Thursday 24 July 2014

COOO-EEE! PANEL-BY-PANEL - RENT-A-GHOST LTD...


Characters copyright REBELLION

REG PARLETT was one of the greats!  Anyone who knows anything about the history of British comics art would never even consider disputing that simple, incontrovertible fact for a second.  Anything and everything he drew was imbued with a spontaneity and deftness of line that was effective, pleasing on the eye, funny, and seemingly (and no doubt deceptively) easily accomplished.

What we have here is an episode of RENT-A-GHOST LTD., from the March 17th 1973 issue of BUSTER.  Each panel has been scanned from the original art, and I've included the published page to allow you to do a direct comparison, enabling you to appreciate Reg Parlett's artwork at its finest!

And, to my eyes, that's mighty fine indeed!











4 comments:

Unknown said...

Great to see Reg Parlett's original art - I put Reg right up there with the very best - the thing I liked about him was he drew mostly adult characters (and a certain cat..and some crows) and not just kids. My Saturday morning comics always had at least two or three Reg Parlett strip when I was a kid, everyone was a gem.

Kid said...

And, of course, he drew Buster himself for a good long run. I never saw a Reg Parlett strip that wasn't an absolute joy to look at, McScotty. A terrific artist.

George Shiers said...

Another excellent piece of artwork.

Kid said...

You can depend on Reg Parlett not to let you down, George.



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