Original comic art from the 1980s!

In this week's eBay auction I'm offering two items of my original artwork from the early days of my career. The first one is a really early strip; the second episode of Snailman, a character I created for Marvel UK's Spider-Man comic in 1985. Snailman was the first ongoing character I created for a mainstream comic. I'm holding onto the first episode for sentimental reasons so this is the earliest one you'll be able to buy. Bidding ends on Monday 7th April.

Here's the link:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205388955922?itmmeta=01JQXQQ7R2PWSQ7D5C5CX7W4FX&hash=item2fd222c112:g:dhcAAOSwAA9n6ogg

The other page is a unique Pete and his Pimple story I did for Oink! No.52 back in 1988. Know Your Spot is a special feature I did that only appeared in that issue. "A helpful guide to identifying your acne affliction"! Impress your house guests by having this mounted on your wall! Bidding ends on Sunday 6th April.

Here's the link:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205391170004?itmmeta=01JQXQQ7R24FPSM6YFVDCJ0A0N&hash=item2fd24489d4:g:iD0AAOSwvzln7A46

And for any Thunderbirds fans, I'm also selling this Thunderbirds Sticker Book from the 1960s... Bidding ends on Sunday 6th April.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205391220320?itmmeta=01JQXQQ7R2J7GXQB7GCPK7ZX67&hash=item2fd2454e60:g:V8oAAOSwKBFn7Bko

All bids appreciated as always. Good luck!

Zitbusters! Original OINK! artwork up for bids!

This week I've delved into my archives once more and found the original artwork that I drew for Oink! No.64 back in 1988. A two page Pete and his Pimple story where he meets the alien Zitbusters again! 

I've put them on my eBay page and the auction runs until Sunday 9th March, so if you're interested in owning some actual artwork from Oink! comic you have a week to place your bids. Good luck! 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205328204156?itmmeta=01JNCED701WMM3RQS794G54165&hash=item2fce83c17c:g:hIYAAOSwWO5nxJDW

The pages come with the clear plastic overlays attached that gave instructions to the printers on where to place spot colour. (That's how we rolled back in the pre-desktop publishing days.) These overlays can be removed if you wish. 

Thanks again!

A big thank you again to all of you who placed bids on my art auctions, and congratulations to the winners. I'll be posting the art out over the next few days! 

If you didn't win, don't be downhearted. I'll be listing more soon!  

I'm happy to sell my old pages to collectors. I was just thinking that the ones from December 1990 onwards were all drawn in my current house, posted off to London back then, were returned to me after publication, and have been in my archives for the past few decades. Now I'm packaging those same pages up again to post at the same post office I used back then. 

I don't have any family to leave my artwork to so the best thing is for collectors to have them who'll appreciate the pages. I'm holding some back though for close friends to have after I'm gone.

I wonder what will happen to all the artwork in the decades to come? Will the families of the collectors inherit the pages? Will they be sold off again in auctions? Descarded and destroyed? Who knows? For now, at least, I'm grateful that people appreciate my work. 

An unusual Pete's Pimple page (1987).

Pete and his Pimple the kid with the biggest zit in the world, was a regular strip I did for Oink! (and later Buster) from 1986 to early 1990 but one of the more unusual episodes appeared in the Oink! Computer Special given free in Crash ZX Spectrum magazine in 1987. The mag was promoting the new Oink! computer game and some of us were asked to create strips based on what our characters did in the game. 

Apparently the game had Pete's Pimple bobbing around independently in a kind of tennis game so therefore in the strip I found a way to separate Pete's huge zit from his face! I didn't have a ZX Spectrum and have never played the game but the strip was good fun to do, and it was nice to expand the character's readership.

Anyway, the time has come to part with my original artwork of that page and you will find my eBay listing for it at this link...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204660118271?itmmeta=01HQ3BNVHJQTKHSHQZ5WMKEXSK&hash=item2fa6b192ff:g:0G4AAOSwaqRl0leM

 

Good luck with your bids! The auction ends on Sunday 25th February.

...and if you want to read more about that special issue of Oink! you can see it on my old blog at this link...

https://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2007/03/oink-spectrum-is-pig-pink.html 

 

More 1980s comic artwork up for sale

I'm selling a few more pages of my original comic art from the 1980s and early 1990s. This week there's the Pete's Pimple page from the Oink! Computer Special (1987), two very early strips of mine from Marvel UK's Spider-Man Comic (1985) and a Tom Thug page from Buster (1991).

You'll find the listings at the following link. Good luck with your bids!

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

Auctions end on Sunday 25th February.

 

 

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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More original art for sale including BRICKMAN and the final Pete's Pimple page!

I've put more pages of my original artwork up for sale and this time it includes some special items! 

Illustrations for the cover of the 2005 book Brickman Begins plus the book itself...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204622240879?hash=item2fa46f9c6f:g:Mt8AAOSww3ZlqZC9 

 

The very last episode of Pete and his Pimple (by then renamed Pete's Pimple) from a 1989 issue of Buster...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204622233503?hash=item2fa46f7f9f:g:frUAAOSwFFRlqY7s 

 

The first Dice Maniac strip from Oink! No.22 (1987)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204622229199?hash=item2fa46f6ecf:g:OTAAAOSw4wVlqY0T 

 

A Tom Thug on 'Oliday page from Buster (1993)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204622216051?hash=item2fa46f3b73:g:wy8AAOSwI4llqYlm

 

 ...and Tom Thug on Halloween from Buster (1994)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204622220732?hash=item2fa46f4dbc:g:WkgAAOSwiR1lqYq~ 

 

Please click on the links to see more photos and details about each page, or to see the full listings click this link:

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

The auctions on these five pieces end on Thursday 25th January. All bids verey much appreciated! Good luck!

