Mar 31, 2010

Siruvar Malar – Faceache | Survival #12-22

Have you heard about Ponzo Illusion, introduced by an Italian psychologist op_illusion_6who lent his name to theory? Well, it says that “a human mind, judges an object based on its background”.

I hope to weave the same magic, to hide my on and off presence off late, by bringing back a post series started way back at Comicology, in fact at the start of 2009. Yes, I am indeed talking about the longest running Children’s weekly in Tamil magazines, Siruvar Malar, and the longest ever comic series published during its golden run (more about it in the later part of the post).

We had seen the legacy Siruvar Malar enjoyed during its golden run, in our Intro post, and also had noted about some of the changes it went through during that famed period, notably a successful conversion to a 32 page supplement, from a 16 page one, which was then considered a luxury for a free issue, like Siruvar Malar.

Siruvar Malar Latest LogoSiruvar Malar’s sudden change from a 16 page supplement to a 32 page supplement, meant that they  needed much more material to fill up their pages. Their deal with Rang Rekha Features comics syndicate, which owned the stories copyrighted by ACK & Tinkle, was getting redundant and too stereotypical, and they were never the one to trust the local artists to create their own stories, especially considering that theirs was a free supplemental issue.

So they naturally turned onto their existing tie-up’s with the British genre, which had much to offer from their olden goldies, quite notably from their famous humour series, which made the kids and the young ones from the Queen’s country in that era, to laugh their heart’s content.

To mark the April Fools Day, let’s look into one of the mischievous characters from that famed stable, who decorated the Siruvar Malar’s editions week after week.

Faceache: One of the first humour strips they managed to feature in Siruvar Malar, was Faceache, which Faceache in transformationhas its origins dating as back to 1971. Faceache followed the funny Reid's Faceacheepisodes of a boy named Ricky Rubberneck, who was a student at Belmonte School.

Rubberneck had a weird gift, using which he could shape his face to  any form, aided by the stretchable skin, which works as if its is made out of Rubber, and bendable face bones.

Most of the original strips of the series, were shown as him using his weird gift, to escape the punishments from his headmaster, Mr.Snipe, and to get to safety from the angered ones, most likely by his antiques.

Faceache was created by one of the talented British Comics writer and artist, Ken Reid, for the erstwhile Jet magazine, published by Fleetway, decorating its first issue, released on May 1, 1971.


Ken ReidCreator’s Corner: Ken Reid (1919-1987), was a born artist. He had a natural flare towards drawing right from his toddler age. Hailing from Manchester, one of UK’s biggest city, he lived a typical British kid’s childhood, drooling over the Comics which were available freely in the market, such as Funny Wonder and Illustrated Chips.

Right near to his completion of studies in the Art school, the artist in him refused to wait any longer, as he left his institute, and started a freelance studio, at a age of 17. By his own admittance, he never saw his dream of the publishers running to him into fruition, and he was forced to go to the streets and meet the publishers instead. After numerous unsuccessful attempts trying to penetrate the huge walls of publishing offices, he eventually met his erstwhile employers at Manchester Evening News (MEN).

It was a pure lucky, as right at the same time MEN was planning on launching a children section in Fudge Annual 1939their newspaper, and Elf in ColorReid was also asked to submit his own idea. After numerous attempts, Reid created his first comic series, and arguably his most famous one, in The Adventures of Fudge the Elf.

Reid never failed to acknowledge that his creation Fudge was inspired by Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse (you can see the similarity in the face). Fudge made its appearance in Evening News on April 7, 1938, and Reid was a proud owner of a comic strip series even before his 20s.

Fudge was an instant success, spawning 6 annuals, and numerous branded representations from Dolls, to kids wear. It continued to appear uninterrupted until Reid was drafted into the World War in 1941, like many other artists of his time, in the process suspending the series until 1946, when Reid eventually returned.

Post World War, Reid went to discover newer horizons, from illustrated work to full fledged comics, through Amalgamated Press (more famously known to us as Fleetway), the legendary comic book publisher of his era. Before he could establish himself in their comic magazine Comic Cuts, AP folded their business, and Reid found himself in the rival company, DC Thomson, by the fag end of 1953.

Roger the Dodger DC Thomson, that time had just started to fill in the vacant spot left by AP, and Reid was placed along with a host of newly acquired artists talent pool, shaping their comic magazine, The Beano. It turned out to be a master stroke, as The Beano turned DC Thomson’s fortune, becoming their most selling magazine ever.

