Bill Ritchie's late 80's Baby Crockett with great fun page borders

Bill Ritchie 1931-2010


















I love the elephant one leaning on the page..really shows the weight of it..also Bill is great at drawing caricatures of tv stars.

Love the gag in the black borders of the editors desk being a bed!:))

I will be doing some more posts on Bill Ritchie to show other characters I missed e.g Supporting Life in Plug Comic.

I've left my thoughts on Bill Ritchie who died on Monday at Lews blog and comicsuk forum..

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2010/01/bill-ritchie-1931-2010.html

http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=3350

http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-memoriam-william-ritchie.html

Just to simply say thanks Bill for all the fun your work has given to me..
My prayers are with your family and friends who will miss you greatly..

Sweeny Toddler Doll..does anyone still own one?:)

The different Toddlers are drawn by Mike Lacey.


Whoopee 23rd July 1977.

What a cool prize and fun quiz...does anyone still own this...it would be fun to see a colour photo and hear your story..

If you havn't worked it out the different babies are...

A Lolly Pop
B Smiler
C Toy Boy
D Frankie Stein
E Scared stiff Sam
F Pa Bumpkin

Film Fun Annual's Tony Hancock and Sid James by Reg Parlett 1961.

A great ending...lol..



Reg is great at drawing fog erm smoke from smoking!...also a lovely period piece...really shows the times..

Thanks to philcom55
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3321&start=30

Reg Parlett's Well What do you know???

Reprinted in Krazy Annual 1980.

Not sure which comic it comes from.can anyone help?

A Annual title inside pages and back which really stands out!!

Beezer Book 1962.

Bill Ritchie using chalks in this fun way really stands out on the black...its great he used colour chalks rather than just white chalks...also I like the end pages of the annual referring to the first image...you can still see the image a bit from being scrubbed out..

Post inspired by this topic on The Beano 2010 Annual..
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2983&p=31697#p31697

Weetabix 80's adverts in Fleetway comics..OK!!

Its nice the Weetabix adverts. They were different each time..mini stories..spoofs of films..a bit of thought and care has gone into this..I also had Weetabix this morning..;)

1980's comic adverts from Fleetway comics more added..

I loved the Weetabix ones as a kid..OK!!
I'll do a post on Weetabix adverts next....

The many fun adverts in just one issue of The Beano in 1990.

The lolly on the cover is an advert..:) yummy..




Who could forget this advert animation...love it..see it on youtube..it will bring it back and the great music that went with it..


Now we have robot hamsters running in a winding tube as the best toy!


A wobbly drawn comic page advert..a kind of Bash Street kids -Danny and Toots look...though just a bit different so has not to get done..later these comic page adverts of products used actual comic artists like Gordon Bell and were much better..





What a change The Beano had in 1988 the 50th Birthday..when it went glossy with more colour and pages. All thanks to the introduction of adverts mostly. I don't mind adverts in comics if they are this fun and drawn..

Blog post inspired by Lew..
http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2010/01/more-ads-from-1970s-comics.html

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2010/01/seventies-nostalgia-more-adverts-from.html

Reg Parlett draws an adventure story!! More added..

The Comet from June 1952.

Quite an imagnative strip which makes you want to read more..like the floating head in the fountain and aztec type building..also the robots are fun..

As said at comicsuk forum the young lad is very feminine..:))

Thanks to philcom55 for pictures and info..
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3298&p=31512#p31512