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 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 19, 2009
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, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 13, 2009
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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Monday, January 18, 2010
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