Camberwell Haul #9 + Comical Rambling

Bought a few bits and bobs from the Camberwell Fair. It was a beautiful misty morning a lot of damp in the air so I think folk were keeping their paper goods under wraps. I knew one bloke had a small pile of English comics last week, so after rummaging through a  few boxes he found them and I pulled out three old Valiant and Hurricane comics for ten clams. The back covers are below, not sure of the artist, but click to embiggen. I love comics on old newsprint and the way printed colour looks on it.

An old Knockout Fun Book from 1952 filled with ye olde English comic strips and stories. Billy Bunter on the cover is also featured in the Valiant comics published 12 years later with stories by Reg Parlett. I picked up a couple Reg Parlett Bunter pages on Ebay recently, looking forward to seeing his original lines up close.

The Comics by Brian Walker is a compendium of his pre 1945 and post 1945 books on American newspaper strips. Weighing in at a massive 672 pages touches on a lot of material I have in other volumes but for the bargain price of thirty mangos I could not resist. Something to pore over on cold Winter nights. I found this baby at Book Talk Cafe in Richmond on the trek home.

Valiant Back Covers

On my trip home from recent Camberwell treks I've been catching up with Marty Trengove, Comicker behind Roscoe the Dawg, Ace Detective, he's been great to chat with about Australian comics past and present. Today I warned him of the perils of watching The Human Centipede.

 This is how I file my comix/gag notes/fevered ramblings and original pages, I've tried many systems but always come back to this one.

Seen Warwick Johnson Cadwell's work? I'm really looking forward to his book, Gungle, forthcoming from Blank Slate press in 2012. Gungle previews below yoinked from Forbidden Planet Blog. Checkout his blog. 

Been inking with a  brush a fair bit of late here are some ink markings