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| Art: Charlie Grigg. |
I've featured more than this but these are amongst my favourites. I thought I'd cover 100 years, so we can see how the styles and designs of comics changed from 1898 to 1998. Ready to plunge into the Festive Time Vortex? OK, scarves on, climb aboard the time sledge and here we go....
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| ALLY SLOPER 1898. Art: W.F. Thomas |
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| JOKER 1934. Art: John L. Jukes |
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| COMIC CUTS 1935. Art: Possibly John L. Jukes |
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| CHIPS 1942. Art: Percy Cocking |
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| COMIC CUTS 1947. Art: Alert Pease |
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| The first Christmas EAGLE, 1950. Art: Frank Hampson and team. |
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| BLIGHTY 1952. A joke / glamour mag rather than a comic but a great cover by Arthur Ferrier. |
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| MARVELMAN 1954. Artist unknown. Perhaps Ron Embleton? |
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| WIZARD 1960. Art: Bill Ritchie |
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| BEEZER 1960. Art: Tom Bannister |
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| TV EXPRESS 1961. Art: Mike Western |
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| WHAM! 1964. Art: Graham Allen |
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| EAGLE 1965. Art: Not sure. |
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| DIANA 1965. Artist unknown. |
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| BEANO 1966. Art: Dudley Watkins |
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| SMASH! 1967 |
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| TOPPER 1967. Art: Dudley Watkins |
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| BUSTER 1969. Art: Angel Nadal |
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| SPARKY 1970. Art: Vic Neill |
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| BEANO 1970. Art: David Sutherland |
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| KNOCKOUT 1971. Art: Joe McCaffery |
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| LION 1971. Art: Geoff Campion |
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| 2000AD 1977. Art: Kevin O'Neill |
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| WHOOPEE! 1984. Art: Robert Nixon |
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| ACTION FORCE 1987. Art: Jeff Anderson, Simon Coleby, Lew Stringer |
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| WHIZZER AND CHIPS 1989. Art: Jimmy Hansen |
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| DANDY 1998. Art: Keith Robson |
...and there you go. A selection from 100 years in a few minutes. A new set of Christmas covers begins tomorrow and will run for a week! Don't miss it!
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What a great selection! Thanks Lew. That Sparky Cover is a particular favourite, but the Lion cover, among others, sparked fond memories. Information on the artists involved much appreciated, too
ReplyDeleteVery nice collection. I recognized a few but others were new to me. Loved that Action Force one.
ReplyDeleteI think that 1970 Sparky cover is the one that brings back most memories for me too John, out of that collection, and then the Beano one to compliment it that followed a few days later. There was something magical about all the characters gathering in a festive scene.
ReplyDeleteThanks John K. I still remember drawing my third of the page for that AF cover. John Anderson had done his part first, then it was sent to me to fill the space on my side, so I thought I'd mirror his idea with another sledge.
Thats sSmtrange as the Sparky cover was the one that brought back the strongest memories for me as well (and I wasnt a regular Sparky reader), next was Lion then Beano 1966 then 1970. I'll miss your regular Xmas covers etc when Blimey closes Lew its one of my favourites on the web.
ReplyDeleteStill this year's daily covers to go yet, Paul! As for 12 month's time... it doesn't bear thinking about yet.
ReplyDeleteTop feature Lew!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe blog's staying online even though it'll no longer be updated, right? Paul, you can just look at the archives.
ReplyDeleteI always thought that, on the whole, the older comics caught the Christmas spirit the best. Your covers prove it. Some of them are a work of art.
ReplyDeleteYes, the older comics were more ornate in design but I suppose comics reflect the contemporary design of the times. It is nice when they make more effort though.
ReplyDeleteYes, Blimey will stay online until Blogger eventually closes down or whatever will inevitably happen. (Nothing lasts forever.) Paul's been a follower for years so he's probably read everything anyway James.