*KAZOOP !!: A LOOK AT MONSTER FUN STRIPS: X-RAY SPECS (he could also read minds!)

*KAZOOP !!: A LOOK AT MONSTER FUN STRIPS: X-RAY SPECS: Ray was as an ordinary boy until a mystery optician (I.Squint) gave him a pair of specs with x-ray vision. From then on he became one ...
Heres my advert for Kazoop it shows all the different things X Ray specs can do..see link above..

This is the last Christmas X Ray Specs Mike Lacey drew Dec 1991 it ended in Feb 1992 becoming reprints (sadly!).... and at this time his X Ray specs could read minds!! 

I love the ending of this strip..;0)

Mike could of if he wanted to work for DC Thomson..

Mike still drew very well indeed!

*KAZOOP !!: A LOOK AT MONSTER FUN STRIPS: KID KONG see also the later Kid Kong by Rob Lee and his version of an origin!

Kid Kong in Buster was a one pager 17th Jan 1981...thought this page was funny so had to show it..

Then in 21st March 1981 it became two pages with a new origin based on the old...also Gran was brought back to her original self without glasses and hearing aid...which kind of works...

Rob Lee's art is nice to see and has a bit of Robert Nixon style about it..

Now go to the link to see Monster Fun's Kid Kong by the great Robert Nixon at Kazoop...

*KAZOOP !!: A LOOK AT MONSTER FUN STRIPS: KID KONG: As we know from the introductory three-pager, Kid Kong was ‘the biggest gorilla in the World and son of the famous King Kong’. ..

Beano stars in other pages..

Its fun seeing artist draw other characters not by them in there stories...the nibblers owners were so weird I just had to show this...

The following stories below all had this all in one issue...

 Gordon's version of the Bash Street kids...

Frank Mc Diarmid drawing Ball Boy fun seeing Frank's style..

Lots of characters by Jimmy Glen..

Biffo's feet in Gnasher...

Don't forget to see Monster fun review by Kazoop...first year is up now...its packed with info and pictures...I've been so looking forward to this..

*KAZOOP !!: 1975: A LOOK AT THE FIRST YEAR OF MONSTER FUN COMI...: People in the know say that preparations to launch a new comic often involved the production of a ‘dummy’ issue. One was appare...

*KAZOOP !!: MONSTER FUN COMIC - IT'S A WILD, WEIRD, WHACKY WEE...

*KAZOOP !!: MONSTER FUN COMIC - IT'S A WILD, WEIRD, WHACKY WEE...: When MONSTER FUN COMIC arrived on the newsstands across the UK in the beginning of the Summer of 1975, it joined its senior IPC sis...-


Kazoop has covered Cor!! and shiver and shake now he's doing Monster Fun.

Its a great blog and is very detailed and I often reread the posts...so don't miss out.

Go to the link above and follow.

Gordon Bell 1934 - 2014

Blimey! It's another blog about comics!: Gordon Bell 1934 - 2014: Spoofer Mc.Graw. SPARKY 404 (Oct,14th 1972) Sad news just in that the cartoonist Gordon Bell suddenly passed away last week, on February 13th 2014 at the age of 79. 

Love that last panel with all the cats ....the pups in snow is always fun.. -There are many comic artists I love a lot...this is one of them...it has influanced my own cartooning...the expression...movement..keeping it simple..as a child I used to copy (not trace-!) the Pup Parade they were nice rounded shapes to draw and each character was different and unique...always fun Bones and the skull and crossbones blacking it out with a felt pen.

His art is a joy to look at and eagerly turned to in The Beano of the 70's and 80's Pup Parade..
See link to his name at my blog to see his many other strips he drew for The Beezer..Buster and Nipper ,The Dandy..etc..


My thoughts and prayers are with Gordon's family and friends at this sad time..Peter Gray



Thanks Cameron Clark for the message..
Sorry to say that Gordon passed away on Thursday 13th Feb. Fanatic that he was, he was working on new cartoons up until a few days before his death, and even managed a last cartoon while lying in bed a few hours before his death. He will be sorely missed. 

Alan Ryan's new to The Beano with Smudge and Number 13!

Its great seeing his work and its good news for him he has two characters in The Beano.
I love the humour and some clever stuff.

Interesting these strips were both in the past drawn by John Geering!

Check out his webcomic he has also done.. (thanks Lew Stringer for the link!)

http://www.faradaytheblob.com/


Buy The Beano this week and see many old characters are back...like Lew drawing Rasher the pig.

New horse drawing finished this week...

Drawings and paintings from last year..

 Pet commission

 

Kinsale Ireland

 

Sidmouth Devon

 Porpollo Cornwall

 

Portland Bill Weymouth

 

The rat was drawn very quickly it took me two hours...using a charcoal pencil.

The baby Elephant has been a big break through for me...instead of drawing quickly and with a tricky charcoal pencil I took my time over a few days...working out proportions more and using a black water colour pencil drawn on textured paper...this was drawn in October 2013 and at various Christmas fairs I sold 3 large prints and 10 small prints which was amazing! So now as you've seen with the other earlier post I'm using this type of pencil to get more detail and taking my time more...

I'm a character artist...capturing mood and expression.

Feel free to follow or be my friend on facebook to see my latest art work and what craft events i'm doing...always ready to draw your pet....email me now..
peterspetportraits@yahoo.co.uk

My new pet commisssions and new cards and prints...all customers were pleased with there drawings..

Below are my new animal cards and prints...

See the first Tin Teacher thanks to the Comics Archive blog...thanks Bruce..

http://comics.brucelaing.id.au/tinteacher/

Drawn by Peter Davidson


It reminds me of Monster Fun's Creature Teacher..
 ;0)

Have a Cheeky Christmas everyone!

 Frank Mc Diarmid who did so much to make Cheeky such a brill comic and good annuals. Wonderful to collect and reread...even for adults it offers a good chuckle!

 

This cover is drawn by Robert Nixon!

A Christmas gift from comicsuk forum...thanks everyone...

http://comicsuk.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5869

Go to link to see lots more thanks Spy for starting this...

Charles Griggs tribute..1916-2013

 As a tribute to this wonderful comic artist. I've showed his later work The Dandy comic library 1984. It was fun to showhow he would draw different Beano characters in his style.
I love the crazy about creatures book Beano and Dandy has it showed artists names...behind the scenes and showing Charles going back to DC Thomson to see his original comic work at 90 years old. The photo shows his drawing being altered which personally spoils it...

He was great at covers as seen every week in Korky for The Dandy. He was great at doing the large panel which caught your eye...know wonder he got into postcards later on.

He also drew adventure stories like Captain whoosh and I love this era for the action packed two pager...wish this idea was used today.

We leave you with this brilliant close up of Korky...very Disney like...

Charles has left us such a wonderful comic legacy to enjoy and smile again and again...lets hope new readers will discover him in these old comics and reprints..

Cheers to Charles
and thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends

Peter