Ally Sloper - Walter Bell

I'm just recording for posterity the existence of this page of Ally Sloper art from issue #2 of Denis Gifford's 1976 Ally Sloper comic. 

It was sold for £66 by ace ebay seller phil-comics (here) on 11th May 2025

Ally Sloper, 1976 Alan Class revival

Two interesting Ally Sloper revival items are up for sale this week from the personal collection of comics publisher Alan Class.

First up is this lost - a publicity poster for the 1976 Ally Sloper comic that Alan Class published and Denis Gifford edited

Next up is this lot - a comics 'jam piece' from the launch party with lots of artists drawing their own versions of Ally Sloper. Artists who contributed include Hunt Emerson, Walter Bell, Alan Vince, Terry Wakefield, Keith J Luck, Tony Glynn, Keith Page, Ann Spano, Pany Clifford, Ewan Masters, Ed McHenry, Denis Gifford & Kevin O'Neill

Just to give you a sense of scale here's a scan from Ally Sloper #2 (October 1976) showing the piece being signed - it's huge!

Comics 101 autographs

I've looked before at the work of Denis Gifford (here) and at his Comics 101 convention in particular (here) but I've recently acquired a copy of the convention booklet complete with a number of signatures...so without further ado I present them here