Yaroslav Horak

Mr Horak also achieved a degree of popularity during the 1960s when he was employed by Fleetway Publications (later IPC Magazines) to contribute art for 11 of their comic books in the War Picture Library and Battle Picture Library series. His complete contributions are as follows.

WPL 214 Rough Justice 1963 WPL 303 Death Or Dishonour 1965 WPL 304 Battle Drill 1965 WPL 315 Cross For Courage 1965 WPL 323 Passage Of Arms 1966 WPL 648 The Curse 1971

BPL 156 The Savage Sands 1964 BPL 173 The Stronghold 1964 BPL 190 Killers Code 1965 BPL 197 Gun Crazy 1965 BPL 231 Victory Cry 1965

Horak
Born	Yaroslav Horak (1927-06-12) June 12, 1927 Harbin, Manchuria
Nationality	Russian Australian
Area(s)	artist
Pseudonym(s)	Larry Horak
Notable works	James Bond

Yaroslav Horak (Harbin, 1927) is an ethnic Czech-Russian, then London-based, now Australian-based illustrator and comics artist, best known for his work on the newspaper comic strip, James Bond.

Biography

A panel of James Bond as illustrated by Horak

He was the second artist for the Daily Express strip James Bond from 1966 to 1977, then for the Sunday Express and the Daily Star from 1977 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1984. In total Horak worked on 33 James Bond comic strips after taking over from John McLusky.

Horak also created the comic series Jet Fury and The Mask, in addition to working on other comic strips such as Andrea, Mike Steele, and Captain Fortune, Cop Shop and Sergeant Pat of the Radio Patrol.

James Bond strips

Title	Writer	Published date	Serial no.
The Man with the Golden Gun0	Jim Lawrence0	January 10, 1966 - September 9, 1966	1-209
The Living Daylights	Jim Lawrence	September 12, 1966 - November 12, 19660	210-263
Octopussy	Jim Lawrence	November 14, 1966 - May 27, 1967	264-428
The Hildebrand Rarity	Jim Lawrence	May 29, 1967 - December 16, 1967	429-602
The Spy Who Loved Me	Jim Lawrence	December 18, 1967 - October 3, 1968	603-815
The Harpies	Jim Lawrence	October 10, 1968 - June 23, 1969	816-1037
River Of Death	Jim Lawrence	June 24, 1969 - November 29, 1969	1038–1174
Colonel Sun	Jim Lawrence	December 1, 1969 - August 28, 1970	1175–1393
The Golden Ghost	Jim Lawrence	August 21, 1970 - January 16, 1971	1394–1519
Fear Face	Jim Lawrence	January 18, 1971 - April 20, 1971	1520–1596
Double Jeopardy	Jim Lawrence	April 21, 1971 - August 28, 1971	1597–1708
Starfire	Jim Lawrence	August 30, 1971 - December 24, 1971	1709–1809
Trouble Spot	Jim Lawrence	December 28, 1971 - June 10, 1972	1810–1951
Isle Of Condors	Jim Lawrence	June 12, 1972 - October 21, 1972	1952–2065
The League Of Vampires	Jim Lawrence	October 25, 1972 - February 28, 1973	2066–2172
Die With My Boots On	Jim Lawrence	March 1, 1973 - June 18, 1973	2173–2256
The Girl Machine	Jim Lawrence	June 19, 1973 - December 3, 1973	2257–2407
Beware Of Butterflies	Jim Lawrence	December 4, 1973 - May 11, 1974	2408–2541
The Nevsky Nude	Jim Lawrence	May 13, 1974 - September 21, 1974	2542–2655
The Phoenix Project	Jim Lawrence	September 23, 1974 - February 18, 1975	2656–2780
The Black Ruby Caper	Jim Lawrence	February 19, 1975 - July 15, 1975	2781–2897
Till Death Do Us Apart	Jim Lawrence	July 7, 1975 - October 14, 1975	2989-2983
The Torch-Time Affair	Jim Lawrence	October 15, 1975 - January 15, 1976	2984-3060
Hot-Shot	Jim Lawrence	January 16, 1976 - June 1, 1976	3061-3178
Nightbird	Jim Lawrence	June 2, 1976 - November 4, 1976	3179-3312
Ape Of Diamonds	Jim Lawrence	November 5, 1976 - January 22, 1977	3313-3437
When The Wizard Awakes	Jim Lawrence	January 30, 1977 - May 22, 1977	1-54
Sea Dragon	Jim Lawrence	1977	55-192
Death Wing	Jim Lawrence	1977-1978	193-354
The Xanadu Connection	Jim Lawrence	1978	355-468
Shark Bait	Jim Lawrence	1978-1979	469-636
Snake Goddess	Jim Lawrence	1983-1984	822-893
Double Eagle	Jim Lawrence	1984	894-965

External links

• Horak biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia