CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: FABULOUS FLASHBACK

Thursday 19 June 2014

FABULOUS FLASHBACK - HOOT #1

Images copyright D.C. THOMSON & Co, Ltd

HOOT #1 was published in 1985 and the comic managed 53

issues over the course of a year before merging with THE DANDY.

However, rather than tell you about it, why don't I show you? Here's

the complete first issue for your edification and entertainment. It

may have run for only 12 months, but it was a 'hoot' while it lasted.

(Contender for the most obvious pun of the year award.)

8 comments:

Irmantas said...: My havourite feature in this comic is The Hoot Squad.; 19 June 2014 at 16:19
Kid said...: Ken H. Harrison if I'm not mistaken, Irmantas. Quality always stands out.; 19 June 2014 at 19:05
TwoHeadedBoy said...: I like Hoot - a lot. It seems to've been mostly forgotten by DC Thomson (never appearing in the "Beano & Dandy" annuals or even Classics From The Comics), but there's a lot of energy throughout. The Hoot Squad's fantastic, and Dave Mostyn's in it as well!

I got the full run of them for a very cheap price in a 2nd-hand-shop late last year, this made me very happy.

Those are some high-quality scans you've got there, by the way!; 20 June 2014 at 13:10
Kid said...: Taken from my own copy of #1, THB. I only have 1 & 3, having missed #2 for some reason at the time. I might track down #2 to complete the first three issues one day.; 20 June 2014 at 13:30
TwoHeadedBoy said...: Got a few doubles, but not the 2nd issue, unfortunately. If you're interested in copies of issues 5, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 or 25, you're welcome to them.; 20 June 2014 at 14:46
Kid said...: Thanks, THB, but I'd decided to get only the first 3 when the comic first came out anyway, so it's only #2 I need at the moment. Perhaps when I've filled gaps in other collections I might turn my attention to Hoot! Thanks anyway. I'll buy your Birthday Book for Boys '72 'though, if you've still got it and it's in good nick.; 20 June 2014 at 18:16
John Pitt said...: Another comic I used to own gratefully received. But how COULD DC Th. only give the Bad Lads & Col. Blink a mere strip each?!; 24 June 2014 at 15:49
Kid said...: They were just used as space-fillers, JP, although there may have been some advertising benefit (for The Beezer and The Topper) which DCT intended to exploit, perhaps.; 24 June 2014 at 17:56

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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