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 :)
