Lake Arts Festival Ltd. Auction Catalog - LICAF Auction of Original Comic Art Online Auctions

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WARWICK JOHNSON-CADWELL - WAR ELEPHANT

Lot #69 (Sale Order 1 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Warwick Johnson-Cadwell is an artist and comic maker who illustrates for newspapers, childrens books and comic publications. He has worked with, amongst others, Self Made Hero, The Phoenix, The Lyons BD Festival and Walker Books. Warwick's most recent work includes 'Solid State Tank Girl' and '21st Century Tank Girl' for Titan Comics and, in partnership with Robert Ball, the duo self-published, 'Dangeritis'. In 2014 he created this image, 'War Elephant' as an exercise in ink-work. Ultimately it became a full-colour giclee print that is available from the LICAF shop, but we are selling the original here. Indian Ink on card. 42 x 29.5 cm. The colour print is also shown on this page. Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23

IAN CHURCHILL - 'REVENGE', #2 PAGE 15

Lot #1 (Sale Order 2 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Ian Churchill is an outstanding British comic book artist who has worked to great acclaim on Hulk, Teen Titans, Supergirl, X-Men and many other titles. His creator-owned comic 'Marineman' secured him an Eisner nomination for best new series 2010. This powerful original page is from his stunning collaboration with Jonathan Ross, 'Revenge'. Pencil over blue line. A3 paper. This page also shows the final printed version.

IAN CHURCHILL - 'REVENGE', #4 PAGE 25

Lot #2 (Sale Order 3 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Ian Churchill is an outstanding British comic book artist who has worked to great acclaim on Hulk, Teen Titans, Supergirl, X-Men and many other titles. His creator-owned comic 'Marineman' secured him an Eisner nomination for best new series 2010. This powerful original page is from his stunning collaboration with Jonathan Ross, 'Revenge'. Pencil over blue line. A3 paper. This page also shows the final printed version.

STUART IMMONEN - SUPERMAN

Lot #74 (Sale Order 4 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Award-winning artistic chameleon and Marvel Architect Stuart Immonen began his comics career in 1988, having worked for most of the industry's major publishers including Marvel, DC and Image in the quarter-century since. During his decade-long tenure at DC, in addition to writing and pencilling 'Adventures of Superman', Stuart illustrated the critically acclaimed miniseries 'Superman: Secret Identity'. For Marvel, in addition to 2011's 'Fear Itself' event, he has drawn such high-profile series as 'Ultimate Spider-Man', 'The Mighty Thor', 'The Incredible Hulk', 'The Avengers' and the cult favourite 'Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.'. After joining forces with Mark Waid to inaugurate Marvel's digital Infinite Comics line, in the Marvel NOW! era, Immonen launched 'All-New X-Men' and 'All-New Captain America'. His creator-owned credits include collaborations with Kurt Busiek on 'Shockrockets' and 'Superstar', and with Kathryn Immonen on 'Never As Bad As You Think', 'Moving Pictures' and the recently-published 'Russian Olive To Red King'. Stuart created this portrait of Superman while visiting the Lakes Festival in 2015. It captures Supes's serious, contemplative side along with his nobility, and we're delighted to include the original superhero in our event. Ink on art paper, A2 size.

STUART IMMONEN - LUKE SKYWALKER

Lot #75 (Sale Order 5 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Award-winning artistic chameleon and Marvel Architect Stuart Immonen began his comics career in 1988, having worked for most of the industry's major publishers including Marvel, DC and Image in the quarter-century since. During his decade-long tenure at DC, in addition to writing and pencilling 'Adventures of Superman', Stuart illustrated the critically acclaimed miniseries 'Superman: Secret Identity'. For Marvel, in addition to 2011's 'Fear Itself' event, he has drawn such high-profile series as 'Ultimate Spider-Man', 'The Mighty Thor', 'The Incredible Hulk', 'The Avengers' and the cult favourite 'Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.'. After joining forces with Mark Waid to inaugurate Marvel's digital Infinite Comics line, in the Marvel NOW! era, Immonen launched 'All-New X-Men' and 'All-New Captain America'. His creator-owned credits include collaborations with Kurt Busiek on 'Shockrockets' and 'Superstar', and with Kathryn Immonen on 'Never As Bad As You Think', 'Moving Pictures' and the recently-published 'Russian Olive To Red King'. Stuart has also been the artist for Marvel's 'Star Wars' series, and he created this portrait of Luke Skywalker while visiting the Lakes Festival in 2015. It's a great action stance, and that lightsabre is looking lethal. Ink on art paper, A2 size.

STUART IMMONEN AND SEAN PHILLIPS - WOLVERINE

Lot #80 (Sale Order 6 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Award-winning artist Stuart Immonen united with the phenomenally talented Sean Phillips to create this unique collaboration. Stuart is responsible for the pencils and Sean provided the inks for this brilliant rendition of Wolverine. The two artists met at the Lakes Festival in 2015 where they worked together in a live draw session. The prtrait shows Logan in a rage with teeth bared and claws out - a classic pose for him really! Ink and pencil on card. A3 size.

GRAHAM DURY - ROGER MELLIE 'NO FUCKING AUTOGRAPHS'

Lot #3 (Sale Order 7 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Graham Dury is the man behind many of Viz's longest-running and most popular characters. Foremost among them, standing proud and erect, is Roger Mellie, the Man on the Telly. A veteran of countless 'fracas' with his producer, in this great picture Roger addresses his fans directly.