At DC Thomson, Reid created his first prankster based comic character Roger the Dodger. The popularity of the series prompted, his bosses to give him the chance of creating more comics series, and filling in for other long running series too. In this process, Reid found himself drawing for DC Thomson’s another comic magazine, The Dandy. During this phase, he created a number of comic series for DC Thomson, namely Little Angel Face, Grandpa, Bing-Bang Benny, Ali Ha-Ha, Big Head & Thick Head, and Jinx.

Jonah Comic Series This was also the same time, when Reid created his personal favourite, and considered by many of his fans as his biggest achievement - a story about a goofy looking mariner named Jonah, who had the hardest lady luck of sinking any ship he sets his foot-in. Jonah made its debut in The Beano, on 15 March 1958, and was a trendsetter of sorts.

Reid not only used a different humorous art style for the series, he also introduced some of the firsts in the field of humour comics in UK. He enhanced the scripts (which were written by Fearne) and made more elaborate artwork; decided to carry over story of the strips continued from one week to another; added real life caricatures of Beano’s and DC Thomson’s editors as part of its characters. He had the full support of his Editors, as they believed that it’s a direction which would take them to newer horizons.

Reid’s work on Jonah turned out to be his trendsetter for all of his upcoming series, both in terms of art style, and also in terms of humour based storytelling.  No wonder Jonah even toppled Dennis the Menace, for the top spot in UK’s popularity chart, during its famed run.

All the while during these creations, Reid only worked for DC Thomson on per page contract of freelancing, which gave him a chance to move to another company named Odhams in 1964, and later to, what is considered as a comics heaven for all British Comics fans, the IPC Magazines in 1969.


FaceAche Firstever Strip in 1971 Creation of Faceache: IPC was the place where Reid created the comic character, known to all of us, as Faceache. Reid used his famous art style pioneered through Jonah series, to telling effect in Faceache.

Initially Faceache, used to carry his Rubberneck name, but eventually Faceacheknown only as Faceache, to suit the series title. As the series progressed, Faceache’s ability was given a form of shape shifting feature, from a mere a kid who can make funny faces with his bone muscles.

Whatever, the plot it was made out to be, Faceache, enjoyed a successful run, which started from 1971, in the first issue of Jet magazine, and then later on in the merged entity as Buster.

The popularity of Faceache was such that Reid didn’t allow other comics magazines to mimic its success. He instead another comic character in the Marthas Monster Makeupsame lines of Faceache, this time with a female character in the lead, Martha’s Monster Make-up.

But Faceache remained the original and dear to the fans, and it continued its famed run continuously until 1987, when Reid passed away due to a fatal heart attack. It should be noted that during his heart attack, Reid was actually working on another episode of Faceache, says more about this acclaimed artists dedication to his work.

 
 
"I admit that sometimes simply got carried away things.  I’ve always had trouble just drawing a script as it is written.  This usually means lots more work on my part, and that’s why I’m not rich. 

I simply like to take what has been sent to me and do the best possible job I can do with it, even if it is a lot more work.
"

Ken Reid
on why he took more time for his works
 

After his demise, the series was illustrated by Frank McDiarmid (who has now given Buster Gang: Top Row: Crowjack, Snooper | Middle Row: Val and her Vanashing Cream, Tony Broke, Clever Dick, A ghost from Rent-a-ghost |  Bottom Row: Ivor Lott, Chalky, Face Ache, Scruffy Doug and Shaggy Dog, Tom Boyaway his hopes of illustrating comics anymore), and was scripted by writers Roy Davies and Derek Skinn.

But the series without Reid was never going to be successful, and it was folded with a last episode appearing on October 1, 1988 in Buster.

Ken Reid with his famous creationKen Reid was honoured as the Best Writer and Best Artist by the British Society of Strip Illustrators in 1978. More than the awards he will always live in the hearts of all British comic lovers, for his dedicated work and the weird world fantasies he introduced to them.

For a detailed read on Ken Reid’s work, refer to these wonderfully written articles:

  • An in-depth look into the life & works of Reid on Comics UK website
  • A dedicated website on Reid’s earliest work - Fudge The Elf
  • Fellow blogger and comics artist Peter Gray’s archives of Ken Reid's World-Wide Wierdies 
    (says a lot about Reid’s different take on the monuments of the world)
  • Ken Reid’s Obituary on Manchester Evening News, the magazine which introduced this great artist to the world.

