
– beautiful small painting of an 800 Triumph Triple. The multicolor appearance is somewhat jester-like.

– beautiful small painting of an 800 Triumph Triple. The multicolor appearance is somewhat jester-like.

Forty Two years ago the first big storyline for Joe Dredd saw him head into the nuclear devastation from Mega City’s One to Two to deliver a vaccine for a viral infection 2T(fru)T ~ tutti-fruiti. Riding Mk2 Lawmasters ; biker Spikes Harvey Rotten and JD were accompanied with the real life Land Raider (a toy in the Matchbox Adventure 2000 range). The cover of the Prog publishing the initial episode is a classic. Here’s my doodle of that artwork by Mick MacMahon.

– as promised here’s a new sketch of one of Matt Triumphs. This is the Bonnie which I’ve had for 10 years bought from a West Chicago biker gang as a ‘project’. Well she looks quite picturesque now.

– a canvas, a rug, a plate, or a towel. BSA Rocket Goldstar in line with a swish of sunny yellow and turquoise screenprinted ‘Hand of God’.

– found pencil study of a Norton 750 engine. I’ve been warming up my HB’s & ink pens for a more dedicated sketching programme that I will be undertaking over the winter.

– As Judge Dredd keeps patrol over Mega City One so does the Lion heralded law enforcement of Brit Cit rove the southern England spanning conurbation of the 22nd Century.

– woven art for the floor or wall. The intricate patterns are unique to the region they come from. Aladdin also travelled the Arabian real on a carpenter wafting upon a desert breeze.

– X-Man Wolverine sharpens his retractable claws whilst speeding along the highway. The black Triumph Bonneville provides Weapon X with transportation. Illustration by Adi Granov.

– Cool illustration of a cafe’d Triumph Bonneville under a turquoise backdrop.

Dynamic composition depicting PSI Judge Anderson riding her Lawmaster through a Gotham quadrant of Mega City One with The Batman on pillion. Cape battering in the wind. Dredd scowls ominously. Art by Simon Bisley.

Quick sketch of a Tiger and it’s rider in Shōtarō Kaneda style from the cult Japanese Akira film.

– Entertaining graphic of some striped cool cat ripping over the rugged font of the Triumph logo.

Back in the eighties there was a comic strip drawn by the extremely talented Ron Smith of the judicial escapades of Judge Dredd; lawman of Nega City One from 2000AD, now heading into its fifth decade of publication. The strip appeared weekly in the Daily Star newspaper allowing the commoner to delve into the classic character and his world. Ron’s ink work is pure perfection and his representation of Joe renowned. This quick story published in late October 1981 is about the capabilities of a Judge’s motorcycle.

A classic of early eighties British comic book stories was the droids of Ro-Busters and ABC Warriors. One of the horde was Deadlock the Grand Wizard of the Knights Martial, an order of robot mystics of unknown origin who are worshippers of the god Khaos, the embodiment of chaos. This cover art of a collection of strips is an awesome graphic piece depicting one of the Martian War storylines. A chopper tearing along Valles Marineris looks the part.