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I liked Ron Spencer's style. Being eternally unable to capture that 'flowing varying thickness of line that creates the illusion of movement' myself (as mastered by Al Hirschfeld) I really appreciated the fact that Spencer's work used a regulation thin line.

My early-nineties short-lived indie band the Zebras had a song called 'Jimmy Jinx'. I co-wrote it with our drummer.

Mustn't forget the Kinks classic 'Superman'!

the poorest-ever title I ever encountered along these lines was an early '90s effort called 'POOT'. They were so hard up for material, they encouraged readers to mail in artwork for inclusion, claiming: 'it doesn't matter if you can't draw!'

How much did they pay me for the one 'spot cartoon' I ...

All the other Viz clones are gone. None of them ever really understood what made Viz tick anyway, thinking it was just the obscenities that were needed to make an imitation work.

As Chris Donald himself put it, cynical publishers thought...

CRUDE CARTOONS + SWEARING = ENORMOUS PROFIT

I think I ...

The title I grew to hate most was Zit, who went bankrupt ripping creators and printers off (I was greatly out of pocket myself) then promptly resumed publishing as a new company. Ooh I shudder at the memory. Last I heard of that publisher was that he'd ripped off a load of kids by running a dodgy ...

One simple question...is he still alive?

I absolutely loved his work when I was a kid. Still admire it enormously now.

Peter Gray wrote:I found Tom Paterson's art on Buster too strong as a kid.......being brought up on Reg Parletts version......I didn't like seeing him getting hurt every week...

But who can take Paterson's wacky comic violence seriously?

Charlie Brown by the Coasters?
Snoopy vs the Red Baron by the Royal Guardsmen?

There was even a Perishers album, the Perishers Sing ! It was quite a revelation to discover that Maisie sounded like a cross between Suzi Quatro and Bonnie Tyler, Wellington sounded like John Lennon and BH Calcutta sounded like Michael Bates in It Ain't Half Hot Mum ! Marlon, if memory serves ...

I've dug out some of my old fanzines and scanned them for you...





Trying to find local shops or businesses that'll stock them is a headache...

I've read it. It's quite interesting but rather heavy going. He seems to be inordinately upset because BBC2 used one of his illustrations out of context in the Arena programme 'Comic Warfare' about the Beano and Dandy back in the 1980s.

In part one, I thought it was quite strange seeing people roaring with booming laughter at some of the original strips. Much as I loved them, and even at their best, I never thought the British humour comics ever induced room-shaking belly laughter like maybe a Fawlty Towers episode might - more ...

Minnie was super by Jim Petrie he really captured the energy and action....

I seem to remember one of IPC's comics publishing a letter along the lines of "Who is the artist behind the Incredible Sulk, and is he a sulk himself?" The editor responded "The artist is jolly Jim Petrie, and he's never ...

I thought the Goodies' comic strip in Cor!! worked really well - because the series itself was a live action cartoon!

Don Martin and Sergio Aragones (his margin illustrations were terrific) were the two that kept me interested in Mad after I stumbled across it in a cut-price seaside comic shop...

That's where I first saw Mad as well! In Hunstanton, should you be interested. Really liked Mort Drucker's work as ...