Thanks to them for helping me on this write-up on the greatest humour comic creator from UK, and also for the original images sourced from there.


idea_light_bulb UPDATE (June ‘10): Some more of Faceache’s wonderful adventures from its Buster run, including a rare appearance on the cover of Buster (which incidentally talks about Faceache’s love life), and another 2 page adventure (which breaks away from the traditional 1 page format), are here for your reading pleasure. Courtesy: Scanarama

Faceache on Buster Cover (Rare)Faceache Story1Faceache Story2-1Faceache Story2-2


Now that, we have looked into the legacy of the Faceache, let’s look at its Indian avatar, which was introduced by Siruvar Malar.

Siruvar Malar renamed Faceache, as Palamuga Mannan Joe (பலமுக மன்னன் ஜோ), which literally means ’The Multi-faced Joe’, closely rhyming with ‘The Boy with a Thousand Joe on Aug 1990 Siruvar MalarFaces’ subtitle from the original series.

It started with Reid’s run on the series, ably translated into Tamil, by those who were behind the weekly, and then started featuring Frank’s run on the series.

Quite frankly, the charisma you could witness in Reid’s work was not to be seen in Frank’s adventures. No wonder the series moved onto its sunset.

Joe on Oct 1989 Siruvar Malar (Local Art)There was also one episode, where I could witness a totally different art style being used. I wonder whether it was from Frank, or was it created locally by our artists.

But there can be no doubt, in another episode, when Joe eventually takes part in one of our own South Indian festivals, which is clearly a work of our artists. Can anyone name the artist, of this particular episode, based on the style?

Eventually, the stock run out of Joe’s adventures, also pulled the curtains of his Tamil run on Siruvar Malar.

But, there is no doubt, the moment someone makes a fun-face, those who had read the series can easily relate it to the childhood they spent, reading Faceache’s adventures, as Palamuga Manna Joe, aka A Boy with a Thousand Faces.

I am one, and I am not alone. Here is a blog post, by fellow comics enthusiast Limat, on his (and ours) childhood Siruvar Malar superstars.


idea_light_bulb Faceache Mugshot  (Art by Rafiq Raja - 1988) UPDATE (June ‘10): When writing the post above, I ran out of time, and couldn’t possibly add an archive of Pala Muga Manna Joe, aka., Faceache’s appearance through the years on Sirvuar Malar. So, here is a archive across years when Faceache was reigning supreme in Siruvar Malar, often in full color episodes.

As you could see the first 4 episodes listed below, are a trademark Ken Reid’s style, while the next 2 episodes slightly mimic Reid’s style of work (you could see a slight variation in Faceache’s avatar, as he now as smaller tummy, and looks even small than his original self). While the last 2 episodes, as discussed earlier, are a clear out and out work of some other artist (arguably the worst work in the series).

SM [1987-07-24] 08 FaceacheSM [1987-07-31] 25 FaceacheSM [1988-02-05] 24 FaceacheSM [1988-06-03] 08 Faceache

SM [1988-10-14] 20 FaceacheSM [1989-01-20] 32 FaceacheSM [1990-09]FaceacheSM [1991-01] Faceache

Hope you enjoyed these loveable characters appearance in our favourite language.

And just in case, if you were wondering who is the artist of Faceache Mug Shot, at the start of the section, then it’s none other than yours truly. Hold those brickbats! it was an art of the kid who grew up in late 80’s, so the amateurism is visible enough. :)



So, it’s time to look back and continue our review, of the longest and most memorable comic series ever featured in Siruvar Malar: Survival, aka Uyirai Thedi (உயிரை தேடி) in Tamil.

Uyirai ThediIn our last blog, we went over the origins of the Survival Comic series, and also looked at the first 11 episodes of the comic series, which ended with Pinkie nose-diving his car into a River, with an unwelcomed passenger on board.

Survival 2nd Part: Episodes 12 – 22 (in Tamil as Uyirai Thedi):

Episode 12 opens up with Pinkies car drowning in the river, as he manages to swim out of it for the River Escapade surface, closely followed by the mutated adult who took the backseat of his car. Just when he thought that it was gaining over him, two Crocodiles join the party, and the mutated one becomes their target, relieving Pinkie of the danger. Pinkie slowly moves away from the location, as the day gives away to the dark night.

