tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post3036992598091120594..comments2024-03-08T16:06:32.428+00:00Comments on TwoHeadedThingies: Look behind you and all thatTwoHeadedBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-59004805174274278462013-12-23T19:29:47.738+00:002013-12-23T19:29:47.738+00:00I'm sure I've seen the art style of those ...I'm sure I've seen the art style of those puzzle pages on something I got for Christmas in, er, the same year the "true" last episode of Only Fools & Horses was on (1996?). It was a 'make your own monster kit' with plasticine and press-out eyes, ears, horns etc.<br />I remember making a character called Bob, who I planned to use in some stop-motion animations, though we didn't have a video camera then. These days you can probably get a webcam that will do stop-motion from Poundland, but I can't be bothered.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722956860700640056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-42789986868830300092013-12-20T16:53:30.099+00:002013-12-20T16:53:30.099+00:00Stefan Dennis... don't it make you feel good!Stefan Dennis... don't it make you feel good!Mr Straightmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248257907210303372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-3250532152901022942013-12-20T12:43:28.465+00:002013-12-20T12:43:28.465+00:00Not at the moment, sorry (and it'd be to give ...Not at the moment, sorry (and it'd be to give away, not to sell!) - current "spares" I have are issues 1, 5, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25.TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-12125549143188183982013-12-20T10:53:27.853+00:002013-12-20T10:53:27.853+00:00Do you maybe have a spare copy of issue 38 to sell...Do you maybe have a spare copy of issue 38 to sell?Irmantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14291067561616131559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-17695134716990505112013-12-20T10:02:41.168+00:002013-12-20T10:02:41.168+00:00Merry Christmas to you too!
When you say "tr...Merry Christmas to you too!<br /><br />When you say "tracked them down", are you talking about the stickers? I'd love to see them - I've got vague memories of sticking some fairly horrifying alien holograms to our fridge, but Googling something like that is the most pointless thing ever.<br /><br />Just for the information, here's the freebies given away with each issue (according to the covers):<br /><br />1 - A super duper pencil topper<br />2 - Super sizzling sausage flying balloon<br />3 - Sky-high space spinner<br />4 - Fun colour stickers of Cuddles<br />5 - Space age 3D hologramTwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-69214905093236205912013-12-20T09:56:56.877+00:002013-12-20T09:56:56.877+00:00Happy to be of influence! That IS a strange bit of...Happy to be of influence! That IS a strange bit of luck, don't complain about it ;)<br /><br />I've been picking up odd issues of Hoot here and there over the last couple of decades, but this week I found the full set for just £15 in a collectables shop. Happy days!TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-68639260748394007592013-12-20T09:55:18.593+00:002013-12-20T09:55:18.593+00:00Merry Xmas to you too, Kid.
It's all relative...Merry Xmas to you too, Kid.<br /><br />It's all relative - 1990 seems like forever ago to me, but then I hear kids getting nostalgic about 2003 and THAT seems like yesterday to me.<br /><br />This general dispiriting nature of everything's a bit annoying - there's hardly anything left from "back then", and nothing new to replace any of it. Ho ho ho and all that.TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-66493275499591951782013-12-20T09:34:19.384+00:002013-12-20T09:34:19.384+00:00I loved Hoot, I recall the Topper advertising the ...I loved Hoot, I recall the Topper advertising the first issue (didn’t it have free alien holographic stickers?) wasn’t easy but I managed to track them down- great days! Merry Christmas to you sirArfon Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538971075550919385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-79217906387680576012013-12-20T06:54:09.693+00:002013-12-20T06:54:09.693+00:00HOOT was an excellent comic and I discovered it th...HOOT was an excellent comic and I discovered it through your first post dedicated to the title. On quite a few occasions I’ve noticed I have a strange kind of luck in getting hold of complete sets or large joblots of titles that are new to me literally on the day or the week when I discover them, and HOOT was one of such cases - I was fortunate to get hold of a full set on eBay a few days after I read your post!<br /><br />Those programme illustrations are really striking!!<br />Irmantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14291067561616131559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-12563350030944823512013-12-20T01:20:37.608+00:002013-12-20T01:20:37.608+00:001990? Only seems like last week to me. I've go...1990? Only seems like last week to me. I've got the first couple of issues of Hoot, plus maybe a Christmas issue. Must look them out and give them a read. When you think of the number of comics that D.C. Thomson once had on the go, it's a little dispiriting to realise that only The Beano is left. Merry Christmas to you when it comes, THB.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-8714888757503246382013-12-20T00:11:46.766+00:002013-12-20T00:11:46.766+00:00Cheers for that, Pete - it's not that I didn&#...Cheers for that, Pete - it's not that I didn't believe you, it's just that Mostyn and Geering have such unique styles, and Bright captured them so well... He's unbelievable!TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-78892136767350069662013-12-19T23:56:43.175+00:002013-12-19T23:56:43.175+00:00The Hoot editor and Dandy editor liked being a lum...The Hoot editor and Dandy editor liked being a lumberjack in real life is caracutured as chopping the Hoot squad tree down!<br /><br />Steve Bright said...<br /><br /> Hi, Peter.<br /><br /> Lew's absolutely right, as usual - I did indeed draw this page, along with all the others in this particular comic, which was one of the most enjoyable (and daunting) tasks of my time in comics. Lew's also correct about the lumberjack/Morris Heggie connection, although I think Morris might be a little put out at the suggestion that the drawing is a caricature of him. It wasn't intended to be, but if you look very closely, the inscription of 'HEGGIE & CO.' is written on the chainsaw's lower handle. The whole idea for the comic was Morris's brainchild, and he wrote it all. And yes, he also used to chop down trees during a six-year gap in his D.C. Thomson career.<br /><br />http://petergraycartoonsandcomics.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/steve-bright-comic.htmlPeter Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02932925408386855040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-68722714704914700192013-12-19T23:51:57.399+00:002013-12-19T23:51:57.399+00:00Steve Bright himself told me he did the whole comi...Steve Bright himself told me he did the whole comic and hid his signature under applause! in the last bit..<br />I asked him did you do the Hoot squad as I couldn't believe it...But he did every page..he is a great ghost artist...he did a great Davy Law style for exampe..<br />so even Snacklua!Peter Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02932925408386855040noreply@blogger.com