Chinese Comic Books

 Chinese comics books from 1989

Original James Bond artwork by John M. Burns.

Thanks to Anagnostis for sharing this.

Live and Let Die Comic Adaptation

Comic adaptation of Ian Fleming's "Live and Let Die". Cover artwork by Fay Dalton, comic artwork by Kewber Baal. Dynamite Comics 2019

Comic Cover Artwork

Dynamite covers by Jimmy Cheung for the first three issues of new James Bond comic. From Pencil to final cover 

Italian magazine artwork

Cover artwork for Italian story / comic magazine Giallo Selezione featuring the comic adaptation of "Casino Royale". Cover artwork by Franco.

The same magazine also contains a non-Bond story with a clear Bond vibe.

Interview with James Bond Comic Artist Germán Gabler

Introduction
Germán Gabler was born in Santiago, Chile in 1942. He graduated from the Catholic University of Chile in 1966 and began working as a professional comics artist with the help of Jorge Carvallo, who introduced him to the publishing house Zigzag.  After starting as a script writer, German became a regular writer and artist for the James Bond comic adaptations.

In his own words: “From my early childhood (I learnt to read at 5 years old) I went through tons of comic books. About 10 years old I started reading books about war, cowboys, pirates, FBI, CIA, heroes like Doc Savage, The Shadow, Bill Barnes and so. I also included classic novelist as Dumas, Verne, Conan Doyle, Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Poe, Salgari. You name it, I red it. Hundreds of books.

While at the university I started reading sci-fi. Bradbury, Asimov, Clarke, Sturgeon. etc.  Add to this a couple af movies a week (at least) for twenty years and you get a complete library
of plot elements in your mind.

To complete these, my father brought home three different newspapers daily, so I was very aware of what was happening in the real world.”

What materials did you use?
For sketching I used a mechanical pencil (Staedler) with 2B leads. Brushes 3 and 6 for inking. (Windsor&Newton or Ocean) Sometimes a pen for slim lines. Paper was Schoeller or similar. Ink was Pelikan or Higgins. A good eraser (Staedler mostly). White tempera for corrections. I also used colour temperas and watercolor for magazine covers.

Your black and white artwork show red numbers. What are they for?
Numbers are the colour guide for the printing stage. 1 is yellow, 2 magenta and 3 cyan. The x denotes dotted colour, i.e. light yellow, light pink and light blue. All of these form the colour palette, added to black and grey.

Who did the colouring and how?
The colouring could be done by ourselves. But since I wrote and draw 007 and other comics, I gave this job to a colourist. Sometimes they put a transparent piece of paper over the original and paint it with real colours. But the use of numbers was preferred (although they spoiled in some way the original) because there were not possibilities of mistake at the printing stage. Before this stage, a set of transparencies were taken from the originals. One was for black and the other three were for colours. In this stage, a "mask" was added to the transparencies eliminating the other colours. So there was a transparency for yellow, one for magenta and one for cyan. Then they were ready for the printings or "pressing stage".

Germán has several of his artworks for sale and also a complete set of the Zig Zag comics. 

He can be contacted here: plotco@hotmail.com

Comics Royale

A new website for English language translations of foreign comics has been launched: Comics Royale. So much interesting artwork...

James Bond Origin Comics

Cover artwork by Kev Walker for the upcoming "James Bond Origin" comics by Dynamite. More covers by other artists below.

James Bond Comics - The Body

First 4 parts of the 2018 Dynamite comic series "The Body" by writer Ales Kot. Cover illustrations by Luca Casalanguida, 

Casino Royale Comic Adaptation

Cover artwork for the comic adaptation of Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale" by Fay Dalton. Comic art by Dennis Calero, colours by Chris O'Halloran. Dynamite Comics 2018.

Indian James Bond Comic Books

James Bond 007 comic books from India published by Diamond. Cover appears to be for "Moonraker".

Comic Artwork by John McLusky

I had the pleasure to visit Graham McLusky, the son of artist John McLusky together with Jason from SpyVibe. Graham told us about his father’s work and it was great fun seeing the original artwork. 

One fact was particularly interesting: John McLusky was a true perfectionist and he improved on his work even after it was published. There are several panels where John replaced the original artwork with new elements as shown here. They are from "Moonraker"

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Check out Graham’s website where he sells the original artwork and a limited edition of “the face”. 

James Bond Comic "Service"

James Bond 007 comic book "Service", Dynamite, signed, May 2017, artwork by Antonio Fuso

Hammerhead

James Bond 007 comic book "Hammerhead", Dynamite, May 2017, artwork by Luca Casalanguida

Comic Cover Art from Chile

Cover and interior page from issue 57 "El Rallye de la Muerte" of the South American James Bond comic series published by Zig Zag in 1971. Artist: Germán Gabler

Comic Cover Artwork for Eidolon

Cover artworks for the James Bond comic series "Eidolon" Dynamite Comics 2016.

Comic Cover Art For Your Eyes Only

1983 Comic cover artwork from Yugoslavia(?) for the comic version of "For Your Eyes Only". Artwork clearly inspired by the poster campaign.

Vargr Comic Book Covers

Cover variations for the upcoming James Bond 007 comic series "Vargr" by Dynamite, written by Warren Ellis with art by Jason Masters. The covers are created by various artists.

Casino Royale Comic Strip

Original artwork by John McLusky for the comic adaptation of "Casino Royale" in the UK newspaper Daily Express. Thanks to Sebastian for sharing this!

Risico Comic Cover

Cover artwork for the Danish comic book "Risico", painted by Jordi Penalva(At least the signature looks like him).