Mysterious TV On his path, he finds a house with light emitting from it. As he gets closer, he finds to his astonishment that the light was from a running TV. He is shocked to see a TV with electricity, as the power supply had long been Mutie gets shotseized since the plague.

He later finds that power was a result of generator nearby, and finally meets an another living kid, by the name of Johnny, who had found his home at this desolate house. Both of them are happy to have met a living being finally, and they start  exchanging their horrific incidents with the mutated adults. Their reciting was cut short by an attacking mutant, who instead gets shot by Pinkie.

Pinkie repents over his changed life, where from a kid who doesn’t even kill mere insects, has been changed to one, Attacking Birdswho kills some of his own, at least in their earlier forms. Johnny consoles him saying that desperate situations calls for desperate measures.

The next morning, the duo travel to a nearby city, to collect their groceries and some gun power to defend them against the muties. But, as they were about to leave, a crowd of blood-thirsty birds start attacking them. The duo find their asylum  back inside the closed shops, as they watch over the birds hovering outside, and decide to spend the night inside.

A moment of PlayThey find a Table Tennis board inside, and to relieve themselves of the pressure they start playing a game, only to be confronted by a blood thirsty eagle, which finds its way inside the store, followed by the hoards of birds running after them for a share of their own. Pinkie & Johny decide to use their guns to find their way back to their Truck, eventually reaching their hideout safely. Shocked by the incidents they decide to leave their setup, and move down south to France, hoping that the mainland Europe might have some survivors like them.

Another attackThey decide to travel through the villages, to avoid trouble, but their curiosity pushes them to visit a city on their way, for one last time. As in the case of their struggle life, a mutie attacks them, whom they evade and reach a Supermarket on the way, to stock some more food on their en-route. Unknowing to them, the Supermarket security who caught the deadly plague, had installed an automatic gun, to save the property, at his absence.

Hoard of Muties UndergroundJohny’s swiftness saves both of them from the danger, and they decide to pursue a different store, fearing that there may be more problems laced inside the store by the erstwhile security man. While at the other store, Johnny decides to chance his shooting skills, by freely shooting at the antiques of the store. Unknown to them, that store had some muties too, who were awakened by the sound and start advancing at the friends.

But, Johny’s wayward shooting had pierced one of the gas pipe, which explodes Snake Biteat the same time, and kills the muties, with the kids barely managing to get away from the blast. Further through, they encounter a pack of Rhinos, which looks unharmed by the virus, just like other animals. But, a frightened Rhino, attacks the Duo’s vehicle, toppling it, and landing them inside a Snake Farm. The friends have a hard time getting out of the area surrounded by deadly snakes, one of which also bites Johny during their escapade.

Unlikely saviour Pinkie saves Johnny by sucking the venom laced blood from his hand, but Johnny loses his conscience, which prompts Pinkie to drag him to a safe house nearby, for the much needed rest. Pinkie leaves Johnny at the desolate house for rest, and goes in search of some food for him, to feed him when his conscious returns.

But a returning Pinkie, finds to his astonishment, the weakened Johnny is missing from his bed, where he left him. On a quick search, he finds that he is being piggybacked by a mutie in a distance, and in desperate attempt to save Johnny, he shoots the mutie. Later he comes to know through Johnny, that they mutie indeed saved him by offering food and shelter.

Pinkie understands that not all muties, or the disfigured ones, are their enemies, and repents for his mistake.

Friends console each other, and they set about their mission of finding more survivors, and reach a desolate army camp in their en-route.

In their curiosity to try out a Battle tank, they find themselves engulfed by wildfire, which surrounds them to burn them alive.

Did they escape out of the fire? What more dangers await this unlikely duo, who go for search of life?

Would they ever find another living human in their misadventures, or would they lose their only companion in each other?

Answers to these will be continued in the next blog post, where we will explore further episodes of Survival aka Uyirai Thedi, along with some other gold comic series which found their place in the golden years of Siruvar Malar.

So, Stay Tuned Comikers.

And just in case, if you thought, I broke my earlier promise to provide the digital scans of the Survival Episodes, here are the second batch, as reviewed in this post. Happy Reading, Comikers. Adios Amigos !!

Note: This post was originally made on March 2010, which was further updated on June 2010, with some vintage archives of Faceache’s adventure. The new updates can be tracked with contents over here and here.

31 ComiComments:

Good to have you back friend.Let me read the post and pen down my thoughts a little later.

