Artist: Jose Ortiz Medium: Gouache and inks on Bristol Board Date: 1971 This is the unique original artwork by Jose Ortiz, used as the front cover of the British comic Once Upon a Time #108 A beautiful Fairy casts a sprinkle dust spell from the centre of a fairy ring in this splendid Front Cover painting by Jose Ortiz. Using a variety of painterly techniques and mediums, Ortiz achieves a marvellous piece embodying the delicate nature of the fairy world. The spell book beneath the Fairy contains a mysterious alphabet invented by Ortiz especially for Fairy magic- There is also a chance he has signed the piece in the magic spell alphabet, can anyone see where? This is a rare opportunity to own a piece painted for the front cover of the fabulous Once Upon a Time magazine that many of us still remember. There is a small tear to the left hand side of the painting, but as is visible, it comes no where near the painted area. Comic is not included in Lot, it is pictured here for reference only. Please note that any import duties or taxes are the responsibility of the winning bidder. If multiple pieces from The Vaults of The Book Palace are won in this auction by the same bidder, only one set of shipping charges will be applied.