CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: June 2023

Friday, 30 June 2023

MARVEL's The AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #s 121 & 122 Facsimile Editions...

Arrived today, these two great facsimile editions of The Amazing Spider-Man #s 121 & 122, featuring the death of Gwen Stacy. Marvel have done themselves (and us) proud with these issues, as not only do they contain the 'Continued Next Page' lines of the originals, but also the ads, as well as the 'plugs' for other comics at the foot of the pages (which all Marvel mags had for a time in the '70s). Of course, I already have various single issue and collected edition reprints of these two tales, but having them exactly as originally presented is a plus - especially if, like me, you don't own the originals. It would cost a pretty penny or two to purchase the '70s printings, so having these two facsimiles is the next best thing (and least expensive option). Buy 'em today!

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

MIGHTY MOTH IN TV COMIC ANNUAL 1965...

Characters copyright relevant and respective owners

I bought the above TV Comic Annual for 1965 a week or two back and I've already added it to my previous Annual cover gallery post, but I thought I'd give it its own spot along with the Mighty Moth strips the book contains. Mighty Moth is one of my favourite characters in any comic you care to name, and artist and writer (and editor) Dick Millington struck gold when he created the loopy lepidopteran. So here for your enjoyment is the magnificent Mighty Moth from 1964/'65.

(Incidentally, the Annuals for 1964 and '65 were the only ones to feature both Supercar and Fireball XL5 on the covers, though the one for 1963 had Supercar on the cover.) Click on images to enlarge, then click again for optimum size.

COMPLETE CRUNCH COVER GALLERY OMNIBUS...

Hands up if you bought The Crunch comic back in the day, Crivvies. It hit the shelves around two years after 2000 A.D., and I always thought it was intended as DCT's answer to IPC's smash hit, which is still being published today. Well, okay, it's perhaps more accurate to describe it as half an answer as the contents weren't exclusively SF, but the 'tone' of the periodical was very similar to its rival and contained one or two SF strips over the course of its 54 issue run.

So live again those heady days of your youth by drinking in the images on display, then share your thoughts on this classic publication of yesteryear in our comments section.

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.

Copyright Notice:

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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In the case of images culled from my own collection where copyright of an item isn't mine, I impose no copying restrictions on fellow bloggers.

(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?

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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