JONATHAN EDWARDS - CANADIAN MONSTERS (SET OF 2)

Lot #18 (Sale Order 8 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Jonathan's work first appeared in 1993 in Deadline and Tank Girl Magazine with strips such as Dandy Dilemma, Simon Creem, The Squabbling Dandies and one pagers about, amongst others, Scott Walker, Sly Stone, Nancy Sinatra, Kraftwerk and The Beach Boys. Since then he has worked for the Guardian, Mojo, Q, Mad, The Black Eyed Peas, The Glastonbury Festival, and most significantly as designer of the Lakes Comic Arts Festival programme 2014. Jonathan has been a regular contributor to the Guardian since 1999 and illustrated the Hard Sell weekly column in The Guide from 2002 to 2011. These cuddly monsters were created for the Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2015. 2 pieces. Indian ink and brush pen, 32cm x 24cm.

HUNT EMERSON - TWO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS (SET OF 2)

Lot #7 (Sale Order 9 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Hunt Emerson is one of Britain's favourite comics artists, whose distinctive drawing style and approach to visual humour are widely recognised and enjoyed. He has been writing and drawing his iconoclastic comics since the 1970s. He has worked for many major publishers, and has published around 30 comic books and albums, the latest being his hilarious reworking of Dante's Inferno. This pair of outrageously Breughel-esque, satirical drawings were created for the Toronto Comic Art Festival. Each is ink on paper, 35cm x 28cm.

JAMIE HEWLETT - ART FRAGMENT

Lot #9 (Sale Order 10 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£12.50, USA-£20, Europe-£20, Far East-£20. Jamie Hewlett's talents became apparent early in life. As a student in the 1980s his art was spotted by newly launched Deadline magazine and he was asked to contribute some cartoons. Of these Tank Girl went on to become phenomenally successful, spawning dedicated comics, books and even a film adaptation. While sharing a flat with Blur singer Damon Albarn the pair hit upon the idea of a cartoon band, Gorillaz. In May 2006 Jamie was named named Designer of the Year. The chair of the jury, Sir Christopher Frayling, summed up his achievements perfectly saying, "Jamie Hewlett has not only created a personal mythology with the virtual band Gorillaz, he has also created designs for the direction in which technology and culture are going, the shape of things to come." This authentic fragment, which even in doodles could only be by one hand, is from a series of only 45 original art cards made by Hewlett between 1988 and 1995.

CHARLIE ADLARD - WALKING DEAD OMNIBUS VOL 6 WRAPAROUND COVER

Lot #10 (Sale Order 11 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Charlie Adlard was born in Shrewsbury, UK a long time ago and still resides there, where his wife, two children, and two cats put up with him. He's been working in the industry for over 12 years now and has served his time since then on such titles as Judge Dredd, Marvel UK, X-Files, Mars Attacks, X-Men - Hellfire Club, Batman, The Establishment, 2000AD, Warlock and a slew of one-shots and fill-ins. He currently draws The Walking Dead and was Eisner nominated as best artist for it in 2006 - so he must be doing something right. This astonishing picture is the wraparound art to Volume 6 of the Omnibus hardcover slipcased edition of The Walking Dead. Pen/brush and ink. 22" x 17".

BOULET - BARBARIAN UNICORN

Lot #72 (Sale Order 12 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Boulet is a French institution, best described in his own words: "Boulet, age 39, French. 6 feet 2, 200lbs. Blood Type A+. Draws comics (more than 25 books published in France. Check out "Notes", "Dungeon", "La page blanche", "Raghnarok"...). Likes: TV shows, science books, whisky (Single Malt Islay), french fries. Hates: Astrology, homeopathy, people who say "In my humble opinion". Motto: "Heavy is the cinderblock of reality on the strawberry pie of our illusions". Has a wonderful translated website: english.bouletcorp.com . Probably loves you." This work is ink and watercolour on card, 30.5 x 23cm.

JOE DECIE - 4 CONVERSATIONS (SET OF 4)

Lot #11 (Sale Order 13 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Joe Decie draws pictures in boxes that are true and made up. He currently lives on the south coast of England with his girlfriend and their son. His favourite chilli pepper is the Scotch Bonnet and his favourite whiskey is Lagavulin. He has comics on the internet at his website joedecie.com and at his LiveJournal, where you can comment and chat with him. This set of four beautiful, deceptively simple and witty images imbue inanimate objects with a sense of sardonic ennui that you can only truly get from a coat hanger. Set of 4. Pencil and watercolour on thick paper. 32cm x 24cm

DAVE GIBBONS. THE SECRET SERVICE. ISSUE 1, PAGE 23. PENCILS AND INKS BY DAVE GIBBONS

Lot #14 (Sale Order 14 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Dave Gibbons is the UK’s first Comics Laureate and known worldwide as the co-creator, with Alan Moore, of Watchmen. He has won several Jack Kirby and Will Eisner awards, and his work ranges from the underground to major publishers including Marvel (Hulk, Spider-Man, Captain America), DC (Batman, Superman, Green Lantern) and 2000AD (Rogue Trooper, Dan Dare). He has also worked on Dr Who and, with Frank Miller, created the acclaimed Martha Washington series. This powerful, moody and dynamic piece is from his 2012 collaboration with Mark Millar, The Secret Service, which provided the inspiration for the 2014 feature film Kingsman. The final published version is also shown on this page. 43 x 29cm

OLIVER EAST - ORIGINAL PAGE FROM 'TRAINS ARE…MINT'

Lot #26 (Sale Order 15 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Oliver East is basically a fabulous artist, whose comics are very, very different from anything else you may have encountered. His work always has something to do with travelling, usually around a walk, usually a walk along something like a railway line. His work includes 'Trains Are … Mint', 'Proper Go Well High', 'Berlin And That', and his latest work, 'Take Me Back to Manchester'. It’s powerfully expressive and very different from what you might imagine from comics. Poetry in a few simple graphic lines. This is an original signed page from 'Trains Are... Mint' (2008). 37cm x 25cm.

