Brit Comics Art - latest pieces

Just some highlights from the recent update to the BritComicsArt website (which can be found here - I suggest subscribing to their e-mail updates too)...

A Brian Bolland piece from his early work on Powerman comic in the 1970s. This was £300 I think.

A Cam Kennedy Fighting Mann page from Battle issue #295 - yours for £500

A Robin Smith cover for 2000AD - yours for £3,000

These 3 cover roughs were (I think!) £300 each

2000AD prog 498 cover rough by Robin Smith

Here's a great piece that was on sale earlier this year on the (always essential) Britcomicsart website here - it could have been mine (or yours!) for $300

And here's the final version of the cover (from here)

2000AD prog 374 cover rough by Robin Smith

Here's a great piece that was on sale earlier this year on the (always essential) Britcomicsart website here - it could have been mine (or yours!) for $5,500

Robin Smith original comic art for sale

Brit Comics art (here) always have lovely comic art up for sale (so signup for their alerts when new stuff is uploaded to the website) and I just wanted to highlight some recent pages they've had for sale. I'm not sure I've seen them sell much Robin Smith art before so here's the latest selection of his art tat (at the time of typing) is up for sale...

This page for £750

This trading card for $350

This page from the 1984 Judge Dredd annual for £1,000

This 2000AD cover for £5,000

This back cover to 2000AD prog 523 for £3,000

Short Fuse #2 - the 2000AD art

A while ago (here to be precise) I looked at some 2000AD images that had never been published in Short Fuse fanzine.  

Thanks to the feedback I got I then put together the 2000AD images that did make it into Short Fuse. I looked at issue 1 here and now we're looking at the unpublished issue 2.

My thanks to Mac Mac Anorak on the '2000AD and Eagle comic fans' Facebook group for sharing these images.

UPDATED: Action Man - Tower Magazines (1995)

In 1995 publishers Tower magazines became a short-lived comics publisher. This is their debut on the blog. This title is not to be confused with a separate (and much longer-running) Action Man comic published by Panini (1996-2006) - see wikipedia entry here.

Action Man comic, issue #1, 99p, 29th June to 13th July, cover art by Colin MacNeil

the back cover has an ad for #2 - this image wasn't on the cover for issue 2 but it was used as the centrespread poster (in issue 2). Art by Colin MacNeill.

Scripts by Ben James. pencils by Duke Mighten, Mike McKone, Simon Fraser. Inks by Robin Smith and Vincent Danks. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #2, 99p, 13th July to 27th July, cover art by Colin MacNeil

cover based on the Colin MacNeill image teased last issue

the back cover has an ad for #3 - this image wasn't on the cover for issue 3 but it was used as the centrespread poster (in issue 3). Art by Colin MacNeill.

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Duke Mighten, Ed Hillyer, Paul Marshall. Inks by Martin Griffiths. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #3, 99p, 27th July to 10th August, cover art by Martin Griffiths & Robin Smith

cover based on the Colin MacNeill image teased last issue

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Jon Rushby, Andrew Currie, Martin Griffiths. Inks by Robin Smith. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #4, undated, 99p, cover art by Duke Mighten

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Jose Fonteriz, Andrew Currie, Martin Griffiths. Inks by Robin Smith. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock. Centrespread poster by Colin MacNeill.

Action Man comic, issue #5, undated, £1.95, cover art by Jose Forteriz

Bit of a price rise here - from 99p to £1.95

Scripts by Ben James & Jonathan Clements. Pencils by Jose Fonteriz, Andrew Currie, Colin MacNeill, Garry Marshall & William Potter. Inks by Robin Smith. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock. Centrespread poster by Duke Mighten.

Action Man comic, issue #6, undated, £1.20, cover art by Jose Forteriz

The price has now come down to £1.20

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Jose Fonteriz, Andrew Currie, Colin MacNeill, Garry Marshall & William Potter. Inks by Robin Smith. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock. Centrespread poster by Duke Mighten.

