tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22783307.post4818097539735277297..comments2023-10-23T19:07:03.938+00:00Comments on Secret Identity: What's So Bloody Good About It?Mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00134603038522951084noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22783307.post-54080536339713444692007-04-09T20:06:00.000+00:002007-04-09T20:06:00.000+00:00Was this before or after he wrote Swallows And Ama...Was this before or after he wrote <I>Swallows And Amazons</I>?Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00134603038522951084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22783307.post-39683055792916142542007-04-09T17:41:00.000+00:002007-04-09T17:41:00.000+00:00i know arthur ranson's son. he always copied off p...i know arthur ranson's son. he always copied off photos, fair do's.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01206448772585394768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22783307.post-91979568983629775402007-04-09T14:46:00.000+00:002007-04-09T14:46:00.000+00:00Hi Andy! I can also remember, off the top of my he...Hi Andy!<BR/> I can also remember, off the top of my head, <I>Road To Perdition</I> in which the 'hero' looks remarkably like the actor Ben Chaplin, but later on he morphs into George Clooney. The film is much better, for once.<BR/> The Hero of <I>Button Man</I>, Harry Exton, in <I>2000ad</I> looks remarkably like Mel Gibson. (This was before he was an anti-Semitic misogynist drunk driver.) The artist of that strip was Arthur Ranson, who started off doing <I>Sapphire and Steel</I> in <I>Look-In</I>, coincidentally enough. I think it's time to take my geek hat off!<BR/>PS. Page 2 is nearly done!Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00134603038522951084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22783307.post-51542649955141823472007-04-09T14:27:00.000+00:002007-04-09T14:27:00.000+00:00Writers and artists have been sneaking famous peop...Writers and artists have been sneaking famous people into their comics since forever. I first became aware of it when Chris Claremont and John Byrne based members of the Hellfire Club (in X-Men) on Robert Shaw, Donald Sutherland, Peter Wyngarde and Orson Welles in the late 70s. <BR/><BR/>Since then we've had Eminem in Wanted, Simon Pegg in The Boys and loads more I can't think of off the top of my head.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040171836006141706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22783307.post-1975356073042104462007-04-08T09:19:00.000+00:002007-04-08T09:19:00.000+00:00Ray Winstone was the writer's idea!! Wasn't Look-I...Ray Winstone was the writer's idea!! Wasn't <I>Look-In</I> (I assume that's what you're referring to)great, though? The whole notion that there was a comic strip based on <I>Minder</I> is brilliant, but not as fucked up as the strip based on Bucks Fizz.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00134603038522951084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22783307.post-11296168994927845142007-04-08T09:00:00.000+00:002007-04-08T09:00:00.000+00:00the strip looks great, although you might have to ...the strip looks great, although you might have to put "starring ray winstone" on it, like those tv hits comics with minder in. happy chocolate egg day!stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01206448772585394768noreply@blogger.com