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Speed Six! - Bruce Carter + Tony Weare (illustrator)
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1. udgave og 1. oplag:
Pæn stand (dog en hvis slitage på smudsomslaget): Indbundet i grønt stof - (2.) + 173 sider + (3.) sider + 1. (side med reklame fra forlaget) - trykt på tykt papir - illustrerert af Tony Weare (1912-1984)- med indsat exlibis - Bodley Head, London 1953.
Prisen er fast.
Illustratoren:
"Tony Weare (1. januar 1912 – 2. december 1994) var en engelsk tegneserietegner , der var bedst kendt for at tegne Matt Marriott, en daglig western- stribe skrevet af Jim Edgar, som blev vist i The Evening News fra 1955 til 1977.
Tony Weare blev født i Wincanton , Somerset, og studerede tegning på Bournemouth School of Art, men blev soldat i et kavaleriregiment, hvor han udviklede en kærlighed til heste. Udover Matt Marriott arbejdede han også hos Mickey Mouse Weekly , hvor han arbejdede på "Billy Brave", "Pride of the Circus", "Savage Splendour" og "Robin Alone". Han illustrerede "The Colditz Story" for Junior Express og blev kåret til årets seriøse tegneserieskaber i 1961. I 1980'erne tegnede han "Rookwood" for Look and Learn magazine og et par sekvenser i Alan Moore og David Lloyds V for Vendetta , efter invitation fra Lloyd, en beundrer af hans arbejde.
David Lloyd skrev om ham:
"Tony var en af de få stripkunstnere her og i USA, hvis kreative identiteter ikke kunne tilskrives den stiliseringsarv, som påvirkede mange andre skabere af aviseventyrstriber – han var primært en illustrator, der tilfældigvis elskede at tegne striber... Han havde også en fremragende beherskelse af lys og skygge, hvilket gav indtryk af, at han tegnede noget, han kunne se foran sig, snarere end noget, han havde bygget op fra sin fantasi"".
1st edition and 1st printing:
Good condition (although some wear on the dust jacket): Bound in green cloth - (2nd) + 173 pages + (3rd) pages + 1st (page with advertising from the publisher) - printed on thick paper - illustrated by Tony Weare (1912-1984) - with inserted exlibis - Bodley Head, London 1953.
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The illustrator:
"Tony Weare (1 January 1912 – 2 December 1994) was an English cartoonist, best known for drawing Matt Marriott, a daily western strip written by Jim Edgar, which appeared in The Evening News from 1955 to 1977.
Tony Weare was born in Wincanton, Somerset, and studied drawing at Bournemouth School of Art, but became a soldier in a cavalry regiment, where he developed a love of horses. In addition to Matt Marriott, he also worked for Mickey Mouse Weekly , where he worked on "Billy Brave", "Pride of the Circus", "Savage Splendour" and "Robin Alone". He illustrated "The Colditz Story" for Junior Express and was voted Serious Cartoonist of the Year in 1961. In the 1980s he drew "Rookwood" for Look and Learn magazine and a few sequences in Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta , at the invitation of Lloyd, an admirer of his work.
David Lloyd wrote of him:
"Tony was one of the few strip artists here and in the United States whose creative identities could not be attributed to the stylization heritage that influenced many other creators of newspaper adventure strips – he was primarily an illustrator who happened to love drawing strips... He also had an excellent command of light and shadow, which gave the impression that he was drawing something he could see in front of him, rather than something he had built up from his imagination"".
Om Bruce Carter:
"Bruce Carter, hvis rigtige navn er Richard Hough, blev født i 1922 i Brighton. Han voksede op i Brighton og elskede byen hele sit liv. Efter skoletid meldte han sig til RAF og kæmpede i Anden Verdenskrig. Gennem hele sit liv skrev han mange bøger for både voksne og børn. Hans datter, der fulgte i hans fodspor, er den kendte forfatter Deborah Moggach".
About Bruce Carter:
"Bruce Carter, whose real name is Richard Hough, was born in 1922 in Brighton. He grew up in Brighton and loved the city all his life. After school he joined the RAF and fought in the Second World War. Throughout his life he wrote many books for both adults and children. His daughter, who followed in his footsteps, is the well-known author Deborah Moggach (1948 - .)"..
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