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ALF TUPPER EXPLAINED

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I've just found this wonderful article about my favourite comic character, Alf Tupper, the Tough of the Track.    https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/athletics/alf-tupperthe-tough-of-the-track-and-the-class-struggle-in-british-athletics/  

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NEW: I print Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet for Anderson Entertainment

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SCOTT TRACY - FOR ANDERSON ENTERTAINMENT I produce this Thunderbirds print exclusively for the company founded by animation genius Gerry Anderson. You can buy here: https://shop.gerryanderson.com/.../scott-tracy-in-crisis...

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PRINTING FOR SOMERSET HOUSE

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Here are various prints on the drying rack before I send them to Somerset House for sale at the exhibition there celebrating the Beano. https://downthetubes.net/?p=131485&fbclid=IwAR1bDUiEe3E2L__tTcluTpbB2uhH7he-JKw6ufdOqaY0JNh30rLksM29KRU https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/beano-art-of-breaking-the-rules?gclid=CjwKCAiAnO2MBhApEiwA8q0HYeBXHRh5SkjxkQ0K8r4rTSbDGxgVn0eMtbkqFOfTNUaCQzw1dAtfKRoCnzMQAvD_BwE

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HOW A SCREENPRINT IS MADE

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Here's a large format print of the Bash Street Kids just after the black ink was applied. You can see the stencil on the screen behind the print. I've already flooded it with black ink in preparation for pulling the next print. 

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NEW PRINT! DENNIS HUGS GNASHER

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I've found another panel showing Dennis the Menace hugging his always faithful hound Gnasher ... and you can see here in the before-and-after how it appears in The Beano in the 1980s. I've not used the speech bubble, instead focussing on the central figures: a boy and his dog. 

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