tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post8778178820697806271..comments2024-03-29T00:20:03.012+13:00Comments on The Tearoom of Despair: I am a bulletBob Temukahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-32644052601513324122011-07-06T10:11:06.913+12:002011-07-06T10:11:06.913+12:00I haven't read the Darkie's Mob collection...I haven't read the Darkie's Mob collection, but I have got it from when it was reprinted in the Judge Dredd Megazine a few years back. Johnny Red, Darkie's Mob and Charley's War are easily the three best things to come out of Battle...<br /><br />It must have been a nice gig for Tully and Finley-Day, but when you produce that amount of work, some of it is always going to be accidentally brilliant.Bob Temukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-59599167520183123692011-07-05T19:26:39.884+12:002011-07-05T19:26:39.884+12:00did you catch the Darkie's Mob collection from...did you catch the Darkie's Mob collection from Titan? Great book of early John Wagner and Mike Western war comics.Comics Bonfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10729057011795073976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-44913639201916563872011-07-03T05:22:55.374+12:002011-07-03T05:22:55.374+12:00I recall reading, perhaps in Thrillpower Overload,...I recall reading, perhaps in Thrillpower Overload, that Tom Tully and Gerry Finlay-Day were two writers for IPC in the 1970s who were basically guaranteed a minimum level of writing work and income. Hence the 'solidly mediocre' production...although they did have their moments, as Johnny Red proves for Tully and Fiends of the Eastern Front for Finlay-Day. Pat Mills also rated Finlay-Day as an excellent editor on Tammy comic. <br /><br />John<br />P.S., I agree with your comments about the rugby in the post below...over-rated and over-priced. If I hear one more word about the blasted RWC I will scream...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com