Battle Picture Weekly related art items offers on eBay

By John Freeman on March 30, 2019

Two Battle Picture Weekly related artworks are being offered on eBay by seller d.g100, spotted on eBay by downthetubes contributor Richard Sheaf.

The first is a “Major Eazy” inspired commission from the late Carlos Ezquerra, re-creating the cover of Battle cover dated 16th October 1976. Bid from £550 or make an offer.

Battle Picture Weekly – a cover recreation by Carlos Ezquerra

“This is a commission I requested from Carlos Ezquerra some years ago,” the seller notes, who is very sad to see it go “but I need the wall space.

“It is a recreation of a cover from Battle comic October 1976,” he confirms. “He did an amazing job It looks exactly like the cover. The art is framed and in fine condition and is signed by Carlos, measuring approximately 32cm X 39cm.”

The seller also has a “Charley’s War” cover, cover dated 6th September 1980 by Joe Colquhoun – offered at the same starting price.

A genuine Battle Picture Weekly cover by Joe Colquhoun

The date stamp and one speech bubble on the art – which measures approximately 36cm x 46cm – are replacements.

Bidding on both items closes at Sunday (31st March 2019) at lunchtime.

The seller has a number of book cover artworks on offer too, and a Royal Mint Tintin teapot!

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as 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.