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Who else collects WAR original art?

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Mister Trent

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This is an interesting thread, worth continuing . . . so, I've attached a jpeg of a Frank Bellamy double-page episode of MONTGOMERY OF ALEMEIN (the famous World War II British Field Marshall), from an early 1960s series that ran in Britain's EAGLE comic-book.

 

Click on the 'Attachments' link above to see the art.

 

Unlike many American strips, which are illustrated in pen & ink, this series was created as full-colour painted original art.

 

Bellamy spent many hours at London's Imperial War Museum researching the characters, uniforms and hardware that featured in his comic-strip - and the end-result is a stunningly accurate representation of those times.

 

To my mind, this rates as the best-ever (illustrated) War strip I have ever encountered.

 

A larger scan of the original is on view in the FRANK BELLAMY Gallery section of my CAF:

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865

 

Hope y'all enjoy . . .

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adamstrange

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my next WAR story pick-up....GI Combat #57, page 2 by Russ Heath!!! smile.gif

 

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I should have it in 2 weeks! I'm excited! I'm a BIG fan of WWII planes! cloud9.gif

 

-Hart

 

Very cool pickup!!! thumbsup2.gif

 

I also collect war art, mostly 50s DC with some stories/splashes by Kubert, Heath, and Severin.

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adamstrange

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I don't have a digitial camera so this was the best I could do with my puny scanner and feeble attempts at Adobe.

 

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Mister Trent

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Now that I've gotten the hang of uploading images, I'll post some of my favourite WAR originals. First up is an awsome Frank Bellamy MONTGOMERY OF ALEMEIN (full-colour painted art) Episode (# 11) that was published over here in the UK, circa 1963 . . . htz4me.jpg

 

My CAF Galleries at:

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865

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Mister Trent

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Terry - That Ballamy art is AMAZING! Great detail!

 

West - The 5 page Speed Comics art is brilliant! Thanks for sharing!

 

Glad you like it, Hart. Scan doesn't do the art full justice - it's even better in the flesh.

 

You might like this example from an earlier Bellamy strip, THE HAPPY WARRIOR (The Story of Winston Churchill). Here's a scan of an episode. Unfortunately, the colours have faded slightly on this original . . . hx7mol.jpg

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