Here bits from all the Anderson I drew. First was Triad. Love at first sight. A complex character plus opportunity for experiment with layout and techniques. Brian Bolland first drew her - a lot to live up to. Wanting to make Cassandra my own she was given new face, hair style and flat shoes - because I can be terribly literal for a comic-book drawer and thought Cass unable to run in the high heels Brian had given her. A decision I later occassionally regreted.

The stories, all by Alan Grant, were Triad, Shamballa, The Witch? Report, R*evolution, Reasons to be cheerful, Postcards from the Edge pt.4, The Jesus Syndrome, Satan, The Protest, WMD, Half-life, Lock-in, City of the Dead, Lucid, the last four stories connected.

Lucid
Lock-in
Lock-in
Half Life
Half life. No border around 'not real' bits. My practice to distinguish two different realities.
Half Life
wmd - section of double page
Lucid
City of Dead
City of Dead
City of Dead
Satan. Smug having done this without use of white paint. Disappionted that Alan's plan for alternative reality 'Silver Surfer' storyline for these characters vetoed by 2000AD editor ( Dave Bishop?).
Satan
wmd - double page spread
Satan. Bottom left frame has foreground figure, see through holo, figure beyond that, another holo, figure beyond that then background. To see if I could. Did any one notice?
Satan
Satan - hell
Satan
Satan
Satan collected. Some of the graffiti is personal.The book also containsThe Jesus Syndrome.
The Jesus Syndrome
R*evolution
City of Dead
City of Dead
City of the Dead
City of Dead
City of the dead
City of Dead
Some friends, fans and fellow drinkers who appeared in the strip. And me dead.
The Jesus Syndrome
The Jesus Syndrome
The Jesus Syndrome
The Jesus Syndrome
Postcards from the Edge - Part 4
Postcards from the Edge - Part 4
Postcards from the Edge pt 4
Postcards from the Edge pt4
Reasons to be cheerfull
The Protest
. . but later, on JD business, in uniform. Her self-image, my self interest - not to have Cass look vulnerable or like a nutter or porn star. City of the Dead
Reasons to be cheerful
R*evolution
R*evolution
R*evolution
The Witch? Report
R*evolution
. . like so.The Protest
Shamballa
Shambala
Shamballa - Judge Death
Shamballa. Initially drew Cass naked when out of body - her essential Self . .
Shamballa
Shamballa .Cover 2000AD
Shamballa
cover
Triad. Jagged skull technique - multiple copies of drawing each cut into slightly varied strips and pasted.
My daughter Cassandra. Name is pure coincidence
Nigel Baxter, who first proposed having a website.
Sue and Alan Grant
Cover - I had imagined this being cropped so background filled page.
Cover
Cassandra kept changing her hairstyle - but that's women for you.
Judge Death isolated. Me playing with PhotoPlus
This done using Paint software December 2011.There are more in the blog 'Bad Anderson-Diabolical Plot'.
Another on Paint. For my own amusement. March 2015
And another. March 2015
For no good reason. March 2017
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