Reg Parlett’s page count in IPC comics cover-dated 30th
March 1974 was 7 pages. The artist had such a natural and flowing style, that
it seems almost effortless but still very appealing to the eye. The quality of the art shows no signs that he struggled drawing his pages or had to rush them in order to
meet his deadlines.
Two two-pagers in Whoopee! and Whizzer and Chips were centered around the much-overused but
apparently very popular theme of poor kids vs the rich:
…while one page in Whoopee! represented the new favourite line
of horror comedy:
And of course there
were two pages of Billy Bunter in Valiant:
Had Buster not missed that week, the artist’s
stats would have been not 7 but 10 pages. This is how Reg Parlett’s regular
features in Buster looked like in
the issue of the week before. Happy Family was a reprint, so under
normal circumstances Reg Parlett’s weekly output amounted to the impressive quantity
of 9 pages at that time!
Mike Lacey is next in line...
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