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Re: Eagle

Posted: 21 Jan 2025, 23:40
by jim244
Richard S. wrote: 21 Jan 2025, 07:53 More paperwork relating to the Dan Dare CGI series that aired on channel 5 in the early 2000's has recently come to light so I've added it to my post about the show. Thanks to John Freeman for spotting this.

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... -show.html
Thanks Richard for another interesting post. Not surprised it cost 2.5 million dollars back then ,could probably be made a lot cheaper these days but the techniques shown were cutting edge at the time.
And I only know that as I read your previous post about this tv show and then got the DVD.I hadn't known of its existence before you mentioned it.
It's actually quite enjoyable over a beer if you are a Dan Dare fan.
Top work Sir.

Re: Eagle

Posted: 22 Jan 2025, 07:40
by Richard S.
jim244 wrote: 21 Jan 2025, 23:40
Richard S. wrote: 21 Jan 2025, 07:53 More paperwork relating to the Dan Dare CGI series that aired on channel 5 in the early 2000's has recently come to light so I've added it to my post about the show. Thanks to John Freeman for spotting this.

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... -show.html
Thanks Richard for another interesting post. Not surprised it cost 2.5 million dollars back then ,could probably be made a lot cheaper these days but the techniques shown were cutting edge at the time.
And I only know that as I read your previous post about this tv show and then got the DVD.I hadn't known of its existence before you mentioned it.
It's actually quite enjoyable over a beer if you are a Dan Dare fan.
Top work Sir.
no worries! Thanks for the feedback

Re: Eagle

Posted: 23 Jan 2025, 07:48
by Richard S.
Just to prove (to myself) that there's always something new to discover...here's an edition of a Dan Dare comic, produced 17 years ago, that I was unaware of until very recently. Art by Dave Gibbons. Anyone got a spare copy?

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... -2008.html

Re: Eagle

Posted: 30 Jan 2025, 07:47
by Richard S.
Eagle club - silver Eagler badge. Never seen one of these before, very rare!

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

Re: Eagle

Posted: 27 Feb 2025, 07:42
by Richard S.
Dan Dare merch, part 98 (or something). This item was produced by Horlick's - 'Space-cup away!' as it says on the packaging!

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... -away.html

Re: Eagle

Posted: 11 Mar 2025, 07:33
by Richard S.
A final (?) look at all things to do with Eaglecon '80. More images of the ephemera produced. Good luck collecting this stuff!

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... rt-12.html

Re: Eagle

Posted: 10 Apr 2025, 06:24
by Richard S.
The deluxe leatherbound edition of the Frank Hampson biography 'Tomorrow revisited' came with a unique Don Harley painting. I'd love to see more examples of these paintings, so each time I see a copy of this book up for sale from now on I'll add it to this gallery...

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

Re: Eagle

Posted: 22 Apr 2025, 18:49
by Richard S.
A bit late for the 75th birthday of Eagle I know but here's an interesting spaceship in Scarborough (named Anastasia, hmmmm)

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

Re: Eagle

Posted: 24 Apr 2025, 02:54
by jim244
Richard S. wrote: 22 Apr 2025, 18:49 A bit late for the 75th birthday of Eagle I know but here's an interesting spaceship in Scarborough (named Anastasia, hmmmm)

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... eship.html
Brilliant find Richard !

Re: Eagle

Posted: 03 May 2025, 06:55
by Richard S.
I'm always happy to feature the non-Dan Dare work of artists who worked on the original Eagle version and today it's the turn of Harold Johns and this piece of his artwork that was up for sale recently.

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

Re: Eagle

Posted: 10 May 2025, 07:02
by Richard S.
'Tomorrow revisited' is THE guide to the art of Frank 'Dan Dare' Hampson. Special leatherbound editions of the book come with a new piece of Dan Dare art by Don Harley. I'm trying to log these examples of Harley's art, here's what I've found so far...

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

Re: Eagle

Posted: 09 Jun 2025, 06:28
by Richard S.
my look at Eagle comic merchandise now includes the Eagle cricket bat! Not sure there's ever bean a tie-in cricket bat produced by any other comic :)

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... t-bat.html

Re: Eagle

Posted: 03 Oct 2025, 06:34
by Richard S.
a pay copy of Eagle annual #6. I've come across copies of individual comics with contributors listed like this but never an annual.

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... -copy.html

Re: Eagle

Posted: 31 Oct 2025, 07:47
by Richard S.
Here's another 'pay copy' of a comic. This time it's an Eagle from 1964.

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... -1964.html

Re: Eagle

Posted: 01 Nov 2025, 09:00
by Richard S.
These wonderful examples of Frank 'Dan Dare' Hampson's art were up for sale recently. Painted long after he's stopped work on the strip. I was interested to see that the Mekon image went for the most money. I'd have got the Dan one myself.

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