Last chance to bid!

My latest art auction ends soon (Sunday 26th July) so if you're interested in a Pathetic Sharks page from Viz (2008) or a Combat Colin page from Marvel UK's The Transformers (1989) here's your last opportunity. This is my original artwork drawn in black ink on Bristol Board for the comics back then. Not prints, not pages torn from comics, not copies, not facsimiles. (You'd be surprised what some chancers pretend is original art.)

I'm surprised that as it stands right now there have only been two bids on the Viz page, as many of you have been asking me to list Viz artwork. I haven't found any other complete pages so don't miss out on this.

The Combat Colin page is another rarity. It's very unlikely I'll be selling any more Combat Colin pages in the foreseeable future but I listed this one as there had been demands for it. Usually I prefer to hold onto my Combat Colin pages as I own the rights. 

Remember, the auctions end very soon! All bids appreciated. Here's the link where you'll find close up photos of the artwork and will be able to place your bid:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=graphite47 

COMBAT COLIN and PATHETIC SHARKS artwork up for sale!

I'm selling two pages of my original artwork this week. By popular demand I've found a PATHETIC SHARKS page from VIZ (2008) and a COMBAT COLIN page from TRANSFORMERS (1989). 

Your bids are very much appreciated at the moment so I hope some of you out there will be interested. Both auctions end next Sunday, 26th July. Good luck! 

Here's the link...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=graphite47 

 

Combat Colin No.2 SOLD OUT

As mentioned in my previous post, the other day I found five unsold issues of Combat Colin No.2 from 2018. You were quick to respond and they've now all sold and are on their way to the buyers, so thank you all. (Thanks also to the person who ordered my other comics too, and now has a package of Combat Colin 2 to 5 plus Brickman No.1 winging its way to them). 

As it stands at the moment, the following comics of mine are all still available:

Brickman No.1

Combat Colin Nos.3, 4, and 5

Fanzine Funnies No.1

All printed on good quality paper with nice sharp reproduction.

Plus, if you like digital comics, the following comics are available to download as PDFs:

Barmy Comix No.1

Derek the Troll No.1

Tough Guy and Scruffy No.1

All of my comics are only available from me, not in shops, and this is the link where you'll find them:

https://ko-fi.com/lewstringer/shop 

It's Art Auction time again! COMBAT COLIN! TOM THUG! and DOCTOR WHO!

I've just listed some of my original artwork on eBay that I hope will interest some of you. Here's what's up for auction until Sunday 28th September...

The cover artwork for Combat Colin No.5, - and as a bonus I'm adding the actual printed comic as well.

 

A Tom Thug page from Buster dated June 13th 1992. Artwork that's over 30 years old and still clean and fresh. In this story, Tom grows a pony tail! The Nineties, eh? What were they like?

...and two Daft Dimension strips from Doctor Who Magazine Nos. 614 and 619 respectively. 

 

Want to find out more and see close up photos of each piece? Check out my listings at this link and good luck with your bids!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_ssn=graphite47 

 

 

COMICS! Grab 'em while you can!

I don't have any other conventions scheduled for this year yet, so if you've been thinking of buying any of my comics, getting them directly from me via mail order is the only option.

These comics are not available in the shops and quantities are limited. 

Currently in stock are Combat Colin issues 3, 4, and 5, Fanzine Funnies, and the new printing of Brickman No.1. Only available from me at this link:

https://ko-fi.com/lewstringer/shop 

 

More info and interior images at the link.

There are also three digital comics to buy as PDF downloads: Tough Guy, Barmy Comix, and Derek the Troll. Also available at the same link. 

Comics in stock!

 

I never do Kickstarters or "pre-orders" so you know that when I advertise my comics they're available and ready to post, and I'll never say they're available when they're not.

At the moment, the comics of mine that you can buy are Brickman No.1, Fanzine Funnies, and Combat Colin issues 3,4, and 5. They are only available to buy directly from me at the link below:

https://ko-fi.com/lewstringer/shop

Enter the Lewniverse and order some fun comics today!

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MEGABRAIN!

NEW PRICE! My original artwork of Megabrain for the back cover of Combat Colin No.5. Bids now start at £40 or you can Buy It Now for £60. Includes the printed comic as well.

