Christmas art auction ends TONIGHT!

The clock is ticking and the auctions on these pages of my original comic art will end this evening (Sunday 14th). Last auction from me this year. Click on the link to see what's on offer and good luck! 

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

ORIGINAL COMIC ART UP FOR SALE!

I'm selling more of my original comic art, with pages ranging from 1985 to the present day including a Keyhole Kate page from The Dandy Annual and pages from Buster and Oink! 

See each link for more photos of each page including close ups of panels.

I haven't sold any of my Dandy artwork before but needs must so here we go! This is a complete Keyhole Kate page I did for The Dandy Annual 2019...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205822338653?itmmeta=01K97GPMCY22QKBXGC7C82CV2M&hash=item2febf7a65d:g:SvUAAeSwQuJpB6Qu 

 

Next, an unusual one-off strip I did for Oink! No.19 back in 1987. Muesli Man, the health-nut superhero!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205822317590?itmmeta=01K97GPMCZ1FWKE9YAHJHBXWKG&hash=item2febf75416:g:0TEAAeSwc1dpB6Dk 

Far more recent is the current Daft Dimension comic strip from Doctor Who Magazine No.622 featuring Daleks!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205822343809?itmmeta=01K97GPMCZM7D4Z5TB0VK4J97B&hash=item2febf7ba81:g:XyUAAeSwbMFpB6VJ

Back in time 40 years for a real rarity; artwork for a full page advert I drew for Birmingham's Nostalgia and Comics shop, written by the shop's owner Phil Clarke! This was done for a convention programme...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205822332711?itmmeta=01K97GPMCY0QQBV376V9JEG6XH&hash=item2febf78f27:g:b2UAAeSwV6NpB6LH

Back to 1994 now for a Tom Thug on 'Oliday page I did for Buster comic...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205822288076?itmmeta=01K97GPMCYDD2MV6BD1EBZ61C6&hash=item2febf6e0cc:g:sLwAAeSwG8dpB52O

 

...and from around 1990, a Vampire Brats page also from Buster comic...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205822300490?itmmeta=01K97GPMCYP93C4XK8YB9HJYMC&hash=item2febf7114a:g:QVsAAeSwQm1pB55f

Finally, a huge A2 sized spread I drew for the first issue of Know How! magazine back in 2002...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205822308328?itmmeta=01K97GPMCZ75AM4TMKR3CMYH67&hash=item2febf72fe8:g:HRgAAeSwdjNpB59s

Here's the link to see all the artwork as a list...

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

 

Auctions end on Sunday 9th November. All bids very much apprecated! Best of luck!

Original art from BUSTER comic. Buy 'Em Now!

I've just put another couple of pages of original art on eBay. These two are at Buy It Now prices, so if you want some art from Buster comic that's 30 years old here's the link:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_ssn=graphite47

UPDATE: SOLD! - But I'll be listing more original art soon. 

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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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Vampire Brats and Zarbi in this week's art auction

I've put another couple of pieces on eBay that I hope will interest some of you. First up is the original artwork for a Vampire Brats page I drew for Buster weekly in December 1989. This was for the pre-Christmas issue and includes a festive promotion at the foot of the page.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204435029314?hash=item2f9946fd42:g:cBsAAOSwkSVk4ltX

The other item is the original art for a Daft Dimension comic strip I drew for Doctor Who Magazine No.539 in 2019. It features one of the 13th Doctor's enemies Tzim-Sha (or Tim Shaw as the Doctor called him) and the classic monster the Zarbi, - as flatmates!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204435023356?hash=item2f9946e5fc:g:r3oAAOSwNstk4lng

Both of these auctions end next Sunday (27th August) and your bids would be most welcome! Good luck!

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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!  

New listings for my ORIGINAL ARTWORK! Vampire Brats! Tom Thug! Robo-Capers!

 I've just listed more of my original artwork on eBay. All the pages are from the 1980s. Tom Thug From Oink!, Vampire Brats from Buster, and a Robo-Capers from Transformers. 

This time I've opened up the auction to overseas bidders which I hope will please those of you who have been asking me to do that. Bear in mind I'm using eBay's Global Shipping Program so postage costs will be extra than the price noted. 

These auctions run until Tuesday 13th June so good luck with your bids! 

Here's the link:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&_ssn=graphite47&_sop=10

(I'm also selling three key issues of Strange Tales from 1975 if you're interested!) 

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Hogmany Fun from Oink! and Buster!

Here's a selection of New Year themed strips that I did long ago from the pages of Oink! and Buster. Script, art, and lettering by me unless stated otherwise. As always, please click/tap on each strip to see it at full size. Let's start the party off with the Pete and his Pimple strip above that was in Oink! No.18 at the end of 1986 celebrating HOGmany for 1987. 

