This is part of planet EARTH where on 7749.29/4I’53 – or 28th July 1974 in their time, our team landed to research the habits and ways of the earthlings
The team arrived in the early hours of the morning and were suprised to be greeted by what must be some form of early morning welcome…
*!&^%$£, the Flash didn't work!
In the 1970s our camera’s were very basic things. Compared to what I carry around today in my phone, let alone my pro photo kit – these things were simple. Flash technology was a bit hit and miss, we used Magicubes.
These were basically small explosive devices used to light our subject. At the base of each flash bulb is a tiny primer, made of fulminate, a friction-triggered explosive!
Earthling transportation isn’t really up to scratch but we scraped up enough courage to follow them to…
Alison scraped Dave’s car coming in through the gate one day. Without CCTV we had to rely on an artist’s sketch.
Blackwater, County Wicklow.
Online editor’s note: The physical albums were adorned by multiple little hairy creatures called Irwin. I became adept at drawing these little green and pink characters. However, I must confess that theses are not my creations, but adaptations of a character in Russell Myers’ cartoon series Broom Hilda. I will however, allow myself one image (or maybe two) to serves as a reminder and a homage to one of the great comic strips.
Swingball…