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24 October 2022

UPDATED: Tintin calendars

Inspired by my post recently about Asterix calendars I suddenly wondered if there were a whole lot of Tintin calendars out there as well.

A quick search on ebay has turned up the following images - I'm sure there'll be more out there to discover so keep your eyes peeled for another post on this topic soon.

All additions are highlighted thus

Tintin calendar 2023


Tintin calendar 2022



Tintin calendar 2021

Tintin calendar 2020


Tintin calendar 2019


Tintin calendar 2018

Tintin calendar 2013

Tintin calendar 2011 & 2012

Tintin calendar 2009 & 2010

Tintin calendar 2007


Also from 2007, but not related to a specific year, is this birthday calendar..


Tintin calendar 2005

Tintin calendar 2004

Tintin calendar 2001



Tintin calendar 2000

Tintin calendar 1996

Tintin calendar 1995


Tintin calendar 1994


Tintin calendar 1993

If you're interested in comic calendars then here are the links to the other calendar themes that I've covered...
1). Beano & Dandy calendars are here
2). Commando calendars are here
3). Judge Dredd calendars are here
4). Broons calendars are herehere and here
5). Oor Wullie is here
6). Dan Dare calendar is here
7). Miscellaneous calendars are here
8). Viz calendars are here
9). Asterix calendars are here
10). Andy Capp calendars are here

23 October 2022

The Battle summer special that never was

An intriguing item has popped up on eBay (c/o phil-comics)  right here. It's a preliminary 'sketch' / design for what (is described on the back of the piece) as Battle summer special.

The design was certainly never used for a Battle comic summer special. I'm happy for someone to pint me towards a Battle picture library summer special (where it was used) but until then this should go down as a 'lost' piece of Battle artwork. Bids start at 99p at bidding ends at about 5pm GMT on Sunday 30th October.




Boom! Sells for £77

UPDATE:
The art was used as a cover painting for Battle Picture Library 124.
Cover art by Pino Dell'Orco 
Interior art by Giorgio Trevisan
Script by J&S Thomas

which was then reprinted as...



22 October 2022

Gosh comics - super-signing today

These are all happening today - don't forget!

Saturday 22nd October is turning into a Gosh comics super-signing sorts day, check out details of their 3 (!) signings on just one day...





21 October 2022

HMS Victory by Leslie Ashwell Wood

There's only really one post for Trafalgar Day isn't there? 

Over here the Book Palace have an intriguing item up for sale...As they say on their website...
A beautiful cut-away drawing by the master of cutaways himself, Leslie Ashwell Wood.

The drawing shows intricate workings and the meticulous details of Nelson's aptly named Flagship H.M.S. Victory, the most famous battleship in naval history.

This drawing first appeared in finished black and white form in the early British magazine published by The Amalgamated Press entitled 'The Romance of The Nation- A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages', and was subsequently published in coloured form in 1957 as the centre fold cutaway in the famous British comic 'Eagle' (Please see additional photos)

Drawn in pencil on what appears to be a double page spread from the artist's sketchbook measuring 485 x 305 mm

and here it is in Eagle (15th March 1957)

and in 'The Romance of the nation' 

and for £400 this can be yours...

20 October 2022

'Form' comic - general election 1959

Here's a topical comic for us all...it's from the 1959 general election campaign and was produced by the Conservative party - who seem to be charging for an election leaflet!

Would love to know more about this. It's listed in Denis Gifford's 'Complete catalogue of British comics' (b+w image #507, on page 111) and he notes 12 pages. So there might be some decent illustrations in there. 

This image is taken from here - an election exhibition at the People's history museum (more details here).

19 October 2022

UPDATED: Comics diaries

I've looked at the diaries produced by EagleGirl & Swift before, but in separate posts, so I thought I might usefully pull that information together into a single post.

I've now started adding other comics / comic strips to this listing - all new entries are shown in red

Eagle
Diaries were produced for at least 1951-63. No diary would have been produced for 1950 (Eagle launched in mid-April so that would have made no sense). I have copies of diaries for the following years...1951-4 & 1957-63, so I'm just missing 1955 & 1956 (and any produced from 1964 onwards). 
Diaries typically look like this...

Girl
Only example I've ever seen - no idea how many were produced. This is for 1956.





Swift
Only example I've ever seen - no idea how many were produced

Judge Dredd diaries
For the year 2000...


and these images (all swiped from here) of a numbered limited edition version of the year 2000 diary as well





Doonesbury desk diaries
Doonesbury desk diary for 1984

Doonesbury desk diary for 1985

Doonesbury desk diary for 1988

Doonesbury desk diary for 1989

Doonesbury desk diary for 1991