அன்பு நண்பரே

பலமுக மன்னன் ஜோ, உயிரைத் தேடி எல்லாம் சிறுவர் மலரில் வந்த என்னுடைய பேவரைட் சித்திரக் கதைகள். அதில் வந்த சில மாயாஜால தொடர்கதைகளும் பிரமாதமாக இருக்கும். அந்த தரம் இப்போதில்லையோ என தோன்றுகிறது.

சிறுவர் மலரின் கடந்த அற்புத காலத்தை பற்றி மீண்டும் நினைவுபடுத்தியிருக்கிறீர்கள். வழக்கம்போல் பிரமாதமான நடை. நிறைய பதிவுகள் போட்டிருப்பீர்கள் என வந்து ஏமாந்துபோனதால், இதுவும் ஏப்ரல் தின ஏமாற்றமாக இருக்குமென தான் வந்தேன்.

Bravo!

ரஃபிக்

எப்போதிலிருந்து மீண்டும் பதிவிட ஆரம்பித்தீர்கள் :) ப்ளாக்கரின் சைட் பாரில் கூட பரிசோதனைப் பதிவு என்றே தெரிகிறது :)) கிள்ளிப் பார்த்துக் கொள்கிறேன் அட ! நெஜம்மாவே பதிவுதான்.

ரஃபிக் பல முக மன்னன் ஜோவின் ஆசிரியர், மற்றும் அவரது காமிக்ஸ் உலகப் பயணம் குறித்து நீங்கள் வழங்கி இருக்கும் வரிகள் அபாரம். அதே போல் தமிழில் வெளிவந்திருக்கும் பக்கங்களின் தெரிவு அருமை. புல்லை வெட்ட சிறுவன் ஜோவிற்கு தரும் ஐடியா கலக்கல்.

உயிரைத் தேடி கதையின் பக்கங்களை வழங்கியதற்கு நன்றி நண்பரே. வழமை போலவே உங்களிற்கே உரித்தான அழகான நடையுடன் சிறப்பான பதிவாக மிளிர்கிறது இப்பதிவு.

Rafiq,
Thanks a lot for "Survival" scans. Eagerly awaiting for next batch.
Regards,
Mahesh

அழகான பதிவு ரஃபிக். தற்போதைய சிறுவர் மலர் சிறப்பான அச்சுடன் அழகாக வருகிறது. நண்பர் லக்கி லிமிடின் பதிவும் ஏப்ரல்-1ல் தான் வந்துள்ளது. ஏப்ரல்-1 க்கும் சிறுவர் மலர்க்கும் என்ன சம்பந்தமோ?

இப்போதுதான் படித்தேன் ரஃபீக் . . பலமுக மன்னன் ஜோ பண்ணும் சேஷ்டைகள் வெடிச்சிரிப்பு வரவழைக்கும் . . :-) ஆசிரியரும் மாணவர்களும் அதைப்பார்த்து பயந்து ஓடுவது மெகா சிரிப்பு . . எனக்கு மிகவும் பிடிக்கும் . .

உயிரைத்தேடி - அருமை . . மிகவும் பிடித்தது . . தொடருங்கள் உங்கள் அதிரடிகளை . . சூப்பர் !!

வெடிச்சிரிப்புகளுடன் அமைந்த பதிவிற்கு நன்றிகள் நண்பரே.

I never got to read this சிறுவர் மலர் as I was brought up in Sri Lanka and we dont have தினகரன் here :)

anyway uyiraithedi is a real awesome series..

@ Illuminati: Illumi, thanks for the welcome back. Please take your time to read at leisure. We will always be here.

@ Josh: அருமை நண்பரே,

நம் சிறுவயதில் சிறுவர் மலர் படித்து வளர்ந்த நம்மில் யார்தான் அதற்கு ரசிகராக ஆகாமல் இருந்திருக்க முடியும். பல முக மன்னன் ஜோவின் திறமைகள் நமக்கு ஒன்றாவது இருந்திருந்தால், வகுப்பில் சக நண்பர்களின் மத்தியில் நாம் எத்தனை பெரிய கதாநாயகனாக, ஒரு சூப்பர் ஹீரோவாக வலம் வர முடியும் என்று நான் அடிக்கடி நப்பாசை பட்டது உண்டு. அது ஒரு கனா காலம். இப்போதிருக்கும் சிறுவர் மலர், அதன் முந்தைய கால பாரம்பரியத்திற்கு முற்றிலும் இலுக்கான ஒன்றாக தான் வலம் வருகிறது.

