Wednesday, 15 June 2011

The finger is on the trigger...

Another unpublished item by Yours Truly (that's me). Back in the early 1990s all-things-Gerry Anderson had a revival, and I was lucky enough to get to work with the legendary Alan Fennell on Thunderbirds, Stingray and Joe 90 comics. I was just about to have this cover on a Captain Scarlet comic when Fleetway noticed he was holding a gun, strictly off limits as it turned out, and, rather than crop it or put a caption across it, they pulled the plug- and, a couple of weeks later, cancelled the comic completely - ah, shame. Anyway, here it is, in public for the first time.
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6 comments:

  1. Lew StringerWednesday, June 15, 2011 8:57:00 pm

    That would have made a striking cover image. It's a shame it wasn't used. What an odd decision considering a) Captain Scarlet used a gun on TV, and b) There was never any problem depicting characters with guns on the covers of numerous comics of the past (or on TV21).

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  2. NPWednesday, June 15, 2011 9:04:00 pm

    I could never understand it either, Lew, Captain Scarlet was all-guns all the time, wasn't it? But I had a lot of fun drawing it!

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  3. The Retired DudeWednesday, June 15, 2011 10:20:00 pm

    Now that is a blast from the past

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  4. KidWednesday, June 15, 2011 10:48:00 pm

    Aha! So YOU were to blame for getting the comic cancelled. Hang your head in shame. (Nice pic.)

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  5. George ShiersWednesday, July 27, 2011 12:54:00 am

    You could have just said that it washis electric nose hair trimmer or something...

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  6. KarlFriday, July 29, 2011 8:57:00 am

    Great illustration Nigel. Wayne Thompson told me to come and take a look. A real departure from the norm but great never-the-less.

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