MI6 Confidential

MI6 Confidential Magazine with focus on James Bond 007 artwork. Check it out here.

Spanish Bond Game

Cover illustration for Spanish James Bond Game by Falomir Juegos, approx. 1989.

Live And Let Die Letterhead

Illustration for the letterhead of "Live And Let Die" with a very Connery style Bond image.

Corgi Catalogue Artwork

Illustration from the 1969 Corgi toy catalogue feturing the Toyota 2000 from "You Only Live Twice" and the Aston Martin from "Goldfinger"

Diamonds Are Forever Concept Art

Concept artwork for "Diamonds Are Forever" by an unknown artist. Other concepts for DAF below.

Thanks to Thomas, check out his growing collection of artwork on his Facebook page.

TV Magazine Cover

TV Satellite magazine "Orbit" cover, May 1987, featuring Timothy Dalton and a James Bond 007 dossier.

AVTAK Short Story Publication

"A View To A Kill" cover artwork for the Travelman edition, October 2001

Danish Comic Book Cover

"Højt spil i Monte Carlo"( Casino Royale), first comic book edition cover from Denmark, 1965. Thanks to Tom for sharing this!

Bond Themed Playboy Cover

Special edition of German Playboy magazine with a Bond / Craig themed cover. Artwork by Alfons Kiefer. Thanks to Joerg for finding this.

Corgi Display Sign

1967 Corgi James Bond shop display to promote the Aston Martin DB5 and the Toyota toy cars.

Thunderball Paperback from Israel

"Thunderball" paperback cover from Israel, approx. 1964.

Moved

Finally moved house and got internet back. Now I've got to hang the pictures and all the other things you got to do. Normal posts will resume shortly.

Moving House

Short break for updates on Illustrated 007 - I'm moving house and packing the collection leaves little time for work on the blog. Back mid December.

New Young Bond Cover Art

New cover art for the Young Bond novels by Charlie Higson due be released in the UK in April 2012 by Puffin. Thanks to John for sharing this on his excellent blog "The Book Bond".

Original Colonel Sun Artwork

Original "Colonel Sun" paperback cover artwork by Andy Walker and how it's used in the Coronet paperback edition. Thanks to Thomas for sharing this, more of his original art here.

Casino Royale Poster Tribute

Casino Royale poster art tribute by Jeff Chapman. I like the "From Russia With Love" feel that this artwork has. Head over to Jeff's page here.

Thunderball Artwork Tribute

My own, hand-painted Thunderball 3 sheet. Finished the "Look Up" artwork last night. Painting the stone floor on the left was a bit of a challenge as McCarthy actually painted individual stones in detail.

Progress stages below: I've started with the background colours and stone wall (left), added the exhaust smoke and stone floor (middle) and then figures and jet-pack flames.

Various Paperback Covers

Paperback covers for James Bond 007 paperbacks found on the net. Can't quite place them all, some are from Brazil, some from Scandinavia.

YOLT Tribute Art

Beautiful "You Only Live Twice" tribute artwork artwork by Pat. Head over to his blog for more and also original James Bond artwork.

Norwegian Book Covers

Cover art for Norwegian paperback editions of the James Bond novels. Thanks to Morten for sharing these!

License Renewed

Detailed cover artwork for the re-release of the John Gardner novels "License Renewed", "For Special Services" and "Icebreaker" plus the cover artwork for the Italian paperback version of "No One Lives Forever".

Thanks to Simon from www.john-gardner.com for sharing these!

From Russia With Love - Original Art

Original art for "From Russia With Love" by Averardo Ciriello, 45 x 63 cm. Used for the Italian posters. From the collection of Thomas Nixdorf. Check out his Facebook page for a detailed view.

And now for something completely different...

"The Spy Who Loved Me" hand painted art on sack cloth for touring cinemas in Ghana, roughly 1980s, (left), Polish poster (middle), artwork from Italian record cover (right) for camparison.

This is the most unusual approach for 007 advertisding that I've seen so far. I thought that some Polish posters used an unusal approach but the flying fish is something else. The Ghana poster found here.

AVTAK Artwork by Goozee

Concept and final artwork for "A View To A Kill" by Dan Goozee. Thanks to Thomas for sharing this! Check out his Facebook page with rare original 007 art.

New John Gardner Book Covers

Re-issue of the John Gardner James Bond books. Cover artwork for the UK paperbacks top, US editions below. Thanks to Perry for the tip!

James Bond Lunchbox

James Bond 007 Lunchbox and thermos by Aladdin, 1966. Artwork by John Henry.

Criterion Cover Art Dr No

Artwork for the Criterion laserdisc edition of "Dr No", artist unknown.

Thunderball Art Tribute

I've set myself the goal to reproduce all Thunderball artworks using the same materials, colours and (almost) the same formats. Just finished the Thunderball "Look Down" artwork based on Frank McCarthy's original. Sadly my digital camera does not capture the details too well, scan shows the face a bit better. Below a work-in-progress version without the air bubbles and the diver still as a sketch. Frank McCarthy's original for comparison below.

A View To A Kill Concept Artwork

Original concept artwork for "A View To A Kill" by Vic Fair, 1985; mixed media on paper, 79 x 71 cm. Auctioned at Christie's London on 15 June 2011. Thanks to Anita for finding this!

James Bond Action Figure Artwork

Box art for the James Bond Action Man figures by Hasbro, released between 1997 and 1999.