Sunday, 28 July 2013

Artwork for the cover of "Ian Fleming: The spy who came in with the gold". A biograhy by Henry A. Zeiger, Popular Libray Toronto 1965.

Record Artwork

Cover illustration from the Italian record "Musiche Dai Film Di James Bond.  The credits for the illustration are " Boccadoro", released in 1979.

From Russia With Love: French Lobby Cards

Original French Lobby cards for "Bon Baisers De Russie" (From Russia With Love). I have found 8 images, does anyone know how many images the full set contains?

Reissue lobby card set, some in colour, some in b/w.

Saturday, 27 July 2013

From Russia With Love German Lobby Cards

German Lobby Cards for "Liebesgruesse aus Moskau"(From Russia With Love). First set shown is the original, featuring 31 numbered photos,numbering goes up to 33 becuase two of them were not released.

The lobby cards were re-issued in the 80'as a set of 12 cards.

The UIP re-issue set contains 8 lobby cards.

Sunday, 21 July 2013

Golden Gun Artwork

Original artwork for the golden gun used in the teaser / advance  posters for "The Man With The Golden Gun" in Italy and the US. Does anyone know who painted this?

Thanks to Thomas Nixdorf for sharing the poster concepts from Italy.

James Bond Record Cover Exhibition

Check out the exhibition celebrating the best in art, photography and graphic design for the James Bond soundtracks.  The exhibition will run from July 23rd to August 23rd 2013 in the gallery located in Mayfair, London.

From Russia With Love Video Artwork

Artwork used for various video and lasedisc editions of  "From Russia With Love". Original photo as comparison. Does anyone know who the artist is?

Monday, 8 July 2013

Die Another Day Trailer Moods

Trailer mood boards for "Die Another Day" by Rick Fairlamb, markers on A3 paper. Final trailer images as comparison below. Check out Rick's website here.



Saturday, 6 July 2013

The Spy Who Loved Me Poster Artwork


Original and re-painted artwork for "The Spy Who Loved Me", both attributed to Bob Peak. Story goes that he had to re-paint the artwork for European printing techniques so that the faces of Moore and Bach stand out better. I'm just not sure if the second version was done by Peak as the illustration and painting style differs considerably from his usual work. And it was used in Italy only - to my knowledge.

The World Is Not enough Poster Concept

Poster concept and unused proof for "The World Is not Enough". Thanks to Thomas Nixdorf for the share the concept artwork.

Sunday, 30 June 2013

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.

Saturday, 29 June 2013

Art Tribute

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

Saturday, 22 June 2013

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.

Saturday, 15 June 2013

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.


Saturday, 8 June 2013

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.

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Just For Fun

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

Sunday, 2 June 2013

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.