Also in that same issue of Oink! was this Tom Thug strip of mine...

A year later and here's the Pete and his Pimple strip that looked forward to 1988...

The Tom Thug strip in that issue for 1988 didn't mention Hogmany but it did have a snowy theme so I thought I'd include it anyway...

 

Oink! merged into Buster in late 1988 and I was fortunate that my strips carried over into the long running weekly. Here's my Tom Thug strip that appeared in Buster in December 1988, looking forward to 1989. Balloon lettering by Mike Peters...

The Pete and his Pimple page that appeared in that same issue of Buster for 1989. Balloon lettering by Mike Peters...

In 1989 Pete and his Pimple was replaced by a new strip, The Vampire Brats. Initially scripted by Mark Rogers but by the end of the year I was writing it as well as drawing because Mark was ill (and tragically later passed away). This page from the New Year edition of Buster for 1990, with script, art, and lettering by me...

Back then I had two regular pages in Buster every week. Here's my Tom Thug page from the same issue. Balloon lettering by Mike Peters...

A year later, and Buster had added more colour to its pages so Tom Thug now appeared in full colour. (I used Dr.Martins water colour inks for my strips back then.) Here's the Hogmanay one published in December 1990 for New Year 1991. Balloon lettering by Jack Potter...

...and the Vampire Brats strip for the same issue. By this point the scripts for this strip were written by Roy Davis. This form of flat colouring was done by the Buster designers. (The comic couldn't afford full colour painted art on every page so this cheaper method was used for most pages, solely using 100% Magenta, Yellow, and Cyan. Somewhat garish but it's what the publishers wanted.) Jack Potter was now the letterer on both strips and those that follow.

Another year later and sadly The Vampire Brats had ended but Tom Thug was still ringing in the New Year. Published in December 1991, looking forward to 1992...

 

Finally, my Tom Thug page that appeared in Buster for New Year 1993....

I hope you've enjoyed these pages from the 1980s and 1990s. I'll be posting my end of year blog post over the next day or two.

Incidentally, Phil Boyce has done an item about the 1986/87 Hogmany issue of Oink! over on his OiNK! BLOG. You can read it here...

https://oink.blog/2021/12/27/oink-18-happy-hogmanay/

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Buster Book 1991 endpapers

My thanks to Peter Gray for reminding me of these Vampire Brats endpapers I did for the Buster Book 1991, 30 years ago! Script, art, lettering by me, colourist unknown. As always, click on the image to see it at a bigger size.

Halloween Fun from 30 Years Ago

As it's Halloween I thought you might like to see these old pages of mine that appeared in the Halloween issue of Buster back in 1990! 

The pages that celebrate a special occassion are always my favourite ones to draw, whether it be Christmas, Easter, fireworks, or in this case Halloween. In 1990 I decided to have The Vampire Brats as suitable guest stars in the Tom Thug story. Tom's exploits didn't usually involve supernatural shennanigans but I made an exception sometimes. Script and art by me. Creating a new title banner for the occassion was something I felt need doing too. I didn't get paid any extra for stuff like that as it was my choice to do it, but I felt that if the issue was going to have a theme then the title banners should reflect it.

The Vampire Brats also appeared in their own regular strip in that issue. Script by Roy Davis, art by me. Writers never had a credit in Buster, which I felt was unfair, so I added Roy's initials next to my signature. It was my idea to add a rhyme to the title panel though.

Back in those days I was colouring my Buster pages with Dr.Martin's water colour inks. I was never completely satisfied with the results on the larger areas as the colour tended to be patchy. In retrospect I wish I'd learned to use acrylics like some other artists did. Anyway, it's a moot point now because since I bought my first Mac in 1999 I've been colouring with Photoshop, which I find far more enjoyable, and the results are exactly what I want. 

As an extra today, I thought I'd post this following strip again, which has appeared on this blog before a few years back. Monster Mash originally appeared in Oink! No.13, for Halloween in 1986! The first appearance of Pigswilla! Script by the late Mark Rogers, art by me. Mark had originally sent me an idea for a story called The School Dinner Monster and asked if I had any ideas to add to it. I added a few bits and bobs to the plot and dialogue, and thought the title Monster Mash was catchier. I gave the name 'Pigzilla' to the giant robot pig, although Mark changed that to the much more inspired Pigswilla...

I hope you enjoy this flashback to long ago, whether you remember the pages from your childhood or even if they're new to you. Have a Happy Halloween at home, and stay safe!

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