Monday, October 22, 2012

ARTIST SELF-PORTRAITS


My most recent post about the last COR!! Аnnual included a panel from The Gasworks Gang with Frank McDiarmid’s  self-portrait.  This prompted me to remember a number of examples of artists drawing themselves in British comics so I thought it would be fun to start this mini-series and create a gallery of such portraits. If you know of any examples, please, do let me know.

Frank McDiarmid appeared in at least one more episode of the Gasworks Gang in Cor!! dated 30th March, 1974 (No. 200):


Mike Higgs drew himself in the opening panel of his famous THE CLOAK series when it premiered in the first combined issue of Pow! and Smash! (No. 137 dated September 14th, 1968):


Ken Reid’s brilliantly detailed self-portrait appeared in the episode of Dare-A-Day Davy in Pow! and Wham! No. 75 (June 22nd, 1968):


Slightly off-topic, but the episode also contained a portrait of Dare-A-Day Davy’s scriptwriter:


If I am not mistaken, Mr.Reid also included himself in the last panel of Faceache in Buster and Jet dated 30th December, 1972 (at least I think it’s him. I wonder who is the other guy sitting in the foreground in the left-hand side corner of the panel?):


I have more artist self-portraits lined up for the next couple of posts but would appreciate receiving more leads to make it more fun :)
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7 comments:

  1. George ShiersOctober 22, 2012 at 7:30 PM

    Tom Paterson drew himself twice in his Sweeny Toddler strip in Whizzer and Chips dated 31st May 1986!

    Great idea for a post - can't wait to see more

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  2. IrmantasOctober 23, 2012 at 10:19 AM

    Thanks, George! I have that issue and will include Tom Paterson into the series.

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  3. Peter GrayOctober 23, 2012 at 2:51 PM

    on my old geocities websites I found quite a few artist portraits..
    Buster book 1975 page 118 Faceache page has an artists back of his head...though might not be Ken..

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    1. IrmantasOctober 23, 2012 at 5:38 PM

      I checked that Buster Annual, Peter. The Faceache episode is definitely not by Ken Reid, so the back of the head (whch isn't exactly a portrait) belongs either to the artist who illustrated the episode, or it was the artist's version of Mr. Reid's back of the head :)

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    2. IrmantasOctober 23, 2012 at 5:41 PM

      If you could be more precise about the comics where the artist portraits appeared on your old geocities websites, I'd love to show them in this series.

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    3. Peter GrayOctober 24, 2012 at 2:01 PM

      http://www.oocities.org/pjgcomics/

      http://www.oocities.org/pjgterrybave/index.htm

      http://www.oocities.org/pjgdavidsutherland/

      http://www.oocities.org/pjgrobertnixon/

      theres a few..look at the links at the end of the page to other artists I did..a lot have there cartoon version of themselves..

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    4. IrmantasOctober 24, 2012 at 4:48 PM

      Thanks, Peter!

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