I was asked by John who runs the @Bionic_Tweets Twitter account. He'd seen my work and wanted me to produce some annuals featuring popular characters from the TV shows 'The Six Million Dollar Man' and 'The Bionic Woman' for the Christmas period. We settled on four titles featuring 'Oscar Goldman' (the non-bionic boss of lead characters Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers), 'Bigfoot' (a space android disguised as the legendary US crypto-beast Sasquatch), the 'Fembots' (android doppelgangers used to infiltrate whatever the script writers deemed interesting that week... and inspiration for the villains of the same name in the Austin Powers movies) and, last but by no means least, Max the Bionic Dog (the fence and shark jumping German Shepherd looked after by Jaime Sommers). The covers used some lovely hi-res photographs from the series and I was able to create some designs that had a colourful feel for the period.
The Max the Bionic Dog annual is based on the cover of the first Six Million Dollar Man annual. And yes, those are all genuine images of Max and not stock photos of any old German Shepherd. Note the loose wiring on his neck!.
The Oscar annual cover features the character's exploding briefcase - unseen in the series but a vital accessory for the Oscar Goldman action figure.
I put Bigfoot and the Fembots together because I liked the sound of the title. It had a 60s/70s pop group vibe to it. Very pleased with the look of this one - particularly the colours.
John has very kindly let me put these on the blog. You can visit his Twitter feed for all your bionic needs at @Bionic_Tweets .
