TOYBOX TREASURES Of The PAST: COMET HYDRO PLANE...

One of the "must-have" toys of the '60s

Surely there can't have been a kid in the '60s who didn't have one of this fantastic battery-operated HYDRO PLANE speedboat?  As well as playing with it in ponds, baths and sinks, it also came in useful as a handy fan on hot summer days at the seaside.  They just don't seem to make toys like this anymore.

AND TIME TICKS ON...



He's going to have some wait



And another quickie.  Basic, but effective.  (Hey, I was working for chips - I wasn't going to knock myself out!)  Again, everything produced by my own fair hand.  The shop is no longer there, so it looks like that guy could be waiting for quite some time.

P-P-PICK UP A - PIZZA?

This was an A5 flyer for a local business which I knocked up a few years back (the flyer, not the business).  Of course, when one is doing stuff which isn't going to be printed in a comic, one can afford to relax about the finishing on a piece of work. Nevertheless, it's not too bad, every aspect of it being hand-lettered and drawn to quite a high standard (if I say so myself).

WHO'S A HAPPY CAMPER?

"Yaaawn! I wonder what kind of day it's going to be, Fred?"

Here's a little amateur cartoon I did back around 1977-'78 for a church camping poster.  Looking at it now, I can mainly see where it could be improved - but, overall, it's really not too bad for a teenager.  I coloured it in for the poster, but unfortunately that's been long lost to the mists of time.  One day I'll tidy it up and recolour it, just to make it as good as it could be.