Tony Summerfield reference books

My look at comic reference books has, to date, covered a number of authors such as...

i). Dennis Gifford books here (with all Gifford posts here)

ii). Lofts & Adley books are here

iii). Dennis Gifford is here 

iv). David Ashford is here

v). Ray Moore is here

vi). Martin Hamer is here

vii). Colin Morgan is here

vii). Alan Clark is here

viii). Norman Wright is here

...but there's more to come. Next up is author Tony Summerfield. I know almost nothing of Blyton or this researcher so do let me know if I've missed any other books, thanks!

Enid Blyton's magazine, 1953-1959, Tony Summerfield & Norman Wright, 32 pages

Sunny stories: an index, 1942-1953,Tony Summerfield & Norman Wright

Enid Blyton's Sunny stories: 1937-1941, an index, Tony Summerfield & Norman Wright

Sunny Stories for Little Folks, 1926-1936, an index

all Blyton images swiped from here

UPDATED: Flintstones comic - 1994/5

I'm filing this under '90s comics I don't know enough about' - I know that issue 1 came out with a cover date of August 1994 and that issue 11 is cover dated March 1995. What I don't know is how many issues were there and when did it go fortnightly (as it must have done to get to 10 issues by February when issue #1 only came out in August)? Hopefully I'll be able to update this at some point in the future. 

This is not to be confused with the Marvel UK title 'Flintstones and friends'.

Now updated with covers for issues 6, 7, 8 & 9

The Flintstones comic, issue #1, August 1994, 95p

The Flintstones comic, issue #2, September 1994, 95p

The Flintstones comic, issue #3, October 1994, 95p

The Flintstones comic, issue #4, 22nd October - 5th November 1995, 95p

The Flintstones comic, issue #5, 5th November - 18th November 1995, 95p

The Flintstones comic, issue #6, 19th November - 2nd December 1995, 95p

The Flintstones comic, issue #7, 3rd December - 16th December 1995, 95p

The Flintstones comic, issue #8, 17th December - 30th December 1995, 95p

The Flintstones comic, issue #9, 31st December - 13th January 1995, 95p

The Flintstones comic, issue #10, February 1995, 95p

The Flintstones comic, issue #11, March 1995, 95p

Eric Parker - character studies & groups (part 5 of 6)

I've recently begun a lengthy series of blog posts all about renowned illustrator Eric Parker (check out his Wikipedia entry here) who had a 50 year (!) career as a comic illustrator.

I've looked at Roughs (part 1) here
Roughs (part 2) here
Roughs (part 3) here
Roughs (part 4) here
Female heads (part 1) here
Female heads (part 2) here
Female heads (part 3) here
Female heads (part 4) here
Pubs (part 1) here
Pubs (part 2) here

Overseas (part 1) here

Overseas (part 2) here

Overseas (part 3) here

Overseas (part 4) here

Overseas (part 5) here

Overseas (part 6) here

Overseas (part 7) here

Overseas (part 8) here

Overseas (part 9) here

Overseas (part 10) here

UK scenes (part 1) here

UK scenes (part 2) here

UK scenes (part 3) here

UK scenes (part 4) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 1) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 2) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 3) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 4) here

And now we turn our attention to some of his character studies & group scenes (roughs)...

more Ant Wars artwork up for sale

I reported here on a recent sale (for £200) of a page from early 2000AD strip Ant Wars. That was from prog 71 and now there's another page for sale here (the opening bid of £350 has already been met). 

This is from prog 74 and is the 2nd page of the 4th episode of the strip. Good luck if you bid! I'll report back on the final price reached

I want to be an almoner

As a follow-up to yesterday's post about... 

...I just wanted to highlight one of the careers in the book that (in contrast to the other careers) seems to have disappeared. Yes, it's the Girl guide to being an "almoner". Never thought of being an almoner? Read on to find out more about it as a career...

 

I want to be a pharmacist

In honour of it being National Pharmacist day today (12th January), here's a look at the Girl comic view of a career in pharmacy from 1957...

Eaglecon 80 - part 10

It occurs to me that I've not covered anything to do with the very first Eagle comic convention - Eaglecon 80. A recent sale by ace ebay seller phil-comics (here) of one of the awards from Eaglecon 80 (see below) for £155 has inspired me to start looking images.

I looked at some initial images here

We had images about what was on display here

images of the original art that was on display here

the banquet dinner here

from the panels here

Frank Hampson here

Interviews being held here

Keith Watson here

More Keith here

All these images are from the late, great Eagle & Dan Dare historian Adrian Perkins.

And now we have

This photo is entitled 'at our first planning meeting' - the chap in the middle is artist Keith Page and I think it's Alan Vince on the left

Charles Evans-Gunther (left); Alan Whitehead (right). Both well-known Eagle fans back in the day.

Keith Watson & Frank Hampson

Greta Tomlinson - Dan Dare artist (and model for Professor Peabody)

Keith Page & Rod 'Spaceship Away' Barzilay

Keith Page again - showing artwork

Peter Hampson

Pip Warwick (left) showing one of his Mekon sculptures to ??

