{"product_id":"misty-45-years-of-fear-9781786187994","title":"Misty: 45 Years of Fear","description":"\u003cb\u003eGothic horror, startling science fiction and the occult collide in this essential collection of cult British comics classic \u003ci\u003eMisty! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The most peculiar, imaginative and challenging work in British comics \" -\u003ci\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1978 British comics were changed forever with the release of Misty, the classic cult horror comic for girls. Masterminded by Pat Mills, the original editor of 2000 AD, this weekly comic featured the best comics talent working on haunting, terrifying tales. From high 70s glamour to chilling stories that have haunted readers for decades, this Essential Collection curates the creepiest, campest Misty serials and short stories alongside critical essays, in a volume perfect for readers old and new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Bellwood\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Bellwood \u003c\/b\u003ebegan working on comics in the 1950s, with her first work believed to be on C Arthur Pearson's \u003cb\u003eGlamour Library.\u003c\/b\u003e She would go on to draw story pages for titles such as \u003cb\u003eMirabelle, Romeo, Roxy\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eValentine\u003c\/b\u003e. Unusually, her name sometimes appeared on this early work, indicating the esteem in which she was held. From the 1970s onwards she drew for the new wave of girls comics such as \u003cb\u003eSally, Jinty\u003c\/b\u003e and - of course - \u003cb\u003eMisty.\u003c\/b\u003e She created the character of Misty and drew her throughout the comic's run.\u003cbr\u003eOutside of comics, Shirley was a highly respected portrait painter who took commissions from MPs, lords and celebrities. She provided illustrations for a large number of children's books, as well as several books for the Folio Society. She trained at Leeds College of Art and held major exhibitions with the Royal Portrait Society. Shirley's portraits contain a real sense of character and she was particularly skilled at painting children and animals, which she pursued further when she moved out of London in later life.\u003cbr\u003eShirley died on 1 February 2016 in hospital in Worcester, aged 84. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePat Mills\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePat Mills\u003c\/b\u003e is the creator and first editor of \u003cb\u003e2000 AD. \u003c\/b\u003eHe developed \u003ci\u003eJudge Dredd\u003c\/i\u003e and is the writer-creator of many of \u003cb\u003e2000 AD\u003c\/b\u003e's most popular stories such as \u003ci\u003eSláine, Nemesis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eABC Warriors.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmongst his credits are \u003cb\u003eMarshal Law\u003c\/b\u003e, (Marvel and D.C. Comics) co-created with Kevin O'Neill, the French graphic novel series \u003cb\u003eRequiem, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eVampire Knight \u003c\/b\u003ewith artist Olivier Ledroit, and \u003cb\u003eBe Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! The Secret History of 2000 AD\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJudge Dredd\u003c\/b\u003e. His current projects include \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoe Pineapples: Tin Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, illustrated by Simon Bisley and Clint Langley, \u003cb\u003eSpacewarp, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eKiss My Axe! The Secret History of Sláine the Warped Warrior.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalcolm Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalcolm Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e began his career in journalism with DC Thomson, Dundee, in the mid 60s. He became chief sub editor on \u003cb\u003eRed Star Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e before he left in 1968 to work in London. For the next four years he worked at City Magazines on\u003cb\u003e Men Only, Parade, Go Girl \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e Provincial Press Features\u003c\/b\u003e as a features writer.\u003cbr\u003eHe also wrote comedy sketches for an agency. He went for a job as editor of \u003cb\u003eRomance \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eMy Story \u003c\/b\u003eand the interviewer asked him to spell \"mantelpiece.\" He spelt it correctly and was given the job.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1972 he joined the Girls' Adventure Group at IPC Magazines, subbing and writing on various comics and \u003cb\u003eMates\u003c\/b\u003e, teenage romantic fiction. He became editor of the revamped\u003cb\u003e Mirabelle\u003c\/b\u003e in 1977 and stayed with the paper until it folded. In 1979 he became freelance working on \u003cb\u003eGirl, Tammy, 2000 AD, Princess, Tina\u003c\/b\u003e (Holland), \u003cb\u003eSaint \u003c\/b\u003e(Sweden), \u003cb\u003eJackie, Blue Jeans \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eMisty. \u003c\/b\u003eHe was probably best remembered as editor of \u003cb\u003eMisty \u003c\/b\u003e- a popular girls' mystery comic which proved popular with all the family. Malcolm wrote many \u003cb\u003eMisty \u003c\/b\u003estories.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1980 he moved to Barcelona for a year with his partner and two sons. Many of the artists who worked for the girls' comics e.g. Blas Gallego, Jose Canovas, Santiago Hernandez, Rafael Busom, lived in Barcelona and they became firm friends. He returned to London in 1981 and shortly before his death he was helping develop BEEB - a new children's magazine based on BBC TV programmes - for Polystyle Publications.\u003cbr\u003eHe died the day before his 38th birthday. