Charleys War Colouring Project -Episode 6

 Art Joe Colquhoun

First time I saw this image must of been 1983 or 84 so I'm 11 - in a copy of Battle picture weekly in black and white advert - it was just as Titan books were starting - Charley most certainly deserved the book treatment I even traveled up to Forbidden Planet to buy it with my eldest sister Evil Edna - I guess it would of been 84 when Cynthia Martin was drawing Star Wars - Power Pack was happening not sure Secret Wars had began or if Transformers had taken off the way it did - I'd check the back cover and dream and wonder what Ro Busters was and ABC Warriors -who  looked like Death Squad but as Robots with a mad looking kid alongside them then I see authors name- same writer as Charley - so I knew I had to check that stuff out (even before my knowledge of Dredd or Rogue) but when I see these covers by Kevin O'Neill and Mike McMahon I want an animated series

Enough nostalgia back to today  I managed to finnish colouring episode 6 of Charleys War I aimed for armistice day -not sure if i'll follow up for Sunday it depends if it's a 3 or 4 page episode ..see how I feel tommorow. Story Pat Mills Art Joe Colquhoun

Just hope my colour doesn't look like vandalism - but I've wanted to colour these stories forever -a brillant ending to chapter one of  this story as the next phase is the Battle of the Somme itself so the firstt 22 pages of story would make a good issue 1 in an alternate universe where Eagle Comics printed Charley alongside Dredd and 2000ad titles -maybe that happened in another dimenson -  here's some more modern trench art

Star Wars Colouring Project -Death in The City of Bone

Image has nowt to do with  Death in the City of Bones - but it's Youngish  Bob at his best  drawn by Al Williamson - I will update this eventually but my mission right now and  I'm on alot of missions is to colour Al's newspaper strips  in  order and then go onto The Empire Strikes Back  and stories inbetween that including  Crimson Forever  Droid World (Carmen Infintino and Gene Day awesomeness ) and Resurection of  Evil and all the great stuff Walt Simonson  and Tom Palmer put together back in the day too - doing Charley, Sarge, Dredd , Possibly Nemesis and Slaine Codename Eagle , Rat Pack soon and Johnny Red - I hope I haven't overfilled my ashtray  of delights -

A good way to start  a bleak month  I'll give my lowdown after  I post  Death in the City of Bone

 

Death in The City of Bone Issue 69 of Original Star Wars Comic printed in 1983 Story David Michellini Art- Gene Day and Tom Palmer

The Original Mandalore-I'd like to think if there's a season  3 of The Mandalorian  that we get to see a live action Mandalore at last or at least Concord Dawn -Mandalore seems like sand and glass in The Clone Wars and Rebels -A few city sized dragon skeletons scattered around would be a neat nod to this story if anyone is worthy of The Dark Saber it's Bobs but from looks of things he's trying to unite the scum and villiany right now ..

I we get to see all this in flashback sequences or along these lines Open Seasons and Bounty Hunter game were a good way to set up The Fetts -come to think of it , I wonder if we get to see an older version of Omega Bobs sis - it's all very Gangster but Fett to me is the hired gun rather than Scarface so hopefully we'll see that journey that changes his role in the galaxy-some Bob Rocking Beats I'll try to colour some more of Als New Hope today can't go into super detail like lately as pages are weeny but as a training excercise to see if I can get colours as close to original movie -should be fun to do

One Offs 1

Just a few Posters and oddities rather than sequential stuff starting with a newish one I did of Nemesis Torquemada and OG Potty Mouth himself Rojaws ,, wanna colour more Nem at some point same goes with Slaine A.B.C Warriors - but where to start -I respect Kevins colouring already seeing as he's the original artist - but may start chronilogically with Purity's Story -actually coloued it before -adolescents and felt tips  so already worked on Nem before unoficially  and Bad Company  too - but might be the place to start rather than jump into Gothic Empire I met Bryan at Brighton Comic Con just as David Tennent audio book came out for Luther Arkwright -I kinda liked Shallow Grave dude maybe thought DT couldn;t cut it  as he was a pretty boy but he did cut it - best since Tom so I eat my words  -I really hope this live action thing is on the go  

 

Set myself a deadline on this one it had to be done to make a statement but because i'm not super savy at been popular nor think it to be to ones credit in the first place it is what it is a recolouring of a Brian Bolland Cover from back in the day but what happened was true -Olympics ended -Afghanistan falls Chicks gotta fight to survive -a new war begins which is over the heads of the superpowers BB'S been of the nerdbox alot lately- so some tv time here Brians one of the Good Un's may name first son after him and me Dads brother built me a garage and a fort and taught me how to use levers on a JCB  back in 77 or 76 so Brians a good name.

Rat Pack by Ron Tiner -sample page for Fanzine -wont be printed copyright or artistic reasons but I'll be working on Rat Pack first episode-all fan art -anybody can colour old art work -I look after my ma so rather than do something daft like getting wasted I'll  colour  these pages -copyright don't enter my world - its out of fun and respect not dosh.- I'll do Carlos right -I do love checking out old picture libary covers those dudes could really paint- good artists to be inspired by- so I try to mix it up with that and reference especially locations and the type of skies  that exist in that part of the world and chuck in those colours with a Commando or picture libary awareness lol - this is a sample page no script or anything I originally coloured it like the Alps  but decided Jeeps are pure desert jalopy so changed the setting.

Rat Pack turned up Sniper Elite comic I do hope they turn up in next game Normandy would be a neat setting 

Last thing I'll show tonight is very rough in fact closer to a thumbnail sketch colour wise- art wise it's US Prime - just the size I'm working on from scans  on Twitter but bigest version I could find but If I'm gonna colour Al Williamsons Star Wars I start from the very beginning -wish he did the whole movie but got as far as Uncle Owens farm.. but I'll post the two other pages at some point then move onto Bounty of Ord Mantell which I've started alreadywhich are much larger scans

Star Wars Colouring Project -The Search Begins

 Started colouring this story around the time Rebels season 1 trailers came out -if I were to do it again now it would be better-more solid more
  McQuarrie -working on some Al Williamson newspaper strips at the moment so it's Ralph influenced  all the way as far as colour goes   here is too 90's comic booky really -but I'm learning here as ever ,,,

Thought it would be a good time to unearth this classic seeing as War of The Bounty Hunters has concluded more about that after I've posted these pages

Story David Michelinie -Art Gene Day& Tom Palmer

 

Death in the City of Bones to follow more than likely when BOBF Trailer arrives

Megs on the ball -I try to avoid spoliers though -I was right about there been a child in the Mandalorian as it was something I saw but it didn't ruin it for me as I didn't think it would be anything like Grogru(got an awesome mug from my sister with him on it new favourite cup)-It was nice to see some old and new faces turn up in War of the Bounty Hunters -I was very conserned about the health of poor  Zuckuss for a while

 

Zuckuss and 4 Lom the Simon and Garfunkle of Bounty Hunting -I reckon Bousshh is the Bruce Lee of that trade...mind you looks like he hasn't got much time left between the War of the Bounty Hunters and these events -I reckon his fellow Ubese hunters will want revenge on Leia -but may still be alive (not like Leia to murder may of knocked him out)also very cool to see Domina Tagge in these stories would make a good space Dynasty if she ever became a live action character going up against Qu'ra I guess I'll be posting "Death in the  City of Bone"here  on Trailer day-