OLIVER EAST - ORIGINAL PAGE STUDY FROM 'TAKE ME BACK TO MANCHESTER'

Lot #63 (Sale Order 16 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Oliver East is basically a fabulous artist, whose comics are very, very different from anything else you may have encountered. His work always has something to do with travelling, usually around a walk, usually a walk along something like a railway line. His work includes 'Trains Are … Mint', 'Proper Go Well High', 'Berlin And That', and his latest work, 'Take Me Back to Manchester'. It’s powerfully expressive and very different from what you might imagine from comics. Poetry in a few simple graphic lines. This is an original, signed study for a page from 'Take Me Back to Manchester' (2015), which is inspired by the 19th-century walk taken by an elephant and his keeper from Edinburgh to Manchester. A4 card, watercolour, brushpen and ink.

DUNCAN FEGREDO - HELLBOY INK DRAWING FROM NEW HELLBOY SKETCHBOOK

Lot #15 (Sale Order 17 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Duncan Fegredo made his American comics debut with KID ETERNITY, a book he decided to paint in full colour for no better reason than “everybody else was doing it”. It was followed by a number of titles crafted with writer Peter Milligan for DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint, including the critically acclaimed ENIGMA. Fegredo has latterly collaborated with writer/artist Mike Mignola on his signature creation Hellboy, published by Dark Horse Comics, for which he has drawn the story arcs “Darkness Calls,” “The Wild Hunt” and “The Storm & The Fury.” Their latest work together is "The Midnight Circus", also from Dark Horse. A step outside comics saw Fegredo in the position of lead storyboard artist on the Darren Aronofsky film "Noah", and more recently he co-created the Image Comics series "MPH" with writer Mark Millar. Fegredo resides in the UK with his lovely wife, Diana, and a succession of snuggly cats. This brilliant Hellboy painting is in watercolour and lightfast fineliner on board, 43cm x 29cm. This is the original art, and it's also available as a print from duncanfegredo.co.uk.

DAVE McKEAN - 'CAGES', BOOK 4, PAGE 45

Lot #70 (Sale Order 18 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Dave McKean has illustrated and designed many award-winning and ground-breaking books and graphic novels including 'The Magic of Reality' (Richard Dawkins), 'The Homecoming' (Ray Bradbury), 'Varjak Paw and Phoenix' (SF Said), 'The Savage', 'Slog's Dad' and 'Mouse Bird Snake Wolf' (David Almond), 'What's Welsh for Zen' (John Cale), 'Arkham Asylum' (Grant Morrison), 'Wizard & Glass' (Stephen King) and 'Mr. Punch', 'Signal to Noise', 'The Wolves in the Walls', 'Coraline' and the Newberry and Carnegie Medal winning 'The Graveyard Book' (Neil Gaiman). He has also written and illustrated 'Pictures That Tick' vol. 1 and 2 (collections of short comics) and 'Celluloid' (an erotic novel). He has created hundreds of CD, book and comic covers for Michael Nyman, Alice Cooper, The Rolling Stones, Bill Bruford, Bill Laswell, Tori Amos, Altan, Fear Factory, Roy Harper, Frontline Assembly, John Cale, not forgetting of course the entire run of Neil Gaiman's influential 'Sandman' series. Dave has also directed five short films and three feature films, 'MirrorMask' (7 International Awards), 'Luna' (BIFA and Raindance Best Feature Awards) and 'The Gospel of Us' (2 Bafta Cymru awards) with Michael Sheen. We are delighted that his contribution to our auction is an absolutely stunning original page from his self-penned comic series 'Cages' (1990-1996). 'Cages' received several Harvey and Eisner awards and nominations, including 'Best New Series' and 'Best Artist'. This piece is from Book 4, page 45. Ink on paper. Approx 20 x 30 inches. The first panel is a negative print.

POSY SIMMONDS - ORIGINAL GEMMA BOVERY SKETCH

Lot #46 (Sale Order 19 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Posy Simmonds is a British national treasure: artist, writer, award-winning newspaper cartoonist and writer and illustrator of children's books. She is best known for her long association with The Guardian, for which she has drawn the series Gemma Bovery (2000) and Tamara Drewe (2005–06), both later published as graphic novels, and both also adapted into major feature films. Posy gently satirises the English middle classes and in particular those of a literary bent. Both "Tamara Drewe" and "Gemma Bovery" feature a "doomed heroine", much in the style of the 18th- and 19th-century gothic romantic novel, to which they often allude, but with an ironic, modernist slant. This beautiful, unique and unsettling artwork is an original sketch for Gemma Bovery, dated c. 1998. 265mm x 185mm (roughly) / ink and coloured pencil on paper.

FRANK QUITELY - BLIND MEN AND ELEPHANT FROM "BROADBAND"

Lot #53 (Sale Order 20 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Since breaking into the American comics mainstream in 1996 by pencilling Grant Morrison’s metatextual masterpiece 'Flex Mentallo', Frank Quitely – born Vincent Deighan in Glasgow – has become one of the industry’s foremost artistic talents. In addition to work on 'The Authority', 'Sandman : Endless Nights' and 'Batman : The Scottish Connection', he has since collaborated with Morrison numerous times on some of the most exciting, vibrant and groundbreaking series of the last fifteen years – including 'New X-Men', 'We3', 'All-Star Superman', and more recently the mindbending 'Multiversity: Pax Americana', as well as 'Jupiter's Legacy' with Mark Millar – meeting with high critical acclaim and awards at almost every turn. Frank created this stunning, one-off ink drawing for a 2002 project called BROADBAND. It was a 3-page, one-off comic that was the brainchild of visionary comic-creator ILYA. He put together a team of thirteen great artists who each contributed a few panels to the comic in their own style. Originally a project for Bristol Comic-con, this brilliant idea never saw the light of day, and is now available to be seen for the first time. Most of the artists have kindly donated their original images, which will be auctioned shortly on Ebay. As well as viewing, enjoying (and bidding on) this artwork, you can read the complete 3-page comic in its final, full-colour form by visiting this link: http://sites.google.com/site/broadbandcomic/home. This piece: ink on A3 Marvel Art board.

