Martha Washington rare variants

From a recent acquisition...

...are the details of some rare Martha Washington goes to war variants.

You can use this reel if you want to see the comic I'm talking about

Basically Chaos City comics produced...

a). a sky blue edition of 500 copies (different cover, signed by Dave Gibbons plus a trading card) - this cost £7.95 in Summer 1994

b). a sunset red edition of 100 copies (different cover, signed by Dave Gibbons and 50% signed by Frank Miller) - this cost £14.95 in Summer 1994

I'm not clear if the sunset red version comes with a trading card. The trading card isn't mentioned in the ad for the comics so I didn't even know it came with the sky blue edition until I saw the (above) reel.

If you purchased either of the editions then you'd have been entered into a draw to win one of the ultra rare white editions. This was limited to just 10 copies! 

Good luck tracking any of these down!

The Cartoon Art Trust auctions

I've looked at the various publications associated with the Cartoon Art Trust / Cartoon Museum before. 

Newsletters can be found here;

An incomplete look at exhibition catalogues is here

And now for something different - the sales catalogues for two fundraising auctions that Bonhams held back in the 1990s. They may have been other auctions but, for now, these are the only two I'm aware of.

First up is this sale on Tuesday 26th September 1995

The second, "The Cartoon Art Trust Fin de Siecle Charity Auction", was held on Thursday 20th May 1999

This was a much smaller auction, just 40 lots this time. None of the lots have a estimate and I don't know the 'hammer' price on any of the lots. I'd have bid on...

lot 6 - three detailed Brian Bolland sketches for covers to Batman and The Invisibles

lot 21 - 2 pages of V for Vendetta art by David Lloyd

lot 30 - 2000AD cover by John Higgins - featuring Dredd blasting a robot 
lot 31 - Martha Washington title page ('Attack of the flesh-eating monsters') by Dave Gibbons

Dave Gibbons signs at Chaos City

Don't forget that this is happening today - have fun if you're going!

Good news for all Dave Gibbons fans (especially those based in St Albans), he'll be signing copies of his autobiography, "Confabulaton" a Chaos City comics next month

The signing is on Saturday 18th February 1-3pm

Dave Gibbons signs at Chaos City

Good news for all Dave Gibbons fans (especially those based in St Albans), he'll be signing copies of his autobiography, "Confabulaton" a Chaos City comics next month

The signing is on Saturday 18th February 1-3pm