) and Horatius - the hero of Rome (creators unknown).