Norman Wright reference books

My look at comic reference books has, to date, covered a number of authors such as...

i). Dennis Gifford books here (with all Gifford posts here)

ii). Lofts & Adley books are here

iii). Dennis Gifford is here 

iv). David Ashford is here

v). Ray Moore is here

vi). Martin Hamer is here

vii). Colin Morgan is here

vii). Alan Clark is here

...but there's more to come. Next up is author Norman Wright. I suspect that there are quite a few of these that I'm not aware of but you've got to start somewhere!

Enid Blyton's magazine, 1953-1959, Tony Summerfield & Norman Wright, 32 pages

George E Rochester, 1898-1966: an index of his work, Bill Bradford & Norman Wright, 24 pages

cover image not to hand - can you help?

W.E. Johns & Modern Boy: an index, Norman Wright, 40 pages

Sexton Blake: a celebration of the great detective, Norman Wright & David Ashford

Sunny stories: an index, 1942-1953,Tony Summerfield & Norman Wright

Enid Blyton's Sunny stories: 1937-1941, an index, Tony Summerfield & Norman Wright

all Blyton images swiped from here

UPDATED: Clearmark - Popular Fairy Tales

I've looked before at comics publisher Clearmark comics...

Were Bears comic is here

The world of Wym comic is here 

Tom and Jerry here 

Rupert here

A recent spot on ebay is another title from them...Popular Fairy Tales. According to Dennis Gifford's Association of Comic Enthusiasts (ACE) newsletter the title only ran for 6 issue & one holiday special. 

ACE issue 13/8 (issue # 120) for Jan/Feb 1991 records August 16th 1990 as the publication date of (the final issue) issue 6. So there were issues with cover dates of April, May, June, July, August & September.

ACE issue 13/5 (issue #117) for Sep 1990 records July 26th as the publication date for the holiday special.

Now updated with a cover for issue #3

There's a signature just visible on the bottom left of page 31 - it's that of Gino Gavioli. First time appearance for him on the blog but, according to his Lambiek entry (here) he was a hugely prolific Italian creator who died in only 2016. I suspect that his Hansel & Gretel work had therefore been published in Italy first. I wonder if he contributed to issue 2-6 and the holiday special, the search begins!

Popular fairy tales #2, May 1990

cover image not to hand - can you help?

Popular fairy tales #3, June 1990

Popular fairy tales #4, July 1990

cover image not to hand - can you help?

Popular fairy tales #5, August 1990

cover image not to hand - can you help?

Popular fairy tales #6, September 1990

cover image not to hand - can you help?

UPDATED: Mike Dorey for 'Commando'

A further update to my guide to the Commando work of Mike Dorey.

Commando 5799

The Western Front, January 1915. When Lieutenant Gerald Cadman claims the credit for Private Tom Smith’s perfect shot, it creates a chance for him to escape the trenches and become a sniper.
Earning glory while hiding and never getting close to the enemy? It sounds just like the kind of fighting Cadman can get behind! But the life of a marksman proves more difficult and dangerous than Cadman could have ever expected!

Commando 5697

That cowardly cad returns! From the pages of The Victor to Commando, Cadman the Fighting Coward looks skyward to escape the trenches - but he soon finds that life in the Royal Flying Corps isn't any easier or safer than on the ground!

Commando 5693

All aboard this horror train bound for doom! For an army soldier, a British sailor, and two RAF Airmen clambered on board but will any of them survive the eerie TRAIN of events about to unfold?!

Just a reminder that Mike's work is in one of the current issues of Commando - issue 5665 to be precise. Here's what the Commando website has to say about it... 

In comic pages for the first time since 1993, Cadman is back! Rebooting the classic Victor ‘hero’, original artist Mike Dorey takes up his brush to recreate more daring and dastardly Cadman adventures.

In the autumn of 1914, the Anglo-French and German armies launched a series of flanking manoeuvres towards the Channel, as cowardly cavalry Lieutenant Gerald Cadman tries to trick his captain into leading them away from the fighting. But every attempt to flee takes them into fresh action, while Cadman’s batman, Tom Smith, looks for ways to expose his deceptive master.

5665 - interior art by Mike Dorey, cover art by Mike Dorey & Neil Roberts

This issue of Commando is out today - good luck hunting down your copy!

To celebrate the news that Mike Dorey is returning to work on Commando I thought I'd better update my guide to his previous covers work for Commando (see below). Of issue 5595, Commando HQ have this to say...We're all very excited at Commando HQ, as legend Mike Dorey returns to illustrate his first new Commando comic since 1995! And what a return, in a thriller featuring spies, doppelgangers, and sabotage! Issue 5595 Spy in the Mirror is out soon! - QM

To celebrate getting my sole copy of Commando (featuring a cover by Mike Dorey) signed on Saturday, see below, I thought I'd present a gallery of ALL the covers that Mike did for Commando.

Here's part 1, part 2 is tomorrow, thanks to friend of the blog Colin Noble for the issue numbers and thanks to (mainly) ebay for most of the cover images...

2741 (reprinted as 5118)

2757

 

2763 (reprinted as 4205)

2778

2792

2823

2846

2889

2898

2909