tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post4946963322011246066..comments2024-03-27T12:09:07.950+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: MY HEART IS STILL A FIREBALL...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-33611920851473127132017-05-05T18:06:45.812+01:002017-05-05T18:06:45.812+01:00Definitely Fireball. I don't remember with any...Definitely Fireball. I don't remember with any great clarity actually seeing Space Patrol on TV now, although I know I did because I used to draw the spacecraft thingy. I DO remember seeing it in TV Comic.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-35152388447761125262017-05-05T17:58:52.469+01:002017-05-05T17:58:52.469+01:00BS raised a point there, which got me thinking, - ...BS raised a point there, which got me thinking, - which did you prefer as a kid, - Fireball or Space Patrol?<br />For me, it was Space Patrol!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-70501699789866223752017-04-27T09:25:56.277+01:002017-04-27T09:25:56.277+01:00'Slightly' being the operative word, BS, a...'Slightly' being the operative word, BS, as its chief 'flaw' is that Fireball Junior's a wee bit pointed. However, artists weren't always provided with sufficient reference back then (from all the proper angles), sometimes having to make do with just a few photographs. Still a lovely illustration I'd say.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-21786674598356730162017-04-27T09:01:35.083+01:002017-04-27T09:01:35.083+01:00Interesting to see how slightly off-model XL5 is.....Interesting to see how slightly off-model XL5 is....but to the guy doing the pic back then, it was just another job, it was just a kids' TV show, so meh.<br /><br />These days you could get someone who, at the same age, could do an on-point rendition with barely any reference needed virtually as a labour of love.<br /><br />Now, if it was "Space Patrol"l.....B Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618583443442543086noreply@blogger.com