£440.00
True War 1 page 18: Alamein Tank Battle (Original)
Medium: Pen & Ink on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Date: 1978
Code: WatsonJTW118LL
This is the unique original Pen & Ink drawing by Jim Watson.
An original page of pen and ink art from the magazine True War depicting the story of General Montgomery of Alamein and the 8th Army battle for North Africa against the might of the German army commanded by Rommel at the height of World War Two.
Note: last panel is a photo paste-on.
- Artist BiographyJim Watson (born ?1933; UK)
British comic artist Jim Watson was an artist for TV Century 21 during the 1960s, drawing features like 'Thunderbirds' and 'Captain Scarlet'.
In the 1970s he was a contributor to the war titles Battle Picture Weekly (IPC) and Warlord (DC Thomson) and True War.
He was also present in 2000AD magazine, for which he created 'Colony Earth' in 1978.