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Roger Frames

I illustrated many “Roger Frames buys Budjit Games” for the magazine Commodore Format, involving the penny-pinching antics of Roger, who acted out his computer game role-play with disastrous consequences.

Since this was (ahem) almost 30 years ago, I’d better explain to new readers what Commodore Format was about. In the early years of home computing, Commodore introduced a cheap computer – the Commodore 64 – that you plugged into the TV.

Games (mainly) were loaded in from a cassette tape. Every single time. Because the Commodore 64 had no internal hard drive. Hard to image now.

Commodore Format was dedicated to the Commodore 64 and Roger Frames became a regular “reviewer” of cheaper re-issued games.

Working with Ollie Alderton, the art editor of Commodore Format, on the Roger Frames series has to be one of the most-fun-things I ever did.

Roger Frames - snotty nose

Roger Frames: Commodore 64 sand sculpture
Roger Frames: Commodore 64 sand sculpture
Roger Frames: All at sea
Roger Frames: All at sea
Roger Frames - Hospital Visit
Roger Frames - Hospital Visit
Roger Frames: Watching the Chancellor's Budget Speech with Debit
Roger Frames: Watching the Chancellor's Budget Speech with Debit
Roger Frames: Arrested for Begging
Roger Frames: Arrested for Begging
Roger Frames: Asleep in the sun
Roger Frames: Asleep in the sun
Roger Frames: Sunburn
Roger Frames: Sunburn
Roger Frames: Bath Tub Sub
Roger Frames: Bath Tub Sub
Roger Frames: Batman and the vicar
Roger Frames: Batman and the vicar
Roger Frames: Batman and the vicar
Roger Frames: Batman and the vicar
Roger Frames: Hanging on
Roger Frames: Hanging on
Roger Frames:Beach Treasure Hunt Explosion
Roger Frames:Beach Treasure Hunt Explosion

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