Happy Christmas from Jim Baikie

In a very seasonal post are some Christmas cards by comics artist Jim Baikie.

I've previously looked at Jim's work here

 

Catawiki auction - ends tonight!

Good luck if you're bidding on any of these lots ending tonight.

Looks like a great selection of art is up for grabs at the latest Catawiki auction. As ever I've highlighted the British comic art available. Good luck if you bid!

Here's a Modesty Blaise lot by Neville Colvin

Here's a 'Trigan Empire' page by Don Lawrence

Here's a Bill Lacey page, from the pages of Look and Learn, entitled 'The Maze Master'

Here's an Edward Kearon Robot Archie page

Here's an Axa drawing by Romero

Here's a Billy Bunter page by Reg Parlett

From the pages of Look and Learn comes the story 'Warlock' - illustrated bu José Jiminez

Happy Christmas from Kev O'Neill

Here's something you don't see every day...yes it's a series of Christmas cards illustrated by Kevin O'Neill! They were produced by comics shop Just Comics - I'm not suggesting this is all the cards that were produced but it's a lovely selection...

Just to show that the interiors of the cards weren't exactly the same...

UPDATED: Belinda and the bomb alley boys!

A while ago (here) I looked at vintage Daily Mirror newspaper strip reprints. Most of these are rare volumes that are hard to acquire these days. I was therefore delighted to snag these images from ebay the other day.

Updated material is in red

The book is in poor condition but it's a rare chance to see inside this book...

For all (???) you Belinda completionists out there here are the strip references in the volume - you'll see that it's not a sequential run...

C259-260

C262

C264-5

C267-71

C273-74

C276-79

C282-83

C286-88

C290-94

C298-300

C303

C305

C309

D1-3

D5

D8-10

D12

D16-19

D21-22

D24

D26-27

D29

D31-32

D34-35

D37

D39

D41

D43

D47-48

D51-54

D56

D60

D62-64

D67

D74

D77

D79-81

D86-90

D92

D94-95

D97-98

D10

D102

D104

D106-107

...So that's 90 strips in total

There's also this Belinda book to collect...

...and this has 96 strips in - again it's not a sequential run, in fact you get the following strips...

E220-23

E225-35

E238-40

E242-49

E252

E255

E260-62

E264-66

E268-76

E279

E281-82

E284

E289-91

E306-07

F1

F3-4

F6-11

F14

F17-19

F22

F27

F32-38

F41-42

F44

F46-48

F50-52

F56-59

F61

F65-66

F71-72

F81

The art of John Bolton - sketchbooks etc.

Research for an upcoming thing requires me to google 'the art of John Bolton' - I'm looking for collections of his work and this is what I've found so far. Let me know if I've missed anything...

This seems to be the most well-known book of John's art (published in 2001)...

It also seems to have been re-printed (albeit with a different cover) in the Art Fantastix series

There's also this 2019 volume...described as being one of a limited edition of 100 copies - comes complete with cover sketch by the man himself. This sold for 155euro at auction.

Beano @ Somerset House; Dudley D Watkins

If you've not yet made it to the current exhibition at Somerset House, Beano: The art of breaking the rules, I thought I might try and tempt you with these examples of the original art that's on display...

Previously I looked at the Leo Baxendale art here

And here's the Dudley D Watkins art...

Catawiki auction - ends 23 December 2021

Looks like a great selection of art is up for grabs at the latest Catawiki auction. As ever I've highlighted the British comic art available. Good luck if you bid!

Here's a Modesty Blaise lot by Neville Colvin

Here's a 'Trigan Empire' page by Don Lawrence

Here's a Bill Lacey page, from the pages of Look and Learn, entitled 'The Maze Master'

Here's a Edward Kearon Robot Archie page

Here's an Axa drawing by Romero

Here's a Billy Bunter page by Reg Parlett

From the pages of Look and Learn comes the story 'Warlock' - illustrated bu José Jiminez

UPDATED: 'Mighty Max' from Marvel UK

Published by Marvel UK in 1994-5 'The adventures of Mighty Max' ran for 10 issues - cover art is by Mario Capaldi, precise issues details when I have them...

New details in red and now I'm just looking for issue 8, 9 &10 - I'm getting there slowly!

Mighty Max (Marvel UK) comic issue 1 

Story 1 = If the cap fits... [story by Dan Abnett, art by Mario Capaldi]

Story 2 = A site for sore eyes! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Keith Page]

Story 3 = Max's snack attack! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Keith Page]

Mighty Max (Marvel UK) comic issue 2

Story 1 = Cry wolfship! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Mario Capaldi]
Story 2 = Max cracks it! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Keith Page]
Story 3 = Mutant on the bounty! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Mario Capaldi]

Mighty Max (Marvel UK) comic issue 3

Story 1 = Time & again! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Mario Capaldi]

Story 2 = Nuts with bolts! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Keith Page

Story 3 = The big thaw! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Mike White]

Mighty Max (Marvel UK) comic issue 4

Story 1 = A sting in the tale! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Mario Capaldi]

Story 2 = Heads you lose! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Keith Page]

Story 3 = Back to the stone age! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Keith Page]

Mighty Max (Marvel UK) comic issue 5

Story 1 = Cry wolfship! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Mario Capaldi]

Story 2 = Max cracks it! [story by Dan Anbett, art by Keith Page]

Story 3 = Mutant on the biunty! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Mario Capaldi]

Mighty Max (Marvel UK) comic issue 6

Story 1 = Sonic Doom! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Mario Capaldi]
Story 2 = Night of the living dude! [story by Dan Abnett, pencils by Phil Gascoigne, inks by Bambos Georgiou]
Story 3 = Suckers and sea! [story by Dan Abnett, art by Keith Page]

Mighty Max (Marvel UK) comic issue 7

Story 1 = Teacher's pet! [story by Dan Abnett; pencils by Mario Capaldi; inks by Bambos Georgiou; letters by Gary Gilbert; colour by Andy Seddon]

Story 2 = The apes of wrath! [uncredited; but art is by Keith Page & Mario Capaldi]

Story 3 = The whys and werewolves [story by Dan Abnett; pencils by Phil Gascoigne; inks by Bambos Georgiou; letters by Pat Prentice; colour by Andy Seddon]

Mighty Max (Marvel UK) comic issue 8

Mighty Max (Marvel UK) comic issue 9

Mighty Max (Marvel UK) comic issue 10

and then there was the Mighty Max freebie comic - details here and here

I posted the above on a Facebook groups and John Michael Burns (renowned colourist and nephew of artist John M Burns) commented about colouring the cover to issue 1 (and therefore possibly other covers too I guess).