As well as drawing the Lemmy mask (see the commentary text in Lost In Space 2) in the splash page of The Recruitment Chronicle story in Time We Left 3, I also added another in joke which only a few friends of mine would’ve appreciated. The slightly obscured text in the picture on the wall above Steve’s head was taken from real life. It came from a picture of the Mekon’s impressively large head I’d drawn on a huge piece of cardboard with some 1984-inspired text “BIG MEKON IS WATCHING YOU”.
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| BIG MEKON IS WATCHING YOU - artist reconstruction |
I intended to post this oversized masterpiece to some friends of mine in Hull all of whom were well aware of, and suitably amused by, my then obsession with the evil genius back in the early 90s. My plan came asunder when I took the cardboard picture into Wellingborough High Street Post Office as the guy behind the counter absolutely refused to take my priceless work or art for reasons I don’t recall. What I do recall was he got pretty arsey about so it was clear there was no way Royal Mail were going to do the honours between Wellingborough and Hull.
I did manage to get Big Mekon to its intended audience as I hitch-hiked to Hull a few weeks later. All I remember about that particular adventure is the wind made hanging on to the cardboard image a bit of a challenge as stood roadside trying to cadge a lift. My friends in Hull were suitably amused when I turned up with my massive Mekon though, so we all lived happily ever after.
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1 March 2025 Addendum: I posted a bit about my giant Mekon picture on Facebook and it turns out one of the Hull recipients, Jason Drewitt, seems to know what happened to it "I’m pretty sure that I borrowed the original 'Big Mekon is watching you' and took it down to London and had it on stage when the little band Hunni I was in played at The Water Rats in Kings Cross as first support for Skunk Anansie"
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