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And now, from the dim and distant days of 1970 - and the pages of TV21 #40 (new series) - comes STAR TREK, boldly going (to split the infinitive - h'mm, sounds like a scientific achievement) where quite a few comic strips had gone before, actually. However, let's just marvel at the action-packed, storytelling brilliance of magnificent MIKE NOBLE at his awesomely artistic peak. Okay, so the colour of CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK's tunic and toupee are wrong (and SCOTTY's outfit too, by the looks of it), but it doesn't bother me - I'm colour-blind.
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Kid, why is Bill Shatner's hair blue and what in God's holy goodness is up with that aardvark??
ReplyDeleteWell, I did say his toupee was the wrong colour - perhaps it's something in the atmosphere that only affects 'syrups'. As for the aardvark - it's late for the Pink Panther show.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, characters in comics (like Superman) don't have 'blue' hair - it's only light reflecting off of black hair which makes it look blue.
I wonder what lay behind the colour confusion, probably only had a few b&w publicity stills for reference. Of course colour tellies were rare indeed back then so you'd have to be well off to notice. It's interesting to note that Shatner went for darker hair later. His TJ Hooker look was a testament to the power of the suspension of disbelief.
ReplyDeleteNoble's figure work here is sublime, the fabrics are rendered with such ease and confidence. He was a master with reverse hi-lights one of the reasons why his work is so crisp but he could still use shade to good atmospheric effect too.
I've seen B&W publicity stills of Shatner in Star Trek where his hair did indeed look as if it might've been black, so as you say, DSE, this was probably the reason why Noble rendered it as such.
ReplyDeleteShatner seems to have gone for the darker look right after Star Trek finished. I recall seeing him in programmes like 'A Man Called Ironside' and 'The Six Million Dollar Man', and he was sporting darker locks then.
Noble is a brilliant storyteller - his artwork simply seethes with life; even when he draws characters standing or sitting around, there's a sense that something is about to happen. One of the greats and no mistake.