Action Man - Tower Magazines (1995)

In 1995 publishers Tower magazines became a short-lived comics publisher. This is their debut on the blog. This title is not to be confused with a separate (and much longer-running) Action Man comic published by Panini (1996-2006) - see wikipedia entry here.

Action Man comic, issue #1, 99p, 29th June to 13th July, cover art by Colin MacNeil

the back cover has an ad for #2 - this image wasn't on the cover for issue 2 but it was used as the centrespread poster (in issue 2). Art by Colin MacNeill.

Scripts by Ben James. pencils by Duke Mighten, Mike McKone, Simon Fraser. Inks by Robin Smith and Vincent Danks. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #2, 99p, 13th July to 27th July, cover art by Colin MacNeil

cover based on the Colin MacNeill image teased last issue

the back cover has an ad for #3 - this image wasn't on the cover for issue 3 but it was used as the centrespread poster (in issue 3). Art by Colin MacNeill.

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Duke Mighten, Ed Hillyer, Paul Marshall. Inks by Martin Griffiths. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #3, 99p, 27th July to 10th August, cover art by Martin Griffiths & Robin Smith

cover based on the Colin MacNeill image teased last issue

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Jon Rushby, Andrew Currie, Martin Griffiths. Inks by Robin Smith. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #4
cover art not to hand - can you help?

Action Man comic, issue #5
cover art not to hand - can you help?

Action Man comic, issue #6
cover art not to hand - can you help?

The Bogie Man - Chinatoon; by Atomeka Press

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications.

I've looked at the original A1 series (from 1989) here

The Epic comics anthology (from 1992) is here

A1 series (from 1992) is here

Damien Darke is here

Atomeka miscellany is 

A1 True life bikini confidential is here

Bojeffries Terror Tome is here

Eddy Current by Ted McKeever is here

The Bogie man - Chinatoon by John Wagner / Alan Grant and with art by Robin Smith ran for 4 issues backin 1993 (in classic US comic format).

The Bogie man - Chinatoon by Atomeka; art by Robin Smith, script by John Wagner & Alan Grant, issue 1

The Bogie man - Chinatoon by Atomeka; art by Robin Smith, script by John Wagner & Alan Grant, issue 2

The Bogie man - Chinatoon by Atomeka; art by Robin Smith, script by John Wagner & Alan Grant, issue 3

The Bogie man - Chinatoon by Atomeka; art by Robin Smith, script by John Wagner & Alan Grant, issue 4

UKCAC87 - Judge Dredd strip

 I spotted this Judge Dredd strip in the UKCAC87 brochure (cover art by Jim Baikie, below) and wondered if it had been shared more widely or not?

Anyway, here it is again - art is by Robin Smith & script is by John Wagner & Alan Grant

happy Christmas from new Eagle (part 2)

Happy Christmas from new Eagle - the covers 1986-90...after 1990 the Christmas cover disappeared as new Eagle went monthly. 

Happy Christmas to all!

art by Jose Ortiz

Art by Robin Smith

Art by Sandy James

Art by Keith Watson

happy Christmas from new Eagle (part 1)

Here are the Christmas covers from new Eagle from 1982-5, more Christmas coming for the next 2 days...

Art by Eric Bradbury (I think) 

Art by Jose Ortiz

Art by Robin Smith

Happy Christmas from new Eagle (part 2)

Happy Christmas from new Eagle - the covers 1986-90...after 1990 the Christmas cover disappeared as new Eagle went monthly. 

Happy Christmas to all!

art by Jose Ortiz

Art by Robin Smith

Art by Sandy James

Art by Keith Watson

happy Christmas from new Eagle (part 1)

Here's the Christmas covers from new Eagle from 1982-5, more Christmas coming for the next 2 days...

Art by Eric Bradbury (I think) 

Art by Jose Ortiz

Art by Robin Smith