Apart from Whacky Rodeo (a 1940s British comic) I have two new bundles of art work. Original artwork to boot.
Ever hear of Prank magazine? It was a British Underground magazine featuring music and a lot of Underghround "girl art". I saw three issues for sale at a Bristol Comic Expo about ten years ago but the seller wanted £20- a piece so I walked away.
After my last appeal for old comic book art (British only) for the BCBA I got an email from someone calling himself "Springcheese". Would I like some original pages from Prank? Apparently he was the editor and had given up after years of publishing. I said "sure".
Nothing.
A wind-up I thought. Today the postman knocked on the door and handed me a big package so I unwrapped it to find what seemed to be a lot of A4 card in another tissue type wrapping. You could have hit me with a hammer as I would not have noticed.
There were single and half page illoes -some in black and white and others in colour. Barring a few, there were most of the issue covers. Covers with text paste-ups -true old school.
The covers make it clear that the material is NOT for anyone other than adults. Not something I could post on CBO because there is a world wide audience and in certain countries this type of material could lead to serious ramifications for readers.
Prank has been researched by someone I know and he almost blew a fuse when he saw some of the scans -one piece of cover art had been sold to someone he knew for £150 a year ago. "You've got a small fortune there!" he told me. However, the point of the BCBA is that donations are NOT sold off.
I asked the artist who produced some of the work if he wanted any of the originals back? "**** No. Done with it. They're yours!"
I think that Prank will need a blog of its own and aimed at the mature audience. The pages will be scanned and stored digitally and the originals placed in safe archive boxes.
Exciting!!!!!
Ever hear of Prank magazine? It was a British Underground magazine featuring music and a lot of Underghround "girl art". I saw three issues for sale at a Bristol Comic Expo about ten years ago but the seller wanted £20- a piece so I walked away.
After my last appeal for old comic book art (British only) for the BCBA I got an email from someone calling himself "Springcheese". Would I like some original pages from Prank? Apparently he was the editor and had given up after years of publishing. I said "sure".
Nothing.
A wind-up I thought. Today the postman knocked on the door and handed me a big package so I unwrapped it to find what seemed to be a lot of A4 card in another tissue type wrapping. You could have hit me with a hammer as I would not have noticed.
There were single and half page illoes -some in black and white and others in colour. Barring a few, there were most of the issue covers. Covers with text paste-ups -true old school.
The covers make it clear that the material is NOT for anyone other than adults. Not something I could post on CBO because there is a world wide audience and in certain countries this type of material could lead to serious ramifications for readers.
Prank has been researched by someone I know and he almost blew a fuse when he saw some of the scans -one piece of cover art had been sold to someone he knew for £150 a year ago. "You've got a small fortune there!" he told me. However, the point of the BCBA is that donations are NOT sold off.
I asked the artist who produced some of the work if he wanted any of the originals back? "**** No. Done with it. They're yours!"
I think that Prank will need a blog of its own and aimed at the mature audience. The pages will be scanned and stored digitally and the originals placed in safe archive boxes.
Exciting!!!!!
good things happen sometimes ... and God love it when it does! Real art is in the creation and some of the old 'zinsters' for want of a better word, were nothing if not creative! I envy you. Enjoy. TTFN.
ReplyDelete