An interesting item that was recently up for sale by ace eBay seller phil-comics was this Ladybird book. For the comics historian the most interesting thing about this seemingly innocuous volume is the inside back page where it lists (approx.) sales figures for titles that have previously featured Ladybird Adventure series material. Not seen sales figures for those annuals / comics before and certainly not printed in a book! Great find Phil!
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1 June 2019
Keith Burns art - Commando & Ladybird
I first came across Keith Burns art when he illustrated the Titan comics Johnny Red series, since then he's just started illustrating Commando covers and the covers are fantastic. Here's the covers he's done so far...
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...and if you're in Reading any time up until 17th August 2019 you can pop into the (free) town museum and see 'Ladybird Books: How it works' which features the cover of Keith's art from The Battle of Britain book he illustrated for their Ladybird Experts series...
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...and if you're in Reading any time up until 17th August 2019 you can pop into the (free) town museum and see 'Ladybird Books: How it works' which features the cover of Keith's art from The Battle of Britain book he illustrated for their Ladybird Experts series...
13 April 2019
ex-Eagle artists on show in Ladybird exhibition (2)
The work of a number of ex-Eagle artists can be seen at a new exhibition which has just opened at Reading Museum
The second ex-Eagle artist to be featured is a highly prolific contributor to the series, Martin Aitchison. Martin drew a number of strips for Eagle - the best known would probably be 'Luck of the legion' but he also drew 'Hornblower' and 'the Lost World' - two literary adaptations.
His work here is from the books 'Boys & Girls' and 'Things we like'...
Here's one of Martin's covers for Eagle Times (showing the 'Luck of the Legion' gang plus at least one very recognisable dictator trussed up like a Christmas turkey), this is from the Winter 1993 issue of Eagle Times, volume 6, issue 4.
The second ex-Eagle artist to be featured is a highly prolific contributor to the series, Martin Aitchison. Martin drew a number of strips for Eagle - the best known would probably be 'Luck of the legion' but he also drew 'Hornblower' and 'the Lost World' - two literary adaptations.
His work here is from the books 'Boys & Girls' and 'Things we like'...
Here are 2 unpublished illustrations he drew as reference material for the strip 'Justin Tyme' ; one of Justin and one of his local pub...
The Eagle Society dinner in 1996 featured as its star guests the Luck of the Legion team - writer Geoffrey Bond (left) and artist Martin Aitchison (centre).
They were also persuaded to sign books for society members...
Another of Martin's paintings, this was also turned into a centrespread illustration for Eagle Times (as it featured CS Forester's character Lieutenant Hownblower - whose adventures he also illustrated in Eagle).
More details of the Eagle Society can be found here
11 April 2019
ex-Eagle artists on show in Ladybird exhibition (1)
The work of a number of ex-Eagle artists can be seen at a new exhibition which has just opened at Reading Museum
Today I'm just going to show some artwork by Frank Humphris - Frank is best remembered as the artist on the Riders of the Range strip in the 1950s but he also drew Blackbow, the Cheyenne in Eagle in the 1960s.
Post-Eagle he, along with a number of other ex-Eagle artists, went on to illustrate a number of Ladybird books and I particularly remembering loving his western books.
Here's the front cover of 'The Ladybird book of the cowboy'...the image is called 'A bronco-buster at work'
'Human endeavour' from the book Danger Men
From 'The story of the Indians of the Western plains'
'Stunt men at work' from Danger Men
More to come tomorrow!
Post-Eagle he, along with a number of other ex-Eagle artists, went on to illustrate a number of Ladybird books and I particularly remembering loving his western books.
Here's the front cover of 'The Ladybird book of the cowboy'...the image is called 'A bronco-buster at work'
'Human endeavour' from the book Danger Men
From 'The story of the Indians of the Western plains'
'Stunt men at work' from Danger Men
More to come tomorrow!
23 January 2019
Frank Hampson exhibition @ Bourne Hall Museum, part 4
Some images of the '100 years since the birth of Frank Hampson' exhibition currently running until mid-March at Bourne Hall museum in Surrey...with apologies for the light reflections on the images. More details here.
Ladybird original art
Preparatory sketches
all images are (c) Peter Hampson
Ladybird original art
Preparatory sketches
all images are (c) Peter Hampson
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