BRIGHTS' BOFFINS: THE LOOK IN STRIPS CHRONOLOGY

[jim244]

STORY 1: " The Goat Ghost Projector"
WRITER: Angus Allan
ARTIST: Ross Thomson
ISSUES: 16 - 19 (1971)

Re-employed as Commanding Officer of the Governments' Top Secret Inventions' Establishment, Group Captain Bright, Sergeant Thumper and Dogsears Dawson move their base to a disused railway station.
G.A.S.P. learns that Brights' Boffins are developing a new carrier to deliver secret messages.

With thanks to Robbie Moubert for identifying the artist.

[Robbie Moubert]

I noticed the first BB strip was signed "ross" and a little searching reveals that it appears to be cartoonist Ross Thomson.

https://www.rosscartoons.com/

[jim244]

I noticed the first BB strip was signed "ross" and a little searching reveals that it appears to be cartoonist Ross Thomson.

https://www.rosscartoons.com/

I also noticed the signature but read it as "poss" (I really need to start wearing glasses) !!!
Thank you very much Robbie, I will update the post.
Cheers

[jim244]

STORY 2: "The Trouble with the Captains' Cap"
WRITER: ANGUS ALLAN
ARTIST: ROSS THOMSON
ISSUES: 20 - 23 (1971)

By means of a small radio "mind bender" device placed under Captain Brights' cap, Pant and Wheeze attempt to blow up the secret Government station headquarters.

[jim244]

STORY 3: "The Tank Firing Range"
WRITER: ANGUS ALLEN
ARTIST: ROSS THOMSON
ISSUES: 24 - 26 ( 1971)

Bright is asked to find a new tank-firing range.
He chooses a wooded area but his pen causes ink blots which are mistaken for targets.

[jim244]

STORY 4: "The War Games"
WRITER: ANGUS ALLAN
ARTIST: ROSS THOMAS
ISSUES: 27 - 28 (1971)

Dogsears makes some deadly toys.

This was the last story of this short lived strip.

[ShaquiUK]

I identified Ross Thomson many years agai, and as he lived quite locally - not far from where Mike Noble lived, Kim Steven’s and myself interviewed him. This has never been published.

[jim244]

I identified Ross Thomson many years agai, and as he lived quite locally - not far from where Mike Noble lived, Kim Steven’s and myself interviewed him. This has never been published.

Do you still have the interview notes/recording?
Look - in magazines from the 70s sell for £10/ £15 - £30 each on ebay ,there is a huge amount of people that would be interested in a book by you.
Even if it means a Go Fund Me Campaign or similar.

[ShaquiUK]

Do you still have the interview notes/recording?

I still have the MP3.

[ShaquiUK]

Look - in magazines from the 70s sell for £10/ £15 - £30 each on ebay ,there is a huge amount of people that would be interested in a book by you.
Even if it means a Go Fund Me Campaign or similar.

To be honest, I'm not interested in doing a book. It would mean liaising with Rebellion/Chinbeard, who have already screwed me over.

[jim244]

Look - in magazines from the 70s sell for £10/ £15 - £30 each on ebay ,there is a huge amount of people that would be interested in a book by you.
Even if it means a Go Fund Me Campaign or similar.

To be honest, I'm not interested in doing a book. It would mean liaising with Rebellion/Chinbeard, who have already screwed me over.

I have pmed you and thank you for correcting my ignorance over rights etc.

[jim244]

Do you still have the interview notes/recording?

I still have the MP3.

Nice.
Rebellion don't own that interview.
You do.