CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: HOPING FOR A RE-ACTION...

Monday, 23 July 2012

HOPING FOR A RE-ACTION...

I acquired the above comic many, many years ago. Either the late '70s or early '80s, but I'm not exactly sure, to be honest. May even have been a little later than that, but not by much. I say 'comic', but to be more precise, it seems to have been extracted from a 'parent' publication - probably ACTION COMICS, I would imagine. It's dated 1976 in the indicia, and the cover is not glossy - just regular newsprint comic paper.

Does anyone know for sure which comic it comes from? Any details would be greatly appreciated.

4 comments:

The Groovy Agent said...: There were a couple of Action #1 give-aways in 1976. One was for a sleeping bag, the other is for Safeguard soap. You can tell which one it is by the ad on the back cover. Hope this helps!; 23 July 2012 at 20:31
Kid said...: Thanks, GA - it's the sleeping bag one I've got.; 23 July 2012 at 20:38
Anonymous said...: Come on then Kid, scan the back for posterity!; 25 July 2012 at 17:18
Kid said...: I'll add it later. It's already been tucked away back in my filing cabinet.; 25 July 2012 at 18:27

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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