tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post6829181972432894657..comments2024-03-29T08:31:38.748+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Dan Dare. 2000AD Annual, 1978.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-82846031777828273742015-03-25T23:36:09.188+00:002015-03-25T23:36:09.188+00:00Sure was! " We's truckin'!" - Th...Sure was! " We's truckin'!" - The Ace Trucking Co. - any time, any place....John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-79379172409483423342015-03-25T23:22:14.995+00:002015-03-25T23:22:14.995+00:00Was Ace Garp the alien with the pointy head and bi...Was Ace Garp the alien with the pointy head and big ears? I'm trying to trawl through my mind for memories of his adventures.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-68978692973976809762015-03-25T23:02:57.371+00:002015-03-25T23:02:57.371+00:00Bellardinelli's best work was on Ace Garp and,...Bellardinelli's best work was on Ace Garp and, if I remember rightly, he did some decent Slaine as well?John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-44503733276072795852011-11-06T18:45:16.035+00:002011-11-06T18:45:16.035+00:00Dan Dare was just 'Biggles' in space right...Dan Dare was just 'Biggles' in space right? Consequently nowhere near as modern or relevant to a swinging sixties and onwards readership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-36189958396108384282011-11-06T09:20:01.528+00:002011-11-06T09:20:01.528+00:00I don't particularly mind the lettering - I...I don't particularly mind the lettering - I'm sure it all seemed very modern and sci-fi at the time - but the speech balloons themselves do seem quite clumsily drawn around it.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-47156976563702114762011-11-06T06:25:34.918+00:002011-11-06T06:25:34.918+00:00My brother had the 2000 AD subsrciption in our hou...My brother had the 2000 AD subsrciption in our house, so, yep, we had it too. And although that version of Dare looks like it might have been an inspiration for Annie Lennox, I preferred it to the Dave Gibbons look.<br /><br />(Today's Captcha is "Squea". People seemed to have stopped using that expression.)Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-23228520676612819562011-11-06T00:43:09.442+00:002011-11-06T00:43:09.442+00:00Well, wouldn't ya know it? I've got that a...Well, wouldn't ya know it? I've got that annual. That typeset lettering was terrible, wasn't it?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com