DAN BERRY - BEAR CANYON

Lot #73 (Sale Order 21 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Dan Berry is an illustrator, designer, cartoonist and lecturer based somewhere around the middle of the UK. He teaches comics at the North Wales School of Art & Design at Glyndwr University. The act of drawing pleases him. He travels a lot giving lectures and workshops on comics all over the place. He runs a podcast called Make It Then Tell Everybody in which he talks to other artists about what they do and how they do it. This piece is a full splash page this year's LICAF 24h comic "Bear Canyon". The 24 hour comic marathon is an event in which participants draw a 24-page comic book in the space of 24 hours. Dan curates/produces the event at LICAF, and also contributes amazing pages like this one. Pen & ink, watercolour and white chinagraph pencil on 200gsm cold pressed watercolour paper. 32 x 22.5cm

JOOST SWARTE - "MET DE DEUR IN HUIS" (SET OF 3)

Lot #21 (Sale Order 22 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£12.50, USA-£20, Europe-£20, Far East-£20. Joost Swarte is a Dutch cartoonist and graphic designer. He is best known for his 'ligne claire' or clear line style of drawing, and in fact coined the term. He has invented dozens of comics and characters as well as designing stamps, posters, cards, LP and CD covers. Apart from comics and graphic design, Swarte has also designed furniture, leaded and stained glass windows, murals and other objects. For his hometown Haarlem he even designed a theatre. Recently he created a pair of spectacles that allow the wearer to see the world in a more ironic way (and they really work). Joost has also created covers for RAW Magazine, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in European comic art. We are delighted that he has donated several original works to our auction. Here we have a beautiful, vintage set of three title illustrations for the column 'Met de Deur in Huis' ('Put the door in the house' - a Dutch expression which roughly equates as 'Tell it like it is') for the Dutch magazine 'Vrij Nederland' ('Free Netherlands') which was founded as an underground newspaper during the Nazi occupation and is still running today. 3 pictures. Indian Ink & coloured inks on paper. 16.5 x 14.3cm.

JOOST SWARTE - DE VRIES BOOKSHOP 90TH ANNIVERSARY ILLUSTRATION

Lot #68 (Sale Order 23 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Joost Swarte is a Dutch cartoonist and graphic designer. He is best known for his 'ligne claire' or clear line style of drawing, and in fact coined the term. He has invented dozens of comics and characters as well as designing stamps, posters, cards, LP and CD covers. Apart from comics and graphic design, Swarte has also designed furniture, leaded and stained glass windows, murals and other objects. For his hometown Haarlem he even designed a theatre. Recently he created a pair of spectacles that allow the wearer to see the world in a more ironic way (and they really work). Joost has also created covers for RAW Magazine, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in European comic art. We are delighted that he has donated four original works to our auction. This one is the original drawing for a silk-screen print that was made to celebrate the renovation of Haarlem's idiosyncratic and world-famous De Vries bookshop in 1995. Indian Ink on paper, 16.1 x 28.6 cm.

SEAN PHILLIPS - 'FATALE' BOOK 3. ORIGINAL COVER ILLUSTRATION

Lot #29 (Sale Order 24 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Sean Phillips is a phenomenally talented artist who started in comics over 20 years ago. He has worked on a huge variety of books including 2000AD, Hellblazer, Invisibles, Uncanny X-men and Batman. 'Fatale' is his wildly successful collaboration with Ed Brubaker, and this superb piece is the original cover art for Volume 3. Sean received multiple 2013 Eisner Award nominations for 'Fatale': "Best Continuing Series", "Best New Series", "Best Penciller/Inker", and "Best Cover Artist". 51 x 38 cm. Paint on card Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60

JUNKO MIZUNO - LITTLE FLUFFY GIGOLO PELU ORIGINAL DRAWING & ARTIST PROOF (SET OF 2)

Lot #22 (Sale Order 25 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Junko Mizuno is a self-taught manga artist and painter who is recognized for her unique style of powerful and erotic female imagery. Her art has a decidedly pop-art and psychedelic flair. Mizuno has participated in the Angoulême International Comics Festival and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Her graphic novel 'Little Fluffy Gigolo Pelu' is the tale of a naive cotton-ball-like alien who leaves his home world, the all-female planet Kotobuki, and travels to Earth to find love and to have a child. However, Earth women view him as an entertaining pet. He drifts in and out of their lives, solving their problems in an attempt to woo the women of Earth. The Comics Journal described it as containing Mizuno’s main interests: "sex, death, romance, kawaii, and the way they merge into a single melting rainbow of uncanniness". This set of two pictures comprise the original ink drawing and original artist's proof print featuring characters from 'Little Fluffy Gigolo Pelu', made for a limited edition print set exclusively sold at the Last Gasp booth at San Diego Comic Con 2010. Original drawing: ink on paper. 12.5" x 10". Artist's proof: print on embossed paper, 12" x 10".

