Hi and welcome to my blog about comics from other people’s childhood! It is dedicated primarily to British humour comics of the 60s and 70s. The reason they are not from my childhood is simply because I didn’t live in the UK back then (nor do I live there now). I knew next to nothing about them until fairly recently but since then I’ve developed a strong liking for the medium and amassed a large collection, including a number of complete or near complete sets. My intention is to use this blog as a channel for sharing my humble knowledge about different titles, favourite characters and creators as I slowly research my collection.
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Thursday, October 8, 2015
STAN MCMURTRY'S TAKE ON BUSTER
While looking through my
collection of BUSTER from the 60s, I found two occasions when the strip was
illustrated by Stan McMurtry:
Good as he is, I think the best Buster artists were Angel Nadal and Reg Parlett. However, I think Stan's Buster is better than Baxendale's, much as I regret saying that. Although, in his defence, I assume Bax produced his Buster pages in a bit of a rush because he had so much other weekly work on at the time.
I too prefer McMurtry‘s drawings in this case. On the other hand, Baxendale‘s approach to the character was really adventurous – only six covers, and he broke the „no-nos“ on two occasions, first by showing Buster without his cap and then by including Andy Capp in the story...
Good as he is, I think the best Buster artists were Angel Nadal and Reg Parlett. However, I think Stan's Buster is better than Baxendale's, much as I regret saying that. Although, in his defence, I assume Bax produced his Buster pages in a bit of a rush because he had so much other weekly work on at the time.
ReplyDeleteI too prefer McMurtry‘s drawings in this case. On the other hand, Baxendale‘s approach to the character was really adventurous – only six covers, and he broke the „no-nos“ on two occasions, first by showing Buster without his cap and then by including Andy Capp in the story...
DeleteI think you’re exactly right - definitely Stan, but deliberately ghosting Nadal.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Buster artist was always Reg, but that’s what I grew up with until Tom Paterson took over. I wasn’t a fan of Jimmy Hansen.