Showing posts with label flook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flook. Show all posts
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Rufus and Flook Versus Moses Maggot
I've finally gotten my hands on a Rufus and Flook collection!
I've been curious about this English daily strip since I read its intriguing entry in Maurice Horn's WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMICS. The cartoonist and jazz musician Wally Fawkes (using the pen name Trog) drew it from the 50s through the 80s, with various writers. According to what I've gleaned online, it was inspired in part by Barnaby and began as a whimsical mid-century "kid and magical pal" adventure strip. It grew to resemble Pogo in that it mixed humor with social and political commentary. Readers from the UK will please excuse my having to put everything in terms of American comics.
As for this book, which hails from the earlier period, it's pretty good! Eccentric characters having lighthearted fantastic adventures--not as dry and witty as Barnaby, but probably a better attention-grabber for kids. The drawing is pretty great in a style I can only call "British" (because it reminds me of other Brit comics I've seen--if anyone knows what specific tradition/influences Fawkes came out of, please post a comment and let me know!)
Mr. Fawkes recently retired from professional cartooning (he was an editorial cartoonist too).
Would folks be interested in scans of the entire book? I can post over a few weeks. Let me know after you get a taste!
Nice endpapers...
The collection starts with a collection of strips retelling how Rufus met Flook.
And now I'm a blogger!
I've been curious about this English daily strip since I read its intriguing entry in Maurice Horn's WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMICS. The cartoonist and jazz musician Wally Fawkes (using the pen name Trog) drew it from the 50s through the 80s, with various writers. According to what I've gleaned online, it was inspired in part by Barnaby and began as a whimsical mid-century "kid and magical pal" adventure strip. It grew to resemble Pogo in that it mixed humor with social and political commentary. Readers from the UK will please excuse my having to put everything in terms of American comics.
As for this book, which hails from the earlier period, it's pretty good! Eccentric characters having lighthearted fantastic adventures--not as dry and witty as Barnaby, but probably a better attention-grabber for kids. The drawing is pretty great in a style I can only call "British" (because it reminds me of other Brit comics I've seen--if anyone knows what specific tradition/influences Fawkes came out of, please post a comment and let me know!)
Mr. Fawkes recently retired from professional cartooning (he was an editorial cartoonist too).
Would folks be interested in scans of the entire book? I can post over a few weeks. Let me know after you get a taste!
Nice endpapers...
The collection starts with a collection of strips retelling how Rufus met Flook.
And now I'm a blogger!
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