JUNKO MIZUNO - LIVE DRAW WITH RUMP STEAK

Lot #25 (Sale Order 26 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Junko Mizuno is a self-taught manga artist and painter who is recognized for her unique style of powerful and erotic female imagery. Her art has a decidedly pop-art and psychedelic flair. Mizuno has participated in the Angoulême International Comics Festival and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. This arresting image features a combination of cute, psychedelic girl, equally cute mouse, and two large pieces of steak. It was created at a live draw event in 2014. Indian ink on paper. 42cm x 30cm

SIMON THORP - ORIGINAL COVER ILLUSTRATION FOR VIZ #235

Lot #28 (Sale Order 27 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Simon Thorp has been writing and illustrating Viz since 1985. Along with Graham Dury, he is behind many of the iconic British comic's greatest and most scurrilous creations. This piece is a superb, original design for the cover of Viz #235 (May 2014). It's 46cm x 31cm-ish, drawn in pen & ink, acrylic ink, gouache, watercolour, probably a bit of coloured pencil, Tippex, Newfoundland drool and tea stains on a sturdy bit of cardboard, and according to Simon, 'It's quite a nice one, though I say so myself'. He's right. The final printed version is also shown on this page.

VIZ - FAT SLAGS 'VIZ UNMASKED' EXHIBITION PARODY

Lot #30 (Sale Order 28 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. In 2014 the British Library ran a superb exhibtiion entitled 'Comic Unmasked'. The poster for it was a great image by Jamie Hewlett of a moody caped superhero. The Viz boys responded with their own take oin the poster: San and Tray, the Fat Slags from Newcastle recreating the Hewlett heroine's pose. Their poster was to promote their own exhibition, 'Viz Unmasked' at the Lakes Festival. A perfect piece of Viz artwork, 42cm x 30cm, ink on board. The final printed poster is also shown here.

MARK BUCKINGHAM - 'FABLES' #144 PAGE 2

Lot #31 (Sale Order 29 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Mark Buckingham has been working in comics for over 25 years, building a reputation for design, storytelling and a chameleon-like diversity of art styles. He is synonymous with some of the greatest comics of the modern age, including Miracleman (Marvelman), Hellblazer, Sandman, Death, Shade the Changing Man, Generation-X, Batman: Shadow of the Bat, The Titans and Peter Parker:Spider-man. Since 2002 Mark has been the regular artist on "Fables" for DC Comics, working with its writer and creator Bill Willingham, for which they have earned numerous comic industry awards. Mark himself won the Eisner Award for best penciller on the series in 2007, so we are delighted that he has chosen to contribute an original page from this epoch-making series. Pencil on board, 43cm x 28cm. The final published version is also shown on this page.

DAVE GIBBONS - ALL YOUR LAKE ARE BELONG TO US

Lot #62 (Sale Order 30 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Dave Gibbons is the UK’s first Comics Laureate and known worldwide as the co-creator, with Alan Moore, of Watchmen. He has won several Jack Kirby and Will Eisner awards, and his work ranges from the underground to major publishers including Marvel (Hulk, Spider-Man, Captain America), DC (Batman, Superman, Green Lantern) and 2000AD (Rogue Trooper, Dan Dare). He has also worked on Dr Who and, with Frank Miller, created the acclaimed Martha Washington series. This picture is from the series of postcards specially commissioned this year by LICAF from seven leading illustrators, with the collective title, 'Wish You Were Here – Postcards from the Edge of Reality'. The cards celebrate the landscape of the Lakes and the power of comic art, each in its own unique way. Dave's image is a H.G. Wells-ian reimagining of the famous Lake District promotional posters of the 1930s. It's a one-off digital print, so can not be reproduced beyond this single copy. For reference, the original poster that inspired it is also shown on this page. 43 x 29cm

BILL MORRISON - IT'S ALL HUNKY-DORY IN CUMBRIA

Lot #32 (Sale Order 31 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. From Bambi to Bart Simpson and Mowgli to Moe, Bill Morrison has drawn them all, and almost everything in between. For the past few years he has spent most of his waking hours on projects related to The Simpsons, including video games, books and posters. When the Simpsons’ creator, Matt Groening, set up Bongo Comics Bill was hired as art director and realised his cartoonist’s dreams when he drew the very first Simpsons comic. With Bongo he also created his own comics, including 'Roswell - Little Green Man', which (along with the Lake District) provided the inspiration for this gorgeous picture. It is from the series of postcards specially commissioned this year by LICAF from seven leading illustrators, with the collective title, 'Wish You Were Here – Postcards from the Edge of Reality'. The cards celebrate the landscape of the Lakes and the power of comic art, each in its own unique way. Bill says, 'My characters Roswell and Julienne Fryes come from the postwar 1940’s, an era when people sent "Wish You Were Here!" postcards to their loved ones as a matter of routine whenever they went on trips. I was delighted when the festival folk asked me to participate in this reinvigoration of that vanishing tradition!' The final printed postcard is also shown on this page. Ink on paper.

SEAN PHILLIPS - BRING ME SUNSHINE

Lot #33 (Sale Order 32 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£14, USA-£20, Europe-£18, Far East-£20. Sean Phillips is a phenomenally talented artist who started in comics over 20 years ago. He has worked on a huge variety of books including 2000AD, Hellblazer, Invisibles, Uncanny X-men and Batman. This picture is from the series of postcards specially commissioned this year by LICAF from seven leading illustrators, with the collective title, 'Wish You Were Here – Postcards from the Edge of Reality'. The cards celebrate the landscape of the Lakes and the power of comic art, each in its own unique way. Sean's image evokes both the bleakness and the grandeur of Morecambe Bay: the tragedy of its dangers and the happiness brought to the world by the man who took its name, Eric Morecambe. It was drawn using Manga Studio software and it's a one-off digital print. To quote the artist: 'I won't be making any more'.

