CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: DALEKS SWEET CIGARETTE CARDS

Wednesday 22 May 2013

DALEKS SWEET CIGARETTE CARDS - PART ONE...

Back in the mid-1960s, a confectionery company called CADET released DALEKS SWEET CIGARETTES (something the PC brigade would never allow nowadays), containing a collectable card in each packet for all fans of DOCTOR WHO and his enemies, the tin-pot tyrants from SKARO.

There were 50 full-colour cards in the series, the last of which I showed you all in the previous post. Purportedly drawn by RICHARD JENNINGS, who'd worked on the Dalek Annuals of the '60s and the back page strip of TV CENTURY 21, some of the cards are better than others and reveal some odd departures from 'official' Doctor Who canon.

Firstly, the Doctor bears only a superficial resemblance to WILLIAM HARTNELL and is described as an Earthman. What's more, his features and hair colour are inconsistent, and he acts more like an all-action hero (in a spacesuit too) than the somewhat doddery old grandfather-type who was then on our TV screens.

Some sources claim that two different artists worked on these cards and it may well be so, but I'm unable to determine who the other artist might've been. I'm not even 100% sure that Richard Jennings was involved, though it sure looks like his style. Anyone know for definite, feel free to let me know.

Anyway, here are the first 5 cards in the series. More will follow not too far in the future.

6 comments:

John Pitt said...: I'be just noticed that the price for the album is 1 rel ( Skaro currency ) - surely that would have equated to 1 shilling 1960's Earth money?; 22 May 2013 at 22:46
Kid said...: I'd imagine so, but it must've confused the kids as there's no equivalent printed on the cards or box that I can see.; 23 May 2013 at 00:16
Anonymous said...: "1 rel ( Skaro currency )"

As if the Daleks would pay for anything!

(Besides, they don't have any pockets)

cheers
B Smith; 23 May 2013 at 07:57
Kid said...: Daleks might not, but the Thals do.

Oh, good answer, Kid. (If I say so myself.); 23 May 2013 at 09:34
DeadSpiderEye said...: Interesting that -Dr. Who- should be in quotes, that's gonna forestall the, "It's 'The Doctor...'" crowd. These look like they're a step up from the Sky Ray cards although I like the Sky Ray album.; 23 May 2013 at 11:11
Kid said...: Actually, DSE, as the programme itself has often named 'Doctor Who' in the credits through the years, I don't know what the 'The Doctor' brigade are bleating on about. That's simply another way of addressing him in my view.; 23 May 2013 at 11:42

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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