March brings Crikey! #9 and it is quite simply the best issue yet (if I do say so myself). Despite moving back to a quarterly output, the content of this issue beats all previous hands down! But then I’m biased. Crikey! has really moved on these past couple of issues and the colour issue was a great success. Amongst all the usual suspects in issue 9 you will find an interview with non other than David ‘V for Vendetta’ Lloyd, talking exclusively for Crikey! when he dropped into Orbital Comics just before Christmas. Crikey! asked Emily Man to put a few words to David and he gave us a few in return!
In my editorial role I interviewed legendary Spanish artist Enrique Romero about his work on Modesty Blaise (currently being collected in a number of volumes by Titan) and AXA giving us a fascinating look at the Spanish artist and his life. Then, as if that were not enough to satisy even the most seasoned fan for one issue, 2000AD creator and writer Pat Mills finishes this trio of Crikey! scoops and tells us about Gerry Finley-Day, Jenny McDade and John Armstrong’s impact on Girls’ comics in particular and, in the case of Finley-Day, British comics development in general. The much lamented Top Secret Picture Library is remembered by Cranston McMillan and Tony Ingram comes up with his usual brilliance with the first of a three part article on British Marvel. British artist Walt Howarth is remembered by Derek Wilson and Derek also takes us down his own, personal memory lane in an often funny, yet poignant look at Life, the Universe and… other stuff. There’s more – but you’ll just have to pick up Crikey! 9 when it’s published in early March..! Check it out – you will not be disappointed!
(a strip from Axa – who often had an aversion to clothing, as I recall – from the Sun newspaper, art by Enrique Romero)
February 21st, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Sounds great! Looking forward to the Pat Mills and David Lloyd features.