#algesiras

Série vieilles photos que mon cousins a retrouvées et scannées !

Algesiras (Andalousie). Débarquement des voitures venant d'Algérie.

1935, Alicante. Virée en Espagne avec ma grand-mère, sa sœur, mon père âgé de 10 ans, ses sœurs...

1946, Leutkirch (Allemagne). Mon père, soldat.

1946, Oran. Ma tante paternelle

The French 2-decker 'Algesiras' casting off from the harbour of Hyeres, 8th May 1868, by François Geoffrey Roux (1811-1882)

Each of the ten cards features an image from a specific volume on one side and a unique code on the other, which allows access to that volume. Volumes feature at least six different stories spanning seven issues and are often over 200 pages in length.

The cards are limited editions of 100 per volume, and are available from direct sales comic shops retailing for £6.99 for one card.

The first ten volumes feature a stellar line-up of established talent such as David Lloyd,  Herb Trimpe, Marc Hempel, Henry Flint, James Hudnall, Val Mayerik, JC Vaughn, Mark Wheatley, Phil Hester, John McCrea, Yishan Li, Algesiras, Alain Mauricet, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Roger Langridge, Dan Christensen, Kev Hopgood, Ferg Handley, Dave Hine, Shaky Kane, Keith Burns, Lew Stringer, Carl Critchlow, Phil Elliott, Lew Stringer, Stephen Baskerville, Jim Hansen, Mychailo Kazybrid, David Leach, Batton Lash, Jimmy Broxton and Bambos Georgiou.

Aces Weekly has also managed to launch plenty of breakout creators during those first ten volumes, including Paul McCaffrey, David Hitchcock, Ben Dickson, Gavin Mitchell, Esteban Hernandez, Kathryn Layno, Jok, Santullo, Rachael Smith and Lawrence Beveridge of the Fearless Vampire Killers, to name but a few.

The cards feature the following artist;

Volume 1 David Lloyd Volume 2 Henry Flint Volume 3 Marc Hempel Volume 4 Herb Trimpe Volume 5 Shaky Kane Volume 6 Roger Langridge Volume 7 Nardo Conforti Volume 8 Paul McCaffrey Volume 9 Val Mayerik Volume 10 Keith Burns

Comic shops can obtain wholesale prices and order sets of cards by contacting Bambos Georgiou at [email protected]

You can see the 3 compilations of my Inktober on Deviantart: - Days 01 to 10: hands alone (stock references) - Days 11 to 20: hands holding things (stock references) - Days 21 to 31: my own references.