Saturday, 28 April 2012

For Your Eyes Only Magazine Illustration

Illustration for serialisation of Ian Fleming's "For Your Eyes Only" in the Italian magazine "Domenica Del Corriere". Artwork by Tabet.

Zero Minus Ten Artwork Playboy


Artwork to illustrate Raymond Benson's "Zero Minus Ten" in  April & May 1997 issue of US  Playboy magazine. Art by  Kent Williams.

Saturday, 21 April 2012

Goldfinger VHS Artwork


Artwork for the Italian VHS cover of "Goldfinger", artist unknown.

Original Comic Artwork

Original artwork by John McLusky for the comic adaptation of "Dr No" in the UK newspaper Daily Express.

Sunday, 15 April 2012

Risco Short Story in Male Magazine



Illustrations by Gil Cohen for the Ian Fleming short story "Risico" (For Your Eyes Only), re-named to "The Death Peddlers" in Male Annual magazine 1964.

Danish First Edition Live And Let Die Artwork

Cover artwork by H. M. Schneider for the first Danish edition of "Blodig vej til Jamaica" (Live And Let Die), Grafisk Forlag Kobenhavn 1954. The author is Jan Fleming instead of Ian.

Saturday, 14 April 2012

Original McLusky Comic Artwork

Original artwork by John McLusky published in the Britsh newspaper "Daily Express".  Moonraker (top), Live And Let Die (middle) and From Russia With Love (bottom). Thanks to Wallace for sharing these, more original art on his page here.

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Dr No Showcase Comic Ad

Ad promoting the Showcase comic edition of "Dr No".

Saturday, 7 April 2012

From Russia With Love Cover Artwork



Artwork for the VHS cover edition of "From Russia With Love", Artist unknown.

Thunderball Storyboard

Storyboard from Kevin McClory's shooting script for Thunderball. Sold at Christie's in December 2008.

You Only Live Twice Art Tribute

Tribute art for "You Only Live Twice" by Paul Flanders. Check out his other work here.

Friday, 6 April 2012

Illustration for Doubleshot


Illustration for Raymond Benson's "Doubleshot", published in the June 2000 US edition of Playboy magazine. Art by Marco Ventura. Thanks to Perry for sharing this.

 

Saturday, 31 March 2012

First Italian OHMSS Edition

Cover artwork for "Servizio Segreto" (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), first Italian edition by Garzanti 1963, hardcover.

New John Gardner Book Covers 2

Cover designs for the second batch  of the John Gardner James Bond novels - due this year from Orion. Design by Dan Mogford.I'm quite looking forward to have a complete set of Gardner books with a consistent  design.  Check out john-gardner.com for more info.

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Michael Gillette Artwork in MI6 Magazine

Check out the latest edition of  MI6 magazine: It features an article about the conceptual work by Michael Gillette for the James Bond book cover art. The magazine is available here.

Original McLusky Comic Artwork

Original artwork by John McLusky for the comic adaptation of "Diamonds Are Forever" in the UK newspaper Daily Express, January 1960. The detail and craftsmanship of these drawings is wonderful and sadly lost in print. Big thanks to Graham, John McLusky's son, for selling these originals.

Sunday, 25 March 2012

Promotional FRWL Edition

Promotional edition of "From Russia With Love" published by Penguin in association with Smirnoff Vodka. Found on Bazeer's website Pizgloria.com that has an impressive Bond book catalogue.

Saturday, 24 March 2012

The Spy Who Loved Me Concept Artwork

Concept art by Derek Meddings for "The Spy Who Loved Me", marker, pen and ink on tracing paper, 40x30 cm, auctioned at Christies in 2009

Thursday, 22 March 2012

James Bond Magazine Art

Oil painting by artist Kent Williams.  Attributed to an issue of Playboy Magazine for a James Bond article - though I can't figure out which one. Artwork is for sale, check  it out here.

License To Kill Comic Artwork

Original Artwork of page 9 for the "Licence To Kill" comic adatation, art by Mike Grell with Chuck Austen, Tom Yeates and Stan Woch.It's for sale here

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

From Russia With Love Jigsaw Puzzle

"From Russia With Love" cover artwork for the 1965 Arrow jigsaw puzzle.

Sunday, 18 March 2012

Italian Dr No VHS Cover

Cover Artwork for the Italian VHS film edition of "Dr No", released in 1989, artist unknown.

Saturday, 17 March 2012

Italian First Edition of Live And Let Die

"Vivi e lascia morire" (Live And Let Die), Ian fleming, first Italian hardcover edition by Garzanti 1956.

Goldfinger Production Artwork

1964 production drawings for Goldfinger, black ink, ~22 x 32 cm

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Thunderball Illustrations from Esquire

Illustrations for the June 1965 article about "Thunderball" in Esquire magazine. Artwork by Wright and Spencer

You Only Live Twice Storyboard Art

Storyboard sequence for the Little Nellie air fight in "You Only Live Twice", artist unknown.

Monday, 12 March 2012

Original MWGG Artwork

Morten made me aware of an interesting fact about the artwork by McGinnis for "The Man With The Golden Gun" that he found on Dr. Shatterhand's Botanical Garden: The Kung Fu fighters in the poster were added by artist Basil Gogos as a hindsight. An attempt of re-creation below. Check out the full story on Dr. Shatterhand's Botanical Garden website.

From Russia With Love Laserdisc Artwork

Cover artwork for the RCA CED laserdisc edition of "From Russia With Love". Thanks to Carl for sharing the scan!

Sunday, 11 March 2012

FRWL Storyboard

Storyboard for "From Russia With Love" by Syd Cain.

AVTAK Concept Art

"A View To A Kill" concept art by Eric Pulford. Sold at Christie's in 1998.