Today I have an assorted gallery of self-portraits from the pages of both major UK comics publishers.
First up is
Tony Goffe in this episode of Loser from Whizzer and Chips cover-dated 11th November, 1973. Please,
excuse the shadow along the left margin of the page – my copy of the issue is
part of a bound volume.
This
episode of Riddle Me Ray with Mike Lacey’s self-portrait is from SHIVER
AND SHAKE No. 63 (18th May, 1974):
Nick Baker drew himself in the episode of Smiler in Whoopee! cover-dated 5th March, 1977:
The episode of Billy Whizz from THE BEANO issue No.
1942 (8th October, 1979) has a self-portrait of Malcolm Judge:
This episode of Mitey Joe with a self-portrait of John
Geering is from NUTTY No. 27 (16th August, 1980):
In the last instalment of Cartoon Spot that appeared in the final
issue of HOOT (N0. 53 cover-dated 25th October, 1986) L Plated Ella came up with an
idea to draw the artist for a change. This makes it a self-portrait of Mr. Robert
Nixon:
When I started this series a year ago and showed a number of Meet the Artists… pages from BUSTER,
I somehow missed the feature on Keith Reynolds from the issue cover-dated 22nd
October, 1991:
Last but not least is the self-portrait of Mr. Leo Baxendale. He drew
himself from the back in the second Willy
the Kid book published in 1977 by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd..
I think I remember this Mitey Joe from when it was originally published – not bad considering I’d just turned 7 a few weeks before! Wonder if the pigtails and miniskirt had anything to do with it? Ahem. John Keith Geering was a great artist wasn’t he, from Snobbs and Slobbs to jazzing up Why Dad Why for Cheeky Weekly with only a stint in the execrable “Bog Paper” being a blot on his career. Heart-breaking we lost him so soon
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