Had this at one time. The back cover told you ‘Soon to be a major motion picture from Dino De Laurentis.’ or some such. That it was never made is a great loss for human culture.
I thought we’d had this before, but it was another in this series.
Is it treason or something to be running around starkers with Her Maj right there? Liz might be getting an eyeful, and be Not Amused.
Or is the coin rolling along, a la Indy and the boulder?
Why isn’t Mr. Starkers looking at the ant? Presumably it’s large enough to be dangerous to him (because that’s the genre) and he’s just staring off into space as a giant coin runs him down and he’s about to trip on a giant pencil.
These people are in trouble if the country gardener decides to spray weedkiller or insecticide, or even just empties out a bottle of something or a cup of tea. And are at risk of drowning from light showers, and all beware the mower!
June 7th, 2021 at 10:27 am
“Over there – it’s David Bellamy! And he’s naked too!”
June 7th, 2021 at 11:59 am
Cold war? Well maybe if you’d just put on a jumper!
June 7th, 2021 at 12:24 pm
It’s one way to stop the neighbours complaining about your nude sunbathing – be too small to see.
June 7th, 2021 at 12:32 pm
Had this at one time. The back cover told you ‘Soon to be a major motion picture from Dino De Laurentis.’ or some such. That it was never made is a great loss for human culture.
June 7th, 2021 at 2:14 pm
From ‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’ to ‘Leaning Against the Shoulders of Tiny People’ … how the mighty have fallen.
June 7th, 2021 at 2:32 pm
‘I can’t even have a tuppeny bit in peace!’
It’s sad to see Benedict Cumberbatch reduced to this.
June 7th, 2021 at 3:31 pm
The artist had so many options for covering up that guy’s junk.
June 7th, 2021 at 3:56 pm
He was temporarily confused by the giant coin, thinking he’d somehow ended up in Batman’s cave.
(I read this one. The whole business about the evil micro-commies was somehow even sillier than the part about shrinking people to insect size.)
June 7th, 2021 at 4:25 pm
Nice to see the Land of the Giants staple of The Big Pencil in full effect. Oh – no offence, little guy.
June 7th, 2021 at 5:41 pm
@THX 1139—And an always useful prop for hiding those darn hard-to-draw feet.
June 7th, 2021 at 5:46 pm
Best part of the cover is the hangdog expression on the bug’s face. Like, “WTF is he doing here? How am I ever going to get my pencil back?”
June 7th, 2021 at 7:21 pm
Is that a pencil in your pocket, or are you just happy to — oh, wait.
June 8th, 2021 at 12:41 am
It looks like someone dropped a big No. 2 in the garden.
A pencil. I’m talking about a pencil.
June 8th, 2021 at 12:44 am
I thought we’d had this before, but it was another in this series.
Is it treason or something to be running around starkers with Her Maj right there? Liz might be getting an eyeful, and be Not Amused.
Or is the coin rolling along, a la Indy and the boulder?
Why isn’t Mr. Starkers looking at the ant? Presumably it’s large enough to be dangerous to him (because that’s the genre) and he’s just staring off into space as a giant coin runs him down and he’s about to trip on a giant pencil.
These people are in trouble if the country gardener decides to spray weedkiller or insecticide, or even just empties out a bottle of something or a cup of tea. And are at risk of drowning from light showers, and all beware the mower!
June 10th, 2021 at 12:32 pm
Just when Bob thought his day couldn’t get any worse, he saw the flock of newborn ticks coming his way.