Communication Problems

2.1.08

Jeff Hawke

1.2.08

Probably the very best newspaper strip ever with really

intriguing storylines and atmospheric artwork with 

clever use of toning. And Sydney Jordan is a very nice man

Paranoia?

31.1.08

Near Miss

31.1.08

Claude's Story

30.1.08

Arrival

30.1.08

Channel Tunnel, Napoleonic Style

29.1.08

Geoff Campion

29.1.08

Another great British comics artist largely overlooked

nowadays. From 'Jet-Ace Logan' to 'Spellbinder'- great stuff

Going Underground

27.1.08

Charlotte is introduced ......

27.1.08

Favourite Car

26.1.08

...has to be a Bristol 2-litre Type 401/3 of the early 1950's

with swoopy alloy bodywork and aircraft flush door locks....

Copyright

26.1.08

All Charlotte Corday strip work displayed on this blog is

strictly copyright to Stephen Walsh and Keith Page. The

rights of Stephen Walsh and Keith Page to be identified

as the authors of this work has been asserted in accordance

with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright Designs and Patents

Act 1988.

Quatermass

26.1.08

The original BBC tv version of  'Quatermass and the Pit'

remains one of the best productions of its kind [ far better

than the later Hammer films version. Wonderful creepy

atmosphere

Early Artwork

25.1.08

Some early development art for this story can be seen at

www.dargaud. com   [editions dargaud page d'accueil ]

Extras-Lab- Artist codename 'Nestor'

Don Lawrence

23.1.08

Probably the finest British colour artist ever, with his

meticulously hand-painted frames. I once saw a superb

exhibition of his originals at Brighton University

Favourite US comics

23.1.o8

Ministry Of Space

Obergeist

Rocketeer........in that order

Guess The Inspiration

22.1.08

Up On The Roof

BBC Regent Street

22.1.08

Chalotte under surveillance

22.1.08

Two of Stephen's great characters in incompetent action !

Commando

21.1.08

Working for virtually the sole surviving British traditional adventure comic, it's good to see the success of the series of

hardback reprints like ' The Dirty Dozen'

Frank Bellamy

If Frank  Bellamy had been American or Continental, someone

would surely have published a large art book on his work.

Raising sufficient funds and/or publisher interest in the UK

seems to be a real problem

20.1.08

errors

18.1 08

Just noticed a number of errors in Post 1

Highgate Cemetery

17.1.08

Highgate Cemetery, particularly the section closed to the general

public, features at both ends of Charlotte's tale. A really creepy

place that could be a real-life horror film set.

Dan Dare

Why so many attempts to update the original' Dan Dare'?

To my mind this immediately destroys the original concept which

only works now as a sort of parallel world.l

  16.1.08

Charley's War

15.1.08

Good to see the continuing reprints - I missed most of these

first time round. Joe Colquohoun's work is really superb,with

a vast amount of research, and some great scripts by Pat Mills.

One of the great British comics.

bryant and may

14.1.08

Bryant and May- a great series of detective novels with a

difference by Christopher Fowler. Wonderful characters and

humour in a fascinatingly detailed London setting. Also, try

'Disturbia', Roofworld' and the atmospheric 'Soho Black'

jaques tardi

13. 1.08

Have you seen the work of French comics artist Jaques Tardi?

His style may at first glance appear to be sketchy and

rudimentary, but just try and imitate it!

My favourites are his series about the Parisian detective Nestor Burma, where you can really

follow the action street by street. There must be a staggering amount of research, even more

in his 4-volume series about the 1870 Paris Commune ' Le Cri du Peuple'. He's known in

France as 'The master of black and white'- with good reason

Introducing Charlotte Corday

12/1/08

Now working on the new series of the return of Ramsey's Raiders, currently on my 39th issue of "Commando" for DCThomson.

I'm also continuing my "prequel" of the original "Dan Dare" for Rod Barzilay's magaszine "Spaceship Away".  It's a nice chance to do some colour strip work.

For something completely I'll be serialising a new series written by script and screenwriter Stephen Walsh.  Set in London in the early 1950's, this is a full length graphic novel, with a few surprises.  Title"London Calling", starring Charlotte Corday of the Sirete.  Charlotte may also be appearing in a slightly different form in Rok Comics.