Art For Art’s Sake #264 A Bit Of Early Brian Bolland
by Richard Bruton
Welcome once more to another episode of Art For Art’s Sake, Comicon’s weekly trawl through comic art on the Internet, all of the wonder and brilliance of the finest comic artists in the world.
This week we have a fun-filled selection, all ending with a quick look through some early work from Brian Bolland. So, shall we begin?
And we’ll start off with this from Jaime Hernandez…
Now, a couple from the great Warwick Johnson-Cadwell…
Death by Francesco Francavilla…
…and then one by Chris Bachelo…
Jenevieve Broomall – I Make Boys Cry
Kevin Nowlan Defenders cover…
Dan Mora…
Darwyn Cooke Catwoman cover…
Joshua Middleton –
Alan Davis Captain Britain cover…
… and a couple of fabulous CB pages…
A little Simon Bisley Dredd…
Christian Ward
The Shadow and The Rocketeer by MW Kaluta and Dave Stevens…
… and now a Dave Stevens solo Shadow…
… and another Shadow by Chris Weston…
A couple of Spirit’s now… first from the legendary Will Eisner…
… and then from first Brian Bolland…
…. and then Paul Smith…
And to end, a collection of early or unusual bits of Brian Bolland work, beginning with this from 1976…
This one dates from approximately 1980 when Dark They Were And Golden Eyed, one of the very first speciality comic shops in Britain, moved locations…
BEM covers from 1979 and 1980…
There’s this famous 2000 AD cover from 1979…
The same piece, but repurposed for the Eagle US format Judge Dredd series of the ’80s:
1981 cover to a British Wonder Woman annual…
1982 cover to the annual for British DC comic The Superheroes…
Comics Interview from 1985…
A cover to the GB Price Guide from 1992…
A much loved and well remembered Comics Journal cover… June 1988…
