Finally got around to paint my tribute to Robert McGinnis Thunderball artworks. Gouache on artboard, 80 x 60 cm. My camera does not capture the detail well, scanned version below.
Design for the volcano interior of Blofeld's lair in "You Only Live Twice", artwork by Ken Adam 1966. Image is featured in Ben Macintyre's book "For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond"
Issue 12 & 13 Zig Zag James Bond comic book covers from 1969. The comics were sold in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru.
Storyboard for the "You Only Live Twice" Little Nellie sequence. This scan is taken from the book "The Art of Bond" by Laurent Bouzereau.
Storyboard for an underwater sequence from Thunderball, artist unknown. This scan is taken from the Italian book "Il Mio Nome e' Bond..."
Tribute poster artwork for Goldfinger and Dr No by Jason Chalker. Check out his work here.
Unpublished cover art by James Deel comissioned for "Look Magazine". In the end the magazine used a photo instead. The scan is taken from Alan J. Porter's book "History of Illustrated 007"
Issue 5 & 6 Zig Zag James Bond comic book covers from 1969. The comics were sold in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru.
Winning entry by Hasero for "The Man With The Golden Gun" cover art competion from the MI6 site. Check out the MI6 site for details!
Below are the runners-up.
Finally got around to painting the concept version of Robert McGinnis' Thunderball "Look Out" artwork. Gouache on art-board, 60x80cm.
Original artwork for the US Jove paperback cover of "Diamonds Are Forever" by Barnett Plotkin. With kind permisson from the Thomas Nixdorf collection
Tribute poster artwork for Goldfinger and Thunderball by Ridge. Check out her page here.
Cover artwork for the Gilbert Toys action figures boxes for James Bond and Odd Job. Found on Flickr
More comic book covers from Zig Zag, all published in 1969. It's interesting how the artists re-used existing artwork, for example the Dr No artwork by Mitchell Hooks for the comic adaptation of Casino Royale.
"For Your Eyes Only", Pan G551, Third Printing 1962, Cover by J. Oval
Caricatures of Jill St. John and Christopher Lee by Peter Emslie - check out his blog here.
Cover artwork for the 1966 and 1978 Corgi toy catalogues. Thanks to Scott for sharing these!
Cover artwork for the paperback editions of "Casino Royale" by Pan Publishers,
G198, 8th printing 1961 (l) and X232, 13th printing 1963 (r). Does anyone know who the artist is?
Various Zig Zag James Bond comic book covers from 1970. The comics were sold in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru.
Long before the whole Craig / blond hair discussion, Pan released Casino Royale as the first paperback edition in 1955 with a blond haired Bond on the cover. Artwork by Roger Hall.
Zig Zag James Bond comic book covers from 1969. The comics were sold in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. The likeness to Connery could be described as "interesting".
I prefer painted movie posters to photo ones. Sadly the painted poster is a dying breed. I’ve always wondered what a painted poster of the newer Bond movies would look like. Here is a draft for a Pierce Brosnan poster. It’s part of a bigger project to come.
Zig Zag James Bond 007 Comics published in 1970:
- The Man With The Golden Gun
- On Her Majestys Secret Service
- The Spy Who Loved Me
Cover artwork for the Segretissimo edition of Raymend Benson's "I soni non uccidono" (Never Dream of Dying), published in 2002.
Print advertising for the James Bond comic book series by Zig Zag publishers.
Hungarian paperback version of Ian Fleming's "SZIGORUAN BIZALMAS" (Thunderball), published in Israel in 1964.
James Bond themed fashion ads for the "Courtelle" brand from 1961. Artwork by Andrew Robb (Or Robb Andrew?). Thanks to Gerry for sharing these!
Illustration for serialisation of Ian Fleming's "Diamonds Are Forever" in Domenica Del Corriere, 24 October 1965. Artwork by Tabet.
James Bond Comic from Chile, Zig Zag # 9, 1968. A new story not based on Fleming's work.