Christmas comic flashback

[Lew Stringer]

Currently doing a series of blogs on past Christmas comics:

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2009/12 ... -1971.html

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2009/12 ... -1968.html

More to follow. Hope you enjoy them.

Lew

[Peter Gray]

I sure love The Cloak.a very underground comic style..and love his crowd scenes..
also it sure as a strange seel about it..
the hero having no nose sure makes it strange..

[Lew Stringer]

I sure love The Cloak.a very underground comic style..and love his crowd scenes..
also it sure as a strange seel about it..
the hero having no nose sure makes it strange..

You're right Peter. Mike was indeed influenced by the underground culture, and also by C.C. Beck and Elzie Segar. That's one thing that made The Cloak stand out and become so popular I think; the fact that it was influenced by other sources than the traditional Roy Wilson / Reg Parlett / Leo Baxendale school of thought.

Another blog post has activated now. This time it's Radio Fun from 62 years ago this week....

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2009/12 ... -1947.html

Next one is scheduled for Wednesday.

Lew

[Peter Gray]

I was looking at those text messages in Radio Fun ..I wondered if Petuls Clark wrote it..now I know..it was a bit naughty to do that..Dick Emery never wrote in Buster either..shame...probably couldn't do that today..

[stevezodiac]

Mike Higgs was at one of the London Comic Marts recently - I just missed him as had to leave.