ஏப்ரல் 1ம் தேதி அன்று பதிவு, மாத இறுதிக்குள் ஒன்றாவது இட்டு விட வேண்டுமே என்று அவசரகதியில் வெளியானதே ஏப்ரல் 1ம் தேதி மர்மம். உங்கள் வருகை ஏமாற்றத்துடன் திரும்பாத வரை எனக்கு பரம திருப்திதான்.

வருகைக்கும், ஊக்கம் தரும் கருத்திருக்கும் நன்றிகள் நண்பரே.

@ கனவுகளின் காதலன்: அன்பின் காதலரே,

தமிழில் வெளியான ஜோ பக்கங்கள் உங்களுக்கு சிறிப்பை வரவழைத்திருக்குமா என்று தெரியவில்லை. ஆனால் 80களில் வளர்ந்த ஒரு சிறுவனுக்கு அவைகள் வெடிச்சரங்களாக தான் தெரிந்தது. அந்நினைவின் மரியாதையாகவே இப்பதிவு. உங்களுக்கு அது பிடித்திருந்ததில் மகிழ்ச்சியே. இன்னும் சில ஜோவின் சிறுவர் மலர் சாகசங்களையும், அவரின் ஆங்கில சாகஸங்கள் சிலவற்றுடன் விரைவில் பதிவை மேம்படுத்த முயல்கிறேன்.

நமது ஓவியரின் கைவண்ணத்தில் அந்த ஜோ சாகஸத்தை படித்தீர்களா.... காப்பிரைட் என்றால் என்ன என்று கேட்க தோன்றும் முயற்சி. :)

பதிவிற்கான வடிவமைப்பு வேலைகளில், சற்று கவனக்குறைவால் நிகழ்ந்தது அந்த தற்காலிக பதிவு மர்மம். அதை பார்த்தும் இப்பதிவை தேடி பிடித்து படித்தற்கு நன்றிகள், நண்பரே.

உங்கள் அளவிற்கு சரமாரியான பதிவுகளை இட முடியாவிட்டாலும், என்னால் ஆன மாதம் ஒரு பதிவு என்ற சுய கோட்பாடை நெருங்கவே இப்பேதெல்லாம் மூச்சு வாங்கி விடுகிறது. என்னால் தொடர்ந்து பதிவிட முடியவில்லையே என்ற ஏக்கம், தங்கள் தரமான பதிவுகளை படிக்கையில் போயே போச்சு என்றாகி விடுகிறது. தொடர்ந்து உங்கள் பதிவுகளின் மூலம் எங்களை என்றும் மகிழ்ச்சியில் ஆத்துங்கள் நண்பரே.

@ Mahesh Kumar: Hope you found the Survival 2nd batch real entertaining to read. Hopefully, I should get the 3rd batch up very soon than the 2nd one. Please stay tuned :).

@ SIV: தற்போதையை சிறுவர் மலர் இதழ்கள் சிறப்பான அச்சும், மற்றும் வடிவமைப்போடும் வெளியாகிறது என்பதில் எந்த ஐயமுமில்லை. ஆனால், அது தரமான கதைகள் மற்றும் ஓவியங்கள் துணையோடு பிரகாசிக்கிறதா என்னும் கேள்விதான் நெஞ்சை கனக்க செய்கிறது.

நாம் படித்து ரசித்த காமிக்ஸ் கதாநாயகர்களின் கதைகளுக்கு பஞ்சம் இல்லை, பஞ்சம் தற்போதைய சிறுவர் இதழ்களின் பதிப்பக மேலாளர்களின் எண்ணங்களின் மட்டும் தான் தென்படுகிறது. இக்கால குழந்தைகள் இந்த தரமற்ற சித்திர கதைகளை படித்து விட்டு, சித்திர கதையோட்டங்களில் லயிப்பில்லாமல் இருப்பதில் எவ்வித ஆச்சர்யமும் இல்லை. சரிதானே தோழரே ?