JONATHAN EDWARDS - CASTLERIGG DAY OUT

Lot #34 (Sale Order 33 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Jonathan's work first appeared in 1993 in Deadline and Tank Girl Magazine with strips such as Dandy Dilemma, Simon Creem, The Squabbling Dandies and one pagers about, amongst others, Scott Walker, Sly Stone, Nancy Sinatra, Kraftwerk and The Beach Boys. Since then he has worked for the Guardian, Mojo, Q, Mad, The Black Eyed Peas, The Glastonbury Festival, and most significantly as designer of the Lakes Comic Arts Festival programme 2014. Jonathan has been a regular contributor to the Guardian since 1999 and illustrated the Hard Sell weekly column in The Guide from 2002 to 2011. This picture is from the series of postcards specially commissioned this year by LICAF from seven leading illustrators, with the collective title, 'Wish You Were Here – Postcards from the Edge of Reality'. The cards celebrate the landscape of the Lakes and the power of comic art, each in its own unique way. Jonathan's beautiful and funny piece is a LICAF-style reinterpretation of Castlerigg Stone Circle, one of Lakeland's most iconic locations. 21cm x 29.5cm indian ink. The final colour postcard is also shown on this page.

STEVEN APPLEBY - VISIT THE LAKES OF THE IMAGINATION, ORIGINAL DRAWING & PRINT (SET OF 2)

Lot #42 (Sale Order 34 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Steven Appleby is the visionary behind cartoon strips such as Captain Star (N.M.E., The Observer, Die Zeit & Nickelodeon), Small Birds Singing (The Times & a series of short stop-motion animated films), and of course Loomus (The Guardian). But he's created stage shows (Crocs In Frocks), BBC Radio 4 series (Steven Appleby’s Normal Life), as well as numerous books, including "Antmen Carry Away My Thoughts As Soon As I Think Them" and "Jim - The Nine Lives Of A Dysfunctional Cat". This brilliantly dreamlike image is from the series of postcards specially commissioned this year by LICAF from seven leading illustrators, with the collective title, 'Wish You Were Here – Postcards from the Edge of Reality'. The cards celebrate the landscape of the Lakes and the power of comic art, each in its own unique way. Steven's postcard was inspired by Arthur Ransome’s much-loved book Swallows and Amazons. He said: “My postcard is a thank you to Arthur Ransom for the pleasure and inspiration his Swallows and Amazons books gave me when I was growing up. I got lost in the books as a child and have reread them many times since. They made me aware for the first time that it’s possible to rename and reimagine the world - and then step into it.” This complementary set of two includes the original pen and ink drawing (29cm x 21cm) and the finished, coloured print. NB. It is the only print of this image that has been made by the artist, and is numbered 1/1. 48cm x 33cm.

SARAH MCINTYRE & PHILIP REEVE - TRADITIONAL PUG-BATHING AT FRIAR'S CRAG

Lot #71 (Sale Order 35 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve are, respectively, award-winning children's artist and writer in their own right, with a string of accolades including Smarties, Blue Peter, Leeds and Sheffield Children's book awards. As a partnership they create fun, beautifully illustrated adventure stories such as 'Oliver and the Seawigs', 'Cakes in Space' and most recently 'Pugs of the Frozen North'. Those pugs are highly invasive, and they get heavily involved in this lovely picture. It is from the series of postcards specially commissioned this year by LICAF from seven leading illustrators, with the collective title, 'Wish You Were Here – Postcards from the Edge of Reality'. The cards celebrate the landscape of the Lakes and the power of comic art, each in its own unique way. This image was created digitally, and the item for auction is the sole print in existence. Print on card, 42 x 29.5cm.

BRYAN TALBOT - THE SHOOTING PARTY

Lot #35 (Sale Order 36 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Award-winning comic writer and artist Bryan Talbot is credited as the man who created the first-ever British graphic novel, 'The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'. Throughout his career Bryan has pushed boundaries, challenged expectations, and won legions of admirers across the globe with works like 'One Bad Rat', 'Alice in Sunderland' and the COSTA Award-winning story 'Dotter of His Father's Eyes' (with Mary Talbot). He's also one of the patrons of the Lakes Festival, and so we are honoured that he has donated several of his rare original works for this auction. This picture is from the series of postcards specially commissioned this year by LICAF from seven leading illustrators, with the collective title, 'Wish You Were Here – Postcards from the Edge of Reality'. The cards celebrate the landscape of the Lakes and the power of comic art, each in its own unique way. Bryan's image pokes fun (and rifles) at the festival's own mascots. Ink on paper. The final printed postcard is also shown on this page.

RIAN HUGHES - 'LONDON BURLESQUE' SET OF FOUR LIMITED-EDITION SIGNED PRINTS

Lot #64 (Sale Order 37 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Rian Hughes is "one of the most successful and prolific designer/illustrators of the past 20 years" (Roger Sabin, Eye Magazine). He's a graphic designer, illustrator and comics artist, noted for his work on 2000AD, where he illustrated Robo-Hunter, Tales from Beyond Science, Really and Truly and Dan Dare, among others. Since leaving comics illustration, Hughes has become a successful advertising artist, graphic designer and font designer. He runs his own company, Device, with clients including Virgin Airways, Penguin Books, DC Comics, Eurostar, the BBC and a range of magazines and newspapers. His work dares to be two-dimensional and bold in its use of large expanses of flat, bold colours. The work Rian has donated is a set of four limited-edition prints inspired by his drawings of London’s burlesque scene, which are collected in his book "Soho Dives, Soho Divas". Rian used vintage found type, and the drawings were processed to achieve “the inky and slightly misregistered effect of vintage print, which adds warmth.” Each 16.5-by-11.5 print is signed and numbered by Rian.

