tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post4934499698991024096..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: HERE'S A SMASHING 'MYSTERY' FOR YOU TO TRY AND EXPLAIN...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-92102837173877027292019-08-28T08:31:27.480+01:002019-08-28T08:31:27.480+01:00Except that this Bad Penny strip wasn't drawn ...Except that this Bad Penny strip wasn't drawn by Leo Baxendale, LH. And IPC wouldn't have paid to produce two different printings just to accommodate the artist in such a way. Imaginative thinking though.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-16756888729293033002019-08-28T06:09:17.730+01:002019-08-28T06:09:17.730+01:00I thought it might have been an in house thing bet...I thought it might have been an in house thing between fellow artists. Leo Baxendale may have had some message to fellow scribes that meant something.. It isn't something Honest Citizen would pick up unless he was in the know. Lionel Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590234347973457804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-73454589053362871302019-08-27T14:46:08.628+01:002019-08-27T14:46:08.628+01:00Incidentally, HS, I've got spare '75 and &...Incidentally, HS, I've got spare '75 and '76 Smash! Annuals. If you want them, you can have them if you pay the postage.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-41248506527907416982019-08-27T14:33:20.944+01:002019-08-27T14:33:20.944+01:00Just checked, HS, there's no message there, so...Just checked, HS, there's no message there, so there must've been a glitch at the sending stage.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-84441690718698224552019-08-27T14:29:21.176+01:002019-08-27T14:29:21.176+01:00I didn't receive that reply, HS - there was no...I didn't receive that reply, HS - there was no email alert to its arrival. I'll go and check. By the way, I've seen editors go over proof sheets (unfolded 4 page [I think] sheets) with a magnifying glass or eyepiece, looking for mistakes before giving the printer the okay. Or am I imagining things? It gets harder to tell these days.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-34310144744948946012019-08-27T09:43:21.376+01:002019-08-27T09:43:21.376+01:00I couldn't really imagine an editor being so p...I couldn't really imagine an editor being so pedantic as to spot a small art error too late in a test printing and go to all the effort of changing it for the actual published copies - but, then again, I couldn't think of any other explanation. The actual answer was unguessable as anyone would assume from the teaser that 2 versions were printed for some reason. The actual answer is a relief in a way, 'cos the idea of you comparing duplicate copies frame by frame is just too weird! :)<br /><br />Also weird was the fact that I rushed to my bookcase to see which 'edition' I had and found that I had neither! I know I definitely did own that annual once, but now I just have 1973 & 1974...dunno what happened there!<br /><br />Did you receive my reply about Robert Laurie over on the Paynter posts? you didn't respond so I wasn't sure if it sent through OK?Hackney Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02514237126679775414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-65441066448235520272019-08-27T09:24:58.743+01:002019-08-27T09:24:58.743+01:00Funnily enough, HS, this post has had more visits ...Funnily enough, HS, this post has had more visits than any other in the last week, but only two responses up until I revealed the answer - so I thought it was one that had intrigued readers by the title, but disappointed them with the content. That's why I wrapped it up.<br /><br />Publishers' advance copies for books do exist (as you'll know working in a library), but I don't know if that extends to Annuals. I suppose some kind of a advance proofs must exist for editors to check for errors, but probably just in loose sheets, not actual bound copies. Imaginative guesses though.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-78732825585894842472019-08-27T08:11:47.339+01:002019-08-27T08:11:47.339+01:00That was a great post Kid, and got me thinking abo...That was a great post Kid, and got me thinking about it overnight...you shoulda kept us in suspense a while longer! My theories were a) one was an editor's advance copy for proofreading (I dunno if they actually exist, but I could understand you buying a second copy if it was a file copy) - and b) the change was so odd and pointless that I thought it may have been altered for some continuity error - just shows how we can read too much into these things, eh?Hackney Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02514237126679775414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-87630378656458457282019-08-26T12:25:26.066+01:002019-08-26T12:25:26.066+01:00Your first mystery wouldn't be a mystery if yo...Your first mystery wouldn't be a mystery if you were a Smash! reader back in the day, CJ - it's Henry Nobbins, otherwise known as His Sporting Lordship. The guy beside him is his butler, and his chauffeur is down below. The others are just bystanders, I presume.<br /><br />The answer to the post is in the explanation of your second mystery, so I can't tell you that quite yet. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-32844001706989690522019-08-26T12:12:32.059+01:002019-08-26T12:12:32.059+01:00In my opinion there are two bigger mysteries:
1) ...In my opinion there are two bigger mysteries:<br /><br />1) Who are the people in the balloon and why is one of them wearing a crown?<br /><br />2) Why do you have two copies and did you know about the differences in the panels when you bought the second copy? - is that the reason why you bought a second copy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-9483798581455335402019-08-26T11:45:37.631+01:002019-08-26T11:45:37.631+01:00Actually, PM, most Fleetway Annuals had a 2nd prin...Actually, PM, most Fleetway Annuals had a 2nd printing, in that once they'd been printed for the home market, the year was removed from the cover for the ones shipped abroad. That's not the reason in this case though.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-61808062930558598452019-08-26T09:49:43.243+01:002019-08-26T09:49:43.243+01:00No idea but interested. Can only think of one bein...No idea but interested. Can only think of one being a second printing (unlikely though for an annual)Paul Mcscottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318282453323874419noreply@blogger.com