CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: COULD THIS BE THE END FOR JOHNNY FUTURE? THE RETURN OF THE KILLER ROBOT

Saturday, 4 May 2013

COULD THIS BE THE END FOR JOHNNY FUTURE? THE RETURN OF THE KILLER ROBOT - PART SEVEN...

A six-page epic extravaganza ends our current crop of JOHNNY FUTURE tales from the late, lamented FANTASTIC. Published back in the late '60s by ODHAMS PRESS, the masterful art of the amazing LUIS BERMEJO ensured that Britain's answer to SUPERMAN (after a swiftly abandoned INCREDIBLE HULK impression) would be remembered for a long time to come by those who were lucky enough to have read these titanic tales back in the day.

Want to see further adventures of ol' JF? Then be sure to let me know in the comments section. I don't fancy digging out my back issues and spending hours scanning countless pages if there isn't a sufficient audience for them. Your vote counts - use it!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...: Every week i look forward to the next episode of Johnny. Thanks so much and please please carry on. Incidentally how many more episodes is there to go?

Best Wishes
Martin Baines; 4 May 2013 at 17:32
Kid said...: At a rough guestimate, Martin, around 20, including the full colour story from one of the Fantastic Annuals. Glad you're enjoying them.; 4 May 2013 at 21:24
Anonymous said...: Well, I 'd like to read that Annual story in colour now that you 've mentioned it.

Panagiotis...; 5 May 2013 at 00:55
Kid said...: And so you shall, in a mere few posts time. Keep yer eyes peeled.; 5 May 2013 at 01:12
PhilSee said...: Turn you back on the computer for a day or so and it's post-apalooza on your site! Great to see Johnny F back, and definitely put me down for more. The dragging out and scanning much appreciated by those of us without access to the originals. Glad to see the big tin guy seen off - how is a superhero meant to get anything done with that thing clunking around after him?! Thanks for sharing.; 5 May 2013 at 04:59
Anonymous said...: They're not the only ones enjoying - keep it coming!

One thing about the artwork - more often than not the backgrounds are next to non-existent...yet it's so well done that you don't really notice (or I didn't), and when you do you don't really begrudge it like you might on any other strip.

cheers
B Smith; 5 May 2013 at 06:05
Kid said...: Glad to hear you both like your JF fix, Phil and B. Bermejo knows exactly just how much detail is required for each panel to work, and, as I'm sure you realize, a gifted sequential storyteller is aware of not only what to put in, but also what NOT to put in.; 5 May 2013 at 11:00

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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