CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: THE ISLAND OF BEASTS...

Tuesday, 7 April 2015

THE ISLAND OF BEASTS...

Again, from the 1968 POW! Annual, a six-page tale entitled The ISLAND Of BEASTS, which sounds like a feminist's idea of a 'men only' holiday resort - but we all know how they resent our obvious physical and intellectual superiority in all things important, so we'll forgive them their bitterness, resentment and envy.

The artwork looks to me to be that of LUIS BERMEJO, who also drew The MISSING LINK/JOHNNY FUTURE in FANTASTIC, and is a superbly talented illustrator, I'm sure you agree. Anyway, I haven't read this adventure in a few years, so let's re-explore its delights together.

Ready? Then let's go!

4 comments:

John Pitt said...: Brilliant! Thanks, Kid! - You KNOW I love Luis' art, don't you?
Needless to say, if you come across any more, ....
But thanks for sharing this!; 7 April 2015 at 22:48
Kid said...: I think it's Luis' art, JP, but there's another couple of Spanish (I think) artists who drew very similar to him.; 8 April 2015 at 00:54
John Pitt said...: If it isn't, it's a very good copy.
My fab 4 Spaniards -
Carlos, Jesus, Luis, Solano.
Any favourites?; 8 April 2015 at 21:13
Kid said...: Any favourites? Yeah - ALL four of them.; 8 April 2015 at 23:53

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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