CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: SMASH COVER GALLERY

Saturday, 8 March 2014

SMASH COVER GALLERY - PART THREE...

Oh, looky-look-see - six more captivating covers in our SMASH! cover gallery series. We start with one of those Mounties who always gets their man (well, it is the 21st century) and end with one of those aggressive Scotsmen of whom a certain other blogger is so fond of warning us against. (You'd be aggressive too, if you lived in a cold climate with only an itchy 'skirt' to wear.)

Another six covers next time, readers! Don't miss out!

2 comments:

Unknown said...: Nice ones, not seen these before - err are Frogmen really "famous Warriors" I wonder what the later issues showed as warriors if they used this so early on in the series. The Highlanders illo is pretty funny although to be honest in reality I've seen more menacing Scots on a Saturday night in Sauchiehall street and I see they used the famous Scottish flag with the Thistle on it, maybe the artist could draw Lions!! Would love to have these comics again; 8 March 2014 at 10:16
Kid said...: At least you can 'have' the covers again, McScotty, through the auspices of this humble blog. You could always print them out and decorate the interior of your garden shed with them.; 8 March 2014 at 10:52

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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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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