Colouring Book Theatre: Gerry Anderson's UFO

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UFO colouring book (Unknown Publishing)

Anyone who has read this blog might know that I am more than a little obsessed with this short lived SF series from the UK.

While this Gerry Anderson show enjoyed popularity world wide, it seemed to really catch on in Japan where its vehicles and colourful cast still enjoy merchandise.

Merchandise that I must buy.

I am not fortunate enough to own one of these cool Japanese colouring books (I would like to!) but fortunately for me Jim of the S.H.A.D.O U.S.E.C.C facebook group shares with us a look between the covers.

Whats inside is a wonderful mash up of UK design and Japanese style, I love it! Unlike a lot of colouring books we look at, this one was made with care.

Red alert after the jump...

Commander Straker and Lt Gay Ellis on the moon. I love the strong anime look to the characters, it looks like some forgotten cartoon version I wish was real. As a side note, this is the only image of Straker smiling I have on record.




An awesome drawing of the Sky Diver vehicle, its a sub and a jet! One of the reasons I think the series is so popular in Japan is the cadre of cool vehicles, SHADO really does use all the toys in the back yard.






An interceptor takes on the titular invading ships.

Another epic battle, UFO did not scrimp on the special effects.




UFO battles take place on land, sea, air and in space on the series. Pictured (very accurately) is the SID which stands for Space Intruder Detector.

Lt Gay Ellis and he purple hair are one of the more memorable features of the series, at least if you are me......


Thanks for the look inside Jim! If you are a big fan of all thing SHADO be sure to check out the S.H.A.D.O U.S.E.C.C facebook group.





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[HardyGirl]

I watched some of this show when it was on the Sci-Fi Channel. I noticed that the star of the show (I don't know his name), was the voice of Captain Blue in the Gerry Anderson kid's show Captain Scarlet.

[sprytel]

1. The art in that book is awesome. The Japanese interpretation on the source material really works.

2. I see there is a mix of portrait and landscape artwork. I am not a color book aficionado... but is that typical in coloring books? I remember all mine as a kid being portrait...

[ctc]

>is that typical in coloring books? I remember all mine as a kid being portrait

I can remember both.... but the backgrounds were usually pretty simple. THis is killing me; but I THINK the person who did the book is a cartoonist proper. Which would explain the extra detail. I can't for the life of me remember his name, but he did a LOT of tie-ins back in the day. (Like the Kodansha TV books....) It could be someone aping his style, but the linework is really reminiscent of his. (And unusually precise for a knockoff.)

Don C.