CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART TWO OF KEN REID'S JASPER THE GRASPER...

Friday, 14 March 2014

PART TWO OF KEN REID'S JASPER THE GRASPER...

From the pages of WHAM! #43, cover dated April 10th 1965, comes the second super two-page strip of JASPER The GRASPER. Only four more double-page strips to go and you'll have the full set as drawn by one of Britain's finest-ever cartoonists - KEN REID.

Don't forget to come back for Part Three - coming soon!

4 comments:

George Shiers said...: I wasn't aware he'd only done six - I look forwards to the rest.; 15 March 2014 at 23:04
Kid said...: And I'm sure you won't be disappointed, George.; 15 March 2014 at 23:43
Unknown said...: Thanks for showing this, usual Reid excellence did that man ever draw anything even "average" in his career (ok maybe exclude his last few years where he was still pretty good) Great stuff.; 16 March 2014 at 18:16
Kid said...: Even his 'average' stuff in later years was good, McScotty - just not as good as his earlier work. I think it's okay to compare someone against their own high standards, eh? Great stuff indeed.; 16 March 2014 at 18:24

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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