The Making of... : source materials & links

So I mentioned that my chum Tim Harris gave me the stack of comix I am re-working to create The Angel.

We're talking nearly every issue from 1976, so that's aboot 48 - 52 issues - some are missing.

Here's some background on them if you care.

First, according to Pat Mills, first editor of 2000AD (and all-round comics Godhead): 

"In its heyday during the seventies our now iconic Tammy sold 250,000 copies per week, which was more than 2000AD!"

( Check out mighty Pat [[HERE]]. )

I have to say one of the drawcards for me in this project is the artwork in these comics. I didn't know anything about girls' comics so I was quite surprised to see how well they are illustrated. The artists involved obviously dug drawing these strips. (Though some panels look to me like they were drawn for the readers' dads... *ahem!* ... naughty schoolgirl fights... girls in gymnast outfits fighting... etc, etc.)

Now. Here's some background on Tammy c/o wickedpedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_(comics)

Some stuff on 26Pigs (comix collector site):

http://www.26pigs.com/tammy/index.html

And a wee interview with one of the writers (as well the source of the above quote by Grand Vizier Pat):

http://www.downthetubes.net/features/comics/tammy/creating_tammy.html

And last but definitely not least, here's what the good Rev.Doctor Tim Harris gets up to when he's not palming comix off to yours truly:

http://www.fengtastic.com/

Look for contributions by Charles Dexter Ward. Fucking hilarious!