நண்பர் லிமட்டின் பதிவும் ஏப்ரல் 1 அன்றே வெளியான விஷயத்தை நீங்கள் கூறிய பிறகுதான் கவனித்தேன். நம் சிறுவர் மலர் கதாநயாகர்கள் ஏப்ரல் பிறந்தவுடன் நம்மையும் அறியாமல் நம் எண்ணங்களில் குடி கொண்டு விடுவது அதற்கான காரணமாக இருக்கலாம் இல்லையா ? :)

@ கருந்தேள் கண்ணாயிரம்: நம் ஆசிரியர்களை இப்படி அலறி ஓட வைத்திருநதால் நாம் எத்தனை அடி உதைகளில் இருந்து தப்பித்திருப்போம் என்று எண்ண தோன்றுகிறது அல்லவா கருந்தேளாரே?

பேன்டசி படங்களின் தீவிர ரசிகனான உங்களுக்கு சிறுவர் மலர் உயிரை தேடி பிடித்திருப்பதில் சந்தேகமென்ன.... உங்கள் வருகைக்கும் கருத்திருக்கும் நன்றிகள் நண்பரே.

@ Hollywood Mayu: வெடிச்சிரிப்புகள் இன்றைய இருக்கமான காலகட்டத்தில் நமக்கு இன்றியமையாத தேவை தான் இல்லையா? அதற்கு இப்பதிவு உதவியதில் மகிழ்ச்சியே. வருகைக்கும் கருத்துக்கும் நன்றிகள் நண்பரே.

@ Mr.J: I can understand your pain of not having witnessed some of the greatest children magazines which were released in Tamil. I hope you had a equal dose of the same with your local publishing there. I am happy to have helped you to get acclaimed with Uyirai Thedi, a series which decorated my childhood, with its awesome artwork and story plot.

My friend, one small correction. Siruvar Malar was released by Dina Malar. I don't recollect whether Dinakaran had a children supplement too. But, two other famous Tamil dailies, Dina Mani, and Dina Thanthi, both had their own version of children supplements, namely Siruvar Mani and Siruvar Thanga Malar, which were a poor shadow of Siruvar Malar that period.

They are still publishing their respective issues every week, but there is little difference between all three of them, as Siruvar Malar ironically, is itself now a poor shadow of it's glorious past.

ரபிக் நண்பரே,
நீங்கள் பதிவு போட்டு எத்தனை நாள் ஆயிற்று.என் வலைப்பூ சைடு பாரில் உங்கள் பதிவு பற்றி வரவில்லை.சிறுவர்மலரில் பலமுகமன்னன் ஜோ படித்தது ஒரு பசுமையான அனுபவம். ஜோ மட்டுமல்லாது ஜாக்கி ,ஜாக்பாட் மற்றம் நமது பேய் பள்ளி என்ற கதாபத்திரங்கள் மிகவும் கவர்ந்தது.

உயிரை தேடி மற்றுமொரு பிடித்த கதை.ஆனால் இதன் முடிவை படித்த நினைவு இல்லை.

ரபிக் நண்பரே,
எனது பதிவுக்கு சுட்டி கொடுத்ததை இப்போது தான் கவனித்தேன். நன்றி நண்பரே

மறந்து விட்டேன்.புதிய பதிவு போட்டுள்ளேன் வருகை தனது கருத்துரை பதிந்து விட்டு செல்லவும்.

சுஸ்கி & விஸ்கி தோன்றும் அபூர்வ தேங்காய்!

Great article, loved reading it!

Namaste,

J

@ Lucky Limat: லிமட் வெகு நாள் கழித்து உங்கள் கருத்தை நம் தளத்தில் கண்டதில் ஒரு மகிழ்ச்சி. அந்த கால சிறுவர் மலர் ரசிகர்களில் நானும் ஒருவன் என்று காட்டி கொள்ளவே இப்பதிவு. அது உங்களுக்கும் பிடிக்கும் என்று நாம் அறியாததா. உங்கள் பதிவு சிறுவர் மலர் பற்றி நான் இணையத்தில் படித்த முதல் பதிவுகளில் ஒன்று, அதை சுட்டிகாட்டியதில் எனக்கும் பெருமை தான்.

உங்கள் வலைப்பூ சைட்பாரில் என் பதிவு அப்டேட் ஆகாததற்கு முழு பொறுப்பு என்னுடையது தான். வழக்கமாக லேஅவுட் விஷயங்களில் ஈடு பட்டு கொண்டிருந்தபோது, வந்து விழுந்த தற்காலிக பதிவின் விளையாட்டு அது. வின்டோஸ் லைவ் ரைட்டர் உபயோகபடுத்துவதில் பல பலன்களுடன், இந்த சின்ன தொந்தரவையும் சகித்து கொள்ள வேண்டியிருக்கிறது. பதிவு அப்டேட் ஆகா விட்டாலும், தேடி வந்து கருத்துகள் பல அளித்தற்கு நன்றிகள் தோழரே.

