CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: ANOTHER (BOND) BABE OF THE DAY

Tuesday, 9 February 2016

ANOTHER (BOND) BABE OF THE DAY - URSULA ANDRESS...

The first BOND Babe - and, to many,

the best - URSULA ANDRESS. She's a

goddess, ain't 'She' ? (Did you see what I

did there, film fans? Clever me!)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: And she played another goddess - Athena (or Athene as they insisted on saying) in Clash Of The Titans from 1981. I don't think she's been in anything since, has she ?; 10 February 2016 at 13:40
Kid said...: Guess what, CJ - she wasn't playing a goddess, she IS one. And she's doubtless been in quite a few men's dreams since 1981 - does that count?; 10 February 2016 at 18:23
TC said...: The Internet Movie Data Base lists some appearances by her as late as 2005, although they got fewer and further between after 1983. She seems to have semi-retired after her son was born.

She has the distinction of appearing in the first official Bond movie (Dr. No), the 1967 Bond spoof Casino Royale, and being mentioned by name in a Bond novel (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) by Ian Fleming.; 10 February 2016 at 23:32
Kid said...: Thanks for that, TC. I'll be sure to look out for her name when I eventually get around to re-reading the book. She's certainly a honey. (Geddit?); 10 February 2016 at 23:45

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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