tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028913439060318539.post5966295028605627468..comments2024-02-19T00:17:33.059-08:00Comments on Heroes of 2000 A.D.: No. 80 Igor Goldkind; No. 80½ Michael Molcheralexfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00663695995150276878noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028913439060318539.post-70515132981590991372018-11-18T12:46:45.415-08:002018-11-18T12:46:45.415-08:00Ask Greg Staples or Robert Bliss.Ask Greg Staples or Robert Bliss.IgorGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827539452285722894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028913439060318539.post-90330561348772754762018-11-18T11:19:43.362-08:002018-11-18T11:19:43.362-08:00You bet your sweet moustache I have!
Also looking ...You bet your sweet moustache I have!<br />Also looking forward to the final few entries on the ABC - we're in the Ws as I type...alexfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00663695995150276878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028913439060318539.post-92117848717240306392018-11-18T07:42:09.505-08:002018-11-18T07:42:09.505-08:00Someone just passed me a link to this and I wanted...Someone just passed me a link to this and I wanted to say thank you very much for the lovely words - hope you've continued to enjoy everything over the last couple of years! <br /><br />Molch-RMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10564221544207151218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028913439060318539.post-63172304287161723772018-09-17T15:06:56.620-07:002018-09-17T15:06:56.620-07:00I suggest you contact the artist's brother Rob...<br />I suggest you contact the artist's brother Robert Bliss on FBIgorGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827539452285722894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028913439060318539.post-84848689246004636892018-09-17T15:06:11.714-07:002018-09-17T15:06:11.714-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.IgorGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827539452285722894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028913439060318539.post-64929779309008347992018-09-17T14:52:04.958-07:002018-09-17T14:52:04.958-07:00You don't happen to have any of that Clown art...You don't happen to have any of that Clown artwork lying around?<br /><br />If you do, I'd be very interested in seeing/acquiring it...<br /><br />Ken BrennanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16919664281838537396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028913439060318539.post-40897125755806143872018-08-10T10:11:13.483-07:002018-08-10T10:11:13.483-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.IgorGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827539452285722894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028913439060318539.post-45396561969352569962018-08-10T03:14:30.991-07:002018-08-10T03:14:30.991-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201375791869714031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028913439060318539.post-25892104994731140232017-05-18T14:49:54.597-07:002017-05-18T14:49:54.597-07:00You know, considering how long ago I wrote some of...You know, considering how long ago I wrote some of this stuff I think Alex is being quite generous in his criticism. He's absolutely correct that The Clown, my first ever strip commission after 3 or more Future Shocks were accepted over the period of a year, was a direct parody of Neil's Sandman series; but really one the first few of the first ever series. Neil's more literary approach to writing captions stood out at DC and there was some controversy at the time as to whether the tone had merit or was hopelessly pretentious. I went to the extreme of pretentious narrative for one because Neil was getting a lot of attention for doing it and 2, it contrasted nicely with the inane simplistic plot. A Clown working in an abandoned circus long gone bust, goes slightly crazy and has only one friend, Toby the pony who 3 thugs murder when The Clown's away looking for his gold "All Clown's got gold, everybody knows that".<br /><br />Then The Clown comes home find the decapitated Toby and flips out with grief and rage, sticking Toby's head on the end of a broom handle and goes on a murderous quest for retribution. He kills the thugs one by one in horrific manner always shouting his catch phrase"YOU KILLED MY PONY". Simple and easy just like a first time should. But the narrator seemed to be from a different story heaping flowery prose and attempting to make some profound, universal pronouncements from the antics of basically a gang of idiots.<br /><br />Clown II was dreadful and I regret submitting it, but Robert Bliss had had a kind of mental breakdown doing the first series largely due to his trying to compete with the fully painted Simon Bisley whom everyone was wowed by at the time. So the next artists were a scatter gun of new comers being tested out and they just got the scripts handed to them without any writer input from the writer.<br /><br />Judge Hershey was where I hit my stride with what I thought were two original takes that should have led to an ongoing series. But Hershey was Alan Grant's baby (creations) and he wanted her back.<br /><br />The best ever Strip I did for CRISIS was a one off called the Soldier and the Farmer about the Khmer Rouge beautifully painted by David Lloyd who drew V for Vendeta for Warrior before it was colourised. <br /><br />If you want to see the whole story and the beautiful water colour washes, you c an look for it online or purchase a copy of my book of Graphic Poetry IS SHE AVAILABLE? available in most comics shops, where a full reproduction of the stunning artwork appears on thick, matted gloss.<br /><br />Thanks for the review! IgorGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827539452285722894noreply@blogger.com