Tag Archive | "Lew Stringer"

The Purple Hood

Monday, January 18, 2010

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I’ve read a ton of British comics over the years; heck, like most folks of a certain age I grew up devouring them. But I can honestly say I’ve never heard of Michael Jay’s The Purple Hood. Who was he? Terry Hooper explains: “It was the Swinging Sixties! Britain was hip as hip could be [...]

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Lew Stringer’s annual Christmas comics posting begins….

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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Lew Stringer’s excellent blog; Blimey! It’s Another Blog About Comics always has something special and Christmassy for the holidays. Having run out of classic Christmas comic covers last year Lew’s decided to concentrate on just 4 comics in depth for 2009. First up is the Christmas 1971 edition of Valiant, which Lew gives us a nice, [...]

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30 years of Viz

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Hard to believe but a comic which more or less started out being pasted together in some mates’ bedrooms, sold door to door in local pubs and clubs and stores in the North East of England and which delivered a rude, crude, vulgar but bloody funny pastiche of classic British comics for an adult audience [...]

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Happy 3500th to the Beano!

Sunday, September 13, 2009

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Thanks to Lew Stringer for pointing this out – The Beano reached the momentous issue 3500 this week. 71 years, every week with even world wars only managing to turn it into a fortnightly comic.That makes it the only regular weekly series to get to this milestone. Congratulations and happy 3500th birthday Beano.

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