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| From WHAM! #126, November 12th, 1966. Copyright REBELLION |
Who doesn't love KEN REID's FRANKIE STEIN? Just as I expected - total silence, because everybody with any taste adores the friendly monster from the pages of WHAM!, published by ODHAMS PRESS between mid-1964 and the beginning of '68. Seeing, therefore, that you're such discerning fans, I thought I'd bestow upon you (purely out of the goodness of my heart, naturally) a couple of pages of grumpy ol' PROFESSOR CUBE's laboratory-created offspring. Comments of appreciation would be, er... appreciated. Ta!
(Incidentally, I used to own the original art to the above page - and still possess an actual-size, high-quality laser-scan of it, which captures Ken's art in all its finely-crafted detail. Below is a close-up of part of it for you to salivate over! Click to enlarge, then click again. Absolutely bleedin' brilliant, innit?)
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| From WHAM! #159, July 1st, 1967 |
7 comments:
I had this copy, now I have a piece of it back again! I wish I had all the Power comics back again. Sigh, if only....
Maybe one day, JP. Perhaps you should collect the Annuals - that would make your wish simpler to achieve. You should check out eBay.
That panel on the bottom left of the first page is absolutely stunning! What on Earth made you part with the artwork?
Filthy lucre, George - filthy lucre.
Nice to see what the original artwork looks like - although I see they made only Thadius Therm say that "'Elp! 'Elp! AGH-H-H!" in the panel I referred to before, instead of both him and Frankie.
Amazing - you think Ken Reid's strips are detailed enough at normal viewing size but that close up has detail to spare! Those two goo-covered heads are literally dripping with it. Pun intended. As always thanks for posting these.
If you look closely at the published page, George, you'll see that the tail to Frankie has been drawn, but not filled, in. Someone obviously noticed later and finished the job - perhaps for a reprint. The word 'happen' is also missing from a panel in the printed strip, but has been restored on the original art.
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Glad you enjoyed them, PC. The original art is a revelation compared to the printed page, eh?
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