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2000AD In Search Of Brian Bolland Original Artwork For New Book

Published Mon, 08 Mar 2021 11:55:59 -0600

Rebellion, publishers of 2000AD, is going to be publishing an over-sized artist's edition-style book of Brian Bolland's original artwork for them. Based on the Artist's Edition volumes created by Scott Dunbier for IDW, this volume will recreate the original artboards that Bolland used to create 2000AD stories in the seventies and eighties.

2000AD In Search Of Brian Bolland Original Artwork For New Book — 2000AD Brian Bolland: The Apex Edition

But they would like to find a few more of them. Brian Bolland: The Apex Edition will be released in 2022. But before that, they would like to try and track down the following pages from art dealer collections.

Co-edited by Masters of British Comics author and artist David Roach and Rebellion graphic novels editor Oliver Pickles, many pages of Brian Bolland's 2000 AD work has already been located and scanned, brought together from private collections in the US, UK, France, and beyond.

However, editors are still seeking a number of pages to scan and include in this special collection, many of which have not been scanned since their original publication. They are interested to hear from anyone who has the following original art:

2000 AD Prog 110 ('Punks Rule') pages 5, and 6
2000 AD Prog 120 ('Forever Crimes') pages 1, 2, and 5
2000 AD Prog 182 ('Block War') pages 3, and 5
2000 AD Prog 224 ('Judge Death Lives') pages 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
2000 AD Prog 225 pages 1, 2, 3
2000 AD Prog 226 pages 1, 2, 3, 6
2000 AD Prog 227 pages 1, 2 and 4
2000 AD Prog 228 pages 1, 2
2000 AD Prog 244 ('Block Mania') pages 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

If you are able to help, please contact Rebellion on press@2000AD.com. All artwork will be securely returned after being carefully scanned and appropriate credit given in the collection.

Brian Bolland is one of the definitive 2000 AD artists, his work on Judge Dredd helped catapult the series and his unique style to international attention, not least thanks to his co-creation of the arch alien superfiend Judge Death.

As well as his slick, highly-detailed linework on stories such as 'Punks Rule' and 'The Cursed Earth', the inventiveness and sardonic humour of his covers for 2000 AD and the Eagle Comics reprints for North America confirmed him as one of the industry's greatest, who has influenced a huge number of today's comic book superstars.

Brian Bolland: The Apex Edition follows Rebellion's successful Zenith Apex Edition, which collected Steve Yeowell's stunning artwork from his and Grant Morrison's superhero series.

It will feature high-resolution scans of original art, showing Bolland's delicate inking brushwork in unprecedented detail, as well as the titles and word balloons placed over it at the time by IPC's art team. It promises to be an unmissable collection for fans of comics and of fine art.

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