CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT, THERE'S MY GUN...

Saturday, 9 November 2013

WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT, THERE'S MY GUN...

Now, here are two great collectables from the '60s that you don't get to see every day. (Unless you own them already that is.) A JR 21 (J. ROSENTHAL/CENTURY 21) THUNDERBIRDS 100 shot variable direction water pistol, and a BERWICK THUNDERBIRDS hat. I've had these replacements for many years now, far longer than I ever had my original ones as a kid.

You'll never know how much I resisted temptation to pose with these toys for a photo to accompany this post. (Well, you know now, 'cos I just told you.) Maybe one day, when I'm less handsome and not so likely to make anyone jealous, I'll put up a pic. However, if you'd rather never see such a photo, all financial contributions will be carefully and confidentially considered.

4 comments:

John Pitt said...: I'm sure I had the gun! Go on, put the hat on and pose! You know you want to! Be a bristle-faced Gordon Tracey . Give us a laugh! Go on, go on, go on, go on!!; 9 November 2013 at 15:40
Kid said...: Ah, a big Father Ted fan I see, JP, eh? (Maybe one day as regards the pic.); 9 November 2013 at 15:59
Terry Gee said...: I had that hat as part of a birthday present (along with a Man from UNCLE gun, holster, badge and silencer set). I was on holiday at the time and I remember folding the hat flat and tucking it under my arm whilst playing in an amusement arcade. On returning home I realised that I'd lost the hat! I tried to find a replacement but was unlucky. However, I was bought a Thunderbirds activity book instead which kind of made up for the loss. Kid, do you have the book or the UNCLE set in your vast collection? I'd love to see them again.; 10 November 2013 at 18:46
Kid said...: I had that very Man from U.N.C.L.E. suitcase (the cheaper version, made of cardboard, I think) and still have one of the bullets. I don't have the book or the U.N.C.L.E. set (although I've got the ID card - there's a pic of it somewhere on my blog), but I may have photos of them, which I'll post sometime.; 10 November 2013 at 19:09

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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