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
Christmas comic flashback
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Re: Christmas comic flashback
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..
also it sure as a strange seel about it..
the hero having no nose sure makes it strange..
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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.Peter Gray wrote: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..
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
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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..
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Re: Christmas comic flashback
Mike Higgs was at one of the London Comic Marts recently - I just missed him as had to leave.