Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Jump to content

Editing Tank Girl

You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to a username, among other benefits.
Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted. Encyclopedic content must be verifiable through citations to reliable sources.
Latest revision Your text
Line 36: Line 36:
==Publication history==
==Publication history==
Martin and Hewlett first met in the mid-1980s in [[Worthing]], while studying at The West Sussex College of Art and Design (WSCD, later renamed [[Northbrook Metropolitan College|Northbrook College]]). Martin was in the college band The University Smalls with fellow comics enthusiast [[Philip Bond]]. One of their songs was called "Rocket Girl". They had started adding the suffix 'girl' to everything habitually after the release of the ''[[Supergirl (1984 film)|Supergirl]]'' movie, but "Rocket Girl" was a student at college on whom Bond had a crush and who apparently bore a striking resemblance to a ''[[Love and Rockets (comics)|Love and Rockets]]'' character.{{which|date=December 2021}} Martin and Hewlett began collaborating on a comic/[[fanzine]] called ''Atomtan'', and while working on this, Hewlett had drawn:
Martin and Hewlett first met in the mid-1980s in [[Worthing]], while studying at The West Sussex College of Art and Design (WSCD, later renamed [[Northbrook Metropolitan College|Northbrook College]]). Martin was in the college band The University Smalls with fellow comics enthusiast [[Philip Bond]]. One of their songs was called "Rocket Girl". They had started adding the suffix 'girl' to everything habitually after the release of the ''[[Supergirl (1984 film)|Supergirl]]'' movie, but "Rocket Girl" was a student at college on whom Bond had a crush and who apparently bore a striking resemblance to a ''[[Love and Rockets (comics)|Love and Rockets]]'' character.{{which|date=December 2021}} Martin and Hewlett began collaborating on a comic/[[fanzine]] called ''Atomtan'', and while working on this, Hewlett had drawn:
{{bquote|A grotty-looking beefer of a girl brandishing an unfeasible firearm. One of our friends was working on a project to design a pair of [[headphones]] and was basing his design on the type used by World War II tank drivers. His studio in Worthing was littered with loads of photocopies of combat vehicles. I pinched one of the images and gave it to Jamie who then stuck it behind his grotty girl illustration and then added a logo which read 'Tank Girl'.<ref name="Alan Martin interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.sci-fi-online.com/Interview/02-11-22_AlanMartin.htm|title=Alan Martin on Tank Girl – Interview|publisher=Sci-Fi Online|access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref>}}
{{quote|A grotty-looking beefer of a girl brandishing an unfeasible firearm. One of our friends was working on a project to design a pair of [[headphones]] and was basing his design on the type used by World War II tank drivers. His studio in Worthing was littered with loads of photocopies of combat vehicles. I pinched one of the images and gave it to Jamie who then stuck it behind his grotty girl illustration and then added a logo which read 'Tank Girl'.<ref name="Alan Martin interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.sci-fi-online.com/Interview/02-11-22_AlanMartin.htm|title=Alan Martin on Tank Girl – Interview|publisher=Sci-Fi Online|access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref>}}


The image was published in the fanzine as a one-page ad, but the ''Tank Girl'' series first appeared in the debut issue of ''[[Deadline magazine|Deadline]]'' (1988),<ref name=regender>{{cite book | first1=Imelda |last1=Whelehan |first2 =Esther |last2=Sonnet |chapter=Regendered Reading: ''Tank Girl'' and Postmodernist Intertextuality |page=31| editor1-last = Cartmell | editor1-first = Deborah | title = Trash Aesthetics | publisher = [[Pluto Press]] | location = Sydney | year = 1997 | isbn = 0-7453-1202-0 }}</ref> a UK magazine intended as a forum for new [[comic]] talent, and it continued until the end of the magazine in 1995.
The image was published in the fanzine as a one-page ad, but the ''Tank Girl'' series first appeared in the debut issue of ''[[Deadline magazine|Deadline]]'' (1988),<ref name=regender>{{cite book | first1=Imelda |last1=Whelehan |first2 =Esther |last2=Sonnet |chapter=Regendered Reading: ''Tank Girl'' and Postmodernist Intertextuality |page=31| editor1-last = Cartmell | editor1-first = Deborah | title = Trash Aesthetics | publisher = [[Pluto Press]] | location = Sydney | year = 1997 | isbn = 0-7453-1202-0 }}</ref> a UK magazine intended as a forum for new [[comic]] talent, and it continued until the end of the magazine in 1995.
By publishing changes, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC BY-SA 4.0 License and the GFDL. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)

Copy and paste: – — ° ′ ″ ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · §   Cite your sources: <ref></ref>


