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Temple Classic Covers 42 (c) Adam Grose

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Temple Classic Cover 41 (c) John Kirkham

 

Another brilliantly thought out front/back cover combo from John Kirkham, showing why he was my first and only choice for art designer of the 100% Biodegradable anthology.

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Temple Classic Cover 40 (c) Ian Alexander.  Back cover (c) David Morris

 

This front cover by Ian really impressed me, as it marked the transition from young comic artist wannabe to professional cartoonist. 

The back cover by David Morris (who was Central Mailer of the Temple at the time, and no stranger to members missing deadlines and coming up with outlandish excuses) was provided with tongue firmly in cheek.

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Temple Classic Cover 39 (c)  David Jeffreys

 

After a long time absent from the Temple, David Jeffreys returned to jiggle his magnificent breasts at everyone.

His colouring and art style had really come a long way since he'd last been seen in the Temple's pages, and it was nice to have him back even if it was only for a short time.

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Temple Classic Cover 38 (c) Frank Clarke

 

As well as providing some terrific cartoons, Frank was the first Temple member to introduce political satire into the mix.

Frank passed away several years ago, and his humour is sorely missed.

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Temple Classic Cover 37 (c) Tony Suleri

I've always loved this cover by Tony.  Great characters, bright colours and tonnes of detail!

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Temple Classic Cover 36 (c) Kyle Kimmons.  Back Cover (c) John Kirkham and David Hailwood

 

Kyle Kimmons briefly returned to see how things were going, and drop off a lovely colour cover, and John Kirkham provided a most amusing back cover which contained our short lived yet lovable creation 'Klaytus Girate the Schizophrenic Pirate'

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Temple Classic Cover 35 (c) Tim Geeves

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Temple Classic Cover 34 (c) Neill Cameron

A nice montage of images which demonstrates Neill's range.  Catch more of Neill's robot punching dinosaur rampaging antics in The Phoenix

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Temple Classic Cover 33 (c) John Kirkham

 

Another terrific illustration, courtesy of John Kirkham.  

I was very taken with the character on the cover, and used him in many of me and John's three panel 'Headcheeze' comic series as a rather inept lifeguard.

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Temple Classic Cover 30 (c) Stuart Giddings.  Back cover (c) Chow

 

To mark me and Stu Giddings departure from the Temple, Stuart drew the pair of us as zombies (I still use his picture of me as an avatar in some places online).  

I missed the next two issues of the Temple due to being caught up in college life (so if anyone has covers for issues 31 and 32 please send them my way!), but returned soon after.

The back cover was provided by Chow to add a bit of optimism to this death-day affair.

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Temple Classic Cover 29 (c) Chow

A lovely cover from my old pal Chow, who I've worked with on several strips in the past.

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Temple Classic Cover 28 (c) John Gallagher

 

John Gallagher was also the publisher of terrific horror anthology 'Bedlam' and had a taste for drawing the creepier things in life (except on this cover).

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Temple Classic Cover 27 (c) Stuart Giddings and John Kirkham

 

John Kirkham put his design skills to good use by coming up with the concept for the front and back cover, which was used to usher in the turn of the century.  

Great choice of images, and a lovely colour scheme too.

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Temple Classic Cover 26 (c)  Niblo Hartman and Neil Alexander

 

The dynamic duo of Neil and Niblo struck again with an illustration featuring their popular Full Montgommery character.  They also made good use of their Newspaper Cutting style (often found in their reviews) to give all the temple members some rather lovely personalised messages for Xmas.

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Temple Classic Cover 25 (c) A Whole Heap Of Artists!

Upon reaching it's milestone 25th issue, John Kirkham (who had once again taken over as Temple Central Mailer, with me as Deputy CM) hit upon the idea of collecting all the Temple covers together as one cover image.

This issue also marks the moment that the '...of heroes' part was dropped from the APA's name, as both myself and John realised that it didn't properly reflect the material contained within, since very few of the members contributed superhero artwork.

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Temple Classic Cover 24 (c) Kyle Kimmons

This issue marked the departure of the Temple's founding member, Kyle Kimmons, who had briefly returned as Central Mailer to help keep things on track.  He did pop into the Temple on a few occasions after, but never stayed long.

I'm sure he's still out there somewhere, clad in a Zorro mask, waxing his moustache and fighting crime.

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Temple Classic Cover 23 (c) Ian Alexander

A nice Warhammer inspired cover illo by Ian.

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Temple Classic Cover 22 (c) Stuart Giddings

A jolly marvelous redesign of me and Stu's Nevada Tombs character, who appeared in 'The Teksas Chainstore Massacre', which was probably our most popular strip. 

Chainstore Massacre was published in 6 different comics (including Meanwhile, CAOF and Violent), and was finally given its last outing in Dave Candlish' Paragon a few years back.  It can still be viewed online here:

http://factorfictionpress.co.uk/violentwebcomic/2008/03/09/the-teksas-chainstore-massacre-1/

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Temple Classic Cover 21 (c) Niblo Hartman and Neil Alexander

This issue also came with an alternative cover by manga artist Laura Watton, which I'll have to try and dig out at some point.