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Marc

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About Me

Marc Bessant. Graphic Artist. Husband to Kate. Father to Edie & Douglas. Scratchpost to Ernie. Currently working on: Portishead - Third / various gig posters / DJ Andy Smith - The Document IV / Stephanie McKay / 'Druyd' Graphic Novel / Womad 2008 / a new life somewhere far, far away.....

My Interests

family. drawing and coloring-in. gig art/rock posters. graphic design. movie posters. martial arts. record sleeves past, present and future. movies and movie scores. football. LFC. the coast. comic books. comedy. taking pictures. hippety-hoppety. writing. art. robots. Pin-ups. painting. paranormal phenomenon. NYC Transit system. Bryan Munich FC

I'd like to meet:

chirpy folks with ideas which hassle and wake them into action whilst retaining a good sense of humour and the ability to say 'hang on, is this rubbish?'

Music:

led zeppelin, lalo schifrin, beatles, kinks, bruno nicolai, francois de roubaix, luis bacalov, morricone, doors, various prog oddities and metal goliaths, eric b and rakim, public enemy, EPMD, all good hip-hop from back then up til right now, david axelrod, roy budd, stone folk, john carpenter, pink floyd, john williams, portishead, piero piccioni, david shire, john barry, donovan, beach boys, smiths, small faces, specials, blah blah blah etc

Movies:

almost too numerous to mention but if i had too then, Jaws, Close encounters, Dirty Harry, Spaghetti westerns, Star Wars (4-6), one day in september, the servant, seconds, duel, professional golgo 13, batman begins, exorcist, the game, the thing, the fog, escape from NY, assault on precinct 13, seven, raiders of the lost ark, for your height only, legend of boggy creek, dawn of the dead, king kong, sleuth, rocky, italian job, dr strangelove, kellys heros, 2001, planet of the apes, hell in the pacific, alien, halloween, taxi driver, young frankenstein, all bruce lee stuff, dog day afternoon, take the money and run, capricorn one, style wars and the late-night televisual monster that is The taking of pelham 123 - to name but a few....

Television:

what corners were invented for.

Books:

mostly non-fiction. paranormal stuff. Fine Art/posters, comics/graphic novels, British history.

Heroes:

Kate. Rod Serling. Saul Bass. Eric Morecambe. Bill Gold. Bruce Lee. Tommy Cooper. Clint Eastwood. Hipgnosis. Steptoe and Son. Quint, Brody & Hooper. Jim Henson. The Pythons. Frank Castle. People who continue to 'do' where others continue to 'be'...