I have always had a love for the comic strip Dan Dare from it's origins in the 1950's.
I'm not alone in this and 20 years ago other fans started a magazine called SPACESHIP AWAY which licensed the rights to produce new Dan Dare material based on the original version of Dare.
This publication includes science articles on space, reprinting old science fiction comic strips, new art by original artists and new humour strips.
This summer with Issue 60 proclaiming 20 years of being published I decided to become a contributor, not just a reader.
Here is my two page contribution for the latest issue, art by Dave Windett
For readers not familiar with the UK's Dennis the Menace, he first appeared in BEANO a weekly children's humour comic in 1952. At almost the same time and unrelated, a comic strip with the same name began in the US.
While having the same name, the boys had far different behavior characteristics. The US one is an angel compared to the UK one whose early adventures often ended with a 'slippering' from his father.
My five year old grandson looks like the US one on the left, but acts like the UK one on the right.
I don't think this is the Best of Both Worlds.
Earth's Greatest Menace and Dennis the Menace art by Dave Windett.
Spaceship Away is published three times a year we have produced strips for next years first two and are about to start a third. Hopefully blog readers will find this one enjoyable and possibly can suggest who is Earth's Greatest Menace?
Terranova47
NYC
USA
Great fun. Even though I have never read Beano, I still recognised the arm of Dennis the Menace. He is that famous. I do hope we get to see more of these adventures.
ReplyDeleteThats just fabulous Terran! Have to drawn many comic strips like this?
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