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Post by williammcgregor on Sept 25, 2016 11:14:30 GMT
Just to let forum members know that I heard Sylvester McCoy talking about Comic Conventions in the U.S.A. and Dr Who of course on BBC Radio Scotland this morning. I only heard a wee bit of the programme whilst going for the morning papers. But it sounded interesting.
He was'nt the only person who took part in the programme, somebody else was talking about Manga comics and somebody else about "Underground Comics"
I have a large collection of "Underground Comics" or Comix including lots by Robert Crumb including the Zap comix also some comix by S Clay Wilson, Greg Irons,Skip Williamson,Gilbert Shelton,et al
Also the British equivalent "Nasty Tales" and the "Knockabout" Comix
Any other forum member collect "Underground Comics?"
I also used to have a quite large collection of "OZ" magazine from the 60's and 70's but stupidly sold most of them on EBay. I also had quite a good collection of "IT" newspaper from the 60's alas also now sold.
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Post by John Green on Sept 25, 2016 11:32:09 GMT
Hi,William.
I hadn't realised that IT was around so long.Bought it in the very early 70s as well as Oz and the undergrounds-the ones with Corben,Crumb,etc.Ink was pretty good,too-the newspaper.
I missed out on buying Fantastic Four no.1,but grabbed the first issues/appearances of the X-Men,Daredevil,Doom Patrol,Iron Man,Thor,etc.What fantastic taste I had in '63,'64!
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Post by Gary Wilson on Sept 25, 2016 17:17:51 GMT
That was because McCoy was at the Glasgow Comic Con today
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Post by williammcgregor on Sept 25, 2016 18:46:37 GMT
Hi John,
It sounds as though you were into the Underground scene well before me? If I wee a bit older I would have loved to have been part of the vibe going on (drugs apart) seemingly I've heard that Edinburgh had a very good underground scene going on?
I'm not sure when IT first started? maybe you can find out searching on Google. I can't search at the moment as my ancient Vista P.C. and Google Chrome don't talk to each other. I'm getting a new laptop.
OZ magazine was brilliant! so out there man! do you still have your OZ mags? I made a mistake and sold most of mine on EBay which I regret as they are now changing hands for a small fortune. The only one I have left is issue number 48 (the last ever issue from Winter 1973)
I did'nt sell any of my underground comix so I have quite a good collection if I say so myself. The art work of the likes of Crumb is superb (happy days getting my hands of those when they came out) we had a great head shop in West Cross Causeway in Edinburgh and they had a great selection of Undergrounds. The ones that are about these days don't appeal to me whatsoever.
Regarding your first issues of Thor etc are you talking about original 1st issues from the 1960's? if so they go for mega prices on EBay.
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Post by John Green on Sept 25, 2016 19:12:50 GMT
Yep,those early Journey Into Mysterys etc.No longer have them,of course.
Think I bought the last issue of OZ at WHSmith's.
Some of the original undergrounds have just appeared at a local market.Nice to see them.
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Post by Richard Marple on Sept 25, 2016 21:20:56 GMT
I first heard of OZ when Joan Bakewell did a programme about censorship. It mentioned the infamous spoof of Rupert Bear, which landed the staff in serious trouble.
Oddly enough I've seen Sylvester McCoy twice at comic cons, both good places for Manga as well as comics both mainstream & underground.
A friend of mine writes the privately published comic Bulwark Havoc.
