The LOOK-IN PICTURE STRIP ARCHIVE

[Shaqui]

Did the writers of Look-In get the formats of your favorite shows to appear in strip right? Were the characters the same, better or worse? And did the artists capture the look as well?

On the Gerry Anderson front, as the GACCH website points out, Space:1999 starts out as a colourful pseudo-TV21 action fest somewhat removed from the pondering philosophies of the TV series, but when it settles down in black and white under Mike Noble, the strip finds its feet.

For Terrahawks, they hit the ground running, and the format and characters are pretty much spot-on from part 1. It's a pity the association with Anderson series stops there...


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Space Patrol � Sara & Hoppity � Gerry Anderson Comics � Look-In �

[CapBritain]

As a kid, watching my favourite shows on TV and then reading them in Look-In, I can't recall ever thinking to myself that the picture strip wasn't like its TV namesake, I usually loved them both! Of course, reading them again now is a different matter and I can see that certain strips were better than others in sticking to their live-action counterparts. Comics have always been able to go more places, to do and show more things than TV ever could, which is why I've always liked the picture strip versions immensely. You also don't get any bad special effects shots in comics (like the TV Tomorrow People had). So in retrospect, I reckon the strips were close enough for my liking (in most cases) but different enough to make them enjoyable on the comic-reading level.

[porkulator]

I think the stories were less than adult, when you look at the real programmes, with emphassis on action, rather than plotlines, but considering the age group Look-in was aimed at, it's probably not surprising. Due to not having to think of things like budget, they could let thier imaginations run riot, and often did! I don't remember thinking the strips we're anything less than brilliant when I was a kid though, so obviously this did'nt bother me! The likenesses varied from artists to artist, but in things like comedy, it's forgivable that some of the artwork is a bit caricatured, and also seens to add something too. Whilst we're on about things looking like they should, did anyone notice that Mike Noble's Eagle's in Space: 1999 always had three boosters at the back, when the proper one's had four?, always annoyed me that! But the strip was so brilliant...I forgive him!

[Shaqui]