A smaller lower key affair than the previous exhibition, Sefton, the local council decided to charge an entrance fee to cover their display costs.
The programme booklet for 2000 was much simpler than the 1990 version which was a facsimile of an Eagle comic.
The programme booklet for 2000 was much simpler than the 1990 version which was a facsimile of an Eagle comic.
Eagle society members donated many of the exhibits including large displays of original memorabilia and artwork.
Models built by master modeller Martin Bower and owned by various members were also shown. Some lovely stuff, I wish my Kodak Instamatic camera at the time could have been a little better.
One thing on display I hadn't seen before was this original painting by Frank Hampson.
Although it was by no means the success of the 1990 exhibition, it was none the less a fun, well attended and informative display keeping the heritage of Dan Dare and Eagle alive in Southport.
That exhibition looks very interesting. It disappoints me that Dan Dare is not well known here in the US.
ReplyDeleteI suppose it's because Dare and the Eagle comic are essentially British - America has Flash Gordon, we have Dan Dare.
ReplyDeleteIts so great that they held these in Southport, the home of Dan. And you were there at both Scoop. Fab. I've really recently begun to appreciate the influence of the Eagle on everything that followed. Do you think that there could have been a TV21 without the Eagle coming before it?
ReplyDeleteYou're right, Scoop. Still, I'll take Dan and Digby over Flash any day.
ReplyDeleteTV21 used a number of artists who began strip cartoon work on Eagle, including Don Harley, Richard Jennings and Eric Eden. Others, such as Ron Embleton had also worked for Eagle, as well as Express Weekly etc.
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