EXTRACTS: The Art of Commando (illustrators special) © 2019 The Book Palace (144 PAGES in Full edition)

42 require of me, occasional posters and eventual portfolio and the exhilarating, carnival atmosphere at the July Comic Convention in New York. My private collectors, publising concepts, and advertising graphics, thanks to guidance from my agent towards more rewarding outlets, personally and financially. I would like to thank publisher Bill Wilson for the kind invitation to me to contribute to The Collector . It astonishes and moves me that here in the US people are interested in the artist as well as his work. The luxury of personal assertiveness isn’t encouraged in Europe (work is usually not permitted to be signed), and artists are required to be content merely to be employed. Peace, Ken Barr ● 'Terror Island' Commando 316, published in February 1968 towards the end of Barr's tenure with the title.