Norman Boyd and friends have launched an extensive website celebrating the work of famous British comics artists Frank Bellamy, a hugely influential artist (just last week Rian Hughes namechecked Frank as an early influence on him). The site boasts a large number of factual resources on many aspects of Frank’s work, from advertising illustration to his famous comics work such as Thunderbirds in the old TV Century 21 comic. Norman and Paul Holder are also working on a book on Bellamy, when their daytime jobs aren’t getting in the way; anyone who has more information on articles on the Bellamy site is encouraged to get in touch with the team. (link via Down The Tubes)
(panels from Captain Scarlet in TV21 #192, art by Frank Bellamy, borrowed from the Spectrum Headquarters site)
May 30th, 2007 at 1:40 am
I was reading an old 2000AD prog the other day (late 400′s), and there was a Strontium Dog character alarmingly called ‘Chinky’ – who turned out to be named thusly because he liked to play with some coins in his hand. This was all ok, until the cliffhanger title at the end of the episode was “Chinky takeaway!” How times have changed since 1986, T.B. Grover!
May 30th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Thank you for the kind review Joe. The response to the site has been tremendous and we have discovered answers to things that have been bugging us for some time. All is revealed on http://www.frankbellamy.blogspot.com where I place the latest news of changes to the main list before integrating it into the list
Best wishes
Norman