John Freeman tells us that Jeremy Briggs has posted up an interview with Keith Page, stalwart artist on a number of DC Thomson’s Commando Books (which have been enjoying a bit of a nostalgic renaissance recently with some massive and enjoyable compilation editions) as well as working on 2000 AD, Eagle and many others, over on Down The Tubes:
“DTT: Today you have done more than 150 different issues of Commando. Your first issue was Odd Man Out, number 2941 published in April 1996. How did you start on Commando?
(cover to Commando: Odd Man Out by Keith Page, (c) DC Thomson)
Keith: I started with Commando after finishing Thunderbirds because Pat found out that (then Commando editor) George Low was looking for a new regular artist. He gave me the script for Odd Man Out and I have been drawing them ever since. George was very good in that he let me use Commando to develop my own style. Initially they were not very good as it was a totally different approach compared to Thunderbirds.It helped that I have always had an interest in things military.”
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