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Post by John Green on Sept 25, 2016 21:47:53 GMT
I first heard of OZ when Joan Bakewell did a programme about censorship. It mentioned the infamous spoof of Rupert Bear, which landed the staff in serious trouble. Oddly enough I've seen Sylvester McCoy twice at comic cons, both good places for Manga as well as comics both mainstream & underground. A friend of mine writes the privately published comic Bulwark Havoc. I've helped organize only two comic fairs,c.1987.The first one had Bryan Talbot as guest;the second Alan Moore.I was quite pleased with myself,though it only actually involved asking them if they'd be good enough to attend. |
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Post by williammcgregor on Sept 26, 2016 6:18:47 GMT
Yep,those early Journey Into Mysterys etc.No longer have them,of course. Think I bought the last issue of OZ at WHSmith's. Some of the original undergrounds have just appeared at a local market.Nice to see them. Lucky you. Are you tempted to buy them? |
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Post by williammcgregor on Sept 26, 2016 6:21:27 GMT
I first heard of OZ when Joan Bakewell did a programme about censorship. It mentioned the infamous spoof of Rupert Bear, which landed the staff in serious trouble. Oddly enough I've seen Sylvester McCoy twice at comic cons, both good places for Manga as well as comics both mainstream & underground. A friend of mine writes the privately published comic Bulwark Havoc. The Rupert the Bear cartoon was very close to the bone IIRC it was in the "Schoolkids issue?" Never seen Sylvester McCoy he seems/sounds like a gentleman. Never heard of Bulwark Havoc |
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Post by williammcgregor on Sept 26, 2016 6:24:22 GMT
I first heard of OZ when Joan Bakewell did a programme about censorship. It mentioned the infamous spoof of Rupert Bear, which landed the staff in serious trouble. Oddly enough I've seen Sylvester McCoy twice at comic cons, both good places for Manga as well as comics both mainstream & underground. A friend of mine writes the privately published comic Bulwark Havoc. I've helped organize only two comic fairs,c.1987.The first one had Bryan Talbot as guest;the second Alan Moore.I was quite pleased with myself,though it only actually involved asking them if they'd be good enough to attend. Well done John! feel free to arrange one in Edinburgh anytime  Was Bryan Talbot not an Edinburgh lad? his underground comic was called "Near Myths" and published in Edinburgh I think? I still have it. |
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Post by williammcgregor on Sept 26, 2016 6:31:00 GMT
Hi,William. I hadn't realised that IT was around so long.Bought it in the very early 70s as well as Oz and the undergrounds-the ones with Corben,Crumb,etc.Ink was pretty good,too-the newspaper. I missed out on buying Fantastic Four no.1,but grabbed the first issues/appearances of the X-Men,Daredevil,Doom Patrol,Iron Man,Thor,etc.What fantastic taste I had in '63,'64! IT was first published on the 1st April 1966 Here's a great IT archive website... www.internationaltimes.it/archive/ |
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Post by John Green on Sept 27, 2016 13:21:14 GMT
I first heard of OZ when Joan Bakewell did a programme about censorship. It mentioned the infamous spoof of Rupert Bear, which landed the staff in serious trouble. Oddly enough I've seen Sylvester McCoy twice at comic cons, both good places for Manga as well as comics both mainstream & underground. A friend of mine writes the privately published comic Bulwark Havoc. The Rupert the Bear cartoon was very close to the bone IIRC it was in the "Schoolkids issue?" Never seen Sylvester McCoy he seems/sounds like a gentleman. Never heard of Bulwark Havoc Well...I had the Squa Tronts! |
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Post by williammcgregor on Oct 1, 2016 18:57:00 GMT
Hi John.
Was or is Squa Tront an underground (fanzine?)........ (worth looking up Squa Tront on Google - Ed)
What is the story behind Bulwark Havoc?
cheers
William
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Post by John Green on Oct 1, 2016 19:39:08 GMT
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Post by williammcgregor on Oct 2, 2016 7:02:03 GMT
Thanks for the link John it was great reading. Have you a collection of E.C. comics as well? At the moment I have two beautiful books called (Two Fisted Tales) published by Russ Cochrane/Gemstone Publishing.
They are beautifully coloured reprints of the original EC comics.
Vol 1 has the first 6 issues that were published between Nov-Dec 1950 to Sept-Oct 1951.
Vol 2 has issues 7-12 issued between Nov-Dec 1951 to Sept-Oct 1952
They are not cheap, but they are a delight to have and look great sitting there on my bookshelf.
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