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Monday, December 9, 2013

ARTIST SELF-POTRAITS (Part 10)



Next up are two strips with self-portraits of Sid Burgon – one from WHIZZER AND CHIPS cover-dated 24th October, 1981, and one from THE DANDY No. 2550 cover-dated 6th October, 1990. The first example is very unusual for UK children’s humour comics because it credits the artist and the writer, American-style.


This set of Double Trouble from BUSTER dated 3rd November, 1990 includes a self-portrait of the most effective family duo in British comics – Terry and Sheila Bave:



As a matter of fact, this episode of Double Trouble is the first in a long sequence that lasted until approximately the middle of 1991 in which Terry Bave discretely included his self-portraits, sometimes together with his wife Sheila. Thanks to George Shiers for the tip! Here are some examples:



P.S. Here is a more recent image of the Baves. It is from Winker Watson strip in The Dandy of 2001. Thanks, THB, for the tip and the link!


3 comments:

  1. Terry and Sheila appeared in a lot of Double Trouble strips around this time. In fact, I believe that Terry was asked to draw himself in every week.

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    1. Thanks for the tip, George. I have now added new images to the post.

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  2. That Sid Burgon one's VERY strange, especially seeing the SCRIPT WRITE getting credited!

    Here's a Winker Watson from 2001 with Sheila and Terry appearing:
    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QC0yFOXK7hU/UPFQQNeD3eI/AAAAAAAADfY/moLzhw4Mx-g/s1600/Winker+Watson+Meets+Terry+Bave.jpg

    Use it if you want :)

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