Further
to the previous post about my very limited exposure to UK comics as a kid, I
thought I might also say a few words about the issue of TAMMY that I received
together with that WHOOPEE! The scans used in this post are made from a replacement copy that I bought some time ago.
The
impression that it made on me wasn’t as deep as that created by the other
comic, but I distinctly recall being fascinated by two strips. I remember I was
mighty impressed by the artwork on Babe at St. Woods that occupied the
first three pages of the comic. I now know the illustrator’s name was Jose
Casanovas and IMHO he was an outstanding artist – the quality of his artwork
and the level of detail are quite extraordinary. I now know he illustrated
numerous features in TAMMY throughout the 70s, also a few in JINTY and JUNE so
he was predominantly a girls’ comics artist. Mr. Casanovas also did some sporadic
Sci-Fi work in 2000AD and STARLORD and even one horror tale in the short-lived SCREAM!,
but that’s another story. Here is the episode of Babe at St. Woods from
TAMMY cover-dated 19th March 1977:
The
other strip that stuck in my memory was The Dream House – a mystery tale
about a family whose members somehow turned into dolls one-by one and were
trapped in a huge dolls’ house. All those years later, I wouldn’t mind reading
the whole story. Below is the three-pager from the issue that I had as a kid. I wonder who the artist was. Mike White, maybe?
For
some reason I also found this adverts page very intriguing:
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