Jeg var ikke klar over, at Penguin India ville genoptrykke klassiske tegneserier, men de har altså i sinde at genoptrykke den komplette klassiske action serie “Garth”, af bl.a. “Modesty Blaise” forfatteren Peter O’Donnell og serietegneren Frank Bellamy, en serie der kørte i den engelske tabloid avis Daily Mirror fra 1943 til 1997. Penguin India har allerede haft succés med komplette genoptryk af “Modesty Blaise” bøgerne af Peter O’Donnell, samt “Madeleine Brent” bøgerne, begge i deres Retro Revival serie, og nu har de mod på at genoptrykke den komplette “Garth” avis serie som det tredje projekt i deres Retro Revival serie, hvilket er big news for Bellamy fans. Frank Bellamy (Dan Dare) er en af Englands bedste serietegnere, næsten på niveau med Frank Hampson (Dan Dare) og Jim Holdaway (Modesty Blaise). “Garth” har kun været delvist og sporadisk genoptrykt før, bl.a. af Titan Books, men nu bliver det åbenbart Penguin India, der skal løfte den tunge opgave at genoptrykke hele denne serie, så den kan blive bevaret for eftertiden, men det bliver sikkert svært at bestille disse bøger, da de ikke bliver distribueret i den vestlige verden. Men her fra oldies lejren nikker vi anerkendende og gnider svedige samler grabber af bar glæde over at få mere Frank Bellamy i hus, for nu kommer den komplette klassiske action serie “Garth”… forhåbentlig:
fra http://modestyblaisenews.blogspot.com/search/label/Garth
March 18, 2009
Penguin India ‘Garth’ Reprints Delayed
It looks like the Penguin India reprinting of the entire ‘Garth’ series (for which Peter O’Donnell wrote from 1953-1966) is being delayed. The original news release on the Penguin India site, in 2008, said:
“The third major reissue in our retro revival series will be the Complete Garth in a collectible 5-volume hardback graphic novel box set. Garth is a character well known to most Indians through newspaper strips and a brief run as comic books from Indrajal comics. Though there have been a couple of annuals and two dedicated volumes, never before has Garth ever been collected. So for the first time ever fans can get all 16,000 strips covering 165 stories in 3,000-plus pages.”
However, the micro-website for the Retro Revival series (which recently reprinted the entire Modesty Blaise series, as well as all the Madeleine Brent novels) seems to be down right now, so looks like we have to wait for more news…
Her er forsiderne til de to genoptryks-albums med Frank Bellamy striber, der udkom på Titan Books i 80’erne (forsiderne er vist ikke af Bellamy):
fra www.comicsreview.co.uk/nowreadthis/?p=1582
Garth is the quintessential British Action Hero – strong, smart, good-looking with a big heart and a nose for trouble. His back-story gives him all of eternity and every genre to play in and the magnificent art of Frank Bellamy also made his too-brief tenure a stellar one.
Comic-strips seldom get this good, and even though this book and its sequel are still relatively easy to come by, it is still a crime and a mystery that all these wonderful tales have been out of print for so long.
Og her er nogle eksempler på Bellamys virtuositet i skygger:
Denne side og syv andre sider kan ses i stort format på http://rodmckie.blogspot.com/2007/08/garth-very-english-superman.html