CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: CADET'S STINGRAY SWEET CIGARETTE CARDS

Thursday, 29 September 2016

CADET'S STINGRAY SWEET CIGARETTE CARDS - PART ONE...

You'll never guess what, Crivs. Today, someone gave me - yes, gave me - a full set of CADET Sweet Cigarette STINGRAY and THUNDERBIRDS cards - for absolutely nothing! That's right - free - gratis - for nowt! Can you believe it? Well, one good turn deserves another, and you, dear readers, are the lucky recipients as I'm going to share them with you right here on this humble blog of mine.

I'm just going to scan them in their protective sleeves to save me some hassle, so they might be a bit squint from time to time in their individual compartments, but I'm sure you'll all be able to live with that. Another four parts to complete the Stingray collection, and then we'll follow that almost immediately with the Thunderbirds one. Are you all agreeable to that? Thought you might be. Right, let's go. "Anything can happen in the next half hour!"

2 comments:

John Pitt said...: That's brilliant, Kid! Look forward to following both sets!
You really need the Space Patrol cards next!; 30 September 2016 at 16:01
Kid said...: All donations of any such cards will be gratefully received, JP.; 30 September 2016 at 18:54

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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In the case of anyone copying images of my own artwork and calligraphy, I affirm my right to be identified as the creator, and any such copying should not be for the purpose of monetary or material gain. (Unless it's mine.)

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