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KOBE27		#81	[-]
Posts: 5579 Dec 31 09 5:06 PM Bronze Age Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Besides the Thor pages by Bolton from my previous post, I thought it'd be nice to show some stuff some of you have probably never even heard of before, never mind seen. Even if you were ever a fan of all those Hammer horror films from the 50s and 60s (and who wasn't) maybe you missed the House of Hammer magazine. Back in the late 1970s, in those stone age pre-internet days this was your best resource for info on the glory days of Hammer, each issue jam-packed with a variety of articles dealing with Hammer's numerous entries into the horror genre. Besides the articles, each issue ALSO offered comic book adaptations of said films, with early art from people like Brian Bolland, David Lloyd, Ian Gibson and... John Bolton. Bolton handled several adaptations, in fact, starting with arguably Hammer's most famous and succesful movie, Christopher Lee's Horror of Dracula (a somewhat loose adaptation of the Stoker novel) ...as well as Curse of the Werewolf, the 1960 classic starring Oliver Reed (in some of these pages Bolton seems to be channeling early Wrightson) : Who could forget Raquel Welch's One Million Years BC?? Remember Father Shandor, the exorcist from Horror of Dracula? Bolton provided the art for his FURTHER adventures!! This strip was beyond great. Imagine a hellbent Doctor Strange as if written by a deranged author. (Some of you MIGHT be familiar with the Shandor, Demon Stalker pages, since they later appeared on Warrior Magazine. Yes, the same one where Alan Moore began his V for Vendetta and Marvel Man stories) Bolton even did a couple of Van Helsing's Terror Tales to boot:
Sentry 459		#82	[-]
Posts: 17180 Dec 31 09 6:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kobe, Thanks for the Thor scans! And you're right, I haven't seen these other ones. My name is Oedi and I soar amidst the stars far from the planet of my birth. I guess this starship is the closest thing I've got to a home now, for I am a refugee and an outlaw. Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Willow 327, Rainbow and Skeevo are my family. We are revolutionaries. Our goal? To bring an end to the 200 year old war between the Instrumentality and the Monarchy!
deejayway		#83	[-]
Posts: 2891 Jan 1 10 10:12 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Marvelous stuff! What a wonderful way to start the New Year, with some unknown Bolton gems. I can see what you mean about Bolton channelling Wrightson. I was familiar with some of this stuff because it was reprinted in Eclipse's Halls of Horror, but they shrank them and had them coloured, which was a crime. This stuff really needs to be collected! Come on Dark Horse, get off your hairy duff and start compiling the definitive Complete John Bolton Library, and cut a special deal with Marvel so you can include the Thor tale. Oh yeah Kobe, while you're in the scan-sharing mood/mode, how about putting upthe wonderful b&w tale from EPIC #18, and any other Bolton scans you have while you're at it.
KOBE27		#84	[-]
Posts: 5579 Jan 1 10 2:04 PM Bronze Age Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	deejayway wrote: Oh yeah Kobe, while you're in the scan-sharing mood/mode, how about putting upthe wonderful b&w tale from EPIC #18, and any other Bolton scans you have while you're at it. Oh? I thought all the Epic stuff was already posted (which is why I went with some more obscure work on my previous post) I don't usually post the endings to any story I scan because I don't want to spoil things for those who haven't read it just yet, but I'm including the last page because I think it's the best in this one, both Joanna Marlowe and the monster look great here. (I couldn't post the one where she's naked in the bathroom, alas) So, if you don't want to know how the story finishes skip this one! Oh, and I probably have tons of other Bolton stuff, but it would help if you ask me for a specific story, otherwise I won't know where to start.
deejayway		#85	[-]
Posts: 2891 Jan 1 10 2:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, I'm only really familiar with the stuff printed in the states so anything from the UK would be cool. And some b&w interior pages from Marada would be nice. Did he do any other b&w stuff for Marvel magazines?
