From Russia With Love Special Edition

"From Russia With Love", Ian Fleming, Penguin Ink series, Penguin USA 2010, cover artwork by tattoo artist Chris Garver.

The Making Of OHMSS

"The Making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service", Charles Helfenstein 2010. The book is a treasure chest of information about OHMSS with many artworks that I've never seen before.

Bond Books

"The Book of Bond", Alastair Dougall, Dorling Kindersley 2010

"Bond Cars & Vehicles", Alastair Dougall, Dorling Kindersley 2010

Thunderball Underwater scene

Unused "Bond and Domino" artwork for Thunderball by Robert McGinnis, 1965.

Hong Kong Bond Comics

Covers and inside page of James Bond comics from Hong Kong. Big thanks to Brian for sharing these!

Japanese Bond Comics

Japanese covers for James Bond Comics. Thanks to Brian for sharing this with me!

Thunderball: What if...

What if the Thunderball marketing campaign had focussed more on the evening / tuxedo theme? A wild guess from my side...

Italian Illustration

Illustration for serialisation of Ian Fleming's "The Man With The Golden Gun" in Domenica Del Corriere, 2 March 1965, illustration by Tabet.

D-007 Covers

Cover development for the German Fanzine "D-007" by the "Bond Klub Deutschland", Facebook link here. Artwork by Joerg Pape and Jole Stamenkovic.


Below:
"Dossier NullNullSieben" - Book Fair Special, cover by Joerg Pape
"Dossier NullNullSieben" - Issue No. 7, cover by Alexander S. Stundner "D-007" - Issue No. 9, cover by Giovanni Crivello
"Dossier NullNullSieben" - Issue No. 4, cover by Alexander S. Stundner

Thanks to Joerg for hisd help on this one!

SWLM Puzzles

Jigsaw puzzle box illustrations for "The Spy Who Loved Me" 1977

Diamonds Are Forever

Illustration for serialisation of Ian Fleming's "Diamonds Are Forever" in Domenica Del Corriere, 3 October 1965, illustration by Tabet.

Italian paperback editions

Italian paperback editions of "Live and Let Die", "Moonraker" and "From Russia With Love", Guanda 2005 / 2006

French Paperback Editions

1960 paperback edition of Ian Fleming's "Dr No" by Presses Internationales, France.

Paperback edition of "Diamonds Are Forever" -"Les diamants sont éternels", Bragelonne 2010, a new French translation by Pierre Pevel.

FYEO Artwork from Italy

Illustration for serialisation of Ian Fleming's "For Your Eyes Only" in Domenica Del Corriere, 27 June 1965.

Diamonds Are Forever Serialisation

Illustration for serialisation of Ian Fleming's "Diamonds Are Forever" in Domenica Del Corriere, 5 September 1965.

James Bond in Saga Magazine

Cover of Saga Magazine from July 1964 featuring a story about "Goldfinger".

Art by Barye Phillips

Thanks to Johny from "Una Plaga De Espias" for sharing this!

Tribute Art

Very innovative approach to minimalistic James Bond posters by Will Binder, check out his pages here

Italian Bond Comic

Italian comic paperback "Missione Royal" by Giallo 1965

Books About Bond

• "James Bond - Biografia No Autorizada" by Joquin Rodriguez Burgos, Paginas De Espuma 2004

• "Secret Agents - Popular Icons Beyond James Bond", edited by Jeremy Packer, Peter Lang Publishing 2009
• "Licence To Thrill" by James Chapman, I.B. Taurus Publishers 1999
• "Das Grosse James Bond Buch" by Siegfried Tesche, Henschel Verlag 1995

Licence To Kill Concept Artwork

Concept artworks by Robert "Bob" Peak for the "Licence To Kill" (Working Title "Licence Revoked") marketing campaign. Unfortunatly none of them were used.
Thanks to Anagnostis & Sanguin Fine Art for the source of the blue artwork and to Thomas, author of "Licence To Thrill" and The Hollywood Edition for the others.

Villains RPG

Box Artwork for the James Bond 007 Role Playing Game "Villains" by Victory Games, 1986

Viva James Bond

"Viva James Bond" Film Festival artwork by Yves Thos (?). In 1972 United Artists released all seven Bond films in a world-wide festival using the artwork in different variations per country.
Not sure if the Viva artwork was done by Thos but the style looks certainly similar. Can anyone confirm?

1959 Thunderball Pre-Production Artwork

1959 Thunderball pre-production sketches by Stephen Grimes, presented on canvas by Sylvan Whittingham Mason, daughter of Screenwriter Jack Whittingham. She kindly shared the history of these artworks with me:
They were commissioned by Xanadau Productions (The production company formed by McClory & Bryce) in 1959. The sketches were exhibited at the Venice Film Festival in the pre production stage of what eventually became Thunderball to raise capital for this very first Bond movie project.
Unfortunately the original sketches were lost. But in 2005 Sylvan discovered photos of the sketches while reviewing papers inherited from her father from the Thunderball court case in the preparation of the Robert Sellers Book about the court case, "The Battle For Bond".

She is now sharing these sketches as art-prints on canvas on her website

The Original Titan Comic Releases

Titan Books released a first set of James Bond Comics in the late 80ies:

1. "The Living Daylights", Titan Books 1987, cover art by Dave Mckean
2. "Octopussy", Titan Books 1988, cover art by Dave Mckean
3. "Casino Royale", Titan Books 1990, cover art by Paul Johnson
4. "The Spy Who Loved Me", Titan Books 1998, cover art by Kyle Baker

James Bond in GQ Magazine

Artwork by J. Huberman from GQ Magazine, June 1986 for an article about the fashion of 007. Thanks to Jimmy for sharing this!

Il Mio Nome E Bond

"Il Mio Nome E' Bond... - Il Mondo Di 007", Italian softcover book about James Bond, Fabbri Editori 1996.

Tribute Artwork

Tribute artwork by Gerardo Moreno. Check out his site here.

Italian OHMSS Artwork

Italian artwork for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", artist unknown. This artwork was used for the photo-busta stills and the sheet music in Italy and differs from the artwork used in the poster shown below.

McGinnis on Times Square

Back from my holiday with a quick addition to the Robert McGinnis interview below: Here is a real photo from the "You Only Live Twice" advertising campaign in Times Square 1967. Thanks Thomas!

Short Break

Illustrated 007 will take a 2 weeks break in the sun - Martinis included ;-)