Diana Annual 1980

Picture Stories

  • Samantha At Sea (pp 7 – 14) [Art: Norman Lee]
  • Five For Freedom (pp 23 – 30) [Art: Matias Alonso]
  • Stupid Cupid (pp 33 – 39)
  • The Night Was Made For Dancing (pp 49 – 58) [Art: Tony Hudson]
  • The Gemini Code (pp 64 – 70) [Art: Jordi Badia Romero]
  • Man In Black Story: …Just Another Bus Tour… (pp 73 – 80) [Art: David Matysiak]
  • Charlotte Holmes ‘N’ Watson (pp 81 – 87) [Art: Juan Solé Puyal]
  • Silvertoes (pp 89 – 95) [Art: Hugo D’Adderio]
  • Rose Forever (pp 99 – 108) [Art: Jordi Franch]
  • The Witness (pp 117 – 124) [Art:Edmond Ripoll]

Text Stories

  • My Lady Lisa (pp 15 – 17) [Writer: Valerie Edwards]
  • Katrina [6 parts] (pp 32, 45, 60, 88, 98 & 125)
  • Christmas Comes, Christmas Goes (pp 71 – 72)

Features

  • The Way To His Heart! (pp 18 – 21)
  • It’s In The Cards (p 22)
  • Have Yourself A Capital Time! (pp 40 – 44)
  • A Happy You Year (pp 46 – 48)
  • Send In The Clowns (pp 61 – 63) by M J Smith
  • Cotton On To This! (pp 95 – 96)
  • Five Star Superstar – Leif Garrett (pp109 – 110)
  • “Display It Again, Sam!” (pp 111 – 113) [By Jane McFie]
  • The Travolta File (p116)

Pop photos/pictures/pin ups

  • Montage of female singers (pp 4 -5)
  • Andy Gibb (p 6)
  • Boney M (p 31)
  • Bee Gees (p 59)
  • Aces (male tennis players painting) (p97)
  • Travolta! (painting) (pp 114 – 115)

 

*Thanks to Helen Fay for information and cover picture

5 thoughts on “Diana Annual 1980

  1. A couple more suggested artist names:

    Five for Freedom [Art: Matias Alonso]
    The Night was Made for Dancing [Art: Tony Hudson]
    Charlotte Holmes ‘n’ Watson [Art: Juan Solé Puyal]

    1. Thanks for the links, it’s great artwork, those Man in Black stories from Diana Annuals were always a favourite of mine, the Bunty 1990 story “The Necklace” always stuck in my mind as well. Such memorable work across many of these comics.

    2. Yes, many thanks for letting us see your more recent artwork, which is just superb!

      I know the economics of this are very difficult nowadays, but is there any chance that you might produce a book of this later artwork at some point?

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