For nearly 20 years, Fleetway—and later its successor IPC—was the world's biggest comic-book publisher, and its line of digest-sized Picture Libraries was the jewel in their crown. The publisher’s most popular and longest lasting series were War, Battle, Air Ace, and War at Sea, which ran for a combined total of more than 45,000 issues. Fleetway scoured the world for the finest creators and employed top artists from Spain, Italy, and South America as well as the cream of British talent. Painters such as Graham Coton, Giorgio DeGaspari, Allesandro Biffignandi, and Jordi Penalva created a succession of stunning front covers that have thrilled generations of readers. This stunning collection gathers together 500 of the finest War, Battle, Air Ace, and War at Sea covers, each digitally remastered from the original archived artwork and presented in a lavish oversized format.
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David Roach is an artist, illustrator, writer, and historian with 20 years experience in the comics industry. He has worked on such iconic strips as Batman, Judge Dredd, Dr. Who, Star Wars, and Aliens. He is the author of True Brit and The SuperHero Book. He is also a regular writer for Comic Book Artist and Comics International magazines. James May is a writer, broadcaster, and the cohost of Top Gear. His previous books include James May's 20th Century, May on Motors, Notes from the Hard Shoulder, and Oz and James’s Big Wine Adventure.
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Fantastic resource of war art,
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This review is from: Aarrgghh!! It's War: The Best War Comic Cover Art from War, Battle, Air Ace and War at Sea Picture Libraries (Paperback)
This is a thick 400-page paperback book. It collects the war comics cover art from mainly the 1960s. These archives are from the Air-Ace, Battle, War and War at Sea Picture Libraries. These comics ran over four and a half thousand issues. The paintings are all traditionally created. They are wonderful and captures the intensity of the war. The choice of colours and composition are great. It's also interesting to see the titles of these covers like "Night of the Devil", "Snarl of Battle", "The Jungle Has Eyes", "Courage Beyond Price", etc. The subjects are mainly the soldiers, of course. There's a huge section on fighter planes and the navel warfare. There are very few tanks though. Every piece is properly credited to the artist. For those into drawing war-related comics, this would be a very useful resource. (There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
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