Hi Marcus. Apologies, friend, for the delay in replying. Yeah, I totally agree with you. Ugly is the new handsome. I myself, due to my looks, am the new face of pile cream. Lew Stringer still has the comedic magic to tickle one's funny bone. 😄👍🎨

Thanks Marcus for the hair dye suggestion. Don't think Pete's got an allergic reaction to Hazelnut shine with almond extract. No time to have his highlights touched up, wash & blow I'm afraid. Too busy. But I've just had a thought. Where Bond had Pussy Galore, Pete's got Pus Onthefloor. 🤢

Hi Marcus. Like Tom Thug we've all been there. Flown a kite on a windy day only to see it get stuck up a damn tree. There's are moral in the tale. Can't think of one at the moment but I'll get back to you.

Hi Marcus. Yes, the page is superb isn't it. There's nothing like having pimple power. Pete's like James Bond with acne.  A Zitman of sorts. Licence to squirt. His weapon of choice? A semi-automatic blocked pore. 

Hi Marcus. Such a funny strip. Tom Thug meets his match in this strip and gets his just deserts when the sister of the bullied turns the table and  offers him a knuckle sandwich, and do you want a large diet coke & fries with those teeth? Another humour  masterclass from the wizard of wit Lew Stringer. 😎🤘

Hi Marcus. Yeah, this page is hilarious. We all root for the underdog to succeed. The expression on his face is a picture when Tom Thug tickles him as he pumps iron makes me giggle. He reminds me of an earthworm with teeth, lol. 😂 

Hi Marcus. I know quite a few well-loved comics that merged in the late 1980s or just became defunct sadly.  And I could be wrong , don't quote he, but the only Oink "Tom Thug" page that I own pre-Buster is the computer magazine issue that cahr with a free Oink comic pullout. Wonder if he has any other pages in his archive. Shall ask him.

Some of the panels in this Halloween page cracks me up. Tom Thug's pleased with himself reaction and mouth full of sweets always gets me. Lew Stringer had the knack of capturing facial expressions so well. 😅

Hi Marcus. Yeah the Tom Thug strip reflected society and its fashions. I've often had sleepless nights pondering this very same question. Either clothes were big or the people small, or both. I know haircuts were massive. So much hairspray too. No wonder the Ozone had a hole in it. And don't talk about lipgloss used. Can you imagine if women did similar? 😲

Hi Marcus. Isn't it just. You know what, Terminator 2 was one of my favourites films in the early nineties. That famous line, " I'll be back" , said by Arnold Swarfega is iconic. 😎

Hi Marcus. Well spotted. Odd that? Wonder if there was an inkers strike action going on at the time? As you are well aware those crossing picket lines were often called scabs. Rather ironic seeing Pete and his Pimple. Sore subject I know.  🤔

Hi Marcus. Yeah, slipping out of ones jacket in class to bamboozle the teacher is the oldest trick in the book. Who hasn't done similar. I have and no doubt you too. Once I hung my flared rainbow trousers from a flag pole during exams as a prank and I passed with flying colours.

Man, that page is so cool. Congrats on securing such a gem from the master of macabre John Bolton. 😎👍

Hi again Marcus. Yeah, it's superb. No wonder in the first panel Tom Thug wants it to rain so he can go inside to play on the slot & arcade machines. Crafty little fart.  Funnily enough , when I was in my youth , think I was around 35 at the time , whenever I went to my local funfair would always gravitate to the fruit machines hoping to win riches beyond my wildest dreams. Never did though. I'd enter with a cocky swagger, a skip in my step,  pocket full of pennies, only to leave with a sullen expression, empty pockets and a bellyful of regret. 🙂

Hi Marcus. Yeah, funny that. Never a truer word spoken. You are wise beyond your years. Some like Tom Thug fall in poop and come out smiling. Leaves a bitter taste in your mouth. Note to one self. Next time I fall in poop keep mouth shut. 🤭

Hi Marcus. Aren't they just. They rule!  The subjectmatter of this Dicky Howett art rings true. Well it does for me anyway. It's wintertime. Snow falling deep crisp and even. Coalman yet to deliver his load. So we ended up burning our antique wardrobe on the fire for heat forgetting we should have taken the clothes out first.  🥴🔥

Hi Marcus. Yeah, I thought that too. Loston caught the essence of Carl Kolchak perfectly. That's why I bought it. And now you mention it. The glass he's holding does remind me of something that came as part of a decanter set. Can't imagine Kolchak after battling vampires & ghoulies in his spare time sitting in front of a log fire sipping  brandy wearing a deerstalker hat and smoking a pipe. Then again, I can. 🥃😋 (Burp)