Sentry 459		#86	[-]
Posts: 17180 Jan 1 10 2:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've seen that Business Hours before! Hilarious! My name is Oedi and I soar amidst the stars far from the planet of my birth. I guess this starship is the closest thing I've got to a home now, for I am a refugee and an outlaw. Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Willow 327, Rainbow and Skeevo are my family. We are revolutionaries. Our goal? To bring an end to the 200 year old war between the Instrumentality and the Monarchy!
deejayway		#87	[-]
Posts: 2891 Jan 1 10 2:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	KOBE27 wrote: I don't usually post the endings to any story I scan because I don't want to spoil things for those who haven't read it just yet, but I'm including the last page because I think it's the best in this one, both Joanna Marlowe and the monster look great here. (I couldn't post the one where she's naked in the bathroom, alas) And greatly relieved I am sir not to be overly subjected to depraved and corrupting influence. We don't want your dirty nekkid wimmin here.
KOBE27		#88	[-]
Posts: 5579 Jan 1 10 4:01 PM Bronze Age Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	deejayway wrote: Well, I'm only really familiar with the stuff printed in the states so anything from the UK would be cool. And some b&w interior pages from Marada would be nice. I know you usually hate, hate, hate any and all coloring jobs (with good reason, I'll admit) , but I always thought the MARADA GN did a nice job coloring the original story from Epic Illustrated: Having said that, those b&w pages from Epic #10-11 are just gorgeous! I'm not sure why no one has posted any artwork from AMAZING HIGH ADVENTURE just yet, one of Marvel's finest ever anthologies (so good, in fact, it only lasted FIVE whole issues) with art by the likes of Severin, Al Williamson, Mignola, Mayerik, Bissette, Ridgway and, of course, John Bolton! I'm also a bit puzzled why there's only material from the 80s (well, mostly) while all the stuff Bolton did for Vertigo in the 90s and the 00s is not posted yet. (Where's the first issue of the original BOOKS OF MAGIC mini? MENZ INSANA? GOD SAVE THE QUEEN? Oh well... There was that WINTER'S EDGE issue, with that story he did with Gaiman. More recently, there was the FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL (the pages by Vess and Bolland were also nice, of course) : EDIT: Ooops. I just noticed hadrathus has ALREADY posted the Amazing High Aventure cover!!! Last Edited By: KOBE27 Jan 1 10 4:06 PM. Edited 1 times.
deejayway		#89	[-]
Posts: 2891 Jan 1 10 4:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hmmm, my gratitude is unbound like Hercules. I do indeed much prefer the b&w Marada work to the colourized versions, which admittedly were nice but they tend to distract me from the detail. The textures and fabrics in the b&w just seems so much more tactile and real to me than the watered down colour versions. Great Prester John scans. I actually recently ordered the Amazing High Adventures and happy I am I did. I was getting married, having kids and kick-starting a career in the 90s and apparently a lot of neat stuff flew under my radar. Got all the chromium covers and Image comics though. - Yipee -
dcmarvelnut		#90	[-]
Posts: 1362 Jan 1 10 4:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That's some GREAT Bolton art. Where can one find those Hammer stories from Bolton?
deejayway		#91	[-]
Posts: 2891 Jan 1 10 4:28 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	KOBE27 wrote: I'm also a bit puzzled why there's only material from the 80s (well, mostly) while all the stuff Bolton did for Vertigo in the 90s and the 00s is not posted yet. (Where's the first issue of the original BOOKS OF MAGIC mini? MENZ INSANA? GOD SAVE THE QUEEN? Oh well... There was that WINTER'S EDGE issue, with that story he did with Gaiman. EDIT: Ooops. I just noticed hadrathus has ALREADY posted the Amazing High Aventure cover!!! We wuz waiting fer you honourable Kobe-Scan. AFAIC don't worry about repeat performances, particularly if you have bigger and/or better scans. Last Edited By: deejayway Jan 2 10 3:08 AM. Edited 1 times.
