Miles Kington, assistant editor of Punch, was most encouraging and said with ‘considerable polishing’ a dark comedy article I’d written would be suitable for his magazine. Of course I didn’t understand how to give it the polish needed as I lacked formal training. Similarly, I sent some comedy sketches to the David Frost show.
Thanks so much Dylan. You are very kind. I cover more on Marshal Law in the Secret History of Marshal Law on substack. A lot of it is immediately available to read, especially Kev's art
Absolutely agree. What was so remarkable, though, was that in the days of snail mail, people would often reply. Today, everything is so much more speeded up
Growing up with comics, I saw an ad with Marshal Law and The Mask. I was around 7 years old and I would just stare at this ad about a comic I have never heard of. Marshal Law spoke to me. I wanted to know more. I'm glad I got into later in life, because the content and references would have flew over my young head, and would have to re-read the series from a mature perspective. But I still look at that character in amazement . I did not know anything about it until I took the time to see what it was all about. Somehow I knew "this is something". I tend to enjoy the anti-heroes in comics, because I knew at a young age that the average/mainstream heroes are way too cheesy. I became a patreon of the work that you and Kevin O' Neill have created. You two have left quite an impression on my life and the more I uncover you guys the more I love! Thank you two for preserving, and pushing through the bullshit consumer market. Without people like you guys, comics would feel like a shame, a fraud of what the artists' true feelings are. For me it started with batman, to the punisher, to spawn and then Marshal fuckin' Law. When artists' can show their authenticity, it's speaks volumes and touch's those who have the same feelings. So thank you two, I am still finding material here and there and it takes me back to when I was a kid, analysing the work and simply feeling amazed and inspired. The 90's was a time that was magical, for me. Us fans never knew what was on the shelves unless we went looking for the adventure. Image Comics and one ad was all it took for me to uncover my fascination, and boy was I right! I truely found a gem that I could call my favourite character. The Independent artist has authenticity. When we use talent for profit, we loose the artist true message. That's what drew me to Image Comics and ultimately, you guys. So thank you Pat, and Kevin ! Immortalised into the human history records as true artists' before their time. Now we wait for the rest of the world to catch up!
That is, of course, the same Clement Freud who was a child abuser, rapist and also lamented the Nuremberg Trials, because, in his words, "it was all just victors' justice". He's part of the reason why I am always suspicious of people who come off well in the radio and on the TV. Like Jeremy Hardy, whose right on politics hid a very rude, arrogant personality.
Thanks so much Dylan. You are very kind. I cover more on Marshal Law in the Secret History of Marshal Law on substack. A lot of it is immediately available to read, especially Kev's art
Absolutely agree. What was so remarkable, though, was that in the days of snail mail, people would often reply. Today, everything is so much more speeded up
Growing up with comics, I saw an ad with Marshal Law and The Mask. I was around 7 years old and I would just stare at this ad about a comic I have never heard of. Marshal Law spoke to me. I wanted to know more. I'm glad I got into later in life, because the content and references would have flew over my young head, and would have to re-read the series from a mature perspective. But I still look at that character in amazement . I did not know anything about it until I took the time to see what it was all about. Somehow I knew "this is something". I tend to enjoy the anti-heroes in comics, because I knew at a young age that the average/mainstream heroes are way too cheesy. I became a patreon of the work that you and Kevin O' Neill have created. You two have left quite an impression on my life and the more I uncover you guys the more I love! Thank you two for preserving, and pushing through the bullshit consumer market. Without people like you guys, comics would feel like a shame, a fraud of what the artists' true feelings are. For me it started with batman, to the punisher, to spawn and then Marshal fuckin' Law. When artists' can show their authenticity, it's speaks volumes and touch's those who have the same feelings. So thank you two, I am still finding material here and there and it takes me back to when I was a kid, analysing the work and simply feeling amazed and inspired. The 90's was a time that was magical, for me. Us fans never knew what was on the shelves unless we went looking for the adventure. Image Comics and one ad was all it took for me to uncover my fascination, and boy was I right! I truely found a gem that I could call my favourite character. The Independent artist has authenticity. When we use talent for profit, we loose the artist true message. That's what drew me to Image Comics and ultimately, you guys. So thank you Pat, and Kevin ! Immortalised into the human history records as true artists' before their time. Now we wait for the rest of the world to catch up!
That is, of course, the same Clement Freud who was a child abuser, rapist and also lamented the Nuremberg Trials, because, in his words, "it was all just victors' justice". He's part of the reason why I am always suspicious of people who come off well in the radio and on the TV. Like Jeremy Hardy, whose right on politics hid a very rude, arrogant personality.