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Comics Art And Writing Of Denis Gifford
Denis Gifford was a prolific comic artist and writer, most active in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Gifford's work was largely for humour strips in British comics, often for L. Miller & Son. He was a highly influential comics historian, particularly of British comics from the 19th century to the 1940s. Gifford was also a committed comic collector of British and US comics, and owned what has been called the "world's largest collection of British comics." Comics art and scriptwriting: Marvelman titles Gifford wrote, drew and often created a wide selection of back-up strips that featured in a number of the ''Marvelman'' titles, usually one-page humour strips, as well as the ''Marvelman Family'' strip in its own title. Gifford used a variety of pen-names for the work, including Belteshazzar Oakworm, Clubtwee Gleeb and 'Fred Granule Bepp'., Joe King, Jack Upp and Belle Tupp. These humour strips may have been reprinted across a number of titles in the L. Miller & Son stable. * ''Young J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streamline (comics)
Streamline is a British Golden Age superhero, which appeared in the short-lived magazine ''Streamline Comics'' (1947), which only ran for four issues. The character was co-created by Denis Gifford and Bob Monkhouse, and later appeared as a character in the '' 2000 AD'' strip ''Zenith'' and the independent title ''Black Tower Comics Group Adventures''. Publication history Streamline was co-created by Denis Gifford and Bob Monkhouse, first appearing in ''Streamline Comics'' #1 (1947) published by Cardal Publishing. The comic ran for four issues, black and white throughout inside, with Streamline the main feature. The ''Streamline'' strip was drawn in #1 by Denis Gifford, and in #2-4 by science-fiction writer Bryan Berry. In Streamline's debut appearance, ''The Adventure of the Flaming Fiends'', scientist Keenan King is suspicious when he witnesses a fire at the 21st National Bank, returning to his laboratory to experiment on himself with the mysterious Elixir X. Obtaining a suita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Horn
Maurice Horn (born 1931) is a French-American comics historian, author, and editor, considered to be one of the first serious academics to study comics. He is the editor of ''The World Encyclopedia of Comics'', ''The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons'', and ''100 Years of American Newspaper Comics''. Born in France, he is based in New York City. Career Horn grew up in France particularly fascinated by American comics. In the late 1950s, collaborating with countryman (later the editorial director of the French publisher Dargaud) under the joint pen names Karl von Kraft and Franck Sauvage (after Doc Savage), Horn co-wrote a number of French-language pulp mystery and spy novels. From 1956 to 1960, Horn and Moliterni (as Franck Sauvage) wrote the radio mystery show ''Allô... Police!'' for Radio Luxemburg. Looking for more lucrative writing work, Horn emigrated to the United States in 1959. Returning frequently to France, he was a member of the 1960s groups Club Bande Dessinée and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ally Sloper Award
The Ally Sloper Awards was an annual awards ceremony recognising veteran British comic creators, initiated by the comics historian Denis Gifford in 1976. From 1978, they were awarded under the auspices of the Association of Comic Enthusiasts, also founded by Gifford. The awards were named after Ally Sloper, the nineteenth-century British comic character championed by Gifford as the world's first comic character. Gifford also launched and edited an ''Ally Sloper'' 'comic magazine' in 1976 (published by Alan Class Comics). The award itself was a figurine of Ally Sloper, based on brass doorstops that were produced as merchandising in the nineteenth century. Prize-giving of the first Ally Sloper Awards for comics creators took place at Gifford's Comics 101 comics convention, held March 19–21, 1976, at the Mount Royal Hotel, London, with TV comedian Bob Monkhouse presenting. Predecessors In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, joke awards, known as the Sloper Award of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The British Film Catalogue
''The British Film Catalogue'' is a reference book compiled by Denis Gifford (1927–2000) listing every film made in Britain, including feature films, shorts, information films and student films. For each of more than 14,000 consecutively numbered chronological title entries, information listed includes major credits (director, producer, writer, original author), production company, distributor, actors and actresses, role names, running time, censors’ certificate, genre and a brief plot. It has an alphabetical index cross-referencing each title to its chronological number. There existed no central register or other complete archive of films made in the UK, and Gifford sought to address this with the Catalogue. The 2000 edition of the work, written by Gifford but published shortly after his death, was a two-volume reference work, separating fiction (1895-1994) and non-fiction (1888-1994). The 1973 and 1986 editions were published as single volumes. In order to compile the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publications By Denis Gifford On Radio, Television, Music And Music Hall
''In addition to published work, this article also includes Denis Gifford's radio and television credits.'' Books on radio, television, music and music hall * ''Run Adolf Run: The World War Two Fun Book'' (1975), Corgi. . * ''Stewpot's Fun Book (Look-in books)'' (1977), Arrow. . * ''The Morecambe & Wise Comic Book'' (1977), Corgi / Carousel. . * ''Quick on the Draw'' (1978), Arrow /ITV paperback. (with Chas Sinclair.) . * ''Eric and Ernie's TV Fun Book'' (1978), Arrow / ITV paperback. . * ''The Golden Age of Radio: An Illustrated Companion'' (1985), B.T. Batsford. . * ''Bless 'Em All!: World War Two Song Book'' (1989), Webb & Bower. . * ''The British Television Catalogue, 1923-39: A Chronological Programme Listing and Index'' (1999), Flicks Books. . Articles on radio, music and music hall * ''For Whom the Gong Bong-g-gs''; in ''Rex'' issue #25, (September 1971) - article on vintage radio for British magazine. * ''Fifty Years of Radio Comedy''; in ''New English Library Flashback M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Published Work On Cinema By Denis Gifford
''In addition to published work on cinema, this article also includes Denis Gifford's film credits.'' Denis Gifford provided one of the earliest researched archives of early cinema, with The British Film Catalogue, ''The British Film Catalogue, 1895–1970'', and produced numerous authoritative works on previously uncatalogued films from the UK and the US. Gifford had a particular interest in early horror and science fiction, and early comedy including Laurel and Hardy. Books on cinema Gifford's work on cinema included both original research on cinema, such as ''The British Film Catalogue, 1895–1970'' and ''British Animated Films, 1895–1985: a Filmography'', which has considerable academic credibility, and more popular, heavily illustrated books, often on genre films, such as ''Movie Monsters''. * ''Space Patrol Official Handbook'' (1952); self-published. * ''British Cinema: an Illustrated Guide to the Leading Players and Directors'' (1968); Zwemmer. * ''Movie Monsters'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |