Ilke's Davis Update

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:36 pm

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Davis/Farmer art from Excalibur #42, on the cover of Comic Shop News #217...

http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/LiveD ... 48ef4e8048

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:17 pm

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SFX #172 comes with an exclusive set of 2000 AD playing cards, with D.R. & Quinch appearing on the Jack of Clubs card...

http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/forums/in ... =2487&st=0

http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=latest_issue

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:07 am

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With X-Men: Odd Men Out, featuring 2 previously unpublished tales drawn by Dave Cockrum, scheduled for release this month, Comic Book Resources "asked several creators who worked with or followed Cockrum's influential X-Men run to offer a few remarks on the artist’s enduring influence on Marvel's mutants."

Alan Davis is among the creators offering thoughts...

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=17157

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:39 am

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Alan Davis was interviewed in the Spanish comic mag Urich (Vol.2) #2 (Nov. 1993), and here's the cover featuring Captain Britain...

http://www.todocoleccion.net/urich-n-2- ... s~x9199190

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:46 am

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Speaking of Captain Britain, a reminder that the article on Captain Britain appearing in Back Issue! #29 (out July 16th) includes an interview with Alan Davis.

http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_pa ... 058a0bc845

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:39 am

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It's noted in the amazon listing for Marvel Masters: The British Invasion Vol.2 (Panini UK) that the September-release trade will include art by Alan Davis...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Marvel-Masters- ... 413&sr=8-9

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:25 pm

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Coming in October! Thor: The Truth of History!

From http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080722- ... tions.html :

THOR: THE TRUTH OF HISTORY #1
Script, Pencils and Cover by ALAN DAVIS
Legendary writer-artist Alan Davis (FANTASTIC FOUR: THE END) sends Thor on one of his most epic adventures in history! The God of Thunder and his fellow Asgardians visit Midgard’s ancient Egypt...and leave behind a startling legacy that will change our world forever in this one-shot!
48 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

And the cover art:
http://i.newsarama.com/preview_images/m ... th_cov.jpg

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:38 pm

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Also in October! Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes #1!

From http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=17314 :

ASTONISHING X-MEN: GHOST BOXES #1 (of 2)
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils by ALAN DAVIS & ADI GRANOV
Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
You met Subject X in the pages of Astonishing X-Men! But what was he really doing and who he was doing it for? Find out in this essential 2-issue tie-in series to Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi’s opening salvo on Astonishing X-Men! Ghost Boxes is about the choices that man made and could have made, and the ripples they cause. Ghost Boxes is about the real stakes of the Ghost Box storyline, and what will happen if the X-Men fail to solve the mystery.
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

And the cover art by Bianchi:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/ ... 01_COV.jpg

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:02 pm

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Marvel's October titles of note, with in-store dates!

http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=10035

http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=9977

http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=9880

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:06 am

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Where's Waldo? Waldo "D.R." Dobbs is who I'm referring to, not the guy dressed in red & white stripes.

See if you can spot Waldo and his friend Ernest Errol Quinch in some trading cards from the 30 Years of 2000 AD card set, by checking out the link below.

http://www.strictlyink.com/07si/2000AD_basic_index.html

Paulo Pereira · Post by **Paulo Pereira** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:45 pm

Really looking forward to the THOR one-shot. I'm interested in the Ghost Boxes comic, as well.

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:49 pm

Has anyone had a chance to look through Uncanny X-Men 500 Issues Poster Book, released July 23rd? Any Alan Davis art within?

http://www.mycomicshop.com/comicbooks/item?IID=14890031

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:53 pm

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It's noted in the checklist on Alan's site that his cover for Detective Comics #571 was inked by Paul Neary, but Alan inked that cover himself.

http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/b ... 7564%20571

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:07 pm

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Alan's renditions of Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog for the cover of 2000 A.D. Monthly #3 were not used on the final, printed cover.

Compare the covers at:

http://www.alandavis-comicart.com/image ... hcover.jpg
and
http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/b ... 098006%203

(Even with the changes, the cover of 2000 A.D. Monthly #3 should be included in the checklist.)

Ilke · Post by **Ilke** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:27 am

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It's noted in the Uncanny X-Men 500 Issues Poster Book credits section at Comic Collector Live that Alan Davis' art does appear within.

http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/LiveD ... f1c9a35b92