CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: BEFORE AND AFTER

Thursday, 12 November 2020

BEFORE AND AFTER - IS IT A MIRACLE?

Seller's photo...

As I've modestly said before, I sometimes amaze myself with my brilliance. (Why are you all laughing?) As proof, I now offer visual evidence in the form of 'before and after' photos. As you know, I recently bought a Bible to complete my set of 17 colour illustrations by Jack Hayes, but the slipcase was a little the worse for wear. I was never going to be able to restore it to pristine condition, but it was certainly within my abilities to improve its appearance to a higher level, so that's exactly what I did. Don't believe me? Then take a look for yourself. (Click on images to enlarge for greater detail.)

Buyer's photo (that's me, folks)...

Seller's photo...

Buyer's photo...

Any Crivvies wishing to shower me with paeans of praise in the comments section should now form an orderly queue. (That'll be no comments again then.)

9 comments:

Philip Crawley said...: Nice job indeed. Perhaps not everyone has either the confidence or the skills to tackle such projects but as one who has also done some restoration work on the odd purchase that has not travelled well down the years, shall we say, it can be very satisfying to see these things brought back a tad closer to 'showroom condition'.; 12 November 2020 at 21:48
John Parker said...: Miraculous!

But seriously, it looks like a good job.; 12 November 2020 at 22:08
Kid said...: Thanks, PC and JP. The Bible seems a bit small, height-wise, for the slipcase, though the codes on both are an exact match. (Spine width is okay.) I had to put a cardboard insert inside the back, and top and bottom to make it fit a bit more snugly, but I'm fairly pleased with the overall result. I bought it mainly for the two illustrations omitted from my replacement ruby red cloth covered (with dustjacket) edition, but if I can ever get an exact duplicate of the very first one I had, I'll be having that as well.; 12 November 2020 at 22:38
Phil S said...: Oh nice work.; 13 November 2020 at 01:38
Kid said...: Thanks, PS.; 13 November 2020 at 02:27
Colin Jones said...: We've seen your restoration jobs before, Kid, and you have an admirable artistic skill!; 13 November 2020 at 13:10
Kid said...: Ta, CJ - I certainly admire it (modest as I am.); 13 November 2020 at 13:24
Lionel Hancock said...: You have done an excellent job. Very very impressed. 10 out of 10; 16 November 2020 at 15:46
Kid said...: Thanks, LH. It's certainly better than it was.; 16 November 2020 at 17:39

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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Images remain the property of their respective copyright owners and are used here only for the purpose of review, promotion, and nostalgia.

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(Although, if you don't allow copying on your own site, then you really shouldn't be copying from others, should you?)

And while you can credit this blog if you like, it's not mandatory. Who has time to make notes of every casually visited site during an idle browse of the Internet?

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