Heres the link:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205129879176?itmmeta=01JDQVSXBYP578396ZNBSYR7TX&hash=item2fc2b18e88:g:Lz8AAOSwzT5nRirQ

Are you up to date with your Combats?

Combat Colin issues 3, 4 and 5 are still available to buy exclusively from my eBay page. Loads of laffs from the late 1980s/early 1990s in these collections of comedy action capers.
Here's the link:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_ssn=graphite47

 

Original art auction ends soon! (Bank Holiday Monday)

My latest auction of original comic art ends very soon! Pages I did from Viz, Oink!, Buster, a Combat Colin cover PLUS a Billy Bunter original by Eric Roberts that's around 70 years old! 

Please bid if there's anything here you want. See the full listings at this link...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&_ssn=graphite47&_sop=1

Thanks in advance. Good luck!

COMIC SAMPLER published today!

I thought I'd do something new for the London Comic Con this weekend. Here's Lew Stringer's Comic Sampler, a slim 20 page selection of a few of my highlights from over my 40 year career. You may have seen the strips before but now they're in a variety package featuring Brickman, Combat Colin, Derek the Troll, Sgt.Shouty and a few other examples of my comics work. 

Why is the cover monochrome? Mostly to keep the costs down for this one-off special, but also I wanted to go "back to basics" and do an entirely black and white comic like I used to many years ago. I've only had 100 printed. I'll do more if it sells out but it's likely to be a limited edition. Not available in shops or from any other seller, only from me.

I'll be bringing copies along to sell at the convention, but if you're not in London this weekend you can order it directly from my eBay listings at the following link and I'll post them off to you next week...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204678429935

For those of you who are going to the con, see you there! 

https://www.londoncomicconspring.com/

MORE original comic art up for sale including a very early COMBAT COLIN page

I'm selling another batch of my original comic artwork and this listing includes the second episode of Combat Colin! I want to hold onto the first episode so this will be the earliest one I'm making available. It was published in Action Force No.6 back in 1987 and, yes, that's Loose Brayne (Brickman) making an unnamed guest appearance as the stall owner! (The story took place after he went walkabout at the end of the 1986 Brickman comic.) 

 You can see more detailed photos at this link...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204625625171?hash=item2fa4a34053:g:jrwAAOSw~y9lrWe1

I'm also selling an even earlier strip of mine. A page of Captain Wally that was done for Marvel UK's Spider-Man Comic way back in 1985. One of my first professional comic strips...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204625620606?hash=item2fa4a32e7e:g:v7oAAOSwN6plrWZY 

 

Another vintage strip is this Pete and His Pimple page from Oink! No.22 (1987) drawn in black ink and grey wash...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204625614068?hash=item2fa4a314f4:g:PEUAAOSwLQJlrWQx  

 

Finally, a more recent strip. The Daft Dimension original art from Doctor Who Magazine No.552 (2020) featuring a spoof of the first Doctor's farewell to his grand-daughter Susan...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204625616249?hash=item2fa4a31d79:g:QVkAAOSwsM5lrWVw

Bidding on these four items ends on Sunday 28th January. However, don't forget that there are five other pieces of my original art currently in an auction that ends this Thursday, 25th January. If you missed my post about those you'll find it at this link...

http://lewstringercomics.blogspot.com/2024/01/more-original-art-for-sale-including.html

Good luck with your bids!

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The horror of it all!

I did some sketches for backers of the Kickstarter for This Comic Is Haunted No.3 so I thought you might like to see them. They'd all requested various horror-themed drawings; specially commissioned zombie versions of Brickman, Combat Colin, and Sgt.Shouty, plus a Frankenstein Monster. Here are the results!

The original art will be winging its way to those backers this week!  

If you didn't back the Kickstarter you can buy This Comic Is Haunted from this link (without the bonus sketches of course)...

https://the77comic.bigcartel.com/ 

If you'd like to commission me to do a drawing, (doesn't have to have a horror theme if you don't want it) please message me or email me at lew.stringer@BTopenworld.com

I should be able to fit two or three in before Christmas, depending on how simple or complex they are.

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Original art at BUY IT NOW prices! Snap 'em up!

 

On my eBay listings this week I'd uploaded four pieces of original artwork. Two have sold very quickly and these two remain...

