1989: [12]

YET ANOTHER 'vintage' drawing from the previous Century:  at that time, the British Comics Industry was maybe starting to die off, but it was positively healthy compared to what we have left today.....



-----------I used to try out a lot of my own early characters and concepts at that time: I have a vague memory of sending these 'GANGSTER-HOODS' chappies into a comic called OINK! who expressed interest in my style: they declined, saying my characters looked 'too off-putting'.

Maybe they had a point with 'deze guise' , my stuff today is a lot more appealling-looking.





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