Ian Fleming Commissioned, James Bond “DR. NO” Original Story Board Art, Ca. 1959 – John McLusky,
JOHN MCLUSKY.
JOHN MCLUSKY
ORIGINAL IAN FLEMING COMMISSIONED PUBLISHED STORY BOARD ART FOR “JAMES BOND’S, NO”, Ca. 1959 UK Daily Express Newspaper
“It doesn't hang together with all this, does it? I'll give you the truth tonight Honey”
Features James Bond, and Honey Ryder. The scene of their famous meeting with Honey coming out of the water....
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 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 one-of-a-kind published piece.
One of the most memorable scenes from Dr. No! The original artwork offered here was one of the strips for “Dr. No”, which ran in the 1960’s. This superb three panel piece has two main characters in an important famous scene, depicting the meeting of James Bond and Honey Ryder whom Bond meets just after he and Quarrel secured the canoe. He then sees her in the water in the groves looking for shells (in the Dr. No movie he sees her coming out of the ocean) .
Condition:: The art is in excellent condition with the expected age toning and some slight staining to the first panel. The artwork by sight is 17.5″ x 5.25″. The piece has a stunning presence on the wall.
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: $2,995.00