CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PANINI/MARVEL NEW FF MONTHLY MAG...

Sunday, 13 July 2025

PANINI/MARVEL NEW FF MONTHLY MAG...

I mentioned the above new Fantastic Four comic in a previous post but neglected to show it, so here it is so that you know what to look for when you're browsing in WHS. Below is a double-page pin-up in the centre pages, though I doubt many people will mutilate the mag by removing it to hang on their wall. I'll probably get the next two issues (#2 goes on sale on the 31st of this month) so that I have the first three, but I don't think I'll continue with it beyond that. Don't like to be negative, but I suspect it won't be a long-runner. Let's hope I'm wrong.

2 comments:

McSCOTTY said...: I picked up the new US FF regular title ( rebooted from #1), it's ok nice modern US manga style art by Humberto Ramos ( I like his art but I know others don't)but it's not Kirby)Lee or Thomas//Buscema.

Is the Panini FF all reprint from modern comics?; 13 July 2025 at 23:38
Kid said...: I'm currently awaiting delivery of various FF titles, McS, and the one you mention may be among them. The Panini mag reprints a couple of tales from Fantastic Four #s 4 & 5, published in 2022. They have that upper & lower case lettering which I dislike, as it reminds me of the ltg in UK nursery titles.; 14 July 2025 at 00:15

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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