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Sunday 11 May 2014

STAN LEE INTERVIEW: FOOM COVER & IMAGE GALLERY - PART EIGHT...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

See? Patience is indeed a virtue. Just when you wondered when the next instalment of our FOOM COVER & IMAGE GALLERY was going to make its appearance, up it pops. This time around it's an interview with Smilin' STAN LEE (you'd be smiling too, if you had his dosh) and, while some parts may be out of date, Stan's interviews are always worth reading just to see what he's forgotten this time (only kiddin', Stan). Yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinking - as if Stan Lee would be reading your blog, Robson.

Anyway, without any further preamble from li'l ol' me, here's what Stan was saying back in 1977. (Remember - to enlarge, click on image, then click again for optimum size.)

7 comments:

B Smith said...: It's just occurred to me - you did some work for Marvel...you must have had an adjective!

Were you Gallopin' Gordon? Garrulous Gordon?
Gobsmacked Gordon?

C'mon, don't be shy now - fill us true believers in!

B Smith, RFO; 12 May 2014 at 06:59
Kid said...: I was GLOP. Two other letterers were GLIB (Gary Gilbert) and ZED (Richard Starkings).; 12 May 2014 at 11:37
John Pitt said...: And were you ever drawn as one of Tharg's droids?; 12 May 2014 at 23:22
John Pitt said...: I think I remember that pic of him on a stool from an early POTA. It really annoyede that he had rolled the comic up! YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM FLAT!!
Tsk, tsk, he ought to have known better!; 12 May 2014 at 23:27
Kid said...: Indeed I was drawn as one of Tharg's droids - for the 1991 2000 A.D. Annual, I think. That pic of Stan comes originally from Fantasy Masterpieces #1, if I recall rightly.; 13 May 2014 at 00:19
vwstieber said...: Funky Flashman, indeed !; 13 May 2014 at 21:40
Kid said...: Ah, that was just Jack being bitter, WS. And besides, Stan's got all his own hair (and a receipt to prove it).; 14 May 2014 at 00:58

About the artist:

From 1985 to 2000 A.D. (little joke there), I contributed to a variety of high profile comics and magazines for various companies.

For IPC/FLEETWAY/EGMONT, I freelanced as a lettering and logo artist on various weekly comics and monthly magazines, and also as a resize comic artist and spot illustrator on pocket books, summer specials and annuals.

For MARVEL U.K., BLACK LIBRARY, REDAN and USBORNE BOOKS, I again freelanced as a lettering artist, also working as a restoration artist for MARVEL U.S., restoring and re-creating certain pages of JACK KIRBY art for their MARVEL MASTERWORKS editions.

I also lettered the MARVELMAN sample pages submitted to MARVEL U.S. when they were considering acquiring the character, which - as we all now know - they DID.

Supplied comic strips, cartoons and illustrated advertisements for local business campaigns and newspaper publication on a professional basis since the age of 16. Did my first paid art job for publication at 14 or 15 for Lanarkshire Education Board.

Have also made TV appearances as a collector of memorabilia.

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Just some of the titles I worked on are:

2000 A.D. * JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE * DICEMAN * SONIC The COMIC * JUDGE DREDD, LAWMAN Of The FUTURE * CRISIS * REVOLVER * EAGLE * TIGER * BATTLE ACTION-FORCE * BUSTER * WHIZZER & CHIPS * WHOOPEE * NIPPER * SCHOOL FUN * ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE * The REAL GHOSTBUSTERS * DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE * COUNT DUCKULA * RUGRATS * The TRANSFORMERS * DEATH'S HEAD * THUNDERCATS * GALAXY RANGERS * DRAGON'S CLAWS * SINDY * MARVEL MASTERWORKS * The TROLLS * LOADED * INFERNO * WARHAMMER * ROSE BLACK.

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