A great many of the original Black Tower Adventures (volume 1) are lost -it's been over 30 years! However, some are in archive boxes that I cannot get to without fighting through the Hordes of Darkness in the Tower's dark dungeons.
Lucky for you I have some of the issues to hand!
I'll not go into the whole problem of getting zines out back then but I think it fair to say the vastly under rated comic genius Ben R. Dilworth helped by photocopying some and even stapling a few to his knee at a Bath Comic Mart! Darron Rolph Travers North was a necessary evil. He had some access to photocopiers and I used seductive....no. Hang on, that's not right. What's the word....ah! "Violent persuasion" which is how Zine Zone 1-4 got published.
Contributors to Adventure were the likes of that robust and bearded doyenne of the art scene, Mark A. Stafford -Junk World was a great fun strip but some of his art was used for covers. Even back then you could see he had talent! John Erasmus -who should be recognised for the creative genius he is. The mysterious "Dru", Tom (Lovely) Elmes -another one with a great deal of talent but still going unrecognised in the UK. Robert Perris -who drew The Raider and The Mummy strips -the Mummy (aka Prentiss) has been a member of the German super team D-Gruppe for many years now. The Raider has popped up again -as has Wildmane, Runestone and many others- in the Invasion Earth Trilogy. Adrian Wood provided some great stripwork -as did Gary Stainsby.
Over the next few weeks I'll post a few more covers -after all, this is 1980s nostalgia!
Lucky for you I have some of the issues to hand!
I'll not go into the whole problem of getting zines out back then but I think it fair to say the vastly under rated comic genius Ben R. Dilworth helped by photocopying some and even stapling a few to his knee at a Bath Comic Mart! Darron Rolph Travers North was a necessary evil. He had some access to photocopiers and I used seductive....no. Hang on, that's not right. What's the word....ah! "Violent persuasion" which is how Zine Zone 1-4 got published.
Contributors to Adventure were the likes of that robust and bearded doyenne of the art scene, Mark A. Stafford -Junk World was a great fun strip but some of his art was used for covers. Even back then you could see he had talent! John Erasmus -who should be recognised for the creative genius he is. The mysterious "Dru", Tom (Lovely) Elmes -another one with a great deal of talent but still going unrecognised in the UK. Robert Perris -who drew The Raider and The Mummy strips -the Mummy (aka Prentiss) has been a member of the German super team D-Gruppe for many years now. The Raider has popped up again -as has Wildmane, Runestone and many others- in the Invasion Earth Trilogy. Adrian Wood provided some great stripwork -as did Gary Stainsby.
Over the next few weeks I'll post a few more covers -after all, this is 1980s nostalgia!
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