Flook : new Wally Fawkes interview and article

[ajsmith]

Hi,

this recent interview I conducted with Flook artist Wally Fawkes may be of interest to some of the regulars here: http://www.tcj.com/looking-back-at-floo ... ly-fawkes/

[David Savage]

Lovely; he must have appreciated how informed on, and enthusiastic about, the subject you were. If only we had a UK equivalent of Fantagraphics or Library of American Comics who would collect, restore and reprint these, complete, in deluxe hardbacks, with notes and essays, as has happened to so many US newspaper strips.

[ajsmith]

Thanks for the kind words David, glad you liked the article. I agree, Flook really deserves to be collected in the kind of quality volumes that Peanuts etc have been over the last 10 or so years. In the meantime, the best I can offer is the unofficial facebook page which periodically re-runs vintage strips. A new story fro 1968 started a few days ago: A new story starts today! https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Flook ... 8764250002

[ajsmith]

New story "Flook and the Peasants Revolt" starts today on the facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flook-by ... 8764250002
This is from 1975 with Barry Took on writing duties.

[ajsmith]

a new story from the mid fifties, 'The Great Battersea Safari', starts today: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flook-by ... 8764250002

[ajsmith]

A new story starts today, S.S Tapioca Cruise.

https://www.facebook.com/Flook-by-Trog-325118764250002/

[ajsmith]

And there's a brand new interview with Wally Fawkes (mainly about his jazz career) available on BBC Ulster's Jazz club here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tvgw8

[ajsmith]

New story starts today! 'Alice In Wonderland' from 1966:

https://www.facebook.com/Flook-by-Trog-325118764250002/

[ajsmith]

New story starts today! 'London 2063 AD' from 100 years earlier.

https://www.facebook.com/32511876425000 ... =3&theater
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[Richard A]

Thanks! I really appreciate these updates.

[ajsmith]

New Story starts today! The Shrinko Racket from 1964.

https://www.facebook.com/32511876425000 ... =3&theater

[ajsmith]

New story starts today! Fab Gear from 1963:

https://www.facebook.com/FlookByTrpg

[ajsmith]

A 1970 story, 'The League Of Women Bar Proppers' has just been added to the fb group:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/FlookByTrpg ... 8839427300

[ajsmith]

A 'New' Flook story 'Strike A Candlelight!' has been added to the fb page!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vani ... 7521280428

[brigham]

So people actually READ these incomprehensible newspaper strips?

[ajsmith]

Looks like it!

Here's the latest addition btw, 'Flook In The Frame' from 1971:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?van ... 8004054378