Boys Adventure comic blog

[Richard S.]

'Christmas with the Buds' #3 - a 12-page promotional comic from Budgens supermarket, features art by (Fleetway humour artist) Sid Burgon

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/03/christmas-with-buds-3.html

[Richard S.]

To my ever expanding list of artist sketchbooks I've now added one by Dave Taylor - featuring plenty of examples of his work in the Judge Dredd universe, Batman and sketches showing his love of the work of Moebius.

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/03/updated-artist-sketchbooks_02055790823.html

[Richard S.]

Last chance to see the Will Eisner exhibition (in Hackney) this week - the shop isn't open every day so check opening times before travelling

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/03/will-eisner-in-hackney-final-week.html

[Richard S.]

Commando #5731 is out now and features a cover by artist Keith Burns, here's my guide to the nearly 40 covers he's done for them so far

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/03/updated-keith-burns-covers-for-commando.html

[Vector14]

Very nice. So much energy in his painting.

[JohnW]

Fair play to Richard for posting these. I wouldn't pay any heed to Commando otherwise, but now I've picked up a couple on Kindle.
It's hardly an ideal format – I have to read them on the Kindle app downloaded onto my PC – but on the plus side I am able to read a sample before purchase and determine if the interior art is up to scratch.
Back when I was a reader of Battle I would turn up my nose at the old-fashioned style of Commando, but the older, less cynical me sees more to like in the straightforward morality and somewhat simplistic narratives (which are pretty much always redemption arcs of one kind or another).
A fella can have enough hard-edged grim'n'grit in his comics.

[Richard S.]

Very nice. So much energy in his painting.

yeah, that's so true isn't it? Great stuff!

[Richard S.]

The final selection of images from the 2023 exhibition at Mottisfont of Norman Thelwell's art - this time it's a selection of his landscape paintings

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/03/100-years-of-norman-thelwell-part-11.html

[Richard S.]

Great news! All 3 issues of 'Muncher' comic by Wimpy now found and images recorded on the blog for posterity...

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/03/updated-muncher-wimpy-comic_01774056049.html

[Richard S.]

My covers gallery for 1997's 'Street Sharks' comic has been expanded and I now know it ran for at least 9 issues (of which I'm just missing the cover for issue #2). As ever, any help is much appreciated.
 
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/03/updated-street-sharks-comics-1997.html

[Richard S.]

Forbidden Planet London have announced a signing with Bryan Hitch

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/03/bryan-hitch-signing-announced.html

[Richard S.]

'Eureka' - one of those comics that never was.

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/03/eureka-young-world-weekly-1998.html

[Jim_Campbell]

'Eureka' - one of those comics that never was.

Yeesh. That lettering, though!

(Fascinating post, BTW — I'd never heard of that!)

[Vector14]

'Eureka' - one of those comics that never was.

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/03/eureka-young-world-weekly-1998.html

Very interesting. It looks really outdated for 1998.
The intensions were good but there's no way that would have been succcesful.

[Richard S.]

I'm always happy to celebrate the art of Mike Noble - so here's a selection of his work on 'Captain Scarlet'...

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/03/mike-noble-captain-scarlet.html