A recent sale by ace ebay seller philcomics of this piece of art by Brian Walker. This was produced for the 1976 (British) comicon, a lovely piece that someone was happy to pay £205 for.
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Showing posts with label Brian Walker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brian Walker. Show all posts
4 March 2025
22 August 2018
Classic British humour characters - rare art (4 of 4)
From the pages of the Comics 101 convention brochure comes this final selection of art by some of the big names of British comics humour art of the 1970s...
30 January 2017
Cartoonists Club of Great Britain (2)
and now with more highlights from the CCGB members handbook...
Les Lilley has worked on an extensive list of comics here...not sure how well-known his contribution are
Brian Walker has also been a busy guy, again his name isn't well-known to me
And Ken Wilkins who worked for DC Thomson
Les Lilley has worked on an extensive list of comics here...not sure how well-known his contribution are
5 November 2016
Advertising comics (6) - Money Fun - issue 2
So here's the front cover to Money Fun, Denis Gifford's National Savings Bank comic
And here's the back cover
Contributors to this 8 page, July 1982 publication include Denis Gifford, Les Barton, Brian Walker and John Richardson, whose original centre-spread art (shown below) is currently on sale here for £75
http://bookpalace.com/acatalog/info_RichardsonJBob.html#SID=348
And here's the back cover
The highlight is probably the involvement of artist Basil Reynolds who could turn his had wonderfully to realistic art or more conventional cartooning - here he's reviving Skit, Skat and the captain who had originally been published in the 1930s
Contributors to this 8 page, July 1982 publication include Denis Gifford, Les Barton, Brian Walker and John Richardson, whose original centre-spread art (shown below) is currently on sale here for £75
http://bookpalace.com/acatalog/info_RichardsonJBob.html#SID=348
For more details please see Denis Gifford's ACE Newsletter #38 (volume 4, number 5) dated Aug/Sep 1981.
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