Mike Noble - Look-in

I've started (thanks to friend of the blog Bill Storie) showcasing just some of the art of Mike Noble. I've grouped together the images into a number of 'themes'...

Captain Scarlet was here

Look and Learn was here

and now we have Look-in...

5th British comicon - 1972

Here's an advert for the 1972 British comic convention...

and here's what the (small) convention booklet looked like...

Rin Tin Tin comic - Top Sellers

I've looked at publisher "Top Sellers" before - their comic My Horse is here - and I thought I could see what else they published. First up is Rin Tin Tin comic. There were at least 3 issue (and maybe more) but let's see what I've found so far...

Rin Tin Tin comic #2, Top Sellers, 6p

Rin Tin Tin comic #3, Top Sellers, 6p

Bog Standard Komix

Over on that eBay ace cartoonist Lew Stringer (right here in fact) has put up an underground comic for sale featuring early Bryan Talbot artwork. Bids open at £40 and close on Wednesday (10th) just after 9pm.

As Lew says...
BOG STANDARD KOMIX. A fanzine/underground comic from 1978 that reprinted some of BRYAN TALBOT's earliest work from the early 1970s. Adults Only!

Contains SUPERHARRIS which Bryan did in 1972 for his college paper in Preston.

Centrespread poster features CHESTER HACKENBRUSH, another of Bryan's early characters.

VERY SCARCE 'UNDERGROUND' COMIC and essential for collectors of Bryan Talbot's work! Not many would have been printed. A5 size.

The FREE GIFT is still attached to the inside back cover, which is a sheet of toilet paper stamped 'Lancashire County Council'!

Catawiki auction - ends Thur 20 Apr 2023

Just a reminder that bidding ends tonight for these pieces - good luck if you're bidding!

The latest Catawiki auction of original (British) comic art is now open for bids - as ever I've picked out my highlights. Good luck if you're bidding on any of these.

This lot by Nadir Quinto from issue #165 of Once Upon a Time

This Robot Archie page from a 1965 issue of Lion - artwork by Edward Kearon

This Modesty Blaise episode by Neville Colvin (from 1984's 'The Alternative man' strip)

These 2 Bill Lacey pages from Look & Learn - the (1974) story was called "Number 13 Marvel Street"

These 2 Alfonso Font pages from Look & Learn (1973)

This Don Lawrence half-page of Trigan Empire art by

Catawiki auction - ends Thur 20 Apr 2023

The latest Catawiki auction of original (British) comic art is now open for bids - as ever I've picked out my highlights. Good luck if you're bidding on any of these.

This lot by Nadir Quinto from issue #165 of Once Upon a Time

This Robot Archie page from a 1965 issue of Lion - artwork by Edward Kearon

This Modesty Blaise episode by Neville Colvin (from 1984's 'The Alternative man' strip)

These 2 Bill Lacey pages from Look & Learn - the (1974) story was called "Number 13 Marvel Street"

These 2 Alfonso Font pages from Look & Learn (1973)

This Don Lawrence half-page of Trigan Empire art by

UPDATED: British comic conventions, 1970-1976

I've looked at a whole lot of comic conventions previously...

Bristol comic expo (2004-2014) is here

London comic festival 2003 is here
Kev Sutherland festival original art is here
A 'Lawless 2019' miscellany is here
Boys and Girls exhibitions of the 1950s and '60s is here
Glasgow comic art convention is here
Edinburgh art convention is here
Hi-Ex convention is here

UKCAC - part 1 - is here
UKCAC - part 2 - is here

UKCAC - part 3 - is here

BICS convention is here

Glasgow comic con is here 

Kapow! con is here

So now we're on the final 'lap' of this series and so it's back to the dim and distant past with a look at some of the very earliest comic conventions...

Now updated with some images of the 1975 convention programme

1970 comic convention, Sheffield, cover art by Simpson

Interior art by Trevor Goring, Mike Higgs, Fletcher. Nearly A5 sized, 8 pages.

1971 comic convention, London, cover art by Dave Gibbons

Interior art by Mike Higgs, Paul Neary, Dave Gibbons, Jim Baikie. 16 pages, slightly larger than A5 size.

1972 comic convention, London, cover art is uncredited

Interior art by Kev O'Neill, Mike Higgs, Dave Gibbons. A5 sized, 32 pages.

1973 comic convention, London

no souvenir programme produced

1974 comic convention, London

no souvenir programme produced

1975 comic convention, London

1976 comic convention, London, cover by Trevor Goring

Interior art by Martin Asbury, Brian Bolland, John Bolton, John Burns, Ron Embleton, Hunt Emerson, Trev Goring, Dave Gibbons, Denis Gifford, Frank Hampson, Mike Higgs, Brian Lewis, Steve Mitchell, Paul Milliner, Paul Neary, Kevin O'Neill, John Romita Sr, Ken Simpson, Barry (Windsor-)Smith. A5 sized, 44 pages.

Catawiki auction ending Thur 20th Jan 2022

Just a reminder that bidding closes this evening for this original art...

The latest Catawiki auction of original (British) comic art is now open. It closes this Thursday (20th Jan 2022) so get those bids in soon!

Here's 2 pages by Roger Hall from Hey Diddle Diddle (1972)

A stunning Angus McBride page from Once Upon a Time (19/04/69) is here

A stunning (as ever!) Don Lawrence Trigan Empire page is here

Catawiki auction ending Thur 20th Jan 2022

The latest Catawiki auction of original (British) comic art is now open. It closes this Thursday (20th Jan 2022) so get those bids in soon!

Here's 2 pages by Roger Hall from Hey Diddle Diddle (1972)

A stunning Angus McBride page from Once Upon a Time (19/04/69) is here

A stunning (as ever!) Don Lawrence Trigan Empire page is here

David Lloyd magazine covers - part 1 (of 2)

Inspired by something I saw on ebay recently led me down a bit of a rabbit hole of David Lloyd art (of which there is simply not enough!) so I thought I'd share what I've found so far.

All material is c/o this site - we'll have 

Balthus #4, 1972

Dark Horizons #10, 1974

Dark Horizons #17, 1977

Dreaamd of a dark hue, 1978

Dark Horizons #20, 1979