tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post3318957124499323866..comments2024-03-08T16:06:32.428+00:00Comments on TwoHeadedThingies: A slightly delayed look at the last ever Dandy, Part 3 - who was missing!TwoHeadedBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-20016562568214431182013-06-02T14:28:16.162+01:002013-06-02T14:28:16.162+01:00I'm surprised no one has recognised Lil' I...I'm surprised no one has recognised Lil' Imp as Ken Harrison's work here. It's extremely obvious in everything from the eyes to the builds to the lettering!<br /><br />Lil' Imp was usually by Tom Paterson - this is just Ken Harrison ghosting and doing a marvellous job at it!<br /><br />- HarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-24021452224782928652013-01-15T00:28:09.390+00:002013-01-15T00:28:09.390+00:00Yeah, comparing it to Harry and his Hippo, it look...Yeah, comparing it to Harry and his Hippo, it looks that way...TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-25581147051905598772013-01-14T21:43:28.298+00:002013-01-14T21:43:28.298+00:00I'm almost certain this L'il Imp was drawn...I'm almost certain this L'il Imp was drawn by Ken Harrison, who usually drew it, though Tom Paterson originated it.keepsakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08324232549966265728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-36052664893629280802013-01-14T09:54:50.872+00:002013-01-14T09:54:50.872+00:00Yes, that's my Tumblr, thank you.
I found your...Yes, that's my Tumblr, thank you.<br />I found your blog from a link at Lew Stringer's and, judging by some of the things I've spotted in your tag-cloud, I reckon it looks plenty interesting. All sorts of gleeful treats to distract me from the freezing weather outside. <br />Tom Paterson? Bob Clampett? Harvey Kurtzman? Sid Burgon? Dudley Watkins? Steve Bell? Dave Fleischer?<br />...Yes please!<br />Nice one.Briany Najarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01560739505986510539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-42089633338042429272013-01-12T20:40:09.301+00:002013-01-12T20:40:09.301+00:00Barney's sister, wow!
Maybe a Dandy Pin-Up Co...Barney's sister, wow!<br /><br />Maybe a Dandy Pin-Up Collection's in order...TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-20836822831704869452013-01-12T19:32:43.575+00:002013-01-12T19:32:43.575+00:00You can keep Cuddles and Dimple's mum, it was ...You can keep Cuddles and Dimple's mum, it was always Barney's sister that gave me unfamiliar yet interesting feelings. Ahem.<br /><br />My brother used to get The Dandy, but I'd always read it after him. I'd forgotten a lot of these characters, but they were great! If only the 2010 "turning it back into a comic again" revamp had used some of them...<br /><br />I always used to think the little one in Growing Paynes was a girl , for some reason.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722956860700640056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-83787014135287209492013-01-12T11:23:51.958+00:002013-01-12T11:23:51.958+00:00Never seen Flippy the Sea-Serpent before, but I lo...Never seen Flippy the Sea-Serpent before, but I love it! That's a nice Tumblr by the way - is it yours?TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-91905007994248224442013-01-12T11:23:08.828+00:002013-01-12T11:23:08.828+00:00I THINK I remember Sneaker tipping his hat to some...I THINK I remember Sneaker tipping his hat to someone once, and he had a little stalk of black hair underneath - but I may be imagining that.<br /><br />Tom Paterson, David Mostyn, Nick Brennan and Barrie Appleby were all VERY busy during this period, all doing at least two or three pages a week (and that's just in the Dandy!).TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-11752118604643252282013-01-12T11:21:09.934+00:002013-01-12T11:21:09.934+00:00The Beezer & Topper (combined!) from the 1990s...The Beezer & Topper (combined!) from the 1990s is also worth reading - equally strange and manic characters with plenty of Bob Dewar included as well.<br /><br />The 1990s seem to be unfairly ignored by the historians, which is a bit of a shame.TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-3570682571901760682013-01-12T11:19:37.680+00:002013-01-12T11:19:37.680+00:00Pobble's nuts! I really like everything I'...Pobble's nuts! I really like everything I've read of that one, but couldn't find anything to scan (at least not in my collection).TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-45584403670975826972013-01-12T05:42:42.826+00:002013-01-12T05:42:42.826+00:00Barney Boko!
