Sunday, 19 September 2010

James Bond Pinball Machine

Plate artwork for the James Bond pinball machine by Gottlieb, 1980

Deluxe Talking Storybook

Deluxe Talking Storybook for "The Spy Who Loved Me", "Moonraker" and "A View To A Kill", comic style booklet and audio tape with a childrens version of the story, bublished by "Kid Stuff Records & Tapes Hollywood" in 1985.
Big thanks to Johan for sharing this. Check out his 007 record
collection on Flickr!

Saturday, 11 September 2010

Italian Artwork

Illustration for serialisation of Ian Fleming's "Diamond Are Forever" in Domenica Del Corriere, 22 August 1965. Artwork by Tabet.

Brasilian Books

"Cassino Royale", Ian Fleming, L&PM Pocket Brazil, 2000

"007 Contra o foguete da morte" (Moonraker), Christopher Wood, hardcover edition by Circulo do Livro 1979

"Moscou Contra 007" (From Russia With Love), Ian Fleming, Editora Recrd 2003

Thanks to Beto for sharing these!

Thursday, 9 September 2010

First Editions from Gardner Books

First Italian edition of "For Special Services", John Gardner First edition in "Segretissimo" of John Gardner's "Scorpius". Art by Massimo Rosestolato.

Thanks to Giacomo for sharing these scans!

Italian Cover Artwork



In February 1965 the Italian magazine "Domenica Del Corriere" dedicated cover and an article to Sean Connery's arrival in Rome. Front cover artwork by Walter Molino, inside artwork by Tabet.

Sunday, 5 September 2010

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

Friday, 3 September 2010

Thunderball Underwater scene

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

Sunday, 29 August 2010

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!

Saturday, 21 August 2010

Thunderball: What if...

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

Friday, 13 August 2010

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.

Saturday, 7 August 2010

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!

Sunday, 1 August 2010

SWLM Puzzles

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

Sunday, 25 July 2010

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

Sunday, 18 July 2010

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.

Sunday, 11 July 2010

FYEO Artwork from Italy

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

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Diamonds Are Forever Serialisation


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

Sunday, 20 June 2010

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!







Saturday, 19 June 2010

Tribute Art

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

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

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

Monday, 14 June 2010

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.

Sunday, 13 June 2010

Villains RPG

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

Saturday, 12 June 2010

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?

Sunday, 6 June 2010

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 sketche
s as art-prints on canvas on her website

Monday, 31 May 2010

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