tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289256621546551155.post8807781170173244038..comments2024-03-18T17:48:11.856+00:00Comments on Frank Bellamy Checklist Website and Blog: Frank Bellamy and John TornadoNorman Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15786362698394605291noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289256621546551155.post-29113934681135304332022-06-02T15:05:40.467+01:002022-06-02T15:05:40.467+01:00This comment came from Bill Storie and he said I c...This comment came from Bill Storie and he said I could copy it here and I think you might be interested in reading it too.<br /><br /><i> Wow that's amazing, Norman - thank you so much!!! I've definitely decided to pick up a few from ebay. <br /><br />You were obviously thinking ahead of me on the Daily Record missing episode - having managed to get one missing (ie never published in the UK) Mike Noble episode of Look-in's Black Beauty strip from a German magazine I hoped that lightning might strike twice. Oh well, as Fleetwood Mac once said.<br /><br />I much prefer the b/w version but this, like the early issues of Mighty World of Marvel, is not without its charms in using the red ink. The enlarged panels are an oddity - clearly an idea to get around the English language title panels and the artist who made alterations at least tried to emulate the source material so kudos for that. It's not a million miles away from a couple of mock-ups I once made to show how the Garth dailies could be reformatted into standard comic pages - think I put an example in the Garth special of The Gopherville Argus near the end of that magazine.<br /><br />That centre spread pinup....only word I can think of is "cheeky". Bellamy swipes with Chris Foss backgrounds - if I'm brutally honest I have to admit that I have experimented with that very concept back in the day but my ego got the better of me, as in "I can't publish this! The sources are too bloody obvious and I'll get pelters from everyone about it" lol but obviously this artist had a copy of 21st Century Foss in his library and thought - "why the hell not?". Was it Wally Wood who said if you're gonna crib, crib from the best, heh.<br /><br />Oh yes, that Stargo character - can only say my first thought was Supertrafficman meets Dan Adkin's Starhawk! Not a criticism, just a wee observation hehe. Kind of makes it a full circle tho' because Al Williamson and Dan Adkins freely admit to cribbing from our Frank and now we have European artists cribbing from second generation Frank lol. Funny how it goes innit? BTW, as much as we know that Al Williamson cribbed from Frank I reckon he cribbed from Mike Noble more - I have a complete set of his Corrigan strips and the number of "hmmmm?" panels is off the scale - there was even as Spectrum helicopter from Captain Scarlet in one panel! Still brilliant art though all the way through.<br /><br />Many thanks again mate - this really broke me out of the doldrums and lit a fire under my proverbial lol!!<br /><br />Take care - speak soon!!<br /><br />Bill</i><br /><br />I've replied privately to Bill but want to say thanks for the suggestion to write about this as I'm always needing inspiration. Bill mentioned one Garth strip which wasn't published in the UK. It's actually <a href="https://www.frankbellamy.co.uk/2020/06/frank-bellamy-and-garth-in-daily-record.html" rel="nofollow">TWO Bellamy strips and they weren't published in England to be precise</a>. But that reminded me to update the article above with that info. Bill produced with Terry Doyle and others the Gopherville Argus mentioned in his comment. A fan magazine which highlighted some of the things I've brought to light since. <br />~NormanNorman Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15786362698394605291noreply@blogger.com