CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART TWO OF THE DALEKS SWEET CIGARETTE CARDS FROM THE '60s...

Monday, 27 May 2013

PART TWO OF THE DALEKS SWEET CIGARETTE CARDS FROM THE '60s...

As you'll know from the previous post in this series, there was once an item of confectionery for kids manufactured by CADET (the confectionery, not the kids) which came with a collectable card in each packet - 50 in total. Dr. WHO & The DALEKS cards are now extremely sought after and command quite a few pounds these days so I hope you appreciate my generosity in letting you see both sides of them and not charging a penny.

Believed to be drawn by RICHARD JENNINGS, one of the artists on the '60s Dalek Annuals and back page TV CENTURY 21 strip, they portray a far more energetic Doctor than we were then used to seeing on our television screens. Perhaps he had a secret stash of extra-strength vitamin pills that he was popping, who knows? (No pun intended.) Oh, and he seems to be from Earth, not Gallifrey, according to whoever it was who scripted the cards.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this blast from the past - keep your peepers peeled for Part Three - coming soon.

2 comments:

John Pitt said...: I certainly DO appreciate it, Kid, as I recently saw a set going for 150 quid on the internet ( or 3000 rels, Skaro currency!! ) Incidentally, it must have been confusing on Skaro with the " rel " also being a unit of time as well ( roughly equivalent to one Earth second ).; 27 May 2013 at 21:05
Kid said...: A set just sold on eBay last week for £46 - just depends on who's bidding on the day, I suppose. Regarding the word 'rel', I think it's pretty clear that whoever scripted the cards didn't really know a lot about Dr Who. (No Tardis, Dr an Earthman, etc.) Shocking.; 27 May 2013 at 22:57

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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