CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: SUPER FREE BIRTHDAY GIFT

Friday, 20 June 2014

SUPER FREE BIRTHDAY GIFT - WHAM! #1 (PART ONE)...

Would you believe it? While all us ancient fogeys forgot the birthday of an old friend, young GEORGE SHIERS over on WACKY COMICS remembered that WHAM! #1 came out 50 years ago this week. Recognising a good idea for a blog post when I see it, I thought I'd reward George and all fans of ODHAMS PRESS' premier POWER COMIC ('though it didn't become one 'til later) by presenting (in two parts) the complete first ish of LEO BAXENDALE's 'Super BEANO' from June 1964.

So enjoy the first half (almost) of this super collectors' item classic - and don't forget to come back for Part Two!

And here's an ad for Wham! leading up to its launch...

...and one as it hit the shops.

6 comments:

Steve said...: Excellent stuff. I loved the Odhams Power Comics as a kid. Good to see them remembered. Looking forward to part 2.; 20 June 2014 at 16:36
Kid said...: Won't be too long, Steve - maybe tonight or tomorrow.; 20 June 2014 at 17:58
George Shiers said...: Thanks for the link, Kid! I've always wanted to read the first issue of Wham, and any other issues for that matter.; 21 June 2014 at 06:16
Kid said...: Tell you what, when it's 75 years old, I'll maybe post another issue. As for when it's 100 - well, let's wait and see what kind of condition I'm in.; 21 June 2014 at 11:40
Anonymous said...: Very interested by the Kelpie strip which is drawn by John Burns. How long did it last? Love to see more of that strip.

Kind Regards
Martin; 24 June 2014 at 19:03
Kid said...: Kelpie lasted into 1965, but I'm unsure of just how many episodes there were because I've mislaid my book that tells me such info. As for further episodes, I'll see what I can do in the fullness of time.; 24 June 2014 at 19:27

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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