tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214345292716209353.post6067035007498564811..comments2024-03-12T09:20:11.041+00:00Comments on Cheeky Weekly: Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 35Niblethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073399687897131919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214345292716209353.post-83650519776529932422018-09-28T17:53:14.605+01:002018-09-28T17:53:14.605+01:00There is one particular artist on the IPC comics (...There is one particular artist on the IPC comics (not going to name them) that whenever I see their work I think 'you've done the absolute minimum required - you've taken the script, illustrated it, but put no effort into enlivening it by even making the drawings funny'. The greats such as Leo B, Ken R, Frank McD particularly on Cheeky, Tom P and JEO expended such effort in their creations that the pages just zing with life. Rant over - goodnight.Niblethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073399687897131919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214345292716209353.post-14837437855263279222018-09-28T10:38:20.299+01:002018-09-28T10:38:20.299+01:00I’m glad you took my comments in the sense they we...I’m glad you took my comments in the sense they were meant; I’d never insult Jack. He probably did have to follow some editorial policy or other, and the letters page was a handy canvas for his style. Soon enough there’d not be that many, so it’s likely economics came into it. Jack being Jack (and unlike Peter Grey I never met the man) he couldn’t help but bring his own flair and fun to it – with superb results.STEPHEN ARCHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891283612737580789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214345292716209353.post-63398214435009136212018-09-27T15:58:11.889+01:002018-09-27T15:58:11.889+01:00I know your comment is tongue-in-cheek but yes, Ja...I know your comment is tongue-in-cheek but yes, Jack is a legend and to be fair his trademark imagination/sense of fun is in evidence on the Whizz-kid and Chip-ite pages that he illustrated (e.g. the ceramic mug you mentioned), it's just a bit watered down given the constraints of illustrating what was essentially a letters page. He could have just done the minimum required but he clearly put a bit of thought and effort into making the pages fun. I did actually toy (if you'll pardon the pun) with the idea of posting the whole of that particular Whizz-kid page but decided against it. Can't blame him for taking the letters page gig when he was offered it, or maybe he proposed to the editor that he could enliven the pages.Niblethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073399687897131919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214345292716209353.post-85239427226738096792018-09-27T13:36:46.840+01:002018-09-27T13:36:46.840+01:00What makes the description of Mustapha as a drinki...What makes the description of Mustapha as a drinking vessel even more galling is that it's drawn and lettered by Jack Oliver, who'd literally made a career out of drawing AND SCRIPTING his own material. You've only got to look at his IPC output (Robin Good, Cliff Hanger, etc) to see this. And here he's jumped on someone else's bandwagon. RIP Jack - even if you did sell out. ;-)STEPHEN ARCHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891283612737580789noreply@blogger.com