Paddy McGinty's Goat

Cap Haggis · Post by **Cap Haggis** » 07 Dec 2006, 11:42

Oh I thought the "Wild Wonders" were amazing, such an original strip and very funny - it seemed to go on forever - I seem to remember "Oddball Oates" (one of my all time favourite UK strips of all time) going to Ireland and it was full of the usual stuff of comics, Irishmen with thick accents, tinkers in caravans and men with bushy sideburns - typically he also went to Scotland where everyone was a bit of a stereotype , it was hillarious so if its done correctly it can be funny (ditto Hotshot Hamish). I would love to have read that THriller Picture Library sounds a classic (of sorts) lol

fústar · Post by **fústar** » 07 Dec 2006, 15:33

David McDonald wrote: One story that stick out was when Bill? Flynn the Wilde boys guardians returned to his relatives in Ireland, the Wild boys get involved in a bizarre hurling match for some turf.
I remember (having spent some days in the bog saving turf) thinking it was highly amusing that the artist didnt know what turf looked like!!

Brilliant. It reminds me of when my wife's friends were over from England a few years back. We were driving around Connemara when one of the them (a lovely person I hasten to add) innocently asked "What's all that sh*t on the side of the road?"

I explained, through choked laughter, that it was turf.

I'm also reminded of early Marvel representations of Europe. Generally speaking there were only 3 templates (regardless of where was being visited): 1) Ornate Bavarian town, 2) Spooky Transylvanian type wilderness, and, 3) The cobbled back alleys of Old London town.

That was it. Clearly the work of Marvel artists whose experience of European architecture was based on Universal horror movies.

Oh and David, I'd be happy to take you up on the offer of a few copied pages from Paddy McG's goat. I don't care how rubbish it is, I just want to see it!

fústar · Post by **fústar** » 07 Dec 2006, 15:40

Cap Haggis wrote:typically he also went to Scotland where everyone was a bit of a stereotype , it was hillarious so if its done correctly it can be funny (ditto Hotshot Hamish).

I always thought Hot-Shot Hamish struck the right note in this regard...wandering so far into the grotesque and the bizarre (when it came to representations of the Highlands etc) that it clearly showed a refusal to take itself too seriously. Having said that, I'm not Scottish...so maybe I'm not qualified to speak.

The Hamish style (memorably created by Julio Schiaffino) always seemed to me to owe a lot to Albert Uderzo's work on Asterix. Now there's a comic that wittily and cleverly sent up national quirks and peculiarities.

Cap Haggis · Post by **Cap Haggis** » 07 Dec 2006, 16:46

Fustar I agree, Hotshot Hamish was brilliant its even reprinted in the Sunday mail (Scotish paper, not the Mail on Sunday Scotland) a full page coloured version up here - "Hotshot Hamish" is also occassionaly used as a reference in Scottish Football commentary ( similar to others use "Roy of the Rovers") to describe a great shot as it trickles thro the goalies legs up here

- (ditto the Oddball Oats story was well done also) to be honest I think Scotland comes out well in these type of things, maybe due to DCT being in Scotland or the fact were such lovely people

also a lot of the stereotyping we get isn't to far of the mark (thank goodness they leave our fondness for Tennents Special and certain pill sout of the comics

) - Julio Schiaffino's art on Hotshot was hysterical (as was the writing) a great stip which for me was even better when that other character joined it (was it "Might Mouse"?)

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