The Brian Bolland Judge Dredd Apex Edition. 100+ Scans of his EXTREMELY Precise and Dynamic artwork!

[@delboydare]

Great vid guys. Thank you. A couple things I'd like to add was that Dave Gibbons and Brian Bolland had the same agent for work and both worked on Powerman published in Nigeria and their styles had to sync, so I'd say they got a lot of technics in common. I also remember seeing them together in one of the major comic shops in Soho (Dark They Were and Golden Eyed) hanging out together in the Basement in the late 70s. Another little thing, one of the writers of these stories, Alan Grant passed away a couple of weeks ago. Rest in Power.

[@AllanGildea]

Boland and Ron Smith’s Dredd were my absolute favourites. Thanks for posting.

[@RobMcCallumArt]

@@jC-kc4si cant wait for the McMahon one later in the year. This one is breathtaking

[@marcmaniac12]

the ink roller tool is called an ink brayer. often made of rubber. typically used for applying ink to lino cuts, wood blocks, or other types of printmaking. but many artists have found great use in creating texture by painting directly with the tool. George Pratt has done some fantastic pieces using nothing but the brayer. you should find them at any art store. speedball is a classic one.

[@gabrieljimenez9762]

You guys have shown off some great Artist's Editions but this might just be my favorite. Bolland is incredible and seeing his art with this much detail is mind-blowing. Quite astounding.

[@paulmmr]

Great flip thru guys. Yay for not only Bolland's mad layout, storytelling and rendering skills but also his one-of-a-kind sense of humour.

[@monnierobinson9210]

Judge Dredd Bolland's art got me back into comics after stopping in the '70's. Love the details and layouts in this edition. Wish I saw this in June when it went on sale from 2000AD.

[@concreteface]

About 15 years ago at a convention I watched Bolland draw a very simple front on drawing of a head. Something he would have done thousands of times before. He carefully and precisely measured the distance between all of the features. He wasn't sketching like other artists I had seen, he was creating an flawless, airtight blueprint.

[@lylehopson9573]

I just bought this book last week,I love it. Thank you

[@gonzaloaravena7347]

Amazing... thanks for the in depth revision!!

[@jat2319]

Amazing collection of artwork. Big fan of the 2000ad stuff.

[@matthewbecker7389]

Sheer Brilliance. No time to write anything else, I gotta get back to drawing. (This video is the best motivational power up I've ever seen. Thankyou guys so very much. And for a lifetime of influence and inspiration, thankyou Mr Bolland!!! Ok, I had to make time to write a bit more.)

[@RobMcCallumArt]

Also the Cursed Earth Vehicle was a toy they used for reference. I had one that I’d been given for my birthday before the Cursed Earth came out and when i saw it drawn in the comic, I was blown away as a kid. I had a 2000ad toy!

[@jamesfletcher3720]

I was thinking it looked just like Dinky's Space 1999 die-cast model.

[@thorn798]

Yes it's a Matchbox Adventure 2000 'Raider Command' die-cast vehicle.Great line of toys.....

[@GuramR1]

Pre-ordered the slipcase edition when it first came out. Closer towards the release I was regretting paying so much, but once I received, I freaking fell in love. Bolland is definitely one of my favourite artists, I had to have this.

[@russworks2882]

Knocked me on my ass with this one. Early "crude" Bolland can be seen on the Little Nympho in Slumberland series he did for UK undergrounds/fanzines. Charming stuff. There's some in-between comics in the Hammer movie adaptations that Eclipse reprinted. That Spinball series was the cleaned-up later version of Death Game 1999 that appeared in the infamous British Action weekly.

[@jamesfletcher3720]

Great video guys, been mesmerised by these pages for nearly the entire duration of the vid but need to pull my ass back into the real world now!

[@richdannys2906]

To see the early EARLY raw Bolland, you have to find copies of the British fanzine: "GRAPHIXUS".. From around 1978? The aspiration towards his later inking is there, but the drawing ability isn't there quite yet..

[@billstorie5161]

Thanks again for yet another great video guys!! Re the duo-tone comments - I'm not as well versed in such things as you guys and I haven't seen a copy of the book close up but are you certain it is duo-tone? The reason I ask is that back in the day that type of paper was like hen's teeth in the UK and also expensive as hell. Additionally I have some original art from around that time where the shading initially looks like duo but it is actually a wash of diluted indian ink which has been built up layer by layer and can be adjusted much easier than duo-tone. Due to the cheap paper many UK comics were printed on it was a quick and effective way to add more depth to a page - John Bolton was very good at this as were classic UK artists such as Bellamy, Noble and Embleton who, I would imagine, were influential on Brian's work. Be interested if anyone has a definitive answer on that point as it would probably be the earliest use of duo that I know of in the UK...and it makes perfect sense that a genius such as Brian would be the one to do it.

[@doris3026]

45:23 I fucking DIE whenever Ed does the kid voice, everytime LMAOOO

[@garytucker3563]

Here we go again. Ya'll drop something that I so wished I would have seen when I was drawing like crazy. And again, I saw the Judd Dredd comics and only saw the elements of the story, not the artistic techniques applied. Definitely worth the $500+ deads its going for.

[@pcprincipal9889]

Arthur Ranson is one of my favourite 2000AD artists , and Kevin O'Neill's 'Nemesis' artwork is *insane*

[@SethMcFartlane]

Bolland's art is so striking.

[@bobrew461]

8:47 That was Mr Cube, the old logo for the biggest producer of sugar, Tate & Lyle. "British shit!" I guess so.

