This was commissioned as a poster for Marvel UK's 1982 ROM Spaceknight Summer Special. I found the coloured, finished version on Ebay. I have copy of the comic in a box somewhere!

This 1982 piece was commissioned as a poster for Marvel UK's then Spider-Man comic. The Spidey figure's not bad but Doc Oc doesn't stand the test of time!

An unused (I never submitted it) fanzine cover from the early 1980s.
This piece was heavily inspired by Michael Kaluta’s Shadow comic run.

Season's Greetings to all.
As always, may your Christmas be merry & your New Year happy...

This year’s Christmas illustration is provided by the masterful Maxfield Parrish. This is one of his later period (seasonal) landscapes.

It looks like Predator: Badlands is both a critical and commercial success. I’ve not seen it yet but I’ve had a number of recommendations that I should.
A long time ago a did a bunch of sketchbook Alien drawings, including this one. Blue pencil & ink on 170gsm Windsor & Newton paper.

Nightcrawler, a 1980’s cover for a Marvel UK X-Men reprint comic.
It did also feature Ice Man but I was never happy with the way he turned out!

Drew Struzan- Useful links 2:

Monographs of Drew’s work:

Oeuvre
www.amazon.com/Drew-Struzan...

The Art Of Drew Struzan
www.amazon.com/Art-Drew-Str...

Galactic Gallery
The official reseller of Drew’s artwork and they offer prints:
galacticgallery.com/drew-struzan...

Drew Struzan - useful links:

Drew’s Web site:
www.drewstruzan.com/illustrated/

Conceiving And Creating The Hellboy Movie Poster Art DVD.
This is a step by step guide by Drew of his process from initial concepts to the final finished artwork.
www.reelideas.com

Drew Struzan, RIP.
This week we lost the brilliant modern master of movie posters, Drew Struzan.
The Internet has, rightfully, been awash with love and praise this week, which you may have already seen.

Staying with the Sandman, this unfinished piece, In The Halls Of Dream, also dates from the late 1980’s. Pencil on CS6 artboard.

Death & The Sandman - Pencil sketch, probably from 1989/90.

Warpsmith from Warrior/Marvelman (now Miracleman). Fanzine illustration from 1983/4.

Slitheen warm up roughs for an unrealised Torchwood comic story pitch - 2006

Hellfire(fanzine) cover rough & unfinished pencils, probably late 1980’s. A classic example of the energy of the rough being lost in the finished illustration!

Thor & Spider-Man poster, drawn for Marvel UK, probably in the late 1970s.

Cerebus Quartet - 2019: These were done old school, in blue pencil & ink in a Strathmore sketchbook.
As Letratone/Letraline is no longer readily available, I had to resort to scanning the tone from an old backgrounds reference book&the borders from a 1970’s copy of a Letraset catalogue.

Hi, Shawn created the character & wrote the books with 50’s Sci fi B movies meets pulp noir vibe. My artistic inspirations for this were Jim Steranko & Robert Mcguiness. I hope this helps

Vic Boone: Malfunction Murder - Cover Rough 2010/11. Created by Shawn Aldridge, 'Vic Boone is a private investigator in a world etched by the science fiction of drive-in movies and early Hollywood. It’s a landscape of robots, ray guns, talking gorillas, mad scientists, and human flies...'

Judge Hershey - Spot illustration pencils & inks for a text story in a 2000AD special. Probably from the late 1980’s.

Mister Monster - The line work was done in the last century. This version of the colours was completed 7 or 8 years ago.

Rivers Of London - Cry Fox issue 2 comic cover 2018.
I’m a big fan of Ben Aaronovitch’s RoL novels. So I lobbied to get a cover for the comic.
I ended up getting three but this one is the most successful.

The Surfer, done as a cover for one of Marvel UK’s many reprint comics. Cover dated March 1983. The original artwork side by side with the published version.

Forbidden Planet Camden Town elevation plan

Forbidden Planet Camden Town exterior photo

Forbidden Planet Camden Town interior photo

My newest piece of work, is not an illustration as such, but rather an elevation plan of Forbidden Planet’s newest store in London’s Camden Town.

It’s the site of the former Mega City Comics store and I was asked to design & project manage the refit.

It’s well worth a visit if you ever in London.

David Bowie Red Star: This was drawn to commemorate the January 2018 anniversary of David’s passing. I was never happy with the colour version, which I rushed, hence this being just the b&w pencils!

From the late 1980s, if I remember correctly…