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Terry Doyle
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As a newbie to these forums, I note that previous Dan Dare threads are now closed. I've probably had about 100 Dan dare originals (from the original Eagle magazine) pass through my hands over the past couple of decades (most of which have now departed my collection). Any interest in seeing further material if I dig it up for you guys?
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Ray Owens
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Yes please, I'm a great fan, I read the comic in the mid 50's and early 60's and I have all 12 of the Hawk Hardcovers.
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Terry Doyle
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I'll post some stuff over the course of the next few days, as time permits.
First up, here's a photo (well, two photos joined together, actually), of Frank Hampson's Dan Dare murals. Huge boards that were commissioned by South Kensington's Science Museum (London, UK), during, I think, the 1970s?
In 1990 members of the Eagle Society (UK fan group) assisted Sefton Council to stage a display at Southport's Atkinson Gallery (Southport's a North West seaside town over here in the UK and is also the birthplace of Eagle magazine, as fans will already know).
The two murals were loaned to the Atkinson Gallery for the duration of the exhibition. As I lived about an hour's drive away from the Atkinson, I made a number of trips to the exhibition (which was celebrating, at the time, 40 years of Eagle - which, if you do your maths, debuted in 1950).
At one point I owned Hampson's colour preliminaries for the murals but, like many other originals from my collection, were later sold or traded-away . . .
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Terry Doyle
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Recent re-vamping of Alastair Crompton's 1985 Hampson biography, The Man Who Drew Tomorrow (under its new title, Tomorrow Revisited). Definitely a must-have book (that I'm be surprised to hear JB have any reservations about).
The book was published by my publisher friend (and fellow artwork collector), Paul Stephenson.
I'd known the book's writer, Alastair Crompton, for the best part of twenty years and was always aware of his desire to update the original Hampson biography (as new material and/or corrections had surfaced since its publication). When Paul Stephenson mentioned to me that he'd like to publish something about Dan Dare, I hooked him up with Alastair and together they re-vamped the Hampson book.
I visited Paul in Yorkshire, armed with a large selection of Hampson originals (many of which Paul would later buy from me when I was, at the time, looking to fund an expensive house move), to ensure Alastair's book was well represented by Hampson's best artworks.
When the book finally saw print, I was extremely disappointed to discover that Alastair Crompton had failed to give me a mention in the acknowledgements section of his introduction. This led to a big falling out between the two of us (Alastai would later make a public apology to me about the matter). On the plus side, Paul Stephenson mentions my assistance in providing artwork at the book's end.
Amongst the two photographs I'm uploading is one showing my favourite Hampson original (that I still own!) alongside its reproduction in the Hampson biography. It's a front cover page from Reign of the Robots (illustrated 'same size' as the printed page in Eagle magazine). It's Hampson work, with an assist from studio member, Eric Eden (who specialised in hardware and air-brush colouring).
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Tim O Neill
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Terry D: "As a newbie to these forums, I note that previous Dan Dare threads are now closed."
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Welcome to the JBF, Terry
Threads lock automatically over time due to inactivity. You are certainly welcome to start a new Dan Dare thread.
I see you are an original art collector -- note that we have a thread dedicated to new artwork, where Forum members showcase their collection. It's a sticky thread at the top of the forum and you can post pieces from your collection there. In this case, a new thread is probably appropriate as they are all under the same theme and isn't just from your current collection, and other members can contribute as well.
Thanks so much - I hope you enjoy your time here.
Tim
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Terry Doyle
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The different sizes of Dan Dare artwork . . .
The largest original shown here is from the story, Operation Saturn . . . the slightly smaller original is the opening episode to the 2nd Dan Dare adventure, The Red Moon Mystery (a rare surviving example, as most of the original artwork for this story was cannibalised to form an abridged reprint, with only a handful of pages remaining fully-intact as originally illustrated). . . the smallest original (illustrated same size as the printed page) is from The Reign of the Robots.
Generally, most of the Dare artwork is of the largest size for the first-half of the 1950s (during the mid-1950s story, The Man From Nowhere, Hampson decided to change to 'same size' artwork).
Red Moon Mystery is an anomaly, being slightly reduced in size for this early adventure (the third Dare Adventures, Marooned on Mercury, would revert to the large size illustration board.
The change to 'same size' art board, for the latter-half of the 1950s, was not enforced by the publisher but was Hampson's own decision. Basically, drawing at this smaller scale allowed the artist to sit down to illustrate (he painted the larger works standing up!).
The 'same size' artworks continued on to the early 1960s, then reverted back to large-sized originals . . .
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A 1960s (large art) example by Keith Watson (from the story, All Treens Must Die) . . .
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The opening episode to Dan's second story, The Red Moon Mystery . . .
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A front page from Operation Saturn. As a side-note, the majority of the largest size (Hampson-era) Dan Dare originals were cut into two halves (probably to make a smaller parcel en route to the printers) and would later be re-assembled using selotape (resulting in ugly tape-stains as the ensuing years did their damage). This particular artboard, for whatever reason, remained fully-intact . . .
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A superb front page from the 1958 story, The Reign of the Robots. Although illustrated 'same size' (as the printed page), the attention to detail is absolutely amazing!
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A front page example from the short-run serial, The Ship That Lived.
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Eagle Exhibition, at the Atkinson Gallery in Southport (UK), that ran for several months from May 1990 - celebrating (then) 40 years since the magazine was born in the host town . . .
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