Okay, peeps - get the tissues ready (and I don't mean tummy wipes) and prepare for a good greet (in the Scottish sense) as JIM REEVES sings a song to make you sentimental. Ready? Then click away.
Friday, 5 June 2015
IT'S A KIND Of MAGIC...
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| Images copyright D.C. THOMSON & Co., Ltd |
MAGIC COMIC, launched in 1939, lasted for only 80 issues, due mainly to paper shortages caused by the Second World War. However, it had an impact far beyond its lifespan, in that one of its characters was revived for The SPARKY in 1965, and then turned up later in The TOPPER. PETER PIPER is the strip we're talking about, drawn originally by DUDLEY D. WATKINS in Magic and then VIC NEIL in Sparky, with other artists taking over the artistic duties in subsequent years.
As you can see, Watkin's Peter looks like OOR WULLIE, and is nothing like the Sparky interpretation, which is the one I remember and regard as the 'real' one. No doubt some parents who'd read Magic as kids threw up their hands in despair when they saw what Sparky had done to their childhood favourite, much like I did when DENNIS The MENACE and ROGER The DODGER's dads were updated in The BEANO. (Though it has to be said that their original 'look' had been established for many years longer than Peter's initial Magic run, so the situation isn't quite as comparable as it seems.)
So, enjoy seeing Peter's first Magic appearance in the '30s, and comparing it to an example of his longer-lasting Sparky strip in the '60s. Interesting stuff, eh?
BABE Of The DAY - JOAN COLLINS...
"Let's get the hell outta here!" says
CAPTAIN KIRK at the wrap up of The
CITY On The EDGE Of FOREVER, sick at
the realisation his chance of 'making out' with
EDITH KEELER (JOAN COLLINS) is gone
for good. And who can blame him? Just look
at her classy chassis - wow! (Photo not from
STAR TREK, in case you're wondering,
you awestruck Crivvies.)