Into Battle!

[Richard S.]

The postcards available at the "Into Battle! The art of British war comics" exhibition currently on at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire museum - picture library covers by some of the greats & a Charley's War piece by Joe Colquhoun

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... cards.html

[Richard S.]

some more photos from the recently closed 'Into battle - the art of British war comics' exhibition...

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... art-2.html

[Adam Eterno]

Recently closed? That’s a shame. I have an invite to go to the Rebellion's archive tomorrow and I thought that if I had time, I’d pop over to see that exhibition afterwards. Damn!

[Richard S.]

Recently closed? That’s a shame. I have an invite to go to the Rebellion's archive tomorrow and I thought that if I had time, I’d pop over to see that exhibition afterwards. Damn!

wow! Have a great time at the archive, very jealous!

[Adam Eterno]

Recently closed? That’s a shame. I have an invite to go to the Rebellion's archive tomorrow and I thought that if I had time, I’d pop over to see that exhibition afterwards. Damn!

wow! Have a great time at the archive, very jealous!

Thanks Richard. It was a great day and we could have stayed there for hours and hours (I took a mate with me). They’re doing a great job there preserving the old comics, artwork and film etc. there are so many gaps though, where things went ‘missing’ over the years before they acquired the rights. Highlights were the original mock-up for a new comic called AD 2000 along with hundreds of “Property of Bear Alley” volumes going back decades.

[Richard S.]

Recently closed? That’s a shame. I have an invite to go to the Rebellion's archive tomorrow and I thought that if I had time, I’d pop over to see that exhibition afterwards. Damn!

wow! Have a great time at the archive, very jealous!

Thanks Richard. It was a great day and we could have stayed there for hours and hours (I took a mate with me). They’re doing a great job there preserving the old comics, artwork and film etc. there are so many gaps though, where things went ‘missing’ over the years before they acquired the rights. Highlights were the original mock-up for a new comic called AD 2000 along with hundreds of “Property of Bear Alley” volumes going back decades.

ah, great to hear. Wonder if they'll ever publicise what they're missing? I guess for many volumes that they're missing they might not be that bothered about acquiring the comics because they're not going to re-print any of the material in them.

[Adam Eterno]

wow! Have a great time at the archive, very jealous!

Thanks Richard. It was a great day and we could have stayed there for hours and hours (I took a mate with me). They’re doing a great job there preserving the old comics, artwork and film etc. there are so many gaps though, where things went ‘missing’ over the years before they acquired the rights. Highlights were the original mock-up for a new comic called AD 2000 along with hundreds of “Property of Bear Alley” volumes going back decades.

ah, great to hear. Wonder if they'll ever publicise what they're missing? I guess for many volumes that they're missing they might not be that bothered about acquiring the comics because they're not going to re-print any of the material in them.

They don’t have the budget to acquire the sheer volume of comics they need sadly, that’s why I was allowed the tour as they needed to scan some of my collection for a couple of future projects. One of the issues of Smash alone has not sold for less than £120 the last few times it’s appeared on EBay. (And that was in poor condition). It’s much cheaper and easier to scan them.
I’ve offered them access to any of my collection they need as I love the job they’re doing on bringing these old series to life again.

[Adam Eterno]

The Battle exhibition will be on in Yorkshire next by the way.

[Richard S.]

Thanks Richard. It was a great day and we could have stayed there for hours and hours (I took a mate with me). They’re doing a great job there preserving the old comics, artwork and film etc. there are so many gaps though, where things went ‘missing’ over the years before they acquired the rights. Highlights were the original mock-up for a new comic called AD 2000 along with hundreds of “Property of Bear Alley” volumes going back decades.

ah, great to hear. Wonder if they'll ever publicise what they're missing? I guess for many volumes that they're missing they might not be that bothered about acquiring the comics because they're not going to re-print any of the material in them.

They don’t have the budget to acquire the sheer volume of comics they need sadly, that’s why I was allowed the tour as they needed to scan some of my collection for a couple of future projects. One of the issues of Smash alone has not sold for less than £120 the last few times it’s appeared on EBay. (And that was in poor condition). It’s much cheaper and easier to scan them.
I’ve offered them access to any of my collection they need as I love the job they’re doing on bringing these old series to life again.

well done that man!

[jim244]

ah, great to hear. Wonder if they'll ever publicise what they're missing? I guess for many volumes that they're missing they might not be that bothered about acquiring the comics because they're not going to re-print any of the material in them.

They don’t have the budget to acquire the sheer volume of comics they need sadly, that’s why I was allowed the tour as they needed to scan some of my collection for a couple of future projects. One of the issues of Smash alone has not sold for less than £120 the last few times it’s appeared on EBay. (And that was in poor condition). It’s much cheaper and easier to scan them.
I’ve offered them access to any of my collection they need as I love the job they’re doing on bringing these old series to life again.

well done that man!

Seconded !

[Richard S.]

more photos from the recent 'Into Battle - the art of British war comics' exhibition held in Oxfordshire

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... art-3.html

[Richard S.]

Some more images from the 'Into Battle' exhibition that was in Oxford earlier this year - this time the focus is on the Pat Mills / Joe Colquhoun masterpiece that is Charley's War

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... art-4.html

[Richard S.]

More images from the recent 'Into Battle! - the art of British war comics' exhibition that was on in Oxfordshire (and has now moved to York).

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... art-5.html

[Richard S.]

More photos from the 'Into battle - the art of British war comics' exhibition that was on in Oxford earlier this year...

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... art-6.html

[jim244]

More photos from the 'Into battle - the art of British war comics' exhibition that was on in Oxford earlier this year...

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... art-6.html

Lovely to see these,many thanks for posting.