CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: SMASH! COVER GALLERY

Sunday, 20 April 2014

SMASH! COVER GALLERY - PART SEVEN...

With the relaunch of SMASH! in March 1969, a new feature appeared on the cover every week which effectively numbered each issue. WARRIORS Of The WORLD started at #1 from the first new edition and continued right up 'til #41. The Christmas-themed cover was actually #42, but later collectors could be confused by the fact that the 43rd issue continued with WOTW #42, perhaps giving them the impression that they've got an unbroken run when they might actually be missing an issue.

So, unless you've got that Christmassy covered comic nestling between WOTW #41 & 42, then your collection is incomplete. Better get on eBay right away and start tracking it down.

The good thing about that Christmas cover is the fact that it conjures up memories of the old Smash! In fact, if it weren't for the new masthead, it would fit right in with the ODHAMS PRESS incarnation of the comic. To think that I was a mere primary school pupil when these six comics first went on sale is mind-boggling - it seems like only yesterday, not 45 years ago!

Tempus fugit right enough!

4 comments:

John Pitt said...: This Christmas cover is pretty hard to find. - First time I've seen it!; 20 April 2014 at 14:03
Kid said...: Apart from the time you saw it on this blog a year or two back and forgot about it you mean, eh, JP? (Yup, I've shown it before.); 20 April 2014 at 14:06
John Pitt said...: I guess I must have then - I have been through them all. BUT I have seen other Smash cover galleries with this one missing.; 20 April 2014 at 21:11
Kid said...: If I remember correctly, JP, I published it as a Christmas post called 'Having s Smash-ing Christmas'. It includes a Baxendale Bad Penny strip.; 20 April 2014 at 21:35

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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