Ian Fleming Commissioned, James Bond “From Russia With Love” Original Story Board Art, Ca. 1958 – John McLusky
JOHN MCLUSKY.
ORIGINAL IAN FLEMING COMMISSIONED PUBLISHED STORY BOARD ART FOR “JAMES BOND’S, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE”, Ca. 1958 UK Daily Express Newspaper
“Before I could Help Kermin, I Was Seized From Behind- And Hurled To The Ground / They Didn’t Want me- It Was Kerim They Were After “
Features James Bond in a superb 3 panel strip from the book “From Russia With Love”. The scene takes place as Bond was attacked from behind when he was with Kerim. Bond was thrown to the ground and Kerim was grabbed and taken. The art offered here was commissioned by Fleming long before the movie as the book was written in 1957, with the promotional story published in the UK newspaper in 1958.
Ian Fleming commissioned John McLusky to illustrate a daily comic strip for his James Bond character and stories. In 1958 the original face of James Bond was born and graced the UK Daily Express newspaper as an on-going series while Ian Fleming continued to write his novels. The James Bond daily comic strips, each illustrated by John McLusky originated in 1958 commencing with Casino Royale. McLusky worked from a story script, provided to him on a sheet of typed paper, outlining each frame. The pieces are rendered in graphite, pen, ink and tone “Zippatone”, which came in sheets in various shades and textures. Lettering on all the panels of comic art was done entirely by hand, with some being hand lettered paste ups. This is an original published piece.
Condition: The art is in excellent condition with the expected age toning, slight stains to outer margins. This is an original published piece w Unframed. The artwork by sight is 18″ x 5.50″. Large high-resolution images available upon request.
PROVENANCE: Ex. The McLusky estate by descent. The art will be accompanied by a Letter of Provenance from the estate.
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Price: $1,195.00