உங்கள் பதிவையும் படித்து கருத்திட்டு விட்டேன். வழக்கமாக தாமதத்துடன். :)

@ #6: Good to have a reader from Australia, in my humble blog. Excuse me for having it run such to a longer article, but hopefully you liked the post, and the information shared in there.

Loved your coverage on TV series at your blog. Hopefully, I will try to be regular over there, in coming months.

@ All Friends: Just in case if you missed seeing the two new updates added to the post, here are they:

Update 1 - Faceache's Original Episodes Archive

Update 2 - Faceache's Sirvuar Malar Episode Archive


Hope you would like reading them, as much as enjoyed sharing it. Happy Reading, Folks.

மறந்து விட்டேன்.புதிய பதிவு போட்டுள்ளேன் வருகை தனது கருத்துரை பதிந்து விட்டு செல்லவும்.

சுஸ்கி & விஸ்கி தோன்றும் அபூர்வ தேங்காய்!

@ Josh: அருமை நண்பரே,

நம் சிறுவயதில் சிறுவர் மலர் படித்து வளர்ந்த நம்மில் யார்தான் அதற்கு ரசிகராக ஆகாமல் இருந்திருக்க முடியும். பல முக மன்னன் ஜோவின் திறமைகள் நமக்கு ஒன்றாவது இருந்திருந்தால், வகுப்பில் சக நண்பர்களின் மத்தியில் நாம் எத்தனை பெரிய கதாநாயகனாக, ஒரு சூப்பர் ஹீரோவாக வலம் வர முடியும் என்று நான் அடிக்கடி நப்பாசை பட்டது உண்டு. அது ஒரு கனா காலம். இப்போதிருக்கும் சிறுவர் மலர், அதன் முந்தைய கால பாரம்பரியத்திற்கு முற்றிலும் இலுக்கான ஒன்றாக தான் வலம் வருகிறது.

ஏப்ரல் 1ம் தேதி அன்று பதிவு, மாத இறுதிக்குள் ஒன்றாவது இட்டு விட வேண்டுமே என்று அவசரகதியில் வெளியானதே ஏப்ரல் 1ம் தேதி மர்மம். உங்கள் வருகை ஏமாற்றத்துடன் திரும்பாத வரை எனக்கு பரம திருப்திதான்.

வருகைக்கும், ஊக்கம் தரும் கருத்திருக்கும் நன்றிகள் நண்பரே.

வெடிச்சிரிப்புகளுடன் அமைந்த பதிவிற்கு நன்றிகள் நண்பரே.

ரஃபிக்

எப்போதிலிருந்து மீண்டும் பதிவிட ஆரம்பித்தீர்கள் :) ப்ளாக்கரின் சைட் பாரில் கூட பரிசோதனைப் பதிவு என்றே தெரிகிறது :)) கிள்ளிப் பார்த்துக் கொள்கிறேன் அட ! நெஜம்மாவே பதிவுதான்.

ரஃபிக் பல முக மன்னன் ஜோவின் ஆசிரியர், மற்றும் அவரது காமிக்ஸ் உலகப் பயணம் குறித்து நீங்கள் வழங்கி இருக்கும் வரிகள் அபாரம். அதே போல் தமிழில் வெளிவந்திருக்கும் பக்கங்களின் தெரிவு அருமை. புல்லை வெட்ட சிறுவன் ஜோவிற்கு தரும் ஐடியா கலக்கல்.

உயிரைத் தேடி கதையின் பக்கங்களை வழங்கியதற்கு நன்றி நண்பரே. வழமை போலவே உங்களிற்கே உரித்தான அழகான நடையுடன் சிறப்பான பதிவாக மிளிர்கிறது இப்பதிவு.

Good to have you back friend.Let me read the post and pen down my thoughts a little later.

பல முக மன்னன் ஜோ படித்தது இப்பவும் ஞாபகம் வருது...

http://www.mediafire.com/download/yx3eh85ptaueb8p/Survival_(Eagle_Comic_-_Ortiz).cbr

Inspector suba story pdf podunga plz...

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