Axa, Robot Archie, Sanjulian art and more up for auction

By John Freeman on February 13, 2019

Quite by chance, I came across an interesting auction of Original Comic Art on Catwiki which ends tomorrow but includes a few items by British creators and a huge range of art by some well known European artists, including an “Axa” strip by Enrique Badia Romero and a “Robot Archie” page by Ted Kearon, from Lion.

The auction landing page is here and bidding (registration required) ens at 8.00pm tomorrow. shipping is from Belgium, so bear in mind that is an extra cost.

Click the images to straight to the individual lots.

A page from a 1958 “Robot Archie” story, art by by Ted Kearon - titled “Archie, de man van Staal - Bodyguard to the menaced Rajan”

A 1983 “Axa” strip Enrique Badia Romero

A fairy tale illustration by Gerry Embleton

A beautiful design for his adult telling of Peter Pan by Régis Loisel

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.