Good observation Marcus. What a guy!  Now thinking about it, the two-tone snowy sky, which looks gorgeous by the way Lew, does remind me of the transition between dusk & dawn. And I supose you can intepret it also as the passing of an old year and its rebirth. Man, my head hurts. To be a guru is a burden sometimes, as you know.  We are truly remarkable. : )

Hi  Marcus. Yeah, very clever play with perspective. It's got a 3D effect too. It's a cartoonist's version of Janga. :)

Hi Marcus. Gotta stop meeting like this. The neighbours are starting to talk, lol. 😅

Yeah, this is my very first proper page of Pete's Pimple comic art. As you know, already got a wonderful sketch done as a gift by Mr Stringer  but I never thought I'd secure this little minx.  Was very fortunate as it's pretty rare. And boy was it difficult to locate the comic too. Didn't realise the art was done for a magazine and the comic was a free pull-out inside and not for sale.

Love how Pete's Pimple becomes a puss projectile that bounces around like a heatseeking zit with its intended target being the bullies. Karma. Dr Lee aka pimple popper would have a fit at this big bouncing baby of joy.   👀

Hi Marcus. Thanks friend  for the comment as always. Only had delivery of this today. Nice isn't it.

Yeah, Stringer did use a very similar colour scheme to the others pages recently uploaded. An explanation could be that he thought those dominant colours made the page pop, or he accidentally left his markers at home and decided. "Hey, what the heck. Live and let live. The pub's open at 6pm. Mines a Shandy mixer and a pork pie barman." 😀🍻

Personally, I love the horse's expression. Poor bugger. He's one trot short of a can of cat food and he or she's got more teeth than the entire Osmond family, lol. 😁 🐎

Hi Marcus. Loved Whizzer & Chips comics & annuals  growing up as a kid. I saw this page for sale and I grabbed it like it was the last meatball on a plate at an all-you-can-eat buffet. 

Yeah, the strip is hilarious.  And I don't know what's funnier. The idea Supermum has the ability to bend lamp posts & buses or name for the TV mindbender Uri Wriggler lol. Ah, yes. The old jokes are the best. It's either innuendo or upuendo. Either way it's an eye opener. 

Such an iconic image of the Bride of Frankenstein aka the late Elsa Lanchester in her youth.

Superb art. Very evocative. Captures the essence of master in all his horrifying splendour. Thanks for uploading it. 

Hi Marcus. Yeah, it's very funny. And I agree, you're right, it does have elements of Bart Simpson now thinking about it. And like many bullies that appear in comedy movies or cartoons are often portrayed themselves as the butt of the joke , and as you know, come out with egg, or in Tom Thug's case, egg & chips on his face, lol. 🥚🍟🖐️ (((👀)))

Thanks Steve. Glad you liked i!  😎👍

Hi Shelton. Thanks for the comment friend. Yeah, the expression is priceless. The character also reminds me of a jacket potato, lol. 😆 🥔

Hi Marcus. Indeed so. I've tried a couple of times to buy a page of Pete's Pimple art from Stringer to no avail. Very popular. So to have this easter egg in with my art bought an unexpected treat. 

Who would think a character with a huge septic pimple on their nose would be so inviting to readers,  where we see them in each story trying to burst it. Think Dr Pimple Popper aka Sandra Lee would love this one. 😀

Marcus. Yeah, isn't it just. The page pops. Very colourful and vibrant. Reminds me of the lickable wallpaper in the 1971 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 

The way Lew Stringer has drawn the page is so crisp, and the characters expressions hilarious, especially the top-right panel where Tom Thug on his pursuit to be the first pupil out of school at home time  sticks his fingers up the nose of one of the wimps cracks me up lol. 😃

Hi Marcus. Personally speaking ,  I wouldn't know where to start. It's one thing being a great artist, another able to fit the story onto a page without making the fatal error of drawing the panels too big or  small not realising you can't fit the story ending on the page. I suppose Lew Stringer alternating the panels shape & size is akin improvisation. Why be square when you can rock some squiggly lines. ✍️😎🎨

Hi Marcus. A very good summary there. I also find it interesting to compare both Beano art from the golden era with more modern styles & themes. I think Kev F Sutherland stays faithful.  And as you know with the art I source , anything Christmas,  space or horror always gets my attention. 

Hi Marcus. Yeah, it was a sad loss when he passed. A few years back had the oportunity to buy multple scripts, in particular this one with the doodle on, including others signed by him and the main cast members. 

At my last count think I have around 10 or 12 Red Dwarf production-used scripts including some signed books, audience tickets, and even a cast signed director's chair back. Never seen one of those before. Pretty cool too.

