'The Lizard' Panel #3

THE CLIENT: London Editors from various London-based International Publishing Company's (IPC's) comics holdings between 1984 and 1988. Most of the stories that these comics and graphic novels would convey were of English National authorship as well as a few from Ireland's own fantasy authors, as well as those from Wales, and Scotland.

THE PROJECT: I was assigned to pencil, draw, ink and letter nine specific panels which the editors would cut and paste together based upon page space in their London offices. I was still in the Marines when I rendered this assignment and delivered it on time via USPS Airmail Special Delivery Insured. "THE LIZARD" by C. J. Cutcliffe-Hyne is loosely described as a Victorian cave monster horror story from Yorkshire Dales in 1898. A video version not made by me or my clients of this short story can be found on Youtube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4UsA….

MEDIA: Koh-I-Noor quill-point black India ink, several Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph Pens, and numerous Bic ball-point pens to accent the drawings on cold-press illustration board. Standard blue penciling followed by graphite Number 2 pencils were applied before the inks.

THE AUTHOR: The story's original author was Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (11 May 1866 – 10 March 1944), who was an English sword, sorcery, antediluvian and Victorian era paranormal mysteries and science fiction novelist who was also known by the pen name Weatherby Chesney. He is perhaps best remembered as the author of "The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis." He is also remembered for his "Captain Kettle" stories and for "The Recipe for Diamonds." Author Cutcliffe-Hyne was a contemporary of Lord Dunsany, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelly, H.G. Wells and Bram Stoker.

PUBLICATIONS BACKGROUNDS: Those comics holdings publishers sought out authored works, graphic illustrators, comic illustrators and editors for their inventive publications which appealed in popularity waves to niche markets for British graphic novels in the 1984 to 1989 era. Other small publishers of the era included Harrier Comics (1984–1989) and Acme Press (1986–1995). Various editors from London contacted me in South Laguna/Monarch Beach for panel illustrations as well including a couple from Fleetway Publications, yet another company formed from IPC's comics holdings.

NOTE: TI Media (formerly International Publishing Company, IPC Magazines Ltd, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK), was a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. Most of its titles now belong to Future plc.