I wanted to show two pieces of Bellamy's work that is little known but was seen by millions of boys and girls in 1969 and 1970: Wall's Wonderman! I know it appeared in
Smash, Lion and in
Valiant, but can you add to the list?
In January 1970 Lintas Advertising Agency approached Bellamy to produce two comic strip adverts for their character Wonderman, a superhero who doles out lollies and confuses the name of his super-powers! He meets Jimmy Carter - no, not the ex-President! - and a Walls Van driver and saves the day!
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| Walls Wonderman and the Martian Inferno |
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| Walls Wonderman and the Bridge of Terror |
Bellamy also produced some Point-Of-Sale material and fortunately
Alan Davis saved a photo from destruction. It's obvious Walls Wonderman's right arm is vanished because something would be placed over it such as a label which is local to the shop selling it, or maybe some other purpose.
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| Walls Wonderman photo from Bellamy's studio - Thanks to Alan Davis |
Although the three illustration adverts below show they were commissioned by Lintas, and elements look to be by Bellamy are they his work?
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| Foreign Stamps offer |
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| Moon Stamps offer |
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| Wonder-Kite offer |
If you look at the comments below you'll see Peter mentions an animation.
The History of Advertising Trust have one on their site.
Here are some other images, just to make sure you see them all. Which are Bellamy and which are influenced by his initial concepts is hard to say. I'm open to comments.
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| Funundrum competition |
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| Thirst-quenching Woppas |
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| Walls advertising tin sign |
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| Detail |