[@dougjarvis3824]

Nice video, it's a lovely book to flick through.

[@officegossip]

To add to the lack of photo reference, sometimes cartoonists have a little mirror above their desks that they make facial expressions at for quick reference. Probably what Bolland used from time to time for these pages if he needed to churn them out faster.

[@metalheadbob]

Wow... Thank You!

[@ericmengel]

*drooooolll I used to buy collections out of the newspaper and I was fortunate enough to acquire a nice run of the Judge Dredd comics from Eagle and knew to check it out because of Bolland’s work on Killing Joke. Awesome stuff!!’

[@SuperLaughHard]

I've seen the printed pages thousands of times and I was still totally blown away by this look at the original artwork. Thanks for another top quality video.

[@deathtone1614]

So good

[@jackrewkowski9292]

“PULL THE STRING! PULL THE STRING!”

[@lvizzz]

So it was published by Rebellion. Editor was David Roach who is also an artist and historian. When you said '73' at the end it can't be from '73, since 2000AD had started in '77. Small things but matter.

[@malcolmflanigan1159]

At 5:00 someone says, "None of that would have done on the board." I was wondering where you would find something like that out. Is it just years of experience? Or are there any resources-like a book or a similar youtube channel-on the process of drawing comics? I'm looking for something more historical; for instance, how would artists get rid of white-out in the final product pre-Photoshop?

[@ja_no]

Bolland himself isn't into the original art and artist editions, for the reasons you'd suspect. I re-listened to the shoot interview not too long ago and he talks about it near the end, I think.

[@bigstefan]

the tone effect on the Colonel Sanders page might be Letraset Instantex - same deal as letratone/zipatone but it works like a rub down transfer - you apply pressure with a pencil or stylus, instead of cutting it out and sticking it down, so you can draw lines with it in a similar way to duotone paper. It's messy stuff but an interesting effect.

[@bigstefan]

also, regarding Tom asking if his early stuff isn't quite 'perfect' yet - the PowerMan stuff with Gibbons is totally clean and precise IIRC, but I have an early 70s British underground, Cozmic Comix #6 with his work in and it's impressive and very skilled but does look like the work of an ordinary mortal still and has a fanziney quality to it - it's not quite there yet. Also, that rough sketchy line style he has that he uses very occasionally - his Mr Mamoulian strips are drawn in that style. You wouldn't know it was him - very loose and European looking.

[@AntoineDennison]

Dammit, I _need_ this! But it's going for hundreds more than MSRP now...

[@RobMcCallumArt]

Seeing this, It would appear the one i just got has been signed by him! I could smell the sharpie but theres so many signatures in there, I wasnt sure!

[@godstomper]

The guy is a master

[@davidaaronartist]

that judge dredd stories are better than most of stream series

[@tooruoikawa8985]

Berserk or JoJos Steel ball run please:) I love this channel! Thanks for alll the vids!!

[@ianforbes3894]

I've seen wax paste up turn the paper transparent like those captions....

[@officegossip]

This thing was gone before it hit the shelves.

[@bumfie]

if you are blown away by Brian Bolland you should check out review some classic works from 2000AD and Massimo Belardinelli

[@portland-182]

Mr Cube is the character from Tate & Lyle, and is a sugar cube as a character, Judge Anderson is clearly based on Debbie Harry from Blondie

[@GortHyman]

Bolland's Anderson looks nothing like Debbie Harry

[@lvizzz]

It's confirmed she was based on Debbie.

[@jamesfletcher3720]

That same character who appeared on the Golden Syrup tins holing a wooden spoon I belive?

[@brianng8350]

My only complaint is that I wish I could see the pencil line art. The inked art is too close too finished product. But they are beautiful.

[@micahrockandroll]

This felt like getting a full on education.

[@lylehopson9573]

I'd sure like to know how many were printed of this apex edition

[@zeroman614]

20:45 the artist Holbein did a similar anamorphic effect in his work “The Ambassadors” (1553) which has a skull in the foreground that can only be observed from a certain angle..

[@johnchief270]

It be pretty kool if you guys checked out Hollywood SuperStars or Ms.Tree comics

[@horrorstew3577]

Carlos Esquerra was the best but Bolland was easily the next in line for the throne.

[@Bb186fo]

I love Bollands work! I gota say though, many of the "2000AD" comics are a little hard to read for me. The way the lettering is done and the way its placed comes off very crowded to my eyes to the point where I don't like reading it. Some of the titles seem really good too and I've heard good things, I just can't get past the lettering many times. Atleast on the stuff I've seen, but seems like most of thier titles are done the same way. So far from this video the lettering looks pretty good, not really highlighting what I'm talking about, so maybe it's not all of it. I'll have to give some more of it a try.

[@cyanbloo7208]

the little guy is some "british s**t" , he's the Tate andLyle Sugar companies sugar cube man mascot. traditionally carried a sword and a shield with the companies logo on.

[@jimsee2715]

For a short period of time 2000AD was printed on a better paper stock. I think they used a different printer? I suspect that Bolland wouldn’t have used Duotone for Night of the Fog if it’d been published on newsprint. I do feel that the use of Levels on some of the pages was a little heavy-handed. It’s a lovely book though! Fingers crossed for a Kevin O’Neil book. Definitely give Dan Dare creator, Frank Hampson a dekko. The Man From Nowhere is a great place to start. Anyone interested in British comic art should check out: britishcomicart.blogspot.com