For Your Eyes Only - Poster Creation

Original "For Your Eyes Only" poster artwork by Brian Bysouth for the international market. Bond and legs were painted separately from the action scenes and combined for the original artwork. Australian 1 sheet as an example how this artwork was used.

Art Tribute

Art tribute for "Live And Let Die" by Rachael Sinclair. Check out her other Bond work here.

Thunderball Popular Science Cover

Artwork by James Bama for the cover of the Thunderball Special of "Popular Science" , January 1966. Thanks to James for identifying the artist!

Illustrated Fleming

Image from the upcoming set of illustrations by Brian Berley depicting lovingly created scenes from the Ian Fleming novels. Have a look at the other Illustrated 007

Richard Chopping Tribute

Check out the Richard Chopping Tribute Covers by Tom Cull.

DR No : US Lobby Cards

US Lobby Cards for "Dr. No", original set of 8, "Viva James Bond" reissue and the 1984 MGM set of 6 cards. Thanks to Simon for sharing these!

Dr No: Italian Lobby Cards

Italian lobby cards called photobusta for "Licenza Di Uccidere" (Dr No). Original set of 10 on the top, reissue set of 8 (red and blue variation) on the bottom.

Dr No: German Lobby Cards

German lobby cards called "Aushangphotos" for "James Bond 007 jagt Dr No" (Dr No). These original lobby cards are individually hand-coloured b/w photos on heavy paper. Each lobby card is numbered and approved by the "FSK" - the German Rating Board. Some photos were not approved (15, 17 and presumably 30) due to their suggestive content. The whole set was reissued with an updated United Artists logo.

Thanks to Thomas Nixdorf for card 17, Lee and Dave from Cinema Retro for their Dr No Movie Classics magazine (Cards 15 and 30) and Thomas Wehlmann for his help clarifying the correct numbering.

Dr No: French Lobby Cards

"James Bond 007 Contre Dr. No" - Jeu de Photos, French Lobby card set reissue (top) and original (bottom).I don't know if the reissue set is complete and how the full, original set looks like. Can somebody help? Thanks.

Octopussy: Creation of a Poster

Sketches, layouts and final paintings created by Dan(iel) Goozee for the key poster art of the James Bond 007 film "Octopussy". 

Big thanks to Thomas Nixdorf for sharing these images from his collection. More of his art here.

Octopussy Book Cover Proof

Check out the new blog dedicated to the James Bond 007 book cover art by Richard Chopping: Artistic License Renewed.

Just For Fun

Just a bit of fun combining existing Bond artwork into something new. Who recognises the sources?

Newspaper Ad from Argentina

Newspaper ad from Argentina for "Dedos de Oro" (Goldfinger).
Check out the new website by Nicolás Suszczyk and Adrián Escudero Tanús dedicated to all things Bond from Argentina: Bond en Argentina.

International Dr No Posters

International posters for "Dr No" from Japan, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand and South Africa. Does anyone know what the format of the Japanese poster on the right is?

European Dr No Poster Overview

European posters for "Dr No". I find the variety of artwork created for the first Jamers Bond 007 movie fascinating. Also how the art and design evolved from inital release to re-release.
Although some posters look identical (Like the Italian and German posters) they all have differences. So far I found 3 variations of the original Italian Large release poster with variations in colour (Connery's face), Dear Bell logo and position of the text.

Moonraker Artwork by Robert McGinnis

James Bond 007 artwork for "Moonraker" by Robert Mcginnis. It was used for the cover of the US movie tie-in paperback published by Jove. From the collection of Thomas Nixdorf.

English Language Dr No Posters

Overview of James Bond 007 posters for "Dr No" from the US, UK and Australia.

Japanese Cover Artwork

"From Russia With Love /Famous Action Movie Themes", Michel Clement et Son Orchestra, Japanese record cover from 1972. Thanks to Johan for sharing this!

Art Tribute from 1973

"20 Years of James Bond - A Tribute in Pencil to the Late Ian Fleming" by Mick Dolby.
Unknown origins. Thanks to Simon for sharing this!

Im Auftrag Ihrer Majestaet - German Bond Book

"Im Auftrag Ihrer Majestaet - James Bond und der Eurospy-Film", hardcover, Peter Osteried and Thomas Wehlmann, MPW Filmbibliothek 2013. 

A richly illustrated book about Eurospy movies with an extensive section for all James Bond movies. Especially interesting for me are the German posters (some as large fold-outs) and rare German lobby cards. 

On Her Majesty's Secret Service - European Posters

European posters for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".

Are there other OHMSS posters out there that I missed? Finland? Turkey? Curious to find more. Thanks!

On Her Majesty's Secret Service - International Posters

International poster designs for "On Her Majestys Secret Service" from Japan, Pakistan, Argentina and Brazil. I'm not sure about the posters from Brazil and Japan. Can sombody confirm that they are correct?

On Her Majesty's Secret Service - English Language Posters

I've anticipated this moment for a while: I'm running out of art to show in this blog. So I've decided to publish my collection of (digital) posters for each movie, sorted by countries. 

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" makes the start with English language posters, more to follow. Please let me know if something is missing or not correct.

A View To A Kill Artwork

Artwork by Dan Goozee for "A View To A Kill", detail and full painting scanned from transparency slide.

Toy Set Artwork

Cover art for James Bond 007 Colt & Silencer toy set, made by Komoda-Shoten, Japan in 1964.

Thanks to Michael from 007 Collector for sharing these photos!

Look Up and Down

My art tribute to Thunderball inspired by both "Look up" and "Look Down" artwork by Frank McCarthy. Gouache on artboard, 80x60 cm.

Richard Chopping Artwork

Main artwork and variations of the book cover for "From Russia With Love" by Richard Chopping. First UK edition cover on the left, on the right: US first hardcover, UK book club edition, colour trial, Dutch hardcover, US paperback and unused cover art by Kenneth Lewis. 

Thanks to Tom for his help, check out his Richard Chopping tribute page.

Looking for Thunderball Artwork Scans

I've been looking for ages for good quality scans of the transparencies (oversized slides used for printing) of the Look Up / Down Thunderball artworks by Frank McCarthy. If you own them and like to share a high resolution scan with me, I'm offering a reward of $200. If needed I'll pay the scanning costs separately. Please email me using my contact info on the top right of this blog. Thanks! Peter