Who drew this Bumpkin Billionaires? Answer Mervyn Johnston

Whizzer and Chips Holiday Special 1990.
Mike Lacey and Jim Hanson normally drew the Bumpkin Billionaires..who have a good normal rounded fun style..so it is stranjge seeing the Bumpkins in this wacky style..

I'll be touching on artists who drew characters that they didn't normally draw..as they can be interesting to see and its fun trying to work out the artist and what weird styles they used!!

This does look a bit like Spy's work!!!


ISPYSHHHGUY

See BABY BOOMER comic strip here..
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3422&start=120

UPDATE looking at it again I'm pretty sure that it is drawn by Melvin..

Andy B tells me from comicsuk forum its
Mervyn Johnston
Thanks Andy..

Mervyn also drew Buster's Captain Crucial after Tom Paterson left Fleetway.

Sir Laughalot from Topper

5th Sept 1970 Topper this is a reprint from the early 60's. It was drawn by Ken Hunter. As you can see there are lots of gaps in the artwork and the speech bubbles look added on.



This is how it should look like with rhyming couplets which is much better. So shame they changed it in the reprint.




From Topper 1960 annual. I do like the fantasy of the strip.

The big dog pulling the milk float cover of the latest Classics..see the whole story here!

Heres the story from the front cover of Classics from the comics in response to Lews post on wanting to see the whole story..it was in Classics from the comics number 51 in the year 2000.

Blimey! It's another blog about comics!: UK superheroes featured in the latest Classics

George Martin's Super Specs Topper Book 1974

Topper Book 1974.

A new George Martin character for me as I've recently bought this book..

I like this concept very clever...I wonder if this character was in the comic?

George Martin and Bill Holroyd(Brassneck)are the Kings of UK comic slapstick!

The Broons and Oor Wullie in colour and Wee Jock Sparra

Drawn by Ken Harrison who also drew other Dudley D Watkin's characters like Lord Snooty and Desperate Dan. Here is what it looked like for a short time in colour in the Sunday Post. Which I think it suits it well..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_H._Harrison











Heres a new Bill Ritchie character I havn't seen before and what good fun it is...
reminds me of his other bird character Dicky Burd in the Beezer of the early 70's.

http://petergraysukcomicartists.blogspot.com/2009/09/bill-ritchies-beezer-comic-workeg.html
Thanks to stevezodiac for the images...

Just to fill in a few details.
THe Broons and Oor Wullie strips remained in colour until Sunday Post dated 7th Aug
1994 which was also the last time they appeared in something titled the 'Fun Section'.
(The original tear out a page and fold it 4pg Fun Section had last appeared on 28th Aug 1988).
Bill Ritchie's 'Wee Jock Sparra' appeared in the Fun Section from 12th Dec 1991 to 16th May 1993.
BTW in its 48 year history the Sunday Post Fun Section, besides the Broons and Oor Wullie, featured over 40 other strips not including the time in the late 1970's when it ran reprints of strips from other Thomson titles inc Desperate Dan and Toots from Bunty.

Thanks to Kashgar for the info..

See more at the link-
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3634

Pansy Potter wrecks the Beano office twice!!

Charles Griggs The Beano 8th Feb 1958


First Christmas Beano 1938. Hugh McNeill

Thanks to phil-comics at ebay..
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Beano-comic-21-1938-FIRST-CHRISTMAS-phil-comics-/250656264745?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Books_comics_Magazines_UK_Comics_ET&hash=item3a5c471229
Note that both strips have Pansy kicking down the office door..and dropping a penny/sweet..

Its interesting the way the two stories are similar in the way they introduce Pansy Potter...


16th December 1989 by Barry Glennard
Pansy didn't wreck the Beano office the last time she was introduced..

Malcolm Judge is great at so many different ways of drawing speed...

Also the lettering whizz are done in unique ways.love the zoooom! overlapping..



I also love the multiple Billy's in one panel..

No other Billy Whizz artist has topped the variety..its just brilliant..

Smudge does have a Dad!!

The Beano 21st August 1982..

Smudge's Dad is a frogman on the oil rig so that is where he is..
Also love the details John Geering adds to his drawings like the flower very put out by Smudge using its flowerpot...also the ducks in the rain..and the mouse..

John does a great effect in the first panel showing heavy rain the house in the background is suggested in diagonal rain strokes..also great expressive faces..

looking forward to the 1980's era featured in The Beano and Dandy Heroes book 2011 coming in late August..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Classic-Beano-Dandy-Heroes-Annual/dp/1845354133/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277145842&sr=8-11

Reader coming up with a story idea for a comic character..

See last panel..
Tom Williams Nutty comic 13th March 1982. Number 109

http://www.beanotown.com/index.php?id=381
Fred's Bed story recently was written by a reader...as you can see this isn't a new idea..
Very cool to have your idea used in this way..

Cor-medy choice from Cor comic part 2 The Spectre Inspector and Wally's Weirdies.

Jim Watson


Can anyone help with the artists name please for Wally's Weirdies.

Both from Cor!! 11th May 1974.

There were not one but two winners of the second Cor-medy contest: The Spectre Inspector and Wally's Weirdies. Both debuted as regular sets in Cor!! issue dated 20th April, 1974 (Easter number) and survived the merger with Buster shortly after.
Other contestants were: Jinx Street, Hickory Dickory Doc, Willy - the World's Worst Werewolf and Our Kid. thanks to klakadak-ploobadoof for info..

The Beano 2005 Comic Idol's Zap Zodiac

Steve Horrocks
8th Jan 2005
Sadly the strip didn't take off despite winning the contest..mind you Christmas Carole might have been too much if that won...every week a Christmas theme..
Hugh Dunnit was the other strip...


Home Invation by David Sutherland (New in The Beano in the Comic Idol contest 2010)reminded me of Zap Zodiac and this Buster strip..
The Twitopians..go to link to see..

http://petergraycartoonsandcomics.blogspot.com/2009/05/twitopians-taking-over-our-world-from.html

More info on Zap Zodiac..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zap_Zodiac

The new Beano idol contest is sooo much better than the 2005 contest...I like all of them..

Uh, Oh Si Co! and Samuel Creeps from Nutty

http://www.beanotown.com/index.php?id=408





After talking about Cor-medy Choice which Cor comic did in the 70's along comes The Beano idol in this weeks issue..where we the reader can choose our favourites between three..
Home Invation (David Sutherland) , Meebo and Zuky (Laura Howell)and Uh, Oh Si Co! Nigel Parkinson..all of them good..all should be in The Beano..

Uh, Oh Si Co! stood out just a little bit more for me and love the mum going crazy..it does remind me and others of Vic Volcano from the 90's Beano drawn by Robert Nixon...also in Nutty was Samuel Creeps a posh kid who got the better of bullies and also can be very strong at times..
Bob McGrath drew it the Three Bears artist..
So old ideas refreshed..
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3603

Cor-medy choice from Cor comic

There were two contests to choose your favourite new character in Cor!! comic...



Cor!! 5th May 1973..
Some great details in this strip..


30th June 1973..
Name the artists folks...theres a challenge..


Cor!! 18th August 1973..



Cor!! 19th January 1974..Heres the new contest..I only have one example sadly..


Cor!! 19th January 1974..The winner drawn by Mike Lacey..a great concept..

These contests must be nerve racking for an artist if he is relying on this strip to win..

40 years ago number 1 Cor!! came out..

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2010/05/40-year-flashback-cor-no1.html

More posts on Cor!! comic to come..