Ian Kennedy's Commando Covers

Ian Kennedy has to be one of this country's premier comic strip artists. His work has enriched our lives for well over half a century and has included both comic strip and cover assignments for a wide variety of comics including DC Thomson's Commando comics.

I'd like to talk about Ian in more detail at a later date, but here as an appetizer is a mouthwatering selection of some of his greatest (well they're all great really) Commando covers.

If you're wondering how he achieves his beautifully rendered paintings, he works with thinned down acrylic paints, over a carefully penciled out base drawing. His aeronautical paintings are particularly amazing, reflecting his life long love affair with flying and aircraft.

More to follow but in the interim just feast your eyes on these beauties!

All images © D.C. Thomson

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