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     Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.151.140.64 |
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| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.42.193 |
I have to admit I collect Rupert annuals - for many years now. Well - I have three. Number 54 number 68 and a 1976 one - can't find the number. I have this thing about the artwork and irises. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.4.20.22 |
Rupert the Bear, Tintin & Asterix were part of the joy of my childhood. Whatever happened Rupert anyway? Kids today... sigh. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.176.96 |
Me too! I had lots of Rupert annuals as a child, and I still remember the excitement of the 'magic pages' that you could add colour to just by brushing with water. I think Rupert was my first introduction to Chinese culture as well, what with its dragons and pagodas and such. I was never a big Asterix fan (though I read some of the books), but I was addicted to Tintin as a youngster, and still have all the books. I went to a Tintin exhibition in London in the eighties, and they had lots of Herge artwork there, including his last, unfinished book... | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Our son's partner Sharika recently edited a volume of Rupert reprints, including the Christmas tree tale that started me on my love (however terrified) of the field. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.241.143 |
I must admit, I was an Asterix man. I could never get away with Rupert's checky trousers... | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.4.20.22 |
It was the loving attention to detail in those books and the sheer storytelling skill that captivated me and, to be honest, still would if I had any in front of me now. Tintin had excitement and gripping plots, Asterix had zany irreverent humour and the Rupert stories had a fairy-tale otherworldliness that was spellbinding and an all too fragile quality in the face of modern mass media overload of the senses. I would buy those reprints with the same reverence I collect Howard Baker's facsimiles of the old 'Magnet' magazine. Some things are just too special to let be forgotten. Ever wonder sometimes if you were born in the wrong time period... lol. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Yeah, but those checky pants...how gay were those? ;-) | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.72.14.113 |
That's all people remember... the checky trousers and the scarf. Here's a thought: was Rupert meant to be a polar bear? | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 89.168.165.44 |
Is it me (well, no, it's Ramsey), but is there a string of dean Koontz headline hardcovers on one of those shelves? I spy Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin too. Can't quite find the Hutson's . . . Bedside reading perhaps?! | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.72.14.113 |
When you say you have a love of the field Ramsey - do you mean the entire comicbook field or children's comicbooks specifically? I am genuinely intrigued... having run the gamut from Rupert the Bear to Robert Crumb. Oh to have those on the shelves beside each other! | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.188.154 |
I think Ramsey means his love of the field of horror, Stephen. The dreaded Christmas tree from Rupert is mentioned in more detail in Ramsey Campbell, Probably, if my memory serves. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.188.154 |
I should have just waited for Ramsey to reply himself there, before jumping in. Sorry, Ramsey. I'm not thinking straight these days.  | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.72.14.113 |
Thanks Huw, there I go being over-literal again! Having said that, though, comicbook horror is an important part of the field too. My EC, Creepy, Eerie, Twisted Tales, Tales Of Terror, Taboo, Fly In My Eye, etc. horror anthology collections are at least as dear to me as any of my Pan, Fontana, Best Horror books. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
>>Having said that, though, comicbook horror is an important part of the field too. My EC, Creepy, Eerie, Twisted Tales, Tales Of Terror, Taboo, Fly In My Eye, etc. horror anthology collections are at least as dear to me as any of my Pan, Fontana, Best Horror books.<< In that case, I don't know if you guys would be interested in the fact that Dark Horse are reprinting Boris Karloff's Tales of Mystery in a rather nice series of hardbacks? I've just got the first volume - containing the two Karloff Thrillers and the first two Tales of Mystery - and they're most enjoyable.  By the way, the next time my husband moans about the state of my study and the amount of books on bookshelves, I'm going to refer him to that photo of Ramsey just to prove I'm not the only one!  | ||
| Seanmcd (Seanmcd) Username: Seanmcd Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 86.166.29.192 |
Dark Horse have also begun to reprint those Warren comics from the 70's 'Creepy' and 'Eerie' in hardback volumes also. I still treasure my issue 68 of 'Creepy'. The 'twas the night before Christmas' cover. The one where Santa's little helpers are stuffing body parts into the childrens stockings. Heh, Heh ! | ||
| Seanmcd (Seanmcd) Username: Seanmcd Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 86.166.29.192 |
When will the early 60's (or was it late 50's ?) Karloff hosted series 'Thriller' be released on DVD ? We've been waiting soooooo long ! | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
>>>When will the early 60's (or was it late 50's ?) Karloff hosted series 'Thriller' be released on DVD ? We've been waiting soooooo long !<<< Oh, I am so with you on this one, Sean. You're talking to the world's biggest Karloff fan here. I'd love to see those on DVD. And thanks for that about Creepy and Eerie coming out in the Dark Horse Archive series too. I meant to mention that as well, but I didn't remember it till after I'd logged off! | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
"When you say you have a love of the field Ramsey - do you mean the entire comicbook field or children's comicbooks specifically?" Huw was right - thanks, Huw! But I do also have a lot of time for comics (much to Aickman's bemusement, I still recall). My interest is haphazard, to put it mildly, but favourites include Winsor McCay, George Herriman, Elzie Segar, Walt Kelly, the EC comics, Berni Wrightson, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Bryan Talbot, John Coulthart... I know I'm mixing up artists and writers there. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.72.14.113 |
Thanks Ramsey, the thought of you and my other favourite British horror writer shooting the shit about comicbooks is something it's going to take some time to get my head around (in a good way). I've just realised I know who was responsible for 'Tintin' (Hergé) and 'Asterix' (Goscinny & Uderzo) but have no idea who the original illustrator of Rupert was!! The shame, the horror... a childhood hero who needs a name! | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.181.10 |
Stephen, I think the artist most famous for Rupert is Alfred Bestall, but he didn't invent the character. I believe that was Mary Tourtel. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.181.10 |
Like Ramsey, I'm a big fan of Winsor McCay. Have you seen any of his work, Stephen? He did Little Nemo and Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend. His work is unique, I think - fantastic and often surreal. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.4.20.22 |
I didn't know the name Winsor McCay but have just looked him up on Google Images and love the fine detail and use of colour. Looks wonderful! How can I get my hands on this stuff? This is a field I have a great love for - particularly that style of fairy-tale surrealism. I'm a big fan of bold line artists such as Basil Wolverton, particularly his humorous strips from the 30s & 40s. And of course the great EC artists of the 50s (including classic period 'Mad' magazine). Also Steve Ditko, Robert Crumb, Berni Wrightson, Bryan Talbot, Dave Gibbons, etc. Now those other names Ramsey listed have me intrigued as well. Happy days! | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.163.6.13 |
Very cool pic- BTW 'But I do also have a lot of time for comics (much to Aickman's bemusement, I still recall)' ___________ It would have been great then, to give Aickman a monthly comic book series like Sandman, and see it sort of wonder into abstraction after 60 or issues. | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.22.224.216 |
I don't know if the name Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri means anything to you guys, but you should try out his Druuna books, especially if you're into sex and tentacles The first instalment, Morbus Gravis, is probably the best. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.4.20.22 |
Wow, shades of Richard Corben methinks! | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.22.224.216 |
Serpieri is much darker than Corben and of course their styles are completely different. I quite like Corben, especially Den 2. As for Serpieri, methinks he is available in English. I'm not quite sure. http://www.druuna.net/bienvenue.htm?page=album |