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Tuesday 27 June 2023

COMPLETE TERRIFIC COVER GALLERY OMNIBUS...

I'm sure that most of you knew a Terrific Cover Gallery wouldn't be too long in following on the heels of the one for Fantastic a couple or so posts back, so you won't be surprised to see all 43 covers laid before your hungry eyes. As with the gallery for its sister publication, I've applied a little digital manipulation to tidy up the images to make them look as good as they possibly can, so send me cartloads of money to thank me for all my hard work on your behalf. No? Okay, then I'll settle for some comments instead. Did you buy Terrific back in the day? If so, what did you think of it? And be sure to say what your favourite covers are and why. Okay, go to it, tiger!

(Incidentally, unlike Fantastic, there were no Annuals or Summer Specials for Terrific.) As usual, click on image to enlarge, then click again for optimum size.

8 comments:

Rip Jagger said...: I'm always intrigued to see that classic artwork repurposed for other editions. These covers have a nifty fun light feeling to them.; 27 June 2023 at 11:19
Kid said...: I'm always amazed at the colour mistakes in costumes, RJ. Bare legs on Captain America on #20 - just what were they thinking?; 27 June 2023 at 13:10
McSCOTTY said...: I never bought Terrific and don't recall the free gifts which were usually a major reason to pick up these comics. I agree with Rip, nice covers. Were the early issues called Terrific or "Its Terrific"?; 27 June 2023 at 18:59
Kid said...: I think the 'it's' was just part of the intro, McS, and not meant to be regarded literally as part of the title. Everyone just referred to the comic as 'Terrific', not 'It's Terrific'.; 27 June 2023 at 20:02
John Pitt said...: That's right, Kid, but I always uesd to call it "It's..." simply because it was written up there.
The perfect companion to Fantastic, I bought 'em all!; 28 June 2023 at 22:00
Kid said...: With #8, the intro read 'The Best Of British Comics - It's...', so I wonder whether anyone ever called it that, JP.; 28 June 2023 at 23:31
John Pitt said...: Ha ha! I never went that far!; 30 June 2023 at 14:25
Kid said...: Neither did I, JP. I just called them Fantastic and Terrific. I seem to recall from the dim and distant days of my childhood, hearing someone once ask in a newsagent's, "Do you have the TV21?" Maybe I'm imagining it though.; 30 June 2023 at 16:37

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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