YOU ARE THE EDITOR

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:23

Imagine you're the editor of a new comic. It's going to have 32 pages and it's going to be all reprint. You can choose what to fill those pages with from ANY comic, ANY publisher, from ANY era. What would YOU choose? The only limitations are:

Strips you choose have to have their original length, meaning that if you choose The Steel Claw, for example, it's two pages, not more.

One of your pages must be a jokes or letters page.

Two of your pages must be set aside for advertisements.

The cover may be either a new full page illustration, OR a strip. BUT if it's a strip, it must be one (or ones) that's previously been designed as a cover strip.

Off you go!

Originally posted by Big Uncle Tharg 21 on the old forum on 28/1/2006

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:23

i would do a new cover to go with the reprints myself, they have the steel claw out now, great stuff.

Originally posted by John britton on the old forum on 28/1/2006

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:23

Example:

Cover: Man from BUNGLE from SMASH!
Pages 2 and 3: Janus Stark.
Pages 4 and 5: The Steel Claw.
Page 6: Jonah.
Pages 7, 8, 9: The Wild Wonders.
Page 10/11: Swots and Blots.
Page 12/13: The Crimson Ball.
Page 14: Letters page.
Page 15:Advert.
Pages 16/17: Eagle Eye.
Pages 18,19,20,21,22,23: Judge Dredd.
Page 24: early Desperate Dan.
Page 25: Advert.
Page 26/27: Fireball XL5
Page 28:Ken Reid Frankie Stein
Page 29: Any classic Roy Wilson strip.
Page 30/31: My Genie
Page 32:Combat Colin.

Originally posted by Big Uncle Tharg 21 on the old forum on 28/1/2006

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:24

yeh that sounds ok. i was thinking of wham or smash,great comics,don lawrence fire ball, or mike noble,s . kens frankiestien, great. good choice.

Originally posted by John britton on the old forum on 28/1/2006

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:24

1: Korky (1940s)
2:Buster's Dreamworld
3:Spoofer McGraw
4/5:My Own genie
6/7More My Own Genie
8:Biffo (1960s)
9:Jonah
10:Sid's Snake
11:Shiner
12: Early Dave S Dennis the Menace
13: Advert
14: When the Bell rings!
15/16:Tricky Dicky
17: Beryl the peril (John Dallas/Davy Law)
18:Roger the Dodger (Ken Reid)
19:Lord Snooty (Watkins)
20: The Broons (Watkins)
21:Oor wullie (Watkins)
22: letters pg
23:Advert
24/25: My own Genie!!!
26:Bananaman (Geering/Bright)28:baby Crockett (early)
29:Desperate Dan (Watkins)30:Ginger
31:Gnashers tale
32:Plug

Originally posted by Bananafan on the old forum on 28/1/2006

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:25

Hey-what about titles? I'd call mine GENIE-US!

Originally posted by Bananafan on the old forum on 28/1/2006

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:26

A fairly stiff mission statement there bud,seeing as I'm celebrating my birthday an' all!But for me any publication worth its salt would have to include Adam Eterno,Spellbinder,Rat Pack,Some Mummies Do 'Ave 'Em,The Spider,Timequake...Well,it is my birthday after all!

Originally posted by Captain Storm on the old forum on 28/1/2006

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:27

Glad to see one person's understood the exercise and followed the pagination example. You'll make a good editor Bananafan! Now, for the pages you chose that were old cover strips (Biffo, Ginger etc) would you replace the old comic logo or leave it as it was?

Originally posted by Big Uncle Tharg 21 on the old forum on 29/1/2006

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:27

Change it. i've already designed a front cover, but don't know how to get images up on this forum.

Originally posted by Bananafan on the old forum on 29/1/2006

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:27

As for the ones inside, I'd just give them bigger title logos!

