CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: I DON'T GIVE TWO HOOTS

Sunday 29 June 2014

I DON'T GIVE TWO HOOTS - SO HERE'S THE THIRD...

Images copyright D.C. THOMSON & Co., Ltd

I suppose I'd better make it a 'hat-trick' and show the third issue of HOOT in my collection - #3, appropriately enough. So, why did the D.C. THOMSON title only manage to survive a mere 53 issues do you think? Did the strips fail to tickle readers' funny bones, or was the name simply not inspiring enough? Any thoughts or theories, leave 'em in the comments section and astound the rest of us with your amazing insight and wisdom.

(I've just noticed that issue #4 also had a free gift - an unusual occurrence - so I'll have to acquire that too. Hoots, mon!)

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UPDATE: I've now acquired #s 4, 5 & 6, giving me seven issues in all (including #10, the Christmas number, which I got back in 1985). Maybe one day I'll complete the full set.

3 comments:

Unknown said...: Actually looks a good comic to me - Was "Hoot" DCTs last new comic (not counting Dandy revamps and extra Beano titles like the monthly etc); 29 June 2014 at 23:06
John Pitt said...: DC Th always struggled to keep FIVE funnies in their sales " A list". Sparkey was the most successful after the big 4 ( a golden birthday next year, along with TV 21!) Nutty and Buddy had fair runs too, but Plug and Hoot not quite so good. Gotta love 'em all though!; 29 June 2014 at 23:26
Kid said...: As far as I know, it was, McScotty, if you don't count Classics from the Comics, which, of course, was reprint material.

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That's right, JP - TV21 and Sparky came out the same week, both dated January 23rd - 'though, as you know, TV21 was dated a hundred years ahead.; 29 June 2014 at 23:50

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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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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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