BOND CAPTION CONTEST

Ian Fleming Publications is running a caption contest this week! To celebrate the release of the original James Bond comic strips by Titan Books, readers are invited to enter captions to a vintage strip drawn by the great John McLusky for The Express. Winners will receive copies of the Dr No and Goldfinger comic strip collections and cool 007 merchandise. Click the "naked" strip below to download a larger image. More info at IFP. In other news, my next episode on Cocktail Nation is coming up! In the meantime, you can hear Episode #1 (Danger Man) and Episode #2 (The 10th Victim), Epsiode #3 (On Her Majesty's Secret Service). In each segment I do a short introduction to a film or TV series and share some classic (often rare) music. Enjoy!

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JAMES BOND COMIC EVENT

The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco is hosting a special 007 event this Saturday night. If you haven't discovered the comic James Bond, you are in for a treat! Four years before audiences heard Sean Connery introduce himself as "Bond, James Bond" in Dr. No (1962), Ian Fleming's secret agent came to life as a comic strip in the Daily Express. His adventures continued in newspapers until 1983. Fans around the world have also followed Bond's missions in many comic book publications from the 1960s-1990s, most notably by DC (USA), Semic Press (Scandinavia), Giallo (Italy), Eclipse (USA), and Zig Zag (South America). Most recently, Charlie Higson's Young Bond novel, Silverfin, was released as a graphic novel in 2010.  

Museum chair Ron Evans, Alan J. Porter (James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007), and Mike Capozzola will present an in-depth discussion and slideshow about the history of James Bond comics from 7:30-9:30. Event highlights also include: vintage memorabilia, silent auction, SKYPE with special guests, prizes, and martinis. Admission is $007. More info here. Comic covers from my sister site Illustrated 007.

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JAMES BOND OMNIBUS 5

Before James Bond raced across the big screen, Ian Fleming's secret agent appeared in a comic strip in the Daily Express. These exciting adaptations of Fleming's novels were originally drawn by John McLusky starting in 1958, and James Bond strips continued with other artists and stories through 1984 in various newspapers. Titan Books has been reprinting the comics in a beautiful series of volumes. The James Bond Omnibus Volume 5 was released today and includes the following later stories by Jim Lawrence and Taroslav Horak: Till Death Do Us Part, The Torch-Time Affair, Hot-Shot, Nightbird, Ape of Diamonds, When The Wizard Awakes, Sea Dragon, Death Wing and The Xanadu Connection. Titan Books page here. Amazon page here. 

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