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Brian Bolland - Batman sketch 1985, Speakeasy 65, August 1986

Location: Brian Bolland
Artists: Brian Bolland (Penciller) , Brian Bolland (Inker)

Location: Brian Bolland
Title: Brian Bolland - Batman sketch 1985, Speakeasy 65, August 1986*
Artist: Brian Bolland (Penciller) , Brian Bolland (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: Never, ever, ever
Views: 8266
Likes on CAF: 16
Favorited on CAF: 2
Comments: 27
Added to Site: 7/8/2016

Bought this at the 1985 United Kingdom Comic Art Convention in a charity auction; my first piece of comic art. Next I sought out Mr Bolland in the bar to have it personalised. Didn't go to another Convention until 2016... where I met Mr Bolland again and, tongue tied, bought a Joker sketch from him. The Batman drawing appeared in the Convention booklet and later as a cover for the UK fanzine Speakeasy, issue. Predates The Killing Joke, I guess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Comic_Art_Convention

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Marvel Two-in-One Guy Member Since 2003

Posted On 7/8/2016

This is pretty special.

Gal Schwartz Member Since 2005

Posted On 7/8/2016

Thank you for breaking my internet .. ;) !! Incredible piece and a pretty great story to go along with it. You could quit right there...

Geoff Art Member Since 2014

Posted On 7/8/2016

That's damn good!

F M Member Since 2005

Posted On 7/9/2016

Splendid

Dean Abraham Member Since 2008

Posted On 7/9/2016

such an incredible piece

Tom Coker Member Since 2005

Posted On 7/9/2016

This is a very cool Bolland Batman and so cool that you've had it all this time.

Dino Mauricio Member Since 2009

Posted On 7/18/2016

Spectacular piece, hard to beat a Bolland Batman. Congrats!

Marc W Member Since 2014

Posted On 7/19/2016

It´s perfect, congrats!

Vale DG Member Since 2014

Posted On 11/27/2016

Beatiful piece and nice story Jonathan!Congrats

Mike W Member Since 2007

Posted On 2/17/2017

Beautiful piece!!!!!!!!

Mario Rhodanos Member Since 2004

Posted On 3/22/2017

woooooooooooooooooow

Jonathan Mueller Member Since 2005

Posted On 10/1/2017

You know I really don't usually care for personalized pieces; but I think I'd be willing to make an exception in this case! lol Congrats, and thanks for sharing!

Andy Wurst Member Since 2004

Posted On 8/6/2018

Fantastic ! It’s a keeper for sure !!

S Riz Member Since 2014

Posted On 9/4/2018

Really cool piece, congrats!

John Livesay Member Since 2009

Posted On 9/17/2018

Wow,,great!!

Bill J Member Since 2009

Posted On 11/1/2018

Fantastic!

Daryl R Member Since 2015

Posted On 1/1/2019

Such a great piece with such a great history! Huge congrats!

Allan H Member Since 2013

Posted On 1/14/2019

Amazing!

Anthony Nicoletti Member Since 2017

Posted On 1/16/2019

Incredible piece of work.

Ken R Member Since 2006

Posted On 1/20/2019

Love the mood of this piece! How Batman should make one feel, haha.

Anthony Nicoletti Member Since 2017

Posted On 3/21/2019

Wow. This is incredible.

Phil H Member Since 2010

Posted On 5/14/2019

Dude, this is absolutely SPECTACULAR!!

Jared Simmons Member Since 2004

Posted On 6/10/2020

Bolland is one of my absolute favorites and to get this good of a sketch of Batman from him was unusual even back then. Thank you for sharing it.

Tom Coker Member Since 2005

Posted On 2/18/2022

What a cool Bolland to start your colle ting career with !

Richard Davies Member Since 2019

Posted On 5/2/2022

Very cool. Loving the dark moody vibe the art gives. Well done! :)

Thomas Vanderstappen Member Since 2005

Posted On 12/18/2022

Baller piece and great story. Congrats!

Ron B Member Since 2024

Posted On 3/22/2025

Powerful Bolland! Thanks for sharing

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Brian Bolland - Batman sketch 1985, Speakeasy 65, August 1986

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