Ken Reid's Football Funnies: The First Half (Graphic Novel)

Ken Reid's Football Funnies: The First Half (Graphic Novel)
Ken Reid
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Hardback
h282 x 216mm - 144pg
5 Aug 2021 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781781088838
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Go football crazy with comics' comedy master, Ken Reid! The first time that many of these uproarious strips have been reprinted, Football Funnies collects silly scores and chucklesome kick-offs from the imagination of one of Britain' s greatest cartoonists. Drawn for Scorcher and Score between 1970 and 1972, this collection includes strips such as Sub, Manager Matt, Hugh Fowler and the Football Forum pundits.
Often cited as one of Britain' s greatest comic book illustrators, Ken Reid was born in Manchester in 1919. An avid artist from an early age, Ken was constantly drawing, even when confined to bed for six months after developing a tubercular hip at the age of nine. After leaving school at the age of thirteen, he won a scholarship to Salford Art School. His father, who had always offered Ken a tremendous amount of encouragement, became his agent and got his son an interview over at the Manchester Evening News. Ken submitted several strip ideas for the children' s section of the newspaper, which led to them commissioning The Adventures of Fudge the Elf. Originally appearing in 1938, Fudge' s adventures were published right the way through to 1962, only stopping in 1941 during WWII until 1946 when Reid was de-mobbed. In the 1950s, Ken was courted by Scottish publishers DC Thomson (his brother-in-law, Bill Holroyd was already working for them), where he starting working on a new strip for The Beano called Roger the Dodger. Grandpa, Jonah and other strips followed in The Dandy. Then in the 1960s, Ken and another member of the British comics royalty - Leo Baxendale, left the company to work for Odhams Press on the new titles Smash and Wham! A major draw for Ken was that he was being allowed to both write and illustrate for these titles. It was at Odhams on such strips as Frankie Stein, The Nervs andDare-a-Day Davythat Ken really got to show off his skill at drawing the beautifully grotesque that he would later become synonymous with. Dare-a-Day Davy was particularly great. About a schoolboy who could never say no to a challenge, readers were encouraged to send in a dare and if selected would be paid a pound for their contribution. This led to 86 strips including a Marvel crossover (of sorts) with Nick Fury and an unpublished episode featuring Frankenstein that ended up in the pages of Weird Fantasy magazine. In the 1970s, Ken created his most popular character working for IPC. First published in the pages of Jet, Faceache became an instant fan favourite. The adventures of Ricky Rubberneck and his malleable mush ran through Jet and into Buster when the two titles merged. Faceache was a strip that Ken both wrote and illustrated (though Ian Mennell wrote two of the early instalments). In 1978, Ken' s brilliance was recognised when he was presented with two awards by the Society of Strip Illustration - Cartoonist of the Year and Humorous Script Writer of the Year. His great work continued through to the next decade where he worked on strips such as Robot Smith, Martha' s Monster Make-Up and Tom Horror' s World. He passed away on 2nd February 1987 whilst working on a page of Faceache.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781781088838
Published: 5 Aug 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: 2000 AD Graphic Novels
Publisher: Rebellion
Format: Hardback
Height: 282mm
Width: 216mm
Pages: 144

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