{{}}   {{{}}}   |   []   [[]]   [[Category:]]   #REDIRECT [[]]   &nbsp;   <s></s>   <sup></sup>   <sub></sub>   <code></code>   <pre></pre>   <blockquote></blockquote>   <ref></ref> <ref name="" />   {{Reflist}}   <references />   <includeonly></includeonly>   <noinclude></noinclude>   {{DEFAULTSORT:}}   <nowiki></nowiki>   <!-- -->   <span class="plainlinks"></span>


Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶   # ∞   ‹› «»   ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥   ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦   𝄫 ♭ ♮ ♯ 𝄪   © ® ™
Latin: A a Á á À à  â Ä ä Ǎ ǎ Ă ă Ā ā à ã Å å Ą ą Æ æ Ǣ ǣ   B b   C c Ć ć Ċ ċ Ĉ ĉ Č č Ç ç   D d Ď ď Đ đ Ḍ ḍ Ð ð   E e É é È è Ė ė Ê ê Ë ë Ě ě Ĕ ĕ Ē ē Ẽ ẽ Ę ę Ẹ ẹ Ɛ ɛ Ǝ ǝ Ə ə   F f   G g Ġ ġ Ĝ ĝ Ğ ğ Ģ ģ   H h Ĥ ĥ Ħ ħ Ḥ ḥ   I i İ ı Í í Ì ì Î î Ï ï Ǐ ǐ Ĭ ĭ Ī ī Ĩ ĩ Į į Ị ị   J j Ĵ ĵ   K k Ķ ķ   L l Ĺ ĺ Ŀ ŀ Ľ ľ Ļ ļ Ł ł Ḷ ḷ Ḹ ḹ   M m Ṃ ṃ   N n Ń ń Ň ň Ñ ñ Ņ ņ Ṇ ṇ Ŋ ŋ   O o Ó ó Ò ò Ô ô Ö ö Ǒ ǒ Ŏ ŏ Ō ō Õ õ Ǫ ǫ Ọ ọ Ő ő Ø ø Œ œ   Ɔ ɔ   P p   Q q   R r Ŕ ŕ Ř ř Ŗ ŗ Ṛ ṛ Ṝ ṝ   S s Ś ś Ŝ ŝ Š š Ş ş Ș ș Ṣ ṣ ß   T t Ť ť Ţ ţ Ț ț Ṭ ṭ Þ þ   U u Ú ú Ù ù Û û Ü ü Ǔ ǔ Ŭ ŭ Ū ū Ũ ũ Ů ů Ų ų Ụ ụ Ű ű Ǘ ǘ Ǜ ǜ Ǚ ǚ Ǖ ǖ   V v   W w Ŵ ŵ   X x   Y y Ý ý Ŷ ŷ Ÿ ÿ Ỹ ỹ Ȳ ȳ   Z z Ź ź Ż ż Ž ž   ß Ð ð Þ þ Ŋ ŋ Ə ə
Greek: Ά ά Έ έ Ή ή Ί ί Ό ό Ύ ύ Ώ ώ   Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ   Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ   Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ   Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π   Ρ ρ Σ σ ς Τ τ Υ υ   Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω   {{Polytonic|}}
Cyrillic: А а Б б В в Г г   Ґ ґ Ѓ ѓ Д д Ђ ђ   Е е Ё ё Є є Ж ж   З з Ѕ ѕ И и І і   Ї ї Й й Ј ј К к   Ќ ќ Л л Љ љ М м   Н н Њ њ О о П п   Р р С с Т т Ћ ћ   У у Ў ў Ф ф Х х   Ц ц Ч ч Џ џ Ш ш   Щ щ Ъ ъ Ы ы Ь ь   Э э Ю ю Я я   ́
IPA: t̪ d̪ ʈ ɖ ɟ ɡ ɢ ʡ ʔ   ɸ β θ ð ʃ ʒ ɕ ʑ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ ɦ   ɱ ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ   ʋ ɹ ɻ ɰ   ʙ ⱱ ʀ ɾ ɽ   ɫ ɬ ɮ ɺ ɭ ʎ ʟ   ɥ ʍ ɧ   ʼ   ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ   ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ   ɨ ʉ ɯ   ɪ ʏ ʊ   ø ɘ ɵ ɤ   ə ɚ   ɛ œ ɜ ɝ ɞ ʌ ɔ   æ   ɐ ɶ ɑ ɒ   ʰ ʱ ʷ ʲ ˠ ˤ ⁿ ˡ   ˈ ˌ ː ˑ ̪   {{IPA|}}

Wikidata entities used in this page

  • Tank Girl: Sitelink, Title, Some statements, Description: en

Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page (help):