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Saturday 31 August 2013

WOW! ANOTHER RON TURNER CAPTAIN SCARLET ADVENTURE...

Right, be honest - you thought I'd forgotten, didn't you? A while back I said I'd publish another RON TURNER-drawn CAPTAIN SCARLET adventure from the second of two Annuals (1969) devoted to the SPECTRUM operative - and you've been waiting patiently ever since! Well, the wait is finally over - here it is!

I could wax long and lyrical over the superlative artwork, the vibrant colours, the dynamic storytelling - but why bother? You can see it all for yourselves in the accompanying pages. So, not being the type pf person to impede the pleasure of others, I'll stop yapping and let you get straight into them.

Spectrum is Green!

5 comments:

John Pitt said...: Great to see these again, as I used to have the annual.Might try & get hold of it again.; 31 August 2013 at 12:30
Kid said...: They seem readily available on eBay from time to time, JP. Might be worth checking out.; 31 August 2013 at 12:58
PhilSee said...: Can't say it's great to see these again because I've never seen them before - great to see them now though! I likewise will be checking eBay for appearances. Recently watched the CG Captain Scarlet series and really enjoyed them. The stories were much more sophisticated than the original series, relatively speaking. Going places the puppets could never go, the good Captain being just about my favourite of the Anderson puppet series (UFO being the one I re-watch the most of any of the Anderson creations, brilliant locally produced box set of that series on my shelves).
Such a classic illustration style never dates in my opinion - thanks and keep em coming.; 31 August 2013 at 23:19
Kid said...: I've got the two CGI CS series on DVD as well, Phil. Not watched them all yet, but liked the ones I've seen. I've also got the first boxed volume of UFO DVDs, but have yet to acquire the 2nd. Will do one day.; 31 August 2013 at 23:34
Kid said...: Got the new combined boxed set of UFO containing every episode a little while ago, so that's another one crossed off the list.; 27 October 2019 at 01:04

About the artist:

From 1985 to 2000 A.D. (little joke there), I contributed to a variety of high profile comics and magazines for various companies.

For IPC/FLEETWAY/EGMONT, I freelanced as a lettering and logo artist on various weekly comics and monthly magazines, and also as a resize comic artist and spot illustrator on pocket books, summer specials and annuals.

For MARVEL U.K., BLACK LIBRARY, REDAN and USBORNE BOOKS, I again freelanced as a lettering artist, also working as a restoration artist for MARVEL U.S., restoring and re-creating certain pages of JACK KIRBY art for their MARVEL MASTERWORKS editions.

I also lettered the MARVELMAN sample pages submitted to MARVEL U.S. when they were considering acquiring the character, which - as we all now know - they DID.

Supplied comic strips, cartoons and illustrated advertisements for local business campaigns and newspaper publication on a professional basis since the age of 16. Did my first paid art job for publication at 14 or 15 for Lanarkshire Education Board.

Have also made TV appearances as a collector of memorabilia.

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Just some of the titles I worked on are:

2000 A.D. * JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE * DICEMAN * SONIC The COMIC * JUDGE DREDD, LAWMAN Of The FUTURE * CRISIS * REVOLVER * EAGLE * TIGER * BATTLE ACTION-FORCE * BUSTER * WHIZZER & CHIPS * WHOOPEE * NIPPER * SCHOOL FUN * ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE * The REAL GHOSTBUSTERS * DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE * COUNT DUCKULA * RUGRATS * The TRANSFORMERS * DEATH'S HEAD * THUNDERCATS * GALAXY RANGERS * DRAGON'S CLAWS * SINDY * MARVEL MASTERWORKS * The TROLLS * LOADED * INFERNO * WARHAMMER * ROSE BLACK.

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