CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: SCREAM! COVER GALLERY

Sunday, 12 April 2015

SCREAM! COVER GALLERY - PART ONE...

The first issue of SCREAM! hit newsagents' shelves in Britain on Saturday, March 17th (dated 24th) 1984. Hard for me to believe that was over 30 years ago, but then, when I think how my home town has changed in that period, it seems like a lifetime away. However, you're not here to read about that, I'm sure.

Contrary to popular misconception, Scream! was discontinued after a mere 15 issues because of an industrial strike by printers, and not because of complaints from concerned parents about the alleged 'horrific' content. The name was later added to the masthead of EAGLE weekly and there were 5 Summer Specials to continue the legend of one of Britain's shortest-lived and best-remembered comics.

Here, then, is the first part of a gallery of Scream! covers for you to salivate and swoon over. Enjoy!

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(Incidentally, the six back pages combine into one large poster. Why not print them out and put them together?)

4 comments:

John Pitt said...: Brilliant gallery. I remember #1 well, with the free fangs! I bought several copies of it! I saw this as the horror version of 2000 ad ( and Battle as the war version ). All 3 were on the same pulp paper and I collected all 3. And the new Eagle as well. We were certainly spoilt for choice in the 80's!
I'm hoping that you also have the specials as well, as I think I only had one or two of them?; 12 April 2015 at 12:41
Kid said...: I should have all the Specials, JP, so they'll be going up as well. I also used to get the new Eagle, which was far better once they ditched the photo-stories.; 12 April 2015 at 13:00
Arfon Jones said...: Glorious! Simply glorious! Thanks for sharing Kid!; 13 April 2015 at 09:12
Kid said...: And thanks for appreciating them, AJ.; 13 April 2015 at 11:45

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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