The original artwork for the cover of Yampy Tales No.1 (1995) featuring Combat Colin and The Brain in Portmeirion! (One to interest fans of The Prisoner perhaps?) "Yampy" is a Midlands term, meaning "crazy" or "daft" and way back when I published three issues of Yampy Tales featuring reprints of Combat Colin. The print run was very small so you may never have seen them. Anyway, the cover is up for sale if you want it! Here's the link...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204512183697?hash=item2f9de04591:g:g-EAAOSw7m9lNYH5 

The other item is an early Tom Thug page from Oink! No.12 which also features a Satan the Cat mini-strip. I drew this artwork back in 1986...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204512091085?hash=item2f9ddedbcd:g:we0AAOSw-AplNWyS

As ever, your support means a lot. I've held onto my artwork for many years and it's time to let it go and, as I don't have any family to inherit it, I'd rather it goes to collectors who will appreciate it.

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CHRISTMAS WITH COMBAT COLIN! (1988)

I don't often sell my Christmas pages but I've put my original art up for sale of the 1988 Combat Colin Christmas page which is quite a collectable piece. There's even the traditional snow on the logo! 

All bids appreciated! You can see more photos at this link:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204470099141?hash=item2f9b5e1cc5:g:ffkAAOSwVK5lCzbT 

PLUS... If any of you are toy collectors you might be interested in an original 1960s Dinky Toys' Captain Scarlet Spectrum Patrol Car I'm selling. It's in excellent condition. I've had it since a child and always looked after my toys but now it's time to let it go. More info here...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204470122673?hash=item2f9b5e78b1:g:Y2sAAOSwJD5lCzvH 

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TFUKCON for 2024!

Certainly an eye-catching acronym, TFUKCON stands for Transformers UK Convention, and I've been invited to be a guest there next year. Saturday 11th May at the Strathallan Hotel, Birmingham. See the link for more info...
https://www.primetimetoyz.co.uk/tfukcon

I'm looking forward to meeting readers who grew up on The Transformers comic of the 1980s that read my Robo-Capers and Combat Colin strips! 

They've also produced a little video announcement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc9gTxzTO2s

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Daleks! Combat Colin! and more in this week's art auction!

More of my original artwork for sale! Auctions run until next Sunday (23rd July). Pete and his Pimple! Combat Colin! Daleks! and an unusual one from me... Ronald McDonald! All bids gratefully received! Good luck! Links under each photo...

Pete and his Pimple page from the third combined issue of Buster and Oink (1988)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204398805955?hash=item2f971e43c3:g:IDEAAOSwx6xktEqH

 

Combat Colin strip from Transformers No.194 (1988)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204398800876?hash=item2f971e2fec:g:P4oAAOSw0j9ktElh

 

 

The Halloween of the Daleks Daft Dimension strip from Doctor Who Magazine No.557 (2020)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204398798759?hash=item2f971e27a7:g:qIkAAOSwwCdktEih

Five pages of a Ronald McDonald comic strip from around 2003...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204398811710?hash=item2f971e5a3e:g:orcAAOSwGNlktEwZ

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Weekend Sale: Two pages of original art (UPDATE: SOLD!)

Weekend sale! Two pages of my original art from the 1980s on eBay as Buy It Now items. Combat Colin and Robo-Capers. If you missed out on the auctions, now's your chance if you hurry!

Here are the links...

Robo Capers strip from 1987. (I don't have many Robo-Capers pages left so grab this one quick! It will only be available as Buy It Now for this weekend.)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204327591128?hash=item2f92df9cd8:g:VGYAAOSwIGBkVWbO 

 

Combat Colin strip from 1988...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204327588784?hash=item2f92df93b0:g:WjgAAOSwNAlkVWW9 

 

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Wednesday Art Auction ends tonight

My latest auction of my original art ends tonight. Your chance to bid on a Combat Colin strip from Marvel UK's Transformers No.217 from 1989...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204318050282?hash=item2f924e07ea:g:Ub4AAOSwhTJkSWBm 

 

...and a Daft Dimension original from Doctor Who Magazine No.505 (2016) featuring Daleks...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204318052406?hash=item2f924e1036:g:Pa0AAOSwrPRkSWEW 

All bids appreciated, especially in these tough times. (And a big thank you to all of you who have purchased art from me in the past.) 

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