OGRI: EVERYBODY'S FAVOURITE! by Paul Sample

OGRI: EVERYBODY'S FAVOURITE! by Paul Sample

The hundred and fifty all-time greatest strips, selected and voted for by his most loyal fans. Including a supplementary interview with Paul on the creative process behind the strips' creation, illustrated with never-before-seen sketchbook notes and doodles.

All of us riders know an Ogri and a Malcolm.. Times and attitudes have changed, but the 'Stuff Everything, I've always got my bike' thing has often rescued me from the doldrums of grown-up life. - Kerry on the Internet; They're all brilliant. So much detail. You can look over just one cartoon several times and pick up detail you've previously missed! - Kev on Facebook; There's always a laugh to be found, especially in the finely observed subplots, and a lifting of the spirits to be found in the observations on human, animal and inanimate psyche, no matter whether you're bright or down, drunk or hungover, or somewhere in between. - Teo on the Internet

Perhaps best known in the book trade as the cover illustrator of Tom Sharpe's 'Wilt' novels, Paul Sample has enjoyed a long and successful career producing commercial illustrations for clients including Smirnoff vodka, BBC radio, and Dunlop tyres. His private love of motorcycles, however, found expression in the 'Ogri' cartoon strips, which appeared in print, almost unbroken, for over forty years. Ogri ran every month from 1972: first in 'Bike' magazine, then in 'Back Street Heroes'. He even enjoyed a short stint in the motoring pages of 'The Telegraph'. The motorcycling superhero finally retired in 2013, but with 450 numbered strips and numerous single-panel illustrations, his legend lives on. Paul's life's work now complete, Laughing Gnome is proud to have collected and curated this culturally important series. Ogri started as a drawing in one of my sketchbooks when I was at art college in 1966, the year I began riding motorcycles, having bought one to get about, rather than use the bus. Then Ogri developed into a strip cartoon from my riding experience and lack of expertise in keeping the rubber bits of the bike on the tarmac. Bike magazine liked the stories, and Ogri started appearing in the publication in 1972. I never thought Ogri would last so long. By the way, the dog, Kickstart, was real. He used to ride on my petrol tank, race me back home from the pub, and was a generally disreputable character. Great fun as an inspiration on life. - Paul Sample

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ISBN 13	9781916187900
ISBN 10	1916187900
Title	OGRI: EVERYBODY'S FAVOURITE!
Author	Paul Sample
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Laughing Gnome Books
Year published	2019-11-25
Number of pages	176
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.