The Voord

Not to be confused with . . .

Barracuda is a distant cousin of Jaws . . .

Not a re-make, I understand, just Tarantino's homage to these types of action war movies (He said it was his, "Dirty Dozen or Where Eagles Dare or Guns of Navarone kind of thing") - though the title of his movie, 'Inglourious Basterds, is a more obvious lift. When asked for an explanation of the film's title's spelling during a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Tarantino said, "I'm never going to explain that". When pushed on it, Tarantino would not explain the first u in Inglourious, but said, "The Basterds? That's just the way you say it: Basterds." Tarantino later stated in an interview that the misspelled title is "a Basquiat-esque touch". He further commented on Late Show with David Letterman that Inglourious Basterds is a "Quentin Tarantino spelling". With thanks to Wikipedia for some useful cut-and-pasted quotes . . .

New in today . . . Tom Chantrell's original painting for the double-bill presentation of the two 1978 movies, THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS and BARRACUDA. My thanks to 'Matt E' (from CAF) for flagging-up this eBay offering to me last week. Additional images/short write-up on my CAF galleries at: http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865

Now up to 31 originals, pretty much an eclectic mix. Availability is up to December 2107, after which time I'm likely to consign to auction next year. Prices are now included in the subject-header. More to come. Price-relaxation available on multiple-buys. I've decided to release more stuff from my collection this year due to the favourable exchange rate (I live in the UK), in case you're wondering . . . http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865

Now at 28 originals for sale, with more artworks to upload over the next week or so . . . http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865

Wow!

Just getting a jumble of machine code . . . can you post a picture directly onto this thread for me, please?

Do you have a scan of the Frazetta art you can post? Adrian uploaded images of all the other poster artworks on the Allpostersforum site, but held back on showing the Frazetta (and your link doesn't display any images for me).

Photos aren't showing, but Adrian had already showcased the artworks on allpostersforum some weeks back. Good haul. Great background story!

Took a few days to get my approval to join the group, but now posted my query. Hopefully, I'll get a response soon. Thanks all for the help.

Now up to 24 originals for sale: http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865 Availability will be through to December 2017, after which time I'm likely to consign the higher-end items to auction. Please be aware that I live in the UK, so air-mail s&h will be involved for non-UK residents.

It's nothing to do with MTG art; something from the British mag, 2000 AD. Could be that MTG's FB page could lead into an ID, but I thought this might be better-suited to provide clues . . .

Any Kev Walker experts? Art ID needed. Far as I'm aware, this is a painted strip from 2000AD. Never followed the magazine, so I've no idea. Can anyone help with an ID, please? Looking for name of strip, year of publication, etc. Thanks.

Now up to 17 original artworks for sale at fixed asking prices, with more pieces to add over the coming days. http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865

New in today . . . A nice page 1 (of a two-page episode) from a November 1964 installment of THE STEEL CLAW from the UK anthology comic-book, 'The Valiant'. Artwork is by Jesus Blasco.

Ongoing CAF 'For Sale' updates . . . I've decided now's the time to release some more artworks from my collection and will be adding more and more stuff over the next few weeks. Everything's priced-up, so if anything's of interested to y'all, feel free to shoot me an e-mail. Keep checking back for updates, if you're so inclined . . . http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865

Grail page!

Is it also a first appearance for Nurse Parkwell?

In 1962 Beaverbrook newspapers asked Peter O'Donnell to suggest a new strip idea. He thought long and hard and came up with MODESTY BLAISE. Kennedy Aitken, who was Beaverbrook's Strip Cartoons Editor, suggested they should invite Frank Hampson (creator of DAN DARE) to interpret O'Donnell's ---script. Hampson accepted the offer, but took many weeks to return his strip, giving no reason for the delay. O'Donnell was dismayed at the eventual sequence of dailies, feeling Hampson had, "totally misunderstood the character" and suggested his former partner Jim Holdaway be given the strip to illustrate. O'Donnell and Holdaway had worked together very successfully on a previous newspaper strip, ROMEO BROWN. Of Hampson's tryout dailies, which pre-date Holdaway's published strip, eight have survived. I owned all eight at one time. This one tryout daily I kept was, to my mind, the best example - and the only one to exist as pure pencils. Of the remaining seven surviving examples, Hampson part-inked those (possibly used for practicing on in later years, as I firmly believe all of Hampson's tryout dailies were submitted for approval in pencil stage). This daily strip is the earliest MODESTY BLAISE to exist as it was originally illustrated and presented to Beaverbrook newspapers for consideration. I am making this rare gem available for sale for a limited time and am looking for offers at or above $5,000. Image size is about 18" x 5" and the artwork is in excellent condition.

Chris Vickers has a Mary Jane gallery on CAF. Mostly comprising of his own fanboy cr@ppy drawings. His stuff is so bad, it's worth checking-out just for the sheer awfulness of the drawings . . . I kid you not, Tiger!

Looking for pages from the 1980s DC comics graphic novel adaptation of Harlan Ellison's OUTER LIMITS teleplay, 'Demon With a Glass Hand' Artist is Marshall Rogers.

Looking for pages from the 1965 KELLY'S EYE serial 'The Vampire of Raffino' that ran for 24 x two-page episodes in the UK anthology comic-book, VALIANT. Currently, I'm at 32 pages and missing 16. Artist is Francisco Solano Lopez.

Looking for pages from the 1965 STEEL CLAW serial 'Max Kruger' that ran for 9 x two-page episodes in the UK anthology comic-book, VALIANT. Currently, I'm at 10 pages and missing 9. Artist is Jesus Blasco.

Also acquired a few more JEFF HAWKE dailies by Sydney Jordan from the serial, 'Time Out of Mind'. No characters present, but I think it's a nice example . . .