MATTIAS ADOLFSSON - THE LAKES

Lot #65 (Sale Order 38 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£12.50, USA-£20, Europe-£20, Far East-£20. Mattias Adolfsson describes himself as a "freelance compulsary drawer" who lives in Sigtuna, just outside of Stockholm, Sweden. He has worked on everything from computer games to children's books. "The Second in Line", featuring work from his sketchbooks and published by Sanatorium won "most beautiful Swedish book" in 2014 and has won several other awards. He has created this beautiful, funny and distinctly subversive image of the Lake District especially for our auction.

BRYAN TALBOT - GRANDVILLE MON AMOUR P86

Lot #36 (Sale Order 39 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Award-winning comic writer and artist Bryan Talbot is credited as the man who created the first-ever British graphic novel, 'The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'. Throughout his career Bryan has pushed boundaries, challenged expectations, and won legions of admirers across the globe with works like 'One Bad Rat', 'Alice in Sunderland' and the COSTA Award-winning story 'Dotter of His Father's Eyes' (with Mary Talbot). He's also one of the patrons of the Lakes Festival, and so we are honoured that he has donated several of his rare original works for this auction. This superb piece of art is page 86 from the third book in the phenomenally successful 'Grandville; series, 'Grandville Mon Amour'. It shows our hero Inspector Lebrock in a climactic encounter with the villainous Baron Krapaud. Ink on card. The final published version is also shown on this page.

BRYAN TALBOT - HEART OF EMPIRE CHAPTER 5 P26

Lot #37 (Sale Order 40 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Award-winning comic writer and artist Bryan Talbot is credited as the man who created the first-ever British graphic novel, 'The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'. Throughout his career Bryan has pushed boundaries, challenged expectations, and won legions of admirers across the globe with works like 'One Bad Rat', 'Alice in Sunderland' and the COSTA Award-winning story 'Dotter of His Father's Eyes' (with Mary Talbot). He's also one of the patrons of the Lakes Festival, and so we are honoured that he has donated several of his rare original works for this auction. This page comes from Part Two of Luther Arkwright's Adventures, 'Heart of Empire'. It displays many of Bryan's trademarks: strong, clear lines, witty, subversive details and wonderful use of period patterns. Ink on board. The final published version is also shown on this page.

BRYAN TALBOT - PORTRAIT OF LICAF'S JULIE TAIT

Lot #38 (Sale Order 41 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Award-winning comic writer and artist Bryan Talbot is credited as the man who created the first-ever British graphic novel, 'The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'. Throughout his career Bryan has pushed boundaries, challenged expectations, and won legions of admirers across the globe with works like 'One Bad Rat', 'Alice in Sunderland' and the COSTA Award-winning story 'Dotter of His Father's Eyes' (with Mary Talbot). He's also one of the patrons of the Lakes Festival, and so we are honoured that he has donated several of his rare original works for this auction. This piece is an absolute one-off: a portrait, done in the inaugural year of the Lakes Festival (2013) of the Festival Director herself, Julie Tait. Resplendent in her own superheroine outfit, Julie is surrounded by twenty-one iconic characters from the world of comics. Can you name them all? Ink on paper.

BRYAN TALBOT - THE TALE OF ONE BAD RAT, BOOK 2 P25 COLOUR SEPARATION

Lot #39 (Sale Order 42 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Award-winning comic writer and artist Bryan Talbot is credited as the man who created the first-ever British graphic novel, 'The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'. Throughout his career Bryan has pushed boundaries, challenged expectations, and won legions of admirers across the globe with works like 'One Bad Rat', 'Alice in Sunderland' and the COSTA Award-winning story 'Dotter of His Father's Eyes' (with Mary Talbot). He's also one of the patrons of the Lakes Festival, and so we are honoured that he has donated several of his rare original works for this auction. This piece is an extremely rare donation, and unlike anything normally made available to comic art collectors. It is the original ink on acetate outlines for a page from the award-winning 'One Bad Rat', plus the hand-painted watercolour backgrounds that fit behind the ink images to create the finished article. Hand-colouring like this is rarely done nowadays, so as well as being a rare contribution and a beautiful piece of art, this item is also a piece of history. The pictures show the ink on acetate layer, the watercolour layer, the two combined, and the final published version.

JONATHAN EDWARDS - TANK GIRL, FROM '21ST CENTURY TANK GIRL'

Lot #41 (Sale Order 43 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Jonathan's work first appeared in 1993 in Deadline and Tank Girl Magazine with strips such as Dandy Dilemma, Simon Creem, The Squabbling Dandies and one pagers about, amongst others, Scott Walker, Sly Stone, Nancy Sinatra, Kraftwerk and The Beach Boys. Since then he has worked for the Guardian, Mojo, Q, Mad, The Black Eyed Peas, The Glastonbury Festival, and most significantly as designer of the Lakes Comic Arts Festival programme 2014. Jonathan has been a regular contributor to the Guardian since 1999 and illustrated the Hard Sell weekly column in The Guide from 2002 to 2011. This is a page from '21st Century Tank Girl' (self published by Alan Martin in 2014 and serialised this year by Titan Books). Alongside Tank Girl it features cameos from Little & Large and Alan Humphries from Grange Hill - something for everyone! It’s A3 (420 x 297mm) cartridge paper and is drawn in indian ink. The final published version (minus speech bubbles) is also shown on this page.