(OK, he was in the reprint of #1, bu...Barney Boko! <br />(OK, he was in the reprint of #1, but there should have been more.)<br />http://bumperfunspecial.tumblr.com/post/37647140474/barney-boko-1938<br />http://bumperfunspecial.tumblr.com/post/38491659598/barney-boko-1940<br />and,<br />Flippy the Sea-Serpent!<br />http://bumperfunspecial.tumblr.com/post/37721593583/flippy-the-sea-serpent-1938Briany Najarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01560739505986510539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-60560257722407636422013-01-12T00:22:24.660+00:002013-01-12T00:22:24.660+00:00Tom did draw Lily Imp But this is a ghost artist i...Tom did draw Lily Imp But this is a ghost artist in the stlye of Tom yours shows..<br /><br />Danny Long legs and Pobble should of been on the list..;0)Peter Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02932925408386855040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-75296670081028477292013-01-11T18:31:00.005+00:002013-01-11T18:31:00.005+00:00George vs Dragon wasn't based on the earlier G...George vs Dragon wasn't based on the earlier George and the Dragon strip - Andy coincidentally used the public domain character of St George without knowing that the Dandy had used it before.<br /><br />Mutt and Moggy appeared in the Dandy while the Beezer and Topper still existed - that's the reason for the name change. They were switched to Puss N Boots later in the 90s after that comic folded.James Spiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12969271488725528823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-37758502558718354962013-01-11T15:02:36.074+00:002013-01-11T15:02:36.074+00:00More Tom Paterson stuff makes the work that went i...More Tom Paterson stuff makes the work that went into this post well worth it! It's been years since I've been able to read a Brain Duane or Fiidle O Diddle strip to ta muchly for that. Squinty McPhee too! Completely forgotten about by me but I remember reading it in whichever issue/annual it was in and loving it.<br /><br />Also, I always wondered when it came to the 'revived' Sneaker...is that his hair or a hat? Doesn't look right either way really does it?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-54084173533928622752013-01-11T13:55:50.690+00:002013-01-11T13:55:50.690+00:00People who say the Dandy was "too cosy" ...People who say the Dandy was "too cosy" would do well to grab some copies from the eighties and nineties. It did that kind of robust surrealism and big-hearted anarchy (if that's not a contradiction in terms!) that characterised DC Thomson at their best so well. <br />Something about Li'l Imp makes me think it's Trevor Metcalfe ghosting Tom Paterson. As I mentioned on my blog, some of Metcalfe's characters have a Robert Nixon-ish look to them, so I assume he ghosted a few others along the way?Mr Straightmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248257907210303372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-3229211945836551652013-01-11T11:22:24.380+00:002013-01-11T11:22:24.380+00:00More than just the one strip, I think. It's n...More than just the one strip, I think. It's not a very original concept!Martin Bazleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860085007881164316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-47360698449584235882013-01-11T10:48:12.097+00:002013-01-11T10:48:12.097+00:00I couldn't say. I can see why you think it'...I couldn't say. I can see why you think it's Ron, but agian I'm not sure. It could be Graham Exton, although I don't think he ever worked for Thomson....George Shiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162253849922362900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-42587900093896598792013-01-11T10:45:50.071+00:002013-01-11T10:45:50.071+00:00Spot on - that was my main gripe with the list. It...Spot on - that was my main gripe with the list. It was less like a celebration of the past 75 years, more of a portfolio for any other publishers who might want to hire the current artists.<br /><br />Meanwhile, George Vs. Dragon was based on a short-lived strip by Eric Wilkinson which appeared from 1988-1989 (or thereabouts).TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-78943995604752306412013-01-11T10:29:41.403+00:002013-01-11T10:29:41.403+00:00I got the distinct impression that the Dandy's...I got the distinct impression that the Dandy's official "top 75" was heavily biased towards characters created in-house and which they had expended the most effort on attempting to promote. Hence Jak and Todd, the comic's designated leading characters for six years, but who never represented anything more substantial than a distinct aftertaste of aggressive focus-grouping. That'd also be why Bad Grandad - created and written by the Dandy - got a two-page spread, while George vs Dragon - created and written by Andy Fanton, and somewhat more successful than Grandad at that - were passed over entirely. That, or they honestly thought that was a less significant strip than Hamish the Haggis-Basher...Martin Bazleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860085007881164316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-13111851356848399372013-01-11T10:23:15.731+00:002013-01-11T10:23:15.731+00:00I didn't think it was either - it's only b...I didn't think it was either - it's only because I saw a post on Peter Gray's blog about Lil Imp which claims her to be a Tom Paterson thing, and Peter usually knows his stuff (just put "Lil Imp" into the search bar on his site).<br /><br />Any ideas who else it could be? At a stretch I MIGHT say Ron Spencer, but I'm really not very good at this sort of thing!TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-69932571916254812672013-01-11T10:03:13.368+00:002013-01-11T10:03:13.368+00:00Lots of Tom Paterson there! I'm also a huge fa...Lots of Tom Paterson there! I'm also a huge fan, and I always try and spot the smelly sock in his stories!<br /><br />By the way, that Lil Imp strip definatly isn't by Tom.George Shiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162253849922362900noreply@blogger.com