CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: THE PICTORIAL ARTS...

Thursday, 2 February 2012

THE PICTORIAL ARTS...

Big Thom

For those of you who like a blog with a lot of class (just like my own of course), you can't do better than to visit artist and photographer THOMAS HALLER BUCHANAN's site, The PICTORIAL ARTS. Lots of lovely pictures, loads of wit and wisdom, and, if I'm not very much mistaken, going by his name he's of Scottish ancestry. If he shaved off his beard, he'd probably make a great JAMES BOND. (Make one out of the hair of his beard I mean. A little hairy one.)

When you've been spoiled by all the sophisticated elegance of Thom's entrancing site, you can always come back here for more of my rapier wit, philosophical speculations, and elucidating insights - to say nothing of my usual gas-filled ramblings about anything and everything under the sun. (So, if it rains, I'll be stuck for something to say. Whaddya mean, you're praying for rain?) There may even be some deluded soul trying to start a rammy with me, with any luck. I seem to get a fair share of malcontents as well as all the wise and wonderful peeps (like Thom) who visit this humble place.

So, what on earth are you lot still hanging around here for? Take yourselves off over to http://mydelineatedlife.blogspot.com/ and get edjumacated.

2 comments:

Thomas Haller Buchanan said...: Thanks Kid, you make me blush, even though my Scottish skin is blustery red anyway. My ancestors roamed the Loch Lomond area, which I have visited and want my ashes to be spread upon.

I wish I could be a full-time blogger, it would be so satisfying to give it depth and breadth. But I'll take what I can get, I guess.

I appreciate your rants and I back you up on most of it. The ones I don't, are the ones I don't understand—either because I don't know the specific history, or the individuals you are scraping up against.

Anyway, as I say on my blog, keep sluggin'. I'll hold your coat, and if need be I'll jump into the fracas meself.; 2 February 2012 at 20:35
Kid said...: Good man, Thom. I really shouldn't allow myself to get annoyed by some of those people, but then I think - why should I let them get away with it? But you needn't concern yourself, Thom - storm in a teacup really. (But thanks for the support.); 2 February 2012 at 20:48

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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