CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART TWO OF FOOM COVER & IMAGE GALLERY...

Friday, 1 February 2013

PART TWO OF FOOM COVER & IMAGE GALLERY...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

Yes, FOOM fans, it's time once again for yet more covers and random images from the early issues of FOOM magazine from back in the mid-'70s. This time 'round it's #s 5-7, so prepare your peepers for a pulsating presentation of powerful pictures which will pummel your palpitating perceptions into the pavement. (And that's a good thing - trust me!)

If you were unfortunate enough to miss Part One, you can see it by clicking here. And you can see the original FOOM kit by clicking here. Go on - what have you got to lose?

And don't forget - you can enlarge any image by clicking on it, then clicking again for optimum size.

(Now where are all those clicking sounds coming from?)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: I applied for FOOM membership when it was advertised in Marvel UK in the early 70s (think it was only 50p) and waiting in anticipation for ages, then one day I got a letter with a slip in in (and my 50p PO)saying it was sold out - I was so disappointed. I managed to pick up a couple of FOOM mags in Glasgow about 10 years ago and to be honest want impressed but 12 year old me in 1973 would have loved it - have to say go a couple of the e "World of DC comics" fanzines as well and thought they were really good - enjoying the UK Marvel stuff keep it up please - McScotty; 1 February 2013 at 23:35
Kid said...: If I remember correctly, McScotty, I received the same slip - but they kept my money and sent me issue #3 instead. Never had an issue of World of DC comics - they looked really good, too.; 1 February 2013 at 23:54
Anonymous said...: Interesting comparing your two postings - the FOOM covers designed by Steranko are really well-considered pieces, the next lot look like they were handed over to the office intern to knock out as quickly as possible.

cheers
Baden; 2 February 2013 at 00:46
Kid said...: The first four looked like actual 'magazine' covers - the next lot looked more like comicbook covers. Horses for courses I suppose.; 2 February 2013 at 01:25

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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