CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: NORSTAD OF THE DEEP

Wednesday 25 June 2014

NORSTAD OF THE DEEP - FROM POW! ANNUAL 1971...

Gather round, all ye cavorting Criv-ites with an appetite for things from yesteryear. Today, for the pleasure of your palpitating peepers, we proudly present NORSTAD Of The DEEP, from the pulsating POW! Annual for 1971. When I featured this particular Annual in a previous post, some of you requested to see all of this full-colour story, not just the first page, so - here it is. Illustrated by LEOPOLDO ORITZ, it's a nine-page tale that's sure to make you think twice about paddling in the sea the next time you're on holiday. Enjoy!

6 comments:

Unknown said...: Always wanted to read this strip and its an even stranger than I thought, pretty weird stuff; 25 June 2014 at 23:48
Kid said...: Nothing to set the comic-annual world on fire really, McScotty, but it's got some nice colours.; 26 June 2014 at 04:38
John Pitt said...: I was another of those wanting to see this. So thanks from me and do feel free to show more from this annual.; 27 June 2014 at 16:03
Kid said...: Glad you got to see it, JP. What does the future hold? We shall surely see.; 27 June 2014 at 18:34
joe ackerman said...: I know you're not it's biggest fan, Kid, but I've always loved Norstad, always. thanks for this, much appreciated.; 28 June 2014 at 01:35
Kid said...: A pleasure, Joe - glad you enjoyed it. It's not exactly what I'd call a classic, but it's a nice enough little story for its time.; 28 June 2014 at 04:58

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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