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First art auction of the New Year. Your chance to own comic art from the 1980s!

I'm selling off more of my original art pages from the 1980s this week. All original pages that I drew over 30 years ago. Here we go...

There's a Tom Thug page from Oink! No.50 (1988). This still has the plastic overlays attached to indicate to the printers where to put the spot colour...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204602600425?hash=item2fa343ebe9:g:D5kAAOSwfLpllabI

A Pete and his Pimple page from the 1988 Christmas issue of Buster, complete with festive decorated border and snow on the logo. (This was the last Christmas Pete story.)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204602593699?hash=item2fa343d1a3:g:xSkAAOSwNW5llaVR

...and a Vampire Brats page from Buster from October 1989...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204602587691?hash=item2fa343ba2b:g:HLMAAOSwXt9llaPV

Auctions end on Wednesday 10th January. Your bids would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. 

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Original CHRISTMAS comic art and MORE in this week's auction!

 This week's auction of my original comic art includes Christmas strips, a Viz page, a Robo-Capers strip, a Snail-Man strip and an action illustration. Here we go... click on each link to see the description and more photos of each item...

My original art for the Christmas with Tom Thug page from Buster (1991)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204555767550?hash=item2fa0794efe:g:LPAAAOSwp5llY3v3

 

The art for the festive Pete and His Pimple page from the first Christmas issue of Oink! (1986)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204555824659?hash=item2fa07a2e13:g:Xt8AAOSwWallY4mL

 

The original art for the Christmas Vampire Brats page from Buster (1990)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204555776415?hash=item2fa079719f:g:eNgAAOSwAUFlY36N

A page of original art from Viz No.66 (1994) featuring my one off creation Streetcorner Sid "Three Lighters For A Quid"... (Mature readers only.)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204555784945?hash=item2fa07992f1:g:VAsAAOSwZo9lY4BL

 

One of my earliest strips, original art of Snail-Man from Marvel UK's Spider-Man Comic (1985)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204555790808?hash=item2fa079a9d8:g:ZrsAAOSwTnplY4IQ

 

One of the remaining few Robo-Capers that I have left to sell. This page is from Marvel UK's Transformers (1987)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204555886736?hash=item2fa07b2090:g:dSUAAOSwxyBlY5a4

 

Original artwork for something different. A James Bond style action scene created as a colouring spread for Egmont's Know How! magazine in 2003...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204555816505?hash=item2fa07a0e39:g:V18AAOSwQjhlY4fH

 

Bidding on these pages ends on Sunday 3rd December! Best of luck!

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

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Auction reminder: Bidding on this page ends soon!

A reminder that the auction for this unique original art of mine for Pete and his Pimple ends tomorrow! (Sunday 13th August). Why is it unique? Well, the script was written by none other than Charlie Brooker, long before he found TV fame with Black Mirror! 

It appeared in Oink! No.47 in January 1988. This is my original art, black ink on Bristol Board.  

All bids appreciated!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204420576732?hash=item2f986a75dc:g:KQYAAOSwQAxk0BOV

UPDATE: Now ended. My thanks to the bidders for their generous bidding!

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Only a few days to go on this original art auction

A reminder that this collectable Pete and his Pimple page is up for auction until Sunday. an unusual item in that it was written by Charlie Brooker long before he found fame on TV with Black Mirror. 

Scripted by Charlie Brooker, drawn by Lew Stringer, this is the original artwork for the Pete and his Pimple page from Oink! No.47 (1988). 

See this link for more details and photos!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204420576732?hash=item2f986a75dc:g:KQYAAOSwQAxk0BOV 

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Classic Pete and His Pimple written by Charlie Brooker up for sale

As you know, I usually write my own comic strips but there have been exceptions. One example was back in 1988 when an episode of Pete and his Pimple was scripted by none other than Charlie Brooker!

At the time, Charlie was the youngest contributor to Oink! at just 16 years of age so this was a long time before he'd find fame on televsion with Screenwipe and Black Mirror! Back then, Charlie was a frequent contributor to Oink! both as a cartoonist and a writer. (His work was always funny!)

On this one occasion he'd submitted a script for Pete and his Pimple. Although I usually wrote it myself, Charlie's script was brilliant so I was happy to illustrate his story.

Now that it's come to a time in my life where I need to sell my original artwork I found that page the other day so I've put it on eBay. The auction runs for a week, ending next Sunday, 13th August.

I hope this collector's item will be of interest. You'll find the listing ar this link:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204420576732?hash=item2f986a75dc:g:s84AAOSwZRNkz8gh

The page is quite large (drawn bigger than printed size of course) but will be protected by strong card both sides and well packaged when posted to the winning bidder. Good luck!

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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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Original comic art from the 1980s for sale

 

I've listed more of my original pages for sale. This week there's a Pete and his Pimple page from OINK! No.59 (1988)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204379625445?hash=item2f95f997e5:g:iPkAAOSwJrRkmz5T 

 

...a Vampire Brats page from Buster (1989)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204379622602?hash=item2f95f98cca:g:G8wAAOSwVptkmz17 

 

One of my very early strips, an original Captain Wally page from Marvel UK's Spider-Man Comic (1985)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204379630664?hash=item2f95f9ac48:g:5pIAAOSwz9Jkmz-v 

 

...and from 2016, a Daft Dimension strip featuring the Daleks, as published in Doctor Who Magazine No.498...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204379635183?hash=item2f95f9bdef:g:6ekAAOSwaRVkm0E9 

 

Auctions end on Tuesday 4th July. All bids very much appreciated. Good luck!