tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post7979360414966048496..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: NOW COMES... COLOSSUS!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-78659812843461093602015-01-24T03:35:18.854+00:002015-01-24T03:35:18.854+00:00Yes, I should, shouldn't I? So I have! (How di...Yes, I should, shouldn't I? So I have! (How did I miss that one?) At least I spelt Moya correctly.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-48807842886358124802015-01-23T23:30:33.943+00:002015-01-23T23:30:33.943+00:00Thanks for the strip Kid. By the way, you should c...Thanks for the strip Kid. By the way, you should correct the artist 's name to Jose Ortiz (not Oritz).<br /><br />Panagiotis...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-71419142576020309592015-01-23T10:13:06.144+00:002015-01-23T10:13:06.144+00:00And for me, that Smaug was waiting. (I prefer my v...And for me, that Smaug was waiting. (I prefer my version.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-50418956021619343592015-01-23T03:49:53.955+00:002015-01-23T03:49:53.955+00:00The view from our (ahem, how posh!) veranda was al...The view from our (ahem, how posh!) veranda was also of Ben Lomond faraway in the distance; although we were a bit further west than you, Kid, I imagine it was pretty similar. I didn't read Tolkien until much later, so I didn't - or couldn't - make that connection. For me, 'The Ben' was an indication that beyond that point the Highlands were waiting.Gey Blabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658901454566408193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-58102545042052059732015-01-23T03:15:19.723+00:002015-01-23T03:15:19.723+00:00Whenever I went out to play after seeing just abou...Whenever I went out to play after seeing just about any Western movie on TV, the field across the road from my house seemed as large as any sprawling plains I'd seen on the telly. Likewise, Ben Lomond in the distance was, to me, the Lonely Mountain I'd read about in The Hobbit. Making such connections wasn't something I consciously tried to do - the associations were automatic and seemed quite natural.<br /><br />Fascinating and entertaining reminiscences, GB - keep 'em coming.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-78914827196539701612015-01-23T03:00:24.096+00:002015-01-23T03:00:24.096+00:00Now Comes ... Garth! Anytime I see a big muscly bl...Now Comes ... Garth! Anytime I see a big muscly blond bloke I think of Garth, especially if he's drawn in that 'British' style, as here. <br /><br /><br />Like you with WITW I used to use the local landscape as a reference when I was reading a book. I was lucky that beyond my house there was only woods, braes, burns and rivers (with waterfalls) practically all the way down to Ayrshire (with a few small towns thrown in for variety). When I read Kidnapped at a very young age, I hadn't yet visited the original Highland locations, so I used the local features to fill in the details. Same with other stories that had similar settings. Me and my mates used to imagine our local quarry as part of the James Bond stories, with the daily explosions and the complicated conveyor belt systems that carried all the different rocks similar to Dr No's guano operation.<br /><br /><br />Likewise, your comment on the importance of where and when you first read a particular comic strip: the first American Marvel comic I ever held in my hand was purchased on holiday in Fort William when I was nine years old. It was The Amazing Spiderman #84 in 1970, with a Romita cover of Spidey and The Kingpin. It was one of the few sunny days on that holiday and we went for a picnic on the shores of Loch Eil, looking directly at the famous view of Ben Nevis, and that's where I read my first Marvel comic. I was so inspired that I spent the rest of the afternoon jumping up and down on all the rocks on the shores of the loch, posing like Spidey.Gey Blabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658901454566408193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-81275896392850748682015-01-22T23:07:42.919+00:002015-01-22T23:07:42.919+00:00H'mm, that looks like a bigger bowl, JP.H'mm, that looks like a bigger bowl, JP.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-74303834980899367902015-01-22T22:41:04.318+00:002015-01-22T22:41:04.318+00:00I've just got it out again though after your l...I've just got it out again though after your latest post!!<br />:-)John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-91276089067717072042015-01-22T21:01:48.196+00:002015-01-22T21:01:48.196+00:00And you didn't even have to get out the bowl, ...And you didn't even have to get out the bowl, JP.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-41329395437799169132015-01-22T20:39:53.755+00:002015-01-22T20:39:53.755+00:00I used to have this. Now I've got it back agai...I used to have this. Now I've got it back again! - Thanks, Kid!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.com