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The Dan book was another where I was wondering what year the strips - mostly taking a serial form - first came from. They look like they could be as old as circa 1947-ish; there's quite a bit of unpleasant racial material and use of racist terms that it's surprising Thomson thought still suitable f...

The Dandy one with the long Desperate Dan Christmas Carol spoof (first time around). Completely unexpected and different.

As well as realistic drawing semi realistic stories are also good .The US were particularly good at this with the likes of Lil Abner,Orphan Annie, Steve Canyon and so on.These ongoing soaps appealed to both young and old.In the uk these types of comicstrips were usually confined to newspapers with ...

Thanks very much A.J. Do you know who wrote this one?

Thanks for the replies everyone. Despite asking for input from artists working in this style I welcome replies from everyone! I know you only asked for opinions from adventure artists but if I may offer some comments that might be useful... Humour artists are usually paid less than adventure artist...

Funnily enough I was looking through some Summer Specials the other night and a recent Bash Street Kids SS had a story where the kids had gone into another dimension and were drawn in a realistic style. I'll try and scan the images if nobody beats me to it. Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" ofte...

Thanks for the replies everyone. Despite asking for input from artists working in this style I welcome replies from everyone! I know you only asked for opinions from adventure artists but if I may offer some comments that might be useful... Humour artists are usually paid less than adventure artists...

Later, I rationalised it to myself this way: to draw a realistic comic, the trick is to simplify, to stylize, to develop a practiced style that gives your work a unity of appearance. It superficially appears realistic but in fact uses a sort of visual shorthand. A lot of adventure comic art would fi...

I've always enjoyed drawing both cartoons and realistic drawings, but I've never really dared to try and combine the two. For me, a realistic drawing has to be observed from life. I can't imagine doing a long comic with every panel striving for that realism. For one thing, it would be unfeasable to ...

(if international strips are allowed)
page 8 Krazy Kat (early 1920s era)

(if only British strips are allowed)
page 8-9 The Swots and the Blots

From "The Art and History of the Dandy", (info from Ray Moore's "The Dandy Monster Index"):

Winker Watson
No.1917 (19.8.78)- No.1975 (29.9.79) [Twelfth Series]
Winker does battle with the mysterious 'Hooded Terrors'.

I thought we were talking solely about strips that merged when their respective comics did so, but if people are talking about mergers of characters within a single comic like Lord Snooty, then examples in football strips are legion, with Melchester Rovers and "United" both snapping up useful player...

Cuddles and Dimples

Hot Shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse

Mr McScotty wrote: Pete Bagges "Buddy" books always funny
Ghost World Daniel Clowes (and imho a great wee film as well)
Hernandez Brothers - various collections

All faves of mine,

Hi all, Not sure have this has been covered, but, I view them as a brother to the world of comics, does anyone read 'Graphic Novels'? I tend to go for the non-Marvel / DC ones, for some reason they have never appealed to me. I'd love to hear from anyone who has read the likes of; * Maus * V for Ven...