Meanie McGenie was a
funny little strip about a mean kilt-wearing highlander genie known by the name
of Meanie McGenie. Like all genies, he lived in a magic oriental lamp and emerged
from it when someone rubbed on it. What made Meanie McGenie different from his
kind was that he hated being disturbed and would only grant one wish. Furthermore,
Meanie McGenie annoyed his “customers” by always finding a cheap way to fulfil their
wishes and thus lived up to his name. It is no surprise that the folks who
found the lamp didn’t hesitate to toss it away for someone else to find (and
get disappointed) in the next episode.
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| From MFC No. 70. Art by Mike Lacey |
The modest 17-episode
run of Meanie McGenie started in MFC No. 2. The strip then disappeared
for nearly 6 months and was re-introduced in issue 27 but failed to keep a
regular schedule and ended in issue 70. Here is the list of MFC issues where Meanie
Mcgenie can be found: 2, 27, 28, 30-33, 35, 38, 40, 43, 47, 53, 59, 64
and 70. All the episodes were 1/2 page long.
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| From MFC No. 61. Art by Mike Lacey |
12 episodes
of Meanie
McGenie were illustrated by Mike Lacey. Tom Williams drew the episodes
in issues No. 38 and 43, and the sets in Nos. 40, 59 and 64 were by yet another
artist whose name I don’t know. Here are examples of Tom Williams’ and the
other artist’s work:
I think the artist on the 'trendy haircut' strip is Doug Goodwin.
ReplyDeleteThe unidentified artist is Doug Goodwin, later of Store Wars and Country Cousin fame.
ReplyDeleteHi, folks, thanks for your comments and please excuse the delay in publishing them - I was away travelling with no access to the internet.
ReplyDeleteMike Lacey is a brilliant cartoonist and artist. The Beano would certainly benefit from his work, as would have the late, lamented Dandy. Does he do any cartooning these days or is he retired?
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