CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: SUPERCAR - THROUGH THE HEAVENS' MIGHTY RAGE... (Updated)

Saturday, 5 October 2013

SUPERCAR - THROUGH THE HEAVENS' MIGHTY RAGE... (Updated)

Back when I was a very young kid, I had a friction-drive SUPERCAR toy (manufactured by FAIRYLITE) which, though not particularly accurate, was certainly recognizable. I placed it atop our BELLING electric fire one day, and the rising heat from the bars warped one of the wings slightly. The toy is long lost to the mists of time and I've never really tried to replace it, though I may get around to it one day. (Update: Now done so.)

Thankfully, however, PRODUCT ENTERPRISE stepped up to the bat with their excellent representation of the famed GERRY ANDERSON vehicle several years ago and I bought two of them. (One to display, and the other to be kept in reserve.) I now have more Supercars than I ever owned as a kid - four by JOHNNY LIGHTNING, two by Product Enterprise, two by CECIL COLEMAN, and one by BUDGIE TOYS - as well as a repro version. (Not forgetting the one by Fairylite.)

Thought I'd share a few of photos of the PE version here. Enjoy!

2 comments:

Wayne Thompson said...: Hi Kid,

Have you seen this: http://gerry-anderson-collection.com/; 20 October 2013 at 15:31
Kid said...: Wow, that looks fantastic, Wayne. Thanks for letting me know.; 20 October 2013 at 16:10

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.

Copyright Notice:

Images remain the property of their respective copyright owners and are used here only for the purpose of review, promotion, and nostalgia.

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In the case of images culled from my own collection where copyright of an item isn't mine, I impose no copying restrictions on fellow bloggers.

(Although, if you don't allow copying on your own site, then you really shouldn't be copying from others, should you?)

And while you can credit this blog if you like, it's not mandatory. Who has time to make notes of every casually visited site during an idle browse of the internet?

In the case of anyone copying images of my own artwork and calligraphy, I affirm my right to be identified as the creator, and any such copying should not be for the purpose of monetary or material gain. (Unless it's mine.)

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