Quick description of the 1974 Tour Program wScarfe caricatures of the band Date Thu, 22 Au

Quick description of the 1974 Tour Program w/Scarfe caricatures of the band

Date: Thu, 22 Aug 91 10:42 GMT
From: Adam 
To: ECLIPSE <@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk:ECLIPSE@REEF.CIS.UFL.edu>
Subject: Scarfe drawing

Sorry to be a bit behind the conversation but a few days ago there was some 
talk of the caricature of Floyd done by Scarfe. In the British Winter Tour 
1974 tour programme this caricature occupies the centre pages. It's signed, 
titled and dated "Gerald Scarfe   Pink Floyd   Oct 1974". The rest of the 
programme consists of comic-strip stories in the style of 1950s and 1960s 
British boys comics:

Rog of the Rovers: Roger Waters is a footballer (i.e. soccer) playing in a 
championship match for Grantchester Rovers. Roger is doped by the 
opposition but recovers in time to score the winning goal.

Captain Mason R.N.: Nick is captain of a ship taking a precious fuel to 
Egypt during the war. They are torpedoed by a German U-boat but Nick 
manages to save the day by ramming the submarine.

Rich Right - He's Rich & He's Right!: Not much story to this except Rick is 
a super-rich playboy. This is more in the style of the MAD comics.

The Exploits of Dave Derring: Dave is a country boy who leaves his girl to 
become a speedway star. He's a disaster until his girl turns up at the 
track and he wins the race. 

The program is all hand drawn, no photos, and seems to be partly Nick 
Mason's idea. It's quite funny if you know what its making fun of (GB boys 
comics like the Lion, the Tiger, the Hotspur etc)


Adam C. Winstanley
Queen's University, Belfast
eicj4829@uk.ac.qub