Dan Dare by Jon Haward

Bidding for this superb picture closes today - good luck if you're bidding!

There's a stunning Dan Dare painting up for sale on ebay right here - it's by Jon Haward and bidding opens at £399.99

Dated 1998 I've not seen this before so I'm not sure if it was intended for publication somewhere or was just done for Jon's personal enjoyment. There certainly wasn't an Eagle annual for it to appear in and Spaceship Away hadn't started yet so I assume it was a private commission (or done 'on spec'). A great piece - good luck if you bid!

You can find all mention of Jon on the blog right here

Dan Dare by Jon Haward

There's a stunning Dan Dare painting up for sale on ebay right here - it's by Jon Haward and bidding opens at £399.99

Dated 1998 I've not seen this before so I'm not sure if it was intended for publication somewhere or was just done for Jon's personal enjoyment. There certainly wasn't an Eagle annual for it to appear in and Spaceship Away hadn't started yet so I assume it was a private commission (or done 'on spec'). A great piece - good luck if you bid!

You can find all mention of Jon on the blog right here

UPDATED: Alan Grant & Jon Haward

Updates in red below...

A random ebay search last week highlighted this item - it's copyrighted to (artist) Jon Haward and (writer) Alan Grant.

The question is - what was the series? Was it something that was (un)published? If it was just an example of Jon's fantasy art (as the back cover of the image attests) then why in Alan credited on the front of the image? Is this some sort of universe that they came up with together?

The big white character with the looooong arms and the traffic cone hat must ring some bells with someone???

I can now, thanks to friend of the blog Reuben Willmott share the following information

As you can see this is issue 7 (dated July 1999) of Frank Frazetta fantasy illustrated and it contains a complete 16 page story by Haward and Grant (both of whom are name-checked on the cover) called "Hell comes to Elf-town"

Perhaps the original image I highlighted was intended as a print? Thanks again Reuben!

UPDATED: Saban's Masked Rider comic - 1997

An item caught my eye on Facebook the other day, it was this...Saban's Masked Rider comic

...dated 19th Feb 1997 this is issue 1 (dated 19th February 1997)

Friend of the blog Alan Craddock noticed my interest and has very kindly shared with me (and now you!) all these other lovely images...

Saban's Masked Rider, Marvel, issue 2, 19th March 1997

Saban's Masked Rider, Marvel, issue 3, 16th April 1997

Saban's Masked Rider, Marvel, issue 4, 14th May 1997

Saban's Masked Rider, Marvel, issue 5, 11th June 1997

Saban's Masked Rider, Marvel, issue 6, 9th July 1997

Saban's Masked Rider, Marvel, issue 7, 6th August 1997

Saban's Masked Rider, Marvel, special

In the US the series only lasted one issue as, according to this website, the license was lost. Which would make the UK comic lasting "about 8 issues" even more interesting.

Over on ComicArtFans (here) there's a piece of Jon Haward original art from a newspaper strip that ran in the Young Telegraph.

There was (in the UK) an associated annual as well... 

...featuring art by Sandy James...

...and Jon Haward (again)

Saban's Masked Rider comic - 1997

An item caught my eye on Facebook the other day, it was this...Saban's Masked Rider comic

...dated 19th Feb 1997 this is issue 1. The Facebook poster noted that it lasted "about 8 issues". I can't find any further cover images so if you can help do let me know.

In the US the series only lasted one issue as, according to this website, the license was lost. Which would make the UK comic lasting "about 8 issues" even more interesting.

Over on ComicArtFans (here) there's a piece of Jon Haward original art from a newspaper strip that ran in the Young Telegraph.

There was (in the UK) an associated annual as well... 

...featuring art by Sandy James...

...and Jon Haward (again)

Alan Grant & Jon Haward

A random ebay search last week highlighted this item - it's copyrighted to (artist) Jon Haward and (writer) Alan Grant.

The question is - what was the series? Was it something that was (un)published? If it was just an example of Jon's fantasy art (as the back cover of the image attests) then why in Alan credited on the front of the image? Is this some sort of universe that they came up with together?

The big white character with the looooong arms and the traffic cone hat must ring some bells with someone???

UPDATED: The Warhammer work of Stuart Taylor

To celebrate his appearance on the latest episode of the Comics Art podcast (here) I've put together a list of all the work that Stuart Taylor did for Warhammer monthly and then for Inferno!

All new information is highlighted in red

Warhammer monthly, issue 52 (February 2002)

Warhammer monthly, issue 62 (December 2002)

Warhammer monthly, issue 74 (November 2003)

Warhammer monthly, issue 77 (January 2004)

Inferno!, issue 34, Jan/Feb 2003

Inferno!, issue 35, Mar/Apr 2003

Inferno!, issue 37, Jul/Aug 2003

Inferno!, issue 42, May/Jun 2004

Inferno!, issue 43, Jul/Aug 2004

There's a chance that Stu's work could be in Inferno! 46 but I can't be sure as it's the only issue of Inferno! (or Warhammer monthly) missing from my collection.

Stu's work also appears in both the 'Tales from the ten-tailed cat' reprint volumes thus... 

Volume one

The Vampire hunter's tale [reprint from Warhammer monthly #52]

Volume two

The tale of the corpse [reprint from Inferno! #37]

The mercenary's tale of the corpse [reprint from Inferno! #34]

The tomb robber's tale [reprint from Warhammer monthly #62]

The Complete tales from the Ten-Tailed Cat

The Vampire hunter's tale [reprint from Warhammer monthly #52]

The tomb robber's tale [reprint from Warhammer monthly #62]

The mercenary's tale of the corpse [reprint from Inferno! #34]

The tale of the corpse [reprint from Inferno! #37]

The tale of the tattoo [reprint from Warhammer monthly #74]

The tale of the widow [reprint from Inferno! #35]

The engineer's tale [reprint from Inferno! #42]

The Call of Chaos

Mundizuma's revenge [reprint from Warhammer monthly #77]

Feedback from Stu himself!