Originally posted by Bananafan on the old forum on 29/1/2006

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:28

Oh fun stuff for a Sunday morning whilst nursing a wee hangover - well here goes: COVER: mine would be Man from Bungle as well (but to be different I'll pick one from Don Lawrences Trigan Empire)PAGE2: Frankiestein (Ken Reid) 1 pAGE: Page3 - 4 ADAM ETERNO - PAGE 5-6: House of Dolman: Page 7-8 : SWOTTS AND BLOTTS: PAGE 9:jokes /letters Page 10-11: HOTSHOT HAMISH: Page 12-13:Leopard of Lime Street; Pages 14-15 TRIGAN EMPIRE (think thats the middle pages?) Page 16advert page 17: CLEVER DICK page 18-19 JANUS STARK page 20-21 EAGLE EYE JUNIOR SPY; PAGES 22-23: SIMON TEST... Page 24 advert page 25:TOM THUG PAGE 26-27 QUEEN OF THE SEA (Ken Reid) page 28-29: MASTER OF THE MARSH Page 30: Figaro page 31-32:Erik the Viking - Not sure I ve gone by your rules but you get the idea - I'm off to lie down in a dark room now!!

Originally posted by Paul McScotty on the old forum on 29/1/2006

Old Forum Fella · Post by **Old Forum Fella** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:29

Good mix Paul but you're cramming too much in. Several of your two page strips were three pagers. The middle pages of a 32 page comic would be pages 16 and 17.

Originally posted by Big Uncle Tharg 21 on the old forum on 29/1/2006

colcool007 · Post by **colcool007** » 07 Mar 2006, 11:14

Meant to have a go at this before I left, but try this for a mix.

Cover and page 32 True story as done by Jack Glass.

Pages 2 - 4 Invasion (2000AD)

Pages 5 - 7 Judge Dredd (2000AD)

Pages 8 - 10 Wilson (Hotspur/Hornet)

Pages 11 - 13 Johnny Cougar (Tiger)

Page 14 Toad In The Hole (Victor)

Page 15 Country Cuzzins (Victor)

Pages 16 - 18 Killer Kane (Warlord) but only if drawn by Ian Kennedy and done in that wonderful three tone of black, blue and white.

Pages 19 - 21 Braddock VC (Victor)

Pages 22 - 24 The Rat Pack (Battle)

Pages 25 - 26 Death Game 1999 (Action)

Pages 27 - 29 Look Out For Lefty! (Action)

Pages 30 - 31 Kids Rule OK (Action)

I am a child of the 70's so many posters (Sheldon, etc) may not have heard of most of these. I have left out so many good ones like Mantracker (Crunch), Morgyn The Mighty (Victor), Major Eazy (Battle), Secret Files of The Luftwaffe (Warlord), Strontium Dog (Starlord/2000AD) and Holocaust Squadron (Warlord). I could go on but you get the idea!

Next time, let's do an annual!

kevf · Post by **kevf** » 07 Mar 2006, 14:40

I actually get to be the editor, after a fashion, a couple of days a week when I teach kids to draw comics. By the end of every session they've created a comic which we run off on the photocopier and they take home with them.

You can see a selection of their front covers at http://comicfestival.co.uk (Click Art Class then click Covers), or go direct to
http://geocities.com/jonathanqkirby/mas ... llery.html

My favourite titles include 'MON THEN MONA LISA, DEEP FRIED KITTENS and I'M NOT GAY. Kids today eh?

Returning to the subject my favourite weekly comic would be all new. But if I were to go reprint, I'd like a book that enabled me to read my favourite serialised stories in their complete form. My faves..?

QUEEN OF THE SEAS - Ken Reid (was it Pow, Wham or Smash?)
THE TWELVE TASKS OF ADAM STRONG (was that its name?) in Smash, drawn by Eric Bradbury
TURVILLE'S TOUCHSTONE/SPELLBINDER - Geoff Campion (Lion)
TALES OF TOLLGATE SCHOOL - (Lion), who was the artist?