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Armstrong \u003c\/b\u003ewas a British comics artist best known as the co-creator of \u003cb\u003eTammy\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003ci\u003eBella at the Bar\u003c\/i\u003e. He worked for many of the girls titles, starting in the 1950s, with his work appearing in \u003cb\u003eGirl's Crystal, School Friend, Misty, Tammy\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as DC Thomson's\u003cb\u003e Bunty\u003c\/b\u003e. For \u003cb\u003eMisty, \u003c\/b\u003e he drew the iconic serial \u003ci\u003eMoonchild. \u003c\/i\u003eHe died in 2018, aged 94. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaume Rumeu Perera\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaume Rumeu Perera \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1930 in Catalonia. He began drawing comics in 1952 when he signed to the art agency Creaciones Editorial, under the name Romeo, and debuting on the comic\u003cb\u003e Johnny el Temerario\u003c\/b\u003e (Johnny the Daredevil). A master of multiple genres, he drew science fiction, adventure, espionage, sports and romance comics and during his forty year comics career his work was published across Europe. In the UK he worked primarily romance and girls' comics, adopting the pseudonym Homero in the late 1960s. For DC Thomson he drew \u003ci\u003eSusette \u003c\/i\u003efor \u003cb\u003eCherie\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJuliette\u003c\/i\u003e for \u003cb\u003eRomeo\u003c\/b\u003e, and for IPC, he drew comics for \u003cb\u003eTammy, Jinty\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMisty.\u003c\/b\u003e His work for \u003cb\u003eMisty\u003c\/b\u003e includes such iconic stories as \u003ci\u003eThe Black Widow, Spider Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Loneliest Girl in the World.\u003c\/i\u003e As the comics market shrank in the 1980s, he continued to draw comics across the continent, such as football comics for DC Thomson and horse comics for the Swedish and Dutch market. He retired from drawing comics in 1992, and died in 2003. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Delaney\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in 1939, \u003cb\u003eBrian Delaney\u003c\/b\u003e was a Scottish comics artist and painter who worked for many of the girls comics, drawing\u003ci\u003e The Four Faces of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Loving Cup \u003c\/i\u003efor \u003cb\u003eMisty\u003c\/b\u003e, Swedish superhero \u003ci\u003eKerry Drake\u003c\/i\u003e for \u003cb\u003eSerie\u003c\/b\u003e, and countless other comics work for the DC Thomson comics \u003cb\u003eRomeo, Mandy\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eDiana\u003c\/b\u003e. One of his many skills was celebrity likenesses, leading him to work on DC Thomson's \u003cb\u003eJackie \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eTops, \u003c\/b\u003e as well as\u003cb\u003e Grange Hill\u003c\/b\u003e magazine for IPC. He died in 2021, aged 82. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Capaldi\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Capaldi \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Glasgow in 1935. His ancestors originally hailed from a village close to Montecassino in Italy, migrating to the UK in the latter half of the nineteenth century. As a child, Mario's talent for drawing was never encouraged and by the 1950s he was working for his families' ice-cream business in Middlesborough. Though mainly self-taught, he did eventually study art at Contantine College. Mario had a long and impressive career in comics working for IPC and Marvel on such titles as \u003cb\u003eHurricane, Tiger, Eagle, Tammy, Jinty, Misty, Roy of the Rovers, Thundercats, Care Bears, Sesame Street, Duckula\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBattle Action Force.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond comics he illustrated children's books, including \u003cb\u003eThe Famous Five, Rupert the Bear\u003c\/b\u003e and Disney's\u003cb\u003e Aladdin\u003c\/b\u003e. He also worked on a Charles Dickens project for the \u003cb\u003eNew York Saturday Evening Post.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJordi Bardía Romero\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJordi Badía Romero, \u003c\/b\u003e also known as Jobaro, Jorge or Jorge B. Gálvez, was a Spanish comic artist. He began his career in the 1950s, illustrating Spanish adventure and romance stories, often working with his brother, Enrique Badía Romero. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Round\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Round\u003c\/b\u003e's research examines the intersections of Gothic, comics, and children's literature. Her books include \u003cb\u003eGothic for Girls: Misty and British Comics\u003c\/b\u003e (2019), winner of the Broken Frontier Award for Best Book on Comics, and \u003cb\u003eGo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethic in Comics and Graphic Novels: A Critical Approach \u003c\/b\u003e(2014). She is a Principal Lecturer at Bournemouth University, one of the organisers of the International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference, and edits\u003cb\u003e Studies in Comics\u003c\/b\u003e journal and the \u003cb\u003eEncapsulations\u003c\/b\u003e book series. She shares her work at www.juliaround.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChloe Maveal\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChloe Maveal \u003c\/b\u003eis a freelance pop culture journalist in Portland, Oregon who specializes in British comics, comics history, superheroes, and fandom culture. You can find them on twitter @PunkRokMomJeans where they are probably talking about Judge Dredd's butt and cursing too much. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Napier\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaire Napier is a comics critic and editor. 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