I’ll take a
short break from looking at individual strips in Shiver and Shake and do a quick post about two Shiver and Shake-related sales in the
recent Compal Auctions. Two lots
were on offer. The first one was described and illustrated as follows:
Shiver And Shake (1973)
10 March (No 1) - 28 April, the first 8 issues with No 1
free gift Joke Chocolate Biscuit (un-nibbled) in original wrapper, No 3 with
free gift (Glow Fun Stickers), all in fine/very fine condition. Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £112
The other lot was presented like this:
Frankie
Stein original
artwork (early 1980s) drawn and signed by Robert Nixon for Whoopee!
Frankie takes up athletics
and Professor Cube (Dad) hides in the dustbin to evade injury - Frankie's
Javelin finds him …
Indian ink on card. 15 x 14
ins
Winning
bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121
I would
have expected the auctioneers to know their stuff, but in this case the
description wasn’t accurate. The artwork was in fact for the front cover of the
last ‘big news’ issue of Shiver and
Shake, so it is from the mid-7os, not the early 1980s and belongs to SHIVER AND SHAKE rather than WHOOPEE!
Note that the panels have been rearranged in the printed version. Since the original artwork appears to be uncut, it looks like IPC photocopied the sheet and then cut it to arrange the panels as they saw fit.
Note that the panels have been rearranged in the printed version. Since the original artwork appears to be uncut, it looks like IPC photocopied the sheet and then cut it to arrange the panels as they saw fit.
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