CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: 2000TH POST

Saturday, 18 April 2015

2000TH POST - DENNIS THE MENACE...

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

Wow! 2000 posts! (2000 too many, some might say.) So, as a special treat, here are five DENNIS The MENACE strips from the very first DTM book, published in 1955 (for '56). These pages are drawn by DAVEY LAW, who was the regular Dennis artist in The BEANO until his death in 1971.

I'm sure they'll provide a chuckle or two as you sup a glass of lemonade in celebration of CRIVENS! reaching its 2000th 'issue'. Here's to the next 2000! (And the 2000 after that.)

13 comments:

baab said...: What can I say?
Davey Law is my favourite Dennis artist.
2000 posts.
I am currently working on my third.
(I think); 18 April 2015 at 14:15
Kid said...: And I'll read it when you've finished it - and leave a comment. I'm that kinda guy.; 18 April 2015 at 14:34
Anonymous said...: 2000 posts, Kid - woo hoo !! You could have done a post on 2000AD - see what I did there ?; 18 April 2015 at 15:01
Kid said...: I saw what you did there. Could've done, CJ, but I prefer Dennis, to be honest.; 18 April 2015 at 15:07
Graham said...: Congratulations on 2000th post, Kid! If I keep on my current routine, I'll be about 85 when I hit 2000. :); 18 April 2015 at 16:32
Kid said...: Ta much, Graham. It'll happen before you know it - tempus fugit, and all that.; 18 April 2015 at 17:46
Simon B said...: Congratulations on the milestone, Kid! Keep on doin' what you're doin' - as you say, here's to the next 2000 ( at least )!; 19 April 2015 at 10:19
John Pitt said...: HAPPY 2000 TH, Kidda! Congratulations on keeping on knocking them out!
( NO! I don't mean it in THAT way! - Shame on some readers' minds! )
It only seems like 5 minutes ago that it was your one thousandth!
Keep 'em coming!; 19 April 2015 at 12:28
Kid said...: Thanks Cer and JP. Nice to know my efforts are appreciated.; 19 April 2015 at 13:52
Arfon Jones said...: Happy 200th sir! (I’m just a few post behind you!) Here's to many more!; 19 April 2015 at 23:20
Kid said...: And likewise to you, AJ. I'll be looking out for your 2000th soon.; 20 April 2015 at 00:18
Flix Gillett said...: Thanks for sharing. I've been looking online for these great early Dennis strips, do you know if they're available in a collected edition?; 5 September 2015 at 21:36
Kid said...: There was a Beano & Dandy book in 2011 that reprinted quite a few Dennis strips, in celebration of 60 years of menacing. You should be able to track one down on eBay or direct from D.C. Thomson. There was another Dennis book 10 years before, celebrating 50 years, which is also worth having. Type 'Dennis the Menace' into the Blogger search box at the top left-hand corner of my home page, go through the results, and you should see a picture of it in one of my posts.; 5 September 2015 at 21:53

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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