CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: THE CURSE OF THE KA

Thursday 15 January 2015

THE CURSE OF THE KA - PART ONE...

In my continual quest to commend classic comics content to all you cracking Criv-ites, I crave you all to conscientiously consider this creepy conflict concerning a captivating concept confoundingly called The CURSE Of The KA! (You think it's easy writing corny?) From the sensational SMASH! Annual for 1968 - Part Two follows soon!

Crivens! is currently campaigning for candid and even controversial comments - so why not cooperate by contacting us and contributing your congratulatory, critical, or contentious communications? Go on!

8 comments:

John Pitt said...: Curiously I have commented before about continuing to collect these copies from your cornicopia, completely capturing characteristics that correspond to the completist in us. Confused? ( I haven't a clue what complexities I have commeted on in my correspondence! ); 15 January 2015 at 11:59
Kid said...: Congratulations on competing in this contest to coin a caption consisting almost completely of words beginning with a certain letter or its phonetic compatriot. Calamity awaits you, alas, as I confidently claim the crown with my characteristic class and charisma.; 15 January 2015 at 13:33
Gey Blabby said...: " ...? "; 15 January 2015 at 15:46
Kid said...: Contrary to what I just said, GB wins it with his customary conciseness, crafted with keen consideration for a couple of ol' codgers like you and me, JP.; 15 January 2015 at 18:33
DeadSpiderEye said...: Could I credulously conceive congratulations concomitant with Carter's callipygous curves or crivens's creed of creating comic critique?; 15 January 2015 at 18:52
Kid said...: Course you can.

(Gotta give me credit for conciseness.); 15 January 2015 at 19:48
John Pitt said...: Curses! No more congratulatery comments about my correspondence! I was quite quick typing characters with a "c" on my keypad, but quite clearly quickness counts for nothing. Considerable controversy will sirround the crowning of a character who clearly can't contribute to the conversation. Call me contentious, call me cantankerous if you like, but please candidly call me captivating in my considerably continuous quest to compete for the crown.; 15 January 2015 at 20:41
Kid said...: Calm yourself, comrade, no point in concerning yourself with a catastrophe beyond your control. Caper into your kitchen and create a cup of coffee, then consider your current condition and cool your caterwauling at having to concede the crown to some other Criv-ite.; 15 January 2015 at 21:02

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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