Så blev det 31. maj, og hermed er endnu et forår forsømt i tegneseriernes trygge vaner; vaner, vi forhåbentlig har det godt med. Sommeren kan dårligt bruges bedre end til en god årgangs Frank Bellamy i form af de flotte farve genoptryk, som vinder forlaget Reynolds & Hearn (lyder som et advokat firma) har begavet os med siden sidste år. Supermarionation puppet masteren Gerry Anderson har været konsulent på dette fede genoptryks projekt, nyrestaureret engelsk 60’er kult til alle os børn af 60’erne, det magiske årti, og hvad var mere magisk end Gerry Anderson, kult fænomenet Gerry Anderson? Pantheon tegneren Frank Bellamy fik lov til at folde sig ud i to siders opslag med kult tegneserien “Thunderbirds” (“Thunderbirds are GO!!!”) til kult bladet “TV Century 21”, og nu er dette blad blevet nyrestaureret til de fedeste, flotteste genoptryk i sc og ltd ed hc af vinder forlaget Reynolds & Hearn, endnu en vigtig medspiller på Englands efterhånden frugtbare oldies scene. England står stærkt med oldies nu. For vi vil gerne genopleve de gode gamle dage.
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March should also see the release of Century 21: Classic Comic Strips from the Worlds of Gerry Anderson Volume 1 and Volume 2 from Reynolds & Hearn. Marcus Hearn told me recently: “The books [will] be available in paperback and limited edition hardback. They’re going to include strips from TV Century 21, Lady Penelope and Joe 90. The artists include Frank Bellamy, Martin Asbury, Frank Langford, Mike Noble and Gerry Embleton. Chris Bentley is putting these together for us, and we have a team of four designers working on the restoration. Work on that is now almost complete. Gerry Anderson is our consultant and he’s written the foreword to the first volume. It’s all looking beautiful, and I genuinely can’t wait to see these in print.” Marcus also promised that final covers would be ready shortly.
“Escape From Aquatraz” (ha ha):
Above and beyond the call of duty, vi er bundforkælede:
Og femte bind er i handlen til oktober 2010, så er efteråret også sikret i oldies land:
Og vinder forlaget Hermes Press, et vinder forlag, som jeg har rost meget her i bloggen, er på banen med baggrundshistorie om Gerry og Sylvia Anderson’s revolutionære, banebrydende Supermarionation. Jeg har engang set “Thunderbirds are GO!!!” på det store lærred, i en all-nighter i den gamle kult biograf Scala, i King’s Cross, London. Those were the days…
Filmed In Supermarionation: A History Of The Future [Illustrated] (Paperback)
by Stephen La Riviere (Author)
Product details
- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Hermes Press; illustrated edition edition (31 July 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1932563237
- ISBN-13: 978-1932563238
amazon.co.uk review:
Product Description
Publishers Reynolds & Hearn have announced details of Volumes One and Two of Century 21, lavish compilations of reprints from the 1960s comics TV Century 21 and Lady Penelope. The books include some of the best strip stories from Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Zero X and Lady Penelope. Each story has been meticulously restored, with most pages reproduced from original artwork unseen for over 40 years.
‘We’ve worked closely with Gerry Anderson since day one of this project,’ says editorial director Marcus Hearn. ‘Gerry is as excited as we are at being able to reprint these stories using modern technology. We all feel that most of this material looks better than it’s ever looked before – even better than it did in the 60s.’
The books have been compiled by former Fanderson chairman Chris Bentley and Volume One features a foreword by Gerry. The artists include such legendary names as Frank Bellamy, Ron Embleton and Mike Noble. The paperback editions of Century 21 will be available in bookshops, priced £14.99 each, on 31 March. Strictly limited edition hardbacks will only be available direct from the publisher and can be pre-ordered from the Reynolds & Hearn website, http://www.rhbooks.com, now.
Hardback editions signed by Gerry Anderson are also available from the website, but these are limited to just 100 copies of each volume. (de koster så £30 pr. bind)