SOLD 2000AD Hamerstein & Deadlock, c 1988

That is excellent detective work to identify, from the verso, the true artist behind these headshots because they were attributed to someone else. I was one of the underbidders, way down the list, for this lot but mainly for the Ezquerra. Can you tell me anything about Mark Cox because he seems to have had (or has) a very eclectic taste in comic art? Is he the "American-based British print designer and art director" that comes up when you Google his name and do you know why he has sold so much of his OA?

Thank you! It clearly isn't anywhere near O'Neill's syle, and the envelope that it came in was addressed to 'Simon Bisley'. The sketch fragment on the back is just icing on the cake! I don't kno w anything kmoire about Mark Cox than what Google tels me, I'm afraid.

Well I might have been able to distinguish Bisley from O’Neill if I had seen a full page of comic art but to do it from two head sketches small enough to fit on a button/badge requires an expert’s eye, and you have the evidence to back it up, so hats off to you. I am glad you won the auction as you are obviously a squaxx dek Thargo. As for the Mark Cox query – at least you pointed me in the right direction by describing him as “Titan editor” because there are a lot of “Mark Cox”es out there on the internet, so for that florix grabundae.

Florix Grabundae! In real life I'm an art curator, so it's the kind of thing that I do every day! Fun to apply it to 2000AD though...

Wow! Art curator – impressive. Hmmm. Should I be spared, I am going to be uploading onto CAF a drawing at the end of next month which I would really value your opinion on. It should be right up your street – I won it on Heritage this year, it was un/misattributed, and it is, in my opinion and that of two non-CAF-member comic fans I know, by a British artist. It would not surprise me if you had thrown a couple of bids on it yourself as you seem to be able to identify a hidden gem. Sorry to be so “cloak and dagger” but I have not scanned it yet or written out my typically verbose description detailing what it means to me and my argument for why it is by who I think it is. Also, I might find the “smoking gun” to prove it is by who I think it is by 25 May. I said that Mark Cox had an eclectic taste in comics; he has nothing on you as, judging by your collection, your knowledge from Altergott to [E]Zquerra seems too be every bit as broad.

Oooh! Colour me intrigued! Looking forward to taking a look at that! And thank you...I do like a bit of everything...