#The Soapremes

[downthetubes]

Perishers fan? Do not miss this auction from Adam Partridge, this weekend

Auctioneers Adam Partridge are hosting a "Timed Auction" of artwork by comic artist Bill Mevin. If you're a fan of the Daily Mirror's long-running strip "The Perishers", you do not want to miss this

Macclesfield-based auctioneers Adam Partridge are hosting a “Timed Auction” of artwork by comic artist Bill Mevin and fine artist June Bevan, ending this Sunday, 26th May. If you’re a fan of the Daily Mirror‘s long-running strip “The Perishers“, you do not want to miss this. Bill Mevin, who passed in 2019, aged 97, is perhaps best known for his work on TV Comic‘s “Doctor Who” strip and his work…

[denver-carrington]

One of “The Soapremes” comic strips by cartoonist Bill Mevin that was published in the Daily Mail in the mid-late 1980s. The strip was a parody of the American soaps, and this one is obviously a take on the Blake/Alexis/Ben court fight from Season 6.

[starfighterb]

Gift for the wonderful soapreme!

Thanks for always putting up with me and for being so sweet!!! your pixels inspire me so much and ugh I can’t get enough of them honestly??? I hope you like it!

[downthetubes]

In Memoriam: "Doctor Who" and "Popeye" Comic Artist Bill Mevin

In Memoriam: “Doctor Who” and “Popeye” Comic Artist Bill Mevin

We’re sorry to report the death of comic artist Bill Mevin, who passed yesterday, aged 97. Perhaps best known for his work on TV Comic‘s “Doctor Who” strip and his work on later episodes of “The Perishers” with Maurice Dodd for the Daily Mirror, he had been in hospital for a while.

“Bill was as sharp as a tack right up to the end, bless him,” noted Vworp! Vworp! magazine’s Colin Brockhurston…