Dan Dare - prog 1, the OA!

Up for sale today here is this double page spread from 2000AD prog 1. Art by Massimo Bellardinelli. At the time of typing the bids are up to £1200 (before fees) - what will it get to? £2000? £3000?

The Juvenile New Publication [JNP] reference can be seen in the bottom right hand corner of image 4.

A magnificent page!

Friends of Tharg #2

I'm always happy to give a shout-out to ace ebay seller ewan_b (here) he really does find the most interesting British comics things. He's well worth following on ebay.

For posterity I've snagged these images from a sale a few months ago of "FRIENDS OF THARG no.2 - "The Newsletter of the 2000AD Society"

Super-rare original vintage 2000AD fanzine published in late 1979 by Sean Egan (I understand this was the first ever dedicated 2000AD fanzine?)
<50 print run
Ran for two issues then followed up with "Bloodblade" fanzine which ran for another two issues - though I've never seen the 2nd...
Features 2000AD interviews and art unpublished elsewhere
Front cover - Judge Dredd by Stephen Alban
Massimo Belardinelli interview with "The Great Beast" sketch art
John Wagner feature
Dan Dare feature
Letters inc from Steve McManus (Tharg)
Prog 178 news - Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Meltdown Man, Mean Arena, Nemesis, Dash Decent
Fanzine Reviews

Lawless 2024 - the photos, part 3

Hard to believe it's another 9 months to Lawless, boo! While we're waiting for the time to pass here's part 3 of my photos from Lawless 2024. 

Part 1 (the artists) was here

Part 2 - 2000AD art was here

Here's just some of the amazing 2000AD art that David Roach had on display...

Mick McMahon art

(mainly) Carlos Ezquerra art

Belardinelli art

Belardinelli art (top), Garth by Frank Bellamy (middle), Carol Day by David Wright (bottom)

Brian Bolland art (top) and McMahon (below)

Lawless 2024 - the photos, part 2

Hard to believe it's another 10 months to Lawless, boo! While we're waiting for the time to pass here's part 2 of my photos from Lawless 2024. 

Part 1 (the artists) was here

Here's just some of the amazing 2000AD art that David Roach had on display...

art by Belardinelli

art by Mick McMahon

art by Colin Wilson

art by Redondo (from Starlord)

Rogue Trooper art by Jose Ortiz

Dan Dare art by Garry Leach

MACH1 art from prog 3 up for sale - ends today!

Having reported here on some very early MACH1 pages (from prog 4)  sell for £1,287 recently I see that the same seller has 2 more pages of original art up for sale...

I've only just spotted some very early MACH1 art from 2000AD that's up for sale. Both these pages end in the early evening tonight (Sunday 24th October).

First up is this page by Massimo Belardinelli from prog 3 (12th March 1977) - a very dynamic image of John Probe diving into the water. 

At the time of typing bids are at £410 - I reckon this will go for a lot more.

Boom! sells for £1,200

The 2nd piece can be found here and is taken from the 1978 2000AD sci-fi special - art is by Trevor Goring. At the time of typing the price has been up to £82

Boom! sells for £208.83

Original comic artwork for sale

Over on ebay I've spotted a couple of real comic art rarities being offered for sale by the same seller...

First up is this page by ken Reid (bids from £1,000 or best offers) which the seller suggests was a speculative piece done for Topps Cards for a (monster) series that never came to fruition.

The same seller is also offering this stunning painting by Massimo Belardinelli. This is priced at opening bids of £650 (or make an offer). As you'll see from the caption this piece was originally done for Steve MacManus (who isn't the seller).

Massimo Belardinelli art for sale

I'm not selling this magnificent piece of Massimo Belardinelli artwork (for sale here), and sadly I won't be buying it either but it's just so amazing I wanted to share it here...

What did make it on to the cover of prog 74...

Super Naturals comic, issue 6 - part 2

Super Naturals comic, issue 6, 9th-22nd January 1988, published by Fleetway, more Massimo Belardinelli artwork

Super Naturals comic, issue 6 - part 1

Super Natural comic, issue 6, dated 9th-22nd January 1988, art by Massimo Belardinelli

Massimo Belardinelli - TMHT, issue 21 - part 4

The end of issue 21...

Massimo Belardinelli - TMHT, issue 21 - part 3

Issue 21 continues...

Massimo Belardinelli - TMHT, issue 21 - part 2

Issue 21 continues...