British Comic Art

 Art by Matias Alonso. Victor, June 12th 1971.

I know, I know, it's not particularly PC (pie and chips). But it has a ring of authenticity to it. During times of war people are taught to hate the Enemy in one form or another, right?
Anyway. Lovely art by Harry Farrugia from The Victor, dated  June 12th 1971.

Art by Matias Alonso. Victor, dated June 12th 1971.

Victor annual 1987, art by Ted Rawlings.

Cover by Matias Alonso.

Art by CD Bagnall, for the September 11th 1976 edition of Victor. Completely bonkers!

Art by Ted Rawlings: Victor June 8th 1974.

Francisco Fuentes Man provides the art for this new adventure appearing in the September 28th 1974 edition of Victor. It's funny how some things stick in the memory. I still remember this strip: it has an Ealing comedy feel to it and I could imagine Alec Guinness and/or Peter Sellers appearing in a movie version of it.

Art by Harry Farrugia from Victor June 23rd 1979.

Art by CD Bagnall from Victor December 29th 1973.

Appeared in Victor, dated June 16th 1979. Another one by CD Bagnall who seems to have cornered the market of unusual characters. So, the story involves this geezer, who, with his pet emu; travels the outback, picking fights with complete strangers. As you do...
It's funny, because, as a kid I never really read this stuff. I kinda looked at it and got the gist. But, never really got it. Going over this stuff today I'm beginning to get a new respect for DC Thomson. The creators of these strips must have been at least a little insane or at least have experimented with some kind of mind-altering substances... It's all very Goonish. I love this stuff, it's daft, stupid, nuts and unique.
I must say that I'm a little disturbed by the sight of Finnegan heading off with his arm around Emmy. Guess a guy can get lonely on cold nights. All alone. In the outback. Totally understandable really... 'Emmy, you're a bonzer lookin' sheila!'