BOULET - FUTURISTIC DYSTOPIAN TEA-TIME

Lot #79 (Sale Order 44 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Boulet is a French institution, best described in his own words: "Boulet, age 39, French. 6 feet 2, 200lbs. Blood Type A+. Draws comics (more than 25 books published in France. Check out "Notes", "Dungeon", "La page blanche", "Raghnarok"...). Likes: TV shows, science books, whisky (Single Malt Islay), french fries. Hates: Astrology, homeopathy, people who say "In my humble opinion". Motto: "Heavy is the cinderblock of reality on the strawberry pie of our illusions". Has a wonderful translated website: english.bouletcorp.com . Probably loves you." While visiting the Lakes festival in 2015, Boulet created this frankly magnificent drawing depicting English life as he sees it: a meeting between the hum-drum normality of everyday life, and the bizarre possibilities of technology. It's witty, haunting and beautiful, and it's ink on art paper, approx A3 size. As a little bonus, there's a typical piece of Boulet playfulness on the back, which is also shown on this page.

DARWYN COOKE - 2 DRAWINGS: SUPERMAN & ZATANNA (SET OF 2)

Lot #77 (Sale Order 45 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Darwyn Cooke is a graphic designer, storyboard artist, director and animator who turned his attention toward cartooning in the late 1990s. He is perhaps best known for his work on comic books such as 'Catwoman', 'DC: The New Frontier' and 'The Spirit'. He has probably drawn every superhero known to humankind including: The Spirit, Batman, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman and Catwoman. Cooke has won multiple Eisner, Harvey and Shuster awards, as well as the US National Cartoonist Society's Best Series award. In 2008, he was Emmy-nominated for the animated adaptation of his magnum opus, 'The New Frontier'. He also recently illustrated IDW's edition of 'Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter' novel. Darwyn was the writer/artist of 'Before Watchmen: Minutemen' and in 2014 he released a 'Batman Beyond' animated short celebrating the 75th anniversary of Batman. Given his experience with superheroes, it's no surprise that Darwyn has donated a couple of DC classics to our auction. Darwyn's style often has a nod to the 50s, and his interpretation of Superman harks back to that more innocent age, our hero smiling with joy as he shatters some chains. His second image is a portrait of DC super-heroine Zatanna, ranked fourth in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list! 2 pictures. Ink on art paper, A2 size.

SETH - MAN OR SUPERMAN

Lot #81 (Sale Order 46 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£13.50, USA-£22, Europe-£22, Far East-£23. Writer and artist Seth (born Gregory Gallant) has been an A-list talent in the comic book world for over twenty years. His series Palookaville, which he both writes and draws, is a mainstay in independent comics. His stories, filled with lost, lonely characters searching for meaning, often reaching back into the past, are deeply affecting and exquisitely drawn. He has exhibited throughout the world in a variety of group and solo shows, his comics have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, and his illustrations have graced the pages of The New Yorker and The Walrus amongst many others. This perfect little Mitty-esque illustration appeared in Canada's Globe and Mail. It's watercolour and ink, 9 x 10 inches. NB since this donation was a last-minute contribution, it will still be in transit to the UK at the time of the auction, and will be posted to the winning bidder as soon as it arrives, hence there will be a short delay.

DARICK ROBERTSON - THE BOYS #4, P16

Lot #82 (Sale Order 47 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Darick Robertson has illustrated hundreds of comics in his twenty-plus years in the industry. His body of work ranges from science fiction characters of his own creation to headlining on renowned classic characters from Marvel and DC Comics. Darick is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the biting satires TRANSMETROPOLITAN and THE BOYS. This artwork is a characteristically dark moment from Darick's internationally-acclaimed collaboration with Garth Ennis, THE BOYS, from issue 4, featuring antihero Butcher closing in on the self-harming super-heroine Popclaw. Ink on comic art board. The final published version is also shown here for comparison. Since this contribution was a last-minute gift it is in transit from the USA at time of auction and there will be short delay before despatch.

DARICK ROBERTSON - ABSOLUTE TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL 2 FRONT AND BACK COVER IMAGES

Lot #83 (Sale Order 48 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Darick Robertson has illustrated hundreds of comics in his twenty-plus years in the industry. His body of work ranges from science fiction characters of his own creation to headlining on renowned classic characters from Marvel and DC Comics. Darick is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the biting satires TRANSMETROPOLITAN and THE BOYS. Darick has given a very special (and last-minute) contribution to our auction. It's not one but a pair of artworks: the front and back cover images from the forthcoming ABSOLUTE TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOLUME 2. As you can see, the pictures complement each other perfectly. Each work is in blue pencil and ink, and measures 11 x 17 inches. Since this contribution is in transit from the USA at time of auction there will be short delay before despatch.

STEVE BELL - GEORGE OSBORNE IN SPACE

Lot #76 (Sale Order 49 of 49)

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Steve Bell began to work for the Guardian in 1981 and his cartoons have appeared in the paper ever since. He is the author of seven previous collections, most recently IF... Bursts Out (2010). In his early career he drew comic pages for children's comics, including 'Whoopee', 'Cheeky' and 'Jackpot', and has produced illustrations and comic strips for many different magazines including 'Social Work Today', 'Punch', 'Private Eye', 'New Society', 'The Radio Times', 'The New Statesman', 'The Spectator' and 'The Journalist'. The list goes on and on. Steve's work has been exhibited all over the world, and he is widely credited as being one of the leading satirists of our day. He was a guest at this year's festival and donated this unique, bizarre and brilliant image of George Osborne MP (complete with trademark testicles) in the guise of an alien from a resently discovered planet that may support life. Ink coloured pen on paper, approx 23cm x 23cm.


LICAF Auction of Original Comic Art
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LICAF Auction of Original Comic Art
by Lake Arts Festival Ltd. Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:30 PM EUR (GMT) Raising funds for the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THE LIVE EVENT PLEASE EMAIL PETER@COMICARTFESTIVAL.COM