I find today most of the effects used on Red Dwarf are CGI. And although it's great to see it's not the same as an actual model.

I'd love to own a real Starbug prop, but they are way too expensive. Although I do have the next best thing. The electronic playset model with mini figures. Happy me , happy wallet.. 

Hi again Marcus. You know what. I agree totally..  It's fun, fast-paced and zany. Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for breakfast fellow smegster. And a wise man once told me one stormy moonlit night. Give quiche a chance. I did and never looked back. I ran like hell.  😀🤟

Hi Marcus. Yeah, I couldn't agree more. Lew Smith has the uncanny ability to tickle your eyes. I also love how he captures the fast-paced movement of the characters and their desperate expressions. Also, the panel where he draws the kid dropping off the rope, his eyes descending down until he hits the gym floor, is absolutely hilarious lol. 😅

Cheers Shelton for the comment. Yeah, anything Halloween themed, or in this case Christmas, gets my attention. And I agree, the blue snowy border  is very striking and makes the page pop.  The subject itself reminds me of the British satirical show Spitting Image that lampooned the good bad and ugly. 😎

Hi Marcus. Had to buy this page off Lew Stringer. The strip is hilarious. In particular I love the bottom panel. A joy to behold.   🙂

Yeah, love the strip. I think she was first referred to as, Pansy Potter the strongman's daughter. I can see why.  Any woman that can tear up the garden lawn, then tackle a raging bull with her bare hands is best avoided.  ((((👀))))

Hi Marcus. Yeah I agree, funny that. I love how the ape's drawn by Partlett too. The strip is humourous, fast paced , and the ape's got more teeth than the entire Osmond family lol.  Horror mixed with comedy. Can't get enough of it! 

Hi Marcus. Thanks for the comment. Yeah, I know what you mean. Lew Stringer besides being a great cartoonist himself has the ability to tickle ones funny bone not only with imagery but with with verse too. He's Shakespear with a pencil. 2b or not 2b.......  😄

Hi Marcus. Yeah, I know what you mean. I'll have to ask Lew Stringer the next time I deal with him what was his influence as an artist and how he came to create his characters drawn? Be interesting to know. 🙂

Hey, well observed Marcus. That detail never crossed my mind. I now see what you mean. Also, don't you think the robot in the middle panel is reminiscient  of the female Android that appeared in the Fritz lang 1927 cult dystopian movie Metropolis?  

Coincidentally, the Smegazine Androids art penned by Kevin J. Sutherland according to the man himself are the only two pages that's ever come to market, so a rarity. Nice to know. :) 

Yeah, love the Smegazine. Its got some cool covers and stories. Been fortunate myself  to source some nice pages over the past few years too. I can recall religiously buying the mag when first out in the early 90s. Oddly enough, at the time I purchased  two copies of each , one to collect, the another to read.

And talking about the series.  Wasn't the US version of Red Dwarf axed and the pilot never shown? Pity really.. 

Well done! Great art. Being a horror/sci-fi  fan love the Doctor Who - Halloween mash-up. :)

Thanks Marcus for the comment.  Yeah, Tom Richmond captures the essence of Peggy & Al Bundy in this page, and it's an added  bonus also that he signs his work too.  Big fan of Married With Children here.  Wish I owned more of Richmond's art to be honest. Hopefully in the near future will source another page or two. 🙂🤞

Yeah, I agree. Christopher Jones is a superb artist & inker. And you're right, it does have that sort of noir feeling.  It's quite a large page too being around 17x12ins. Luckily I had some newspape-size  polypropylene archive bags to secure the page. Fitted a treat too. 😀

Yeah, it's superb. Just love Lew Stringer's characters, especially when he does his Halloween pages. I think that's what attracted me to this page in the first place. Also, what I am hoping to do in the upcoming weeks is to arrange a possible  commission with the great man himself Lew Stringer featuring a selection of his creations with a horror/ Halloween theme when he's free.. Very busy man.  So watch this space. 🙂🤞

Good question friend. Thanks for the comment.  Obviously the art is out there , I've got a page, but are there much earlier examples out there, and where is it?  But If it's not in any archive are pages & panels from both  Dandy & Beano golden era lying in private collections, still with the artists family themselves,  or do they still exist at all?  🙂

Give me some sugar. And you have with this superb art.  :) 

Thanks. Yeah, the page is so much fun. I seen this for sale and just had to have it. Always loved as a child  horror themed comics and this in particular has some superb monsters.  😎

Well done! Always loved the Buster comic. Big fan of Lew Stringer too. Jealous.  :)

Loving the page. Coincedentially, I myself have recently purchased a page of Halloween Tom Thug art. It's even signed by Lew Steringer too which is an added bonus in its self.  :)