JOHN MCLUSKY
ORIGINAL PUBLISHED STORY BOARD ART COMMISIONED BY IAN FLEMING FOR “ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE”, Ca. 1964 UK Daily Express Newspaper
“If Blofeld’s Hiding Up Here I am a Dead duck”
Features James Bond in a superb 3 panel strip which takes place in the midst of the famous Bob run chase scene in which James Bond chases after Blofeld, both on sleds.
Ian Fleming commissioned John McLusky to illustrate a daily comic strip for his James Bond character and stories. In 1959 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 published piece.
The original artwork offered here was one of the strips for “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, which ran from 1964-1965. This superb 3 panel strip takes place during the famous Bob run chase scene in which James Bond sleds after Blofeld “…but where the hell’s Blofeld”. In the last panel Bond spots the empty cable station “…If Blofeld is hiding up here I am going to be a dead duck” See how this scene is presented in the movie at the bottom of the listing in the you tube video.
Condition:: The art is in excellent condition with the expected age toning, and handling marks in outer margin commensurate with age. Unframed. The artwork by sight is 18.5″ x 5.25″. 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.
The scene as shown presented in the “Movie” is on You Tube and can be viewed via this link below:
