Frank Bellamy inspired various artists

 K-9 ANNUAL 1983

If you don't know K-9 he is a Doctor Who character who first appeared in 1977 and went on to appear in The Sarah Jane Adventures 2007-2010. The K9 Annual 1983 (published in August 1982) was created to capitalise on the anticipated success of a full television series featuring the robot dog K9 from Doctor Who, which didn't materialise - except for one episode.

K-9 Annual 1983 cover

 

K-9 Annual 1983 Contents

Does one of those images look familiar? Well, here it is from Frank Bellamy’s run on "Heros the Spartan" from Eagle Volume 15 number 31. The artist is apparently Glenn Rix who drew many World Distributors Annuals at the time. Some of the other images show Bellamy's influence on him, where he uses the Bellamy technique of 'swirls' 

I want to bring together various pieces today which don't really deserve an article to themselves, so I hope you'll bear with me. Most have been sent to me either via email or on Facebook. Thanks to all my correspondents!

Eagle Vol.15:No.31 1 August 1964 pp10-11

 

Glenn Rix 'swirling' art in K-9 Annual 1983

BOYS ADVENTURE ANNUAL 1984 

Next we have "Boys Adventure Annual 1984", an oddity published by Opal Quill Limited - who I know nothing about, except they also published these titles: "Mighty Heroes Annual 1984" (a rip-off of Doctor Solar on the cover) with "The Fearless Roldan and Astroman" which I don't recognise but suspect is a re-packaging (and translating) of Spanish comics.  Both can easily be found to purchase on eBay as can the other titles:."My Bedtime Story Annual 1984", "My Nursery Rhyme Annual 1984", "My Storytime Annual 1984", "My Cartoon Annual 1984", and "My Trains & Planes Annual 1984".  "My Football Heroes Annual 1984" and "Modern Girl Annual 1984" are two which look to be packaged in the UK as their content needed that more than the other annuals. It does look as if the rarer annuals are "Mighty Heroes Annual 1985", "My Christmas Annual 1985", "My Fairytale Annual 1985", "Black Beauty Annual 1985" - no relation to the TV series of the 1970s. The logo on the spine was a dump or tipper truck, which is odd too.

Anyway this is a blog about Bellamy, so here's the artwork in question. The western characters are taken from Frank Bellamy's drawing for "Garth" in the Daily Mirror from the episode numbered G154. See the comparison below.

Boys Adventure Annual 1984

 

"Ghost Town" G154, Daily Mirror

 ARABIAN ADVENTURE

 A couple of websites tell me the artist for this movie poster is Michael Vaughn. Can anyone confirm this for me please? He was obviously inspired by Frank Bellamy in one place - the Skarasen

Arabian Adventure (1979)

Look closely at the creature just below the title - which to my knowledge does not appear in the film, except as a statue that belches fire! - does it look familiar?

Radio Times (30 August 1975 - 5 September 75)
Doctor Who - Terror of the Zygons

 It's the Skarasen or commonly called the Loch Ness monster which appeared in Tom Baker's reign as the Doctor! The story was titled "The Terror of the Zygons"