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at 10:00 PM GMT tonight (or 8:00 am tomorrow morning AEST for us in Australia (9:00 AEDST) )
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Part two of my three part look at the transition from newsprint to full colour will go online when I look at the Dandy, which is now online here.

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Part three of my look at the transition from newsprint to full colour concludes with my look at the Beano here.

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An update to my search for the comics that went on sale the week I was born.

I wrote on Facebook that I had the date right but only if I lived in Britain.

I have now started a new search for those issues in todays' post here

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On the blog right now

We have a double dose of stone age silliness with Sid Burgon's Great Discoveries from Krazy here

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Coming at 10:00 PM GMT tonight (or 8:00 AM AEST tomorrow morning)

I will have the addendum to my look at Buster's transitional issues with my look at the first "All Colour" issue. Once the post goes live, I'll have a link here. (it's now online.)

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On the blog currently, I have a Lucy Lastic strip from the final decade of Buster here, the first of this years' series of Summer of Fun with Sidney of the Bash Street Kids here

and coming at 10:00 PM Sunday night GMT (or 8:00 AM AEST, 9:00 AEDT) I'll have a vintage Beryl the Peril from 1964.

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on the blog today, I have a Summer of Fun extra (the series will continue as normal on Monday).

I turn back the clock to nearly 80 years ago, and a Weary Willie and Tired Tim strip from the Whitsun issue of Illustrated Chips, here.

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My post on the Summer of Fun starring Fuss Pot is now online here

And coming later this week, I have a double serve of early Buster strips (in this case, from 1961)

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Blogger's Bloglist is mucking up again. ;)

Online now on the blog is a classic strip from the early days of Buster, The Terrors of Tornado Street, and you can find it here.

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On the blog this morning...

I have the first of two anniversary posts this week (both of them D. C. Thomson weeklies), and today, I celebrate the 40th anniversary of Cracker here.

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On the blog today at 10:00 PM GMT (8:00 am AEST tomorrow (or 9:00 AEDT))

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My second comics anniversary tribute this week is of the comic Sparky. I'll have a direct link here once the post goes live tomorrow. (update:here is the post)

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Coming on the blog at 10:00 PM GMT tonight (or 8:00 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time on Monday) I will be doing the second part of my look at the strips drawn by Mike Lacey (the first of two posts I'm doing on Mike this week.)

As soon as it goes live, I'll have the link. UPDATE; Part one is now online here with part two coming later this week.

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I have created a page on Facebook which links to my website. the Facebook page is here.

I'll be keeping this thread going for any major posts (like a week of specials, or a post on a particular comic) My Facebook page will show the posts I do every few days or so.

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Today on the blog:

I pay tribute to Dick Millington with three strips from his most famous strip Mighty Moth here

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On the blog today at 10:00 PM (GMT)

I celebrate my 50th birthday with having a look at the issue of Buster that went on sale the week I was born 50 years ago this week (which starts my two weeks worth of posts).

As I might not have access to a computer at the airport by the time this post goes online, click on the link on my signature at the bottom of the post.
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