Frank Bellamy and Menomonee Falls Gazette
Menomonee Falls Gazette 1972 September 04 No38Menomonee Falls Gazette was published by Street Enterprises (who also published the cartoon strip equivalent Menomonee Falls Guardian) from 13 December...
View ArticleFrank Bellamy and Churchill at Sotheby's
Sotheby's is auctioning a copy of the Clifford Makins' version of his masterpiece (in my opinion) "The Happy Warrior", one of three special editions printed for the author, (Clifford Makins) the artist...
View ArticleFrank Bellamy and Monty Carstairs
I suspect a lot of people have never seen much of the "Monty Carstairs" strip in the Mickey Mouse Weekly and I love the 'controlled' nature of Bellamy's early work. As listed on the website Bellamy...
View ArticleFrank Bellamy, Frank Norman and Insideout
In two previous posts we looked at some of Frank Bellamy's Sunday Times Colour Magazine work on horse racing and the nuclear bomb. Today I want to look at the issue dated 16th November 1969. The title...
View ArticleFrank Bellamy is still being published!
Look closely!Over on my newly renamed Frank Bellamy Artwork Facebook page I often throw links to Bellamy I've found, or recent news stories I don't think worth adding an article here about. But today...
View ArticleFrank Bellamy "Life Study" art for auction
This is just a quick note to mention Andrew Urquhart has alerted me to the fact that a 'life study' by Frank Bellamy is up for auction. There are many of these out there as Nancy Bellamy sold several...
View ArticleFrank Bellamy and Bob Monkhouse
I apologise for the delay in posting recently (I missed my once-a-month target last month) this is due to re-plastering and the need to put everything into self-storage to protect it from the dust. I...
View ArticleGhost Town reprinted .....again!
Thanks to Ant Jones (of the Garth-Comic Strip Facebook page), I am now aware that Frank Bellamy's art is back in the Daily Mirror newspaper available nationally as of today.I haven't bought the paper...
View ArticleOriginal Art sold - Garth: Bride of Jenghiz Khan
PLEASE someone tell me how eBay searches work! I'm a librarian who believes he knows how to search for information. Damn it! I've taught the subject, but eBay, you drive me so mad, I'm giving up!I was...
View ArticleOriginal Art - Thunderbirds
I noticed that Illustration Art Gallery have added a Bellamy to their original art which is for sale.It looks to be in very good conditionThunderbirds from TV21 #206It's selling for Price: £1,750.00 /...
View ArticleFrank Bellamy and GQ Magazine and Turnbull & Asser
Taken from Turnbull & Asser websiteI recently mentioned that some expensive clothes were showing Bellamy artwork and here's another article, care of GQ Magazine. To quote GQ:For the anniversary,...
View ArticleFrank Bellamy - Sight Unseen
As any blogger will tell you it's great to get guests to write something, and I've been very fortunate in having my good friend David Jackson write the following..... DAILY MIRROR (3 Jul 1972) "The...
View ArticleOriginal Art: Garth on eBay - The Orb of Trimandias
F98 The Orb of TrimiandiasThat kind Chris Power has pointed me to eBay where an original Garth strip is up for auction (with 7 bids at £16 which tells me there's a few people really hoping to get this...
View ArticleOriginal Art: Heros the Spartan
There is now another chance to own a Heros the Spartan doublepage spread. On eBay right now. Mind you, you will need some money to buy it! It's always awkward when I know who owns the piece to keep the...
View ArticleOriginal art - Thunderbirds
Original art TV21 141It wasn't long ago that I was writing about Heritage Auctions in the States selling 2 Frank Bellamy originals, which sold for a combined price of approximately £1,668.82. They are...
View ArticleFrank Bellamy - Docotr Who and Winston Churchill
I feel I should apologise for the lack of material on this blog in the last 6 months. Our house has been completely re-plastered - new plasterboard on walls and ceilings! That's the first time I've...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Frank Bellamy....
Kettering Leader and Guardian 1955 Nov 11 p.3Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, Wednesday Feb 15 1939, p4Frank Bellamy was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire 99 years ago today. As a special treat...
View ArticleNew Frank Bellamy pieces discovered!
You know by now that I love the chase and discovery of material to do with Frank Bellamy and his artwork. Well, this time I bring you two new pieces!!Garth "All the best Nancy" Frank BellamyThe...
View ArticleGarth story Freak out to Fear - reprinted
Ant Jones (the curator of the Garth Facebook page) and Martin Baines have let me know that the latest Garth story to be reprinted in the Daily Mirror is the Frank Bellamy illustrated "Freak out to...
View ArticleNew look to the blog
I was simply bored with the look! I'm not a graphic designer, don't know Photoshop at all, and concentrate on researching, cataloguing, which gives me satisfactionThis "dynamic" view, as Google calls...
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