In 1988 I was commissioned to write, draw, and letter a half page Tom Thug strip to promote Oink! comic. The strip appeared in Whizzer and Chips dated 12th March 1988. My opportunity to draw Sid, Shiner, and Odd-Ball!
In a rare crossover between British comics, the strip acted as a prequel to the Tom Thug page in that week's Oink!
This is the issue of Whizzer and Chips in which it appeared. Cover art by Sid Burgon...
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Ahh! Those were the days, Lew.
PS Your blog has a misspelling of "Whizzer".
Always good..
that reminds me.. something I didn't realise in your past work, which I'm pretty sure you haven't said about here..
UK Ghostbusters Slimer comedy strip, some of the early ones.
Thanks SID! I hadn't spotted that typo.
You're right, Ryan, I haven't mentioned Slimer yet. I'll dig them out soon and post a couple up here.
There's one of your Slimer strips that ends with a "getting out of the wrong side of bed" gag which I remember roaring with laughter over!
Lew, is it okay to post a bit of this strip to The Oink! Blog (and then point people here to see the rest of it)?
Ah yes, I enjoyed doing that one! I wrote a few of them myself but can't remember if that was one of them. Not sure which of about 30 boxes they're in now so won't go looking yet. :) Yes, use all of it if you wish. Not my copyright but you're allowed to show one or two as "fair use".
I'll have to try and find Oink 54 sometime. :D
I've not got access to me comics at the moment because of...everything...so I'll just have to imagine what happened next.
Phil Boyce showed iut on his Oink! Blog, Simon. A place always worth checking out:
http://the-oink-blog.blogspot.com/2015/03/54-award-goes-to.html
Just seen this for the first time. I'd stopped reading comics by the mid 80's and can't believe what l'm seeing. The difference in quality to what l recall is extraordinary and l don't blame what l presume is Shiner and Sid for their decision!
Steve, as you dislike my work so much why do you even come here to post comments?
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