I'm reading reports that prolific comic artist, John M. Burns sadly passed away on December 29th.
Born in 1938, John began working as an illustrator in the early sixties.
Anderson comic fans will remember his distinctive artwork in Lady Penelope illustrating the Space Family Robinson strip.
He worked on several strips in TV Century 21, including Catch or Kill and Front Page.
Many will recall his work in Countdown comic on the titular Countdown strip, which used spaceship and spacesuit designs from the film, 2001: A Space Odyssey .
When Countdown became TV Action, John worked on the UFO strip.
In Look In, John drew the SPACE: 1999 strip
Other notable works for me are the Tomorrow People Strip in Look -In, and a Dan Dare strip in the New Eagle comic, although, ironically by his own admission Burns didn't enjoy working on Science Fiction, in particular Judge Dredd, which he worked on during the nineties.
He announced his retirement in October, 2023.
Our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Happy New Year Readers! Thanks for all your continued support! Tune in to MoonBase Central throughout 2024 if you can!
Woodsy
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and on a complete whim I got this glass the other day for a New Year sherry. Going for a song, a rock song, I couldn't resist it's link to one of my favourite heavy bands in the 1970's, the mighty Uriah Heep.
Yes, those ever so 'eavy rockers took there name from Charles Dickens's famous scribblings no less.
It'll come in handy for my New Year tipple today!
Still in the Seventies I missed out on an old Dutch bone china tea cup , which had the word Vader printed on the side in beautiful script. No idea why I didn't swoop.
I can't find an exact picture of it but here's a similar cup with Vader on the side, along with Moeder, Dutch for Father and Mother.
Have you an interesting New Year glass, vessel, cup or favourite tipple?
As I know our readers on the other side of the world have already entered 2024, and here in the UK we've got to wait just under four hours before the fireworks, I thought, before I pour my first Guinness I'll wish you all a happy and safe New Year.
All the best, Folks.
