I was always fascinated with Frank Sidebottom as a kid, sent him some comics years ago and he mailed me back. He died this week from lung cancer. Ah well.
Less depressing comic on Spazzmoid today
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Eclectic Micks are a collection of Irish professional comic book artists. They include Stephen Mooney (Angel, Half Past Danger), Stephen Thompson (Star Trek; New Frontier, Presidential Material: John McCain), Len O'Grady (Smoke, Ares) Nick Roche (Transformers, Doctor Who), Will Sliney (Star Wars, Farscape), Bob Byrne (Mr. Amperduke, 2000AD), Declan Shalvey (Thunderbolts, 28 Days Later) and Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells)
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6 comments:
I remember being baffled by his comic strip in Oink! on a regular basis, mainly because he was on tv all the time in a perfect depiction of the supposedly depressing and outdated end-of-pier stumblebum variety act that was all but dead as a slightly more hateful kind of comedy became the flavor of the times, even in children's entertainment.
Sad that we've lost Frank while Jimmy Carr endures, but there you go.
Ha! Well said. The comics in Oink where fantastic, I have a few here on front of me. Genius.
Mad...this was gonna be the subject of my sketch this Sunday too. Oink was my first introduction to the character, so I've long had peripheral knowledge of the guy. But over the years, I've come to 'get' him and love, weirdly developing a full-on obsession with him over the last month or so. And now this. I'm genuinely heartbroken since hearing the news this week. Bobbins.
You know it is.
It really is.
Thank you.
Oink was the best thing that ever happened to me besides when they invented wanking back in '84
Charlie Brooker used to wirte for Oink!
I remember Frank Sidebottom had the best ads in my sister's copies of Smash Hits. 2010 is a horrible year for this kind of loss- he will be missed.
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