Garry Cobb

The Love Artist: Garry Cobb

The love story illustrations as they appeared after being commissioned by magazines from all over the world. This is a selection of the drawings.

D C Thomson magazines (Dundee, Scotland)

A number of D C Thomson magazines, mostly teen romance magazines, used my illustrations.

‘Jackie’ (1964 – 1993).
‘Blue Jeans’ (1980 – 1991).
‘Suzy’ (1982 – 1987 when it was merged into ‘Bunty’ magazine).

‘Jackie’ magazine.
‘Jackie’ magazine. June 1983.
‘Jackie’ magazine. February 1985.
‘Jackie’ magazine. June 1982.
‘Jackie’ magazine. March 1982.
‘Blue Jeans’ magazine.
‘Suzy’ magazine. July 1985.
‘Jackie’ magazine. March 1980.
‘Jackie’ magazine. June 1984.
‘Jackie’ magazine. February 1985.
‘Jackie’ magazine. June 1982.
‘Jackie’ magazine. December 1980.
‘Jackie’ magazine. July 1981.
‘Jackie’ annual, 1986.
‘Jackie’ magazine. May 1982.
‘Jackie’ magazine. April 1982.
‘Jackie’ magazine. April 1985.
‘Jackie’ magazine. June 1981.
‘Jackie’ magazine. December 1981.
‘Jackie’ magazine. November 1979.
‘Suzy’ magazine.
‘Jackie’ magazine. July 1981.

The First Day of Spring

The original pencil illustration of models Marie and Nick by the sea, 1979. The illustration was published by ‘Jackie’ magazine (UK) for Pamela Holmes’s love story in edition 846 on 22 March, 1980.

IPC magazines (London, England)

A number of IPC’s magazines, all based at Kings Reach Tower, Stamford Street next to London Weekend Television used my illustrations, including teen magazines

‘Oh Boy!’ (1976 – 1985 when it was merged into ‘My Guy’ magazine).
‘My Guy’ (1978 – 2000).
‘Pink’ (1973 – 1980 when it was merged into ‘Mates’ magazine).
‘Mates’ (1975 – 1981 when it was merged into ‘Oh Boy!’)

‘Oh Boy!’ magazine. August 1979.
‘Oh Boy!’ magazine.
‘Mates’ magazine.
‘Mates’ magazine. March 1980.
‘Fab 208’ magazine. August 1977.
‘Oh Boy!’ magazine. Summer Special. 1979.
‘Pink’ magazine. January 1980.
‘Pink’ magazine. June 1979.
‘My Guy’ magazine.
‘Fab Hits’ magazine.
‘Oh Boy!’ magazine. November 1979.
‘Fab 208’ magazine. August 1977.
‘Oh Boy!’ magazine. December 1979. 085.
‘Mates’ magazine.
‘Mates’ magazine.
‘Fab 208’ magazine. February 1978. 144.
‘Fab 208’ magazine. October 1979.
‘Oh Boy!’ magazine. Competition winner drawn by Garry.
‘Fab 208’ magazine. July 1979.
‘My Guy’ magazine.

The Gift of Love

The original pencil illustration of London models Paul Attreed and Tracy Lane in moonlight was first used by ‘Oh Boy!’ (UK) magazine in 1981.

Argus Consumer Publications Ltd.

Argus magazines, ‘True Romances’ and ‘Women’s Story’ used my illustrations. The magazines began with ‘True Story’ which itself was part of a group of self-confession magazines founded in the U.S. in 1919 by True Renditions LLC. They were published in the UK from 1922 by Hutchinsons until 1949 when The Argus Press took over from their offices in Paul Street, London and were printed until 1994.

‘True Romances’ magazine. January 1985.
‘True Romances’ magazine. 1982. 269.
‘True Romances’ magazine. July 1985.
‘True Romances’ magazine. April 1986.
‘True Romances’ magazine. January 1985.
‘True Romances’ magazine. October 1984. 337

International Magazines

Distributed across the world by agents PWA International. ‘Anita’ (Netherlands); ‘Blondie’ (Netherlands); ‘OK! Age Tendre’ (France); ‘Seventeen’ (USA); ‘Quinze Ans’; ‘Club’; ‘Generation’ (Denmark); ‘Co-ed’ (USA); ‘Teen Beat’ (USA); ’16’ (USA); ‘Teen Life’ (USA); ‘Teen’ (USA); ‘Tiger Beat’ (USA); ‘Teen Bag (originally ‘Generation’); ‘Bravo’ (Germany); ‘Madchen’ ‘(Germany); Rocky; ‘Vi Tjejer’ (Sweden). ‘2 Aksie Liefde’ (South Africa);

‘Anita’ magazine. Part of Medianet BV based in Haarlem, Netherlands. 20 May 1983.
‘OK! Age Tendre’ magazine. Based in Champs-Élysées, France. Part of Filipacchi éditée par Union des Editions Modernes (UEM) SARL. 14 June 1980.
‘Anita’ magazine. Part of Medianet BV based in Haarlem, Netherlands. Edition 34.
‘Anita’ magazine competition to be illustrated. July 1984.
‘Generation’ magazine. Grafisk Forlag AS based in Copenhagen. Denmark. 4 April 1980.
‘Anita’ magazine. Part of Medianet BV based in Haarlem, Netherlands. 5 March 1982.
‘Anita’ magazine. Part of Medianet BV based in Haarlem, Netherlands. Edition 38.
‘Anita’ magazine competition to be illustrated. July 1984.
‘Anita’ magazine. Part of Medianet BV based in Haarlem, Netherlands. 30 April 1982.
‘Anita’ magazine.
‘Anita’ magazine. Part of Medianet BV based in Haarlem, Netherlands. January 1982.
‘Anita’ magazine. The prizewinners entered a competition to be illustrated by Garry. May 1984.
‘OK Age Tendre (France). December 1979. 082.

The Gift of Love

The original pencil illustration of London models at a party was first used in 1979 and appeared in magazines worldwide.

‘OK! Age Tendre’ magazine. Based in Champs-Élysées, France. Part of Filipacchi éditée par Union des Editions Modernes (UEM) SARL. 31 December 1979.

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