CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PLAYMATES FROM FAR-AWAY PLACES

Tuesday, 28 July 2015

PLAYMATES FROM FAR-AWAY PLACES - PART THREE...

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

Relax, only 9 more to go before we've worked our way through these back cover LITTLE STAR pages. I paid for 'em and I'm gonna use 'em! (Did nobody else ever buy Little Star when they were a kid? Okay, so I was a teenager when I first bought them back in 1972, but hey - it was a new comic - with free gifts - and I just couldn't resist!)

8 comments:

John Pitt said...: Hi Kid and thanks for all your brilliant posts since my last comment. I have now been through and enjoyed them all and I'm sorry for my lack of comments whilst I've been busy!; 28 July 2015 at 13:34
Anonymous said...: I was exactly the right age for Little Star when it came out and the name rings a bell but whether I ever read it I really can't recall. Obviously they thought foreign names were too much for little minds to handle - Suzie from China, Paul from Panama so what's next - Fred from Pakistan and Harry from Outer Mongolia ?; 28 July 2015 at 13:36
Kid said...: That's okay, JP, hope you got all your tasks finished successfully. Feel free to go back and comment if you want (or have the time).

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I suppose it was all part of a desire to portray foreign kids as not much different from British ones, CJ, so that they could relate to them.; 28 July 2015 at 14:10
Anonymous said...: We were wondering where you'd gone, John - welcome back !!; 28 July 2015 at 14:59
Kid said...: All we need now is McScotty and the gang's all here. (Just about.); 28 July 2015 at 18:29
Unknown said...: Like John I ve been busy the last few months also , but getting back into the swing of things and reading up on the posts I missed ... err Bear of the day" !!! whits taht aw aboot?? :); 28 July 2015 at 19:37
Kid said...: Bear of the Day is a genius idea that will ensure my immortality in the world of blogging. Now ssshhhh - here comes the nurse!; 28 July 2015 at 20:38
John Pitt said...: Thanks. Col, loads of catching up to do!; 29 July 2015 at 16:18

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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