When my brothers were kids they couldn't wait for their copy of Eagle to land on the doormat. When I was an anklebiter I loved my Look In and remember reading Kung Fu and On the Buses as if it were yesterday. My mate got TV21, which I read avidly at his house. We all had our favourite comics. The quest for exploring the uncharted fathoms of space ran through them like letters through Blackpool rock. Maybe it does in us. Like many other cyberports this blog continues that quest.
My kids are grown up now so I'm not up to speed with comics. Is there a modern equivalent of Eagle/TV21/Look In in your neck of the woods?
Dan Dare bust in Southport, Northern England.
Anyone seen this in the flesh?
Are you kiddin' : D
ReplyDeleteha, ha - hes a bit battle scarred these days! Frank Hampsons shed is still standing in Churchtown too!
ReplyDeleteIs it a National Trust property? The Shedquarters!
ReplyDeleteThe shed, known as the bakery is attached and part of a house in Botanic Road. It's owned by Meols Hall estates who own most of the properties in Churchtown. The current resident, a Mr Kendrick was the same person who lived in the property when the early issues, the first 14 , of the Eagle were produced.
ReplyDeleteis there anything left of the workshop ?
ReplyDeleteIt's a few years since I had a look in the Bakery, it was during the unveiling of a plaque, but as far as I could see the only thing that would have been around at the time of the Eagle was an old Belfast sink in the far corner of the room. Frank and the artists would presumably have cleaned their brushes in it.
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