Sentry 459		#92	[-]
Posts: 17180 Jan 1 10 5:04 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	deejayway wrote: Hmmm, my gratitude is unbound like Hercules. I do indeed much prefer the b&w Marada work to the colourized versions, which admittedly were nice but they tend to distract me from the detail. The textures and fabrics in the b&w just seems so much more tactile and real to me than the watered down colour versions. Agreed! My name is Oedi and I soar amidst the stars far from the planet of my birth. I guess this starship is the closest thing I've got to a home now, for I am a refugee and an outlaw. Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Willow 327, Rainbow and Skeevo are my family. We are revolutionaries. Our goal? To bring an end to the 200 year old war between the Instrumentality and the Monarchy!
hadrathus		#93	[-]
Posts: 546 Jan 1 10 8:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wonderful scans for those UK pubs! Anyone has a checklist of those? By the way, there are some differences between the color and the b&w version of Marada. Can't remember which off the top of my head, but there were several changes on some pages. I would have to dig, and I simply don't have the time these days...
deejayway		#94	[-]
Posts: 2891 Jan 2 10 3:41 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Who has the rights to Marada nowadays? Claremont and Bolton persumably.
deejayway		#95	[-]
Posts: 2891 Jan 9 10 10:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey Dark Horse, I've got an axe to grind with you about your criminal negligence concerning the John Bolton Library.
Sentry 459		#96	[-]
Posts: 17180 Jan 9 10 2:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	deejayway wrote: Hey Dark Horse, I've got an axe to grind with you about your criminal negligence concerning the John Bolton Library. My name is Oedi and I soar amidst the stars far from the planet of my birth. I guess this starship is the closest thing I've got to a home now, for I am a refugee and an outlaw. Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Willow 327, Rainbow and Skeevo are my family. We are revolutionaries. Our goal? To bring an end to the 200 year old war between the Instrumentality and the Monarchy!
Sentry 459		#97	[-]
Posts: 17180 Jan 9 10 3:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Deej, Do you have this in your library? Some "sweet" sketches by Justin Sweet combined with Howard's prose on the Philosopher Barbarian! My name is Oedi and I soar amidst the stars far from the planet of my birth. I guess this starship is the closest thing I've got to a home now, for I am a refugee and an outlaw. Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Willow 327, Rainbow and Skeevo are my family. We are revolutionaries. Our goal? To bring an end to the 200 year old war between the Instrumentality and the Monarchy!
deejayway		#98	[-]
Posts: 2891 Jan 9 10 3:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, that's the volume I was quoting from in Conan der Ubermensch. I wondering about your thoughts on that. I have 5 or 6 Del Rey Howard collections and they're beautiful.
Sentry 459		#99	[-]
Posts: 17180 Jan 9 10 7:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	deejayway wrote: Yes, that's the volume I was quoting from in Conan der Ubermensch. I wondering about your thoughts on that. I have 5 or 6 Del Rey Howard collections and they're beautiful. A very nice Howard collection of prose and art! My name is Oedi and I soar amidst the stars far from the planet of my birth. I guess this starship is the closest thing I've got to a home now, for I am a refugee and an outlaw. Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Willow 327, Rainbow and Skeevo are my family. We are revolutionaries. Our goal? To bring an end to the 200 year old war between the Instrumentality and the Monarchy!
Sentry 459	More Kull!	#100	[-]
Posts: 17180 Jan 12 10 10:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Deejayway, I'm uploading some more Kull for this thread. Some of it is Bolton, some not. I wanted to do both sides of the wrap around and a/b covers. Wish I had a larger scanner! My name is Oedi and I soar amidst the stars far from the planet of my birth. I guess this starship is the closest thing I've got to a home now, for I am a refugee and an outlaw. Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Willow 327, Rainbow and Skeevo are my family. We are revolutionaries. Our goal? To bring an end to the 200 year old war between the Instrumentality and the Monarchy!

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