When the bell rings! Bash Street kids 19th Feb 1955

Early Leo Baxendale work..

Clumsy Claude is drawn by Bill Ritchie
I like Wilfred's tank also the running perspective!! Both strips sure were full on in those days...police and army!

Paddy Brennan's Bunyan's Runaway! Topper 18th Sept 1965

I love Paddy's work his figure work and action is brilliant...love that leap and the figure falling backwards at an unusual angle to stop him bonging the gong!

The Topper's Mickey the Monkey by Dudley D Watkins...

The mouth looks like a skull and he is covered in blood rather than red paint!! GULP!

I love Dudley's use of movement...panel 9 is great!
Also its clever how he uses the crowd in the background to show Mickey moving backwards and forwards over the lake...

Beryl the Peril ghost drawn as a one off by Bill Ritchie...normally drawn by Davy Law

 The Topper 9th Sept 1961
Its fun seeing how an artist tries out a new style..

Thanks Spy from comicsuk forum Banana Bunch at there best by Leo Baxendale my favourite comic artist..

JUST BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=142&t=3987&p=87846#p87846

How I hold a pencil to draw! UPDATED!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI7hCLa77vM

finished 29th July 2015

All finished!!

One of my newest drawings I've done.. :)

Jim Petrie interview to listen to... follow link..its interesting and glad they recorded this..

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/thecollections/comiccollections/

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/exhibitions/comics/petrie/

Also a museum exhibition of Jim's work..
Wish I could go...too far away for me Dundee... :(

Island of Monsters by Paddy Brennan the first one..Thanks Spy

Thank Spy for the first one and the last bit of the story..

The Dandy 1969..

DC Thomson could bring this back!

http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6521

A Krazy comic Jubilee Edition 11th June 1977

Cover by Mike Lacey which he always signed...which is rare for Mike to do..
he also did this for Scared Stiff Sam in Whoopee!!

I think Auntie Daisy has burnt her hair! Love the scattering of Silver Jubilee bits and pieces throughout..

Nice Frank drew in Robert Nixon style for Buytonic Boy and Ian Knox style for Pongo..

Great shading of the cellar..

 I like how the story continues throughout the comic...
love Ian Knox and Frank Mc Diarmid's work.

A lovely big poster by Ian Knox! Like the Birdman and Chicken gag..

also love the extreme food drawn super large...

Be the star in a comic! Wham! comic and today's Beano!

The latest Beano is giving you the chance to be the star!

 Also its nice its on the back cover and drawn by Hunt Emerson. 

A lovely new feature!

 Wham! comic drawn by Mike Lacey also did a similar thing in 1967.
You could star in The Tiddlers!! It was done in a nice creative way!

Island of Monsters The Dandy 1969 A very creepy strip!!

Nov 29th 1969

 Dec 6th 1969

The insects really creep me out..plus that bats teeth..as a comic collector I'm trying to get the whole series so thanks Paul Rose for buying some Dandy's and Beano's at such a kind deal..

.of course amazing work by Paddy Brennan! Every frame different...figures are brilliantly done...

The Bananaman Movie some new information!

Just got an email saying some info on The Bananaman movie!

http://www.bananamanmovie.com/

The email didn't want to tell me his name or his role in the film..

SPOILER!

But he's got permission to tell me it will feature many cameos from DC Thomson comic characters including a funny moment with Mr Bubbles from Sparky comic. Lots of props and posters will have Bash Street kids reference. Also Billy the Cat and Katie will help and General Jumbo plus the Iron Fish! So a very different film and looks like it will be great fun.

Release date is probably next year early April.
He will email me soon to confirm that.

The Beezer's The Heroes of Paradise Road by Ron Smith what happened next!!!!...

I've shown the first part before...here is what happened later...

Sept 30th 1961 Beezer

13th Jan 1962 Beezer..

I admit reading this today brought a tear to my eye!!
He's alive!!!!!!!!!!

Just a brilliant war story shown from a perspective of a family.