Money Fun comic no.2 April 1983.

A lovely old fashioned cover by Basil Reynolds.


Les Barton drew this puzzle page.


Another top work from Brian Walker. Also like the kids comments at the bottom.









Les Barton drew this...and has Lew Stringer has said at comicsuk forum it is more like the Swots and the Blots than the Bash Street kids.



There was only ever 2 issues of Money Fun. Also quite a gap between each issue.

A Tribute to Les Barton

Cor!! 1970.







Both from Whizzer and Chips annual 1973. Click on images to see in full.

Les Barton has died But like Ken Hunter he has left us with a wonderful comic legacy.
See I Spy and his other work by clicking the label tab Les Barton below for other posts I've done on Les.

Lew Stringer, Down the tube and Bear Alley blogs have also done tributes.
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2301

Cheers to Les.
Thank you.

Les Barton's other work

Tom Kat from Sparky 1972








Harry's Haunted house 1973 6th October
Normally drawn by Reg Parlett.

more info at comicsuk forum on Les Bartons work by ISPYSHHHGUY
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1642&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Sparky adverts and Ma Kelly's Telly by Les Barton

I love this strip...I just love it when it break the forth wall in comics...more the better I say...a bit like a Tex Avery cartoon.

A lot of people say that a good writer can rescue a poor artist. I don't agree an artist can still ruin it. Comics are very visual and need to be very good. This strip is good in both ways. I would love to see this strip back in The Beano...Dandy...the numbskulls has got a bit tired...(little people inside a boys head) bring this back for a change!

Yet again why did Les Barton stop drawing for comics after only a few short years...retirement...ill health...new job...the company didn't like his style...something else??? Anyone know!?

Sparky I-Spy part 2

Nice that image of Mr X running past the window with I-Spy watching outside...also the dramatic The End panel...also very funny the fleas controlling the guns. Sparky was great in this period.


I-Spy sure had a lot of bite.

Lets hope Classics of the comics (reprints from The Beano, Dandy, Sparky etc..) will display a whole story over several issues one day of Les Bartons work. Brian Walker another top artist carried on drawing the character 1972 and onwards in Sparky. I'll show an example of that soon.

Les Barton Sparky your Great Grandfather read this

Les Barton drew I Spy in Sparky early 70's and the numbskullish super strip
Ma Kelly's Telly...little men inside a telly.
In the Sparky book 1973 he has done a wonderful piece showing what a Sparky comic of Victorian times looked like. Thr paper colour the cross hatching the wording all suit the mood.

Wonderful the characters being Victorianised. Like Invisible Dick with his torch now a lantern. Ma Kelly's Telly now a magic lantern as of course there was no telly in those days. Loved the new joke about the chicken crossing the road. :)