It's good to see this crossover between two characters, especially in a fun twist like this. The artist here is Lew Stringer, who also drew Pete's Pimple and Vampire Brats.
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Showing posts with label Tom thug. Show all posts
Friday, November 22, 2013
The Tale Of Two Toms!
There was a special two-week story back in the pages of Buster in March 1991 in which there was not one Tom Thug, but two! For the residents of Bustertown one Tom were bad enough so just imagine having two around! That's like having two Dennis' in Beanotown! Find out how it was done, below...
It's good to see this crossover between two characters, especially in a fun twist like this. The artist here is Lew Stringer, who also drew Pete's Pimple and Vampire Brats.
It's good to see this crossover between two characters, especially in a fun twist like this. The artist here is Lew Stringer, who also drew Pete's Pimple and Vampire Brats.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
It's Halloween Buster! (1994)
Yep, it's that time of year again - Halloween, which means that we dip back into a Halloween comic of the past, this time the 1994 Buster Halloween issue. One wouldn't really guess it from a quick glance at the front cover above, but this is really is Halloween issue! Sadly, Buster's strip isn't themed so for the sake of sticking to the subject I'll skip it and move on.
The first Halloween strip is X-Ray Specs, illustrated by none other than Mike Lacey. As always it's a well-drawn strip, but the colouring seems very cheap and lazy, it really doesn't look that good at all!
The colouring gets better over the page on Tom Thug's strip. As illustrated by Lew Stringer, Tom attempts to find or make a Halloween mask, but he isn't having much luck!
Speaking of masks, here is the free one that was included in the centre pages, illustrated by Jacula! (Geddit - Jack, and Dracula! Chuckle!)
Next up is Dozy Derek, who, like Smiffy from The Beano, really doesn't know what's happening! Art by Mark Bennington.
Tom Paterson's Watford Gapp was in an entirely different art style, almost impossible to connect to his more common style such as the work on Sweeny Toddler. Fortunately, he leaves a smelly sock in one of the panels to ensure us it's still him.
And finally, although I haven't covered every spooky strip in this issue, I'll leave you with this two-page Lucy Lastic story, illustrated by Mark Bennington.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Tom Thug On The Cover
| You might notice Sqworm in the first panel, a nice additional touch to the strip. |
During 1994 Buster stepped aside to allow the front cover to be taken up by various other characters, the first of which was Tom Thug, who appeared on the cover of issue dated 25th March 1994. Tom Thug normally took up one page, but this issue was a special two-page story as it took the place where Buster would normally appear, and was illustrated by Lew Stringer. I'm sure Tom was on the cover of Buster before at some stage but I couldn't find the issue I'm thinking of, so it might just be my imagination.
Buster still appeared inside though, in the slot where Tom would normally be found.
I'll be showing the rest of these front covers the next week or so, so stay tuned!
Other posts in this series:
Cliff Hanger
Chalky
X-Ray Specs
Captain Crucial
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Christmas Headers!
| A fantastic one by Lew Stringer! Even the snowman looks like Prat! |
One of the many great things about Christmas comics is that the title boards for comic strips become decorated and festive, and even more so if colours are avaliable!
Here is a selection of Christmas headers from various comics old and new!
I'm not going to finish this post without a comic strip, so enjoy this Christmas themed Tom Thug strip by the brilliant Lew Stringer!
Have a great Christmas readers!
Friday, October 26, 2012
Buster on Tornado Street
In an early Buster comic Buster walked over from the front page and onto the second page, to the final panel of The Terrors of Tornado Street. The Terrors had begun back in issue one, and were very popular with readers. Every week, somebody in the final panel would say: "What's the use? It's safer to let them play!
| Buster on walkabouts! |
In issue dated 20th August 1960, he joined the Terrors! However, instead of an adult saying the famous line, it was the only time the Terrors themselves said it!
| Unfortunatly my copy is missing part of the first panel. |
Artist Martz Schmidt did a great job with the rough characters! Here are a few more early examples (the later strips were just half a page and were pretty much just one big picture with lots of things going on).
In 1994, as a celebration of 34 years of Buster comic, Lew Stringer sent Tom Thug to Tornado street, where he met the Terrors for himself! Unfortunatly, the final panel was missing the classic line!
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