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Lew Stringer wrote:
tolworthy wrote:
If only they would make comics in this format. The screen size is perfect for a typical panel.

They do:

http://www.rokcomics.com/

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Thanks! I didn't know that.

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tolworthy wrote:
Lew Stringer wrote:
tolworthy wrote:
If only they would make comics in this format. The screen size is perfect for a typical panel.

They do:

http://www.rokcomics.com/

Lew
Thanks! I didn't know that.
Understandable. It's a fairly recent development. Just this year I believe. They're expanding their selection of strips very quickly though.

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Lew Stringer wrote:It's a fairly recent development. Just this year I believe. They're expanding their selection of strips very quickly though.

Lew
As far as I can tell, the format is determined by your brand of mobile phone. I wonder if that means they can't be used on unbranded Chinese MP4 players?

Continuing the off-topic tangent...
I'm trying to be legit, and find out exactly what is legal with these devices. It's depressing to see that copyright law forbids the use of materials I have already paid for. The device can take around four full length movies, but it's entirely illegal to do so. It's even illegal to make MP3s of your own CDs for your own use. (Gordon Brown announced last December that this situation will change, but so far it is still forbidden). My daughter is keen to never break the law, and this stupid copyright situation is extremely annoying. Copyright law is designed to makes criminals of all but the most timid souls.

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What a wonderfully wide ranging strand this has become, from 'soup to nuts' and on to restaurants as yet unknown. It really is astonishing how the pace of things has quickened over the years. I have to admit however that as I get older rather than getting excited at each new technological twist I seem to respond largely with something akin to 'novelty fatigue'.
Maybe Parky drooling over the Wolf of Kabul or Wilson in columns of tightly written text has more appeal for me than the thought of reading a comic strip a panel at a time from a 'credit card'.

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Unreliable memory BUT isn't the story paper in the film Hue and Cry referred to as a comic? I'd go and check, but my daughter's comandeered the telly in order to watch all the episodes of Friends that she thinks she may have watched only thirteen times before and is worried that she may miss out (I'm in grumpy dad mode).

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Brendan McGuire wrote:Unreliable memory BUT isn't the story paper in the film Hue and Cry referred to as a comic?

I've no doubt that some people in the 1940s referred to story papers as comics, but the fact remains that text stories are not comic strips. Sometimes people just use the wrong word for things. Like women who refer to mags like Heat and OK as "books", or kids who say water is white instead of clear.

We're comics fans. We know the original Wizard was no more a comic than The Strand Magazine or Weird Tales. Just that the format of The Wizard was similar to Film Fun etc (ie: a cheap flimsy pamphlet with weekly frequency) so a confusion arose that it was a comic.

Anyway, that's my last word on it as I'm just repeating myself now I feel.

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I know that I am resurrecting an old thread, but I must admit that after my last purchase, I am coming round to this point of view. I have just read five of my seven Rover and Adventures and I can feel the siren call getting stronger to build up the full run.

I knew, intellectually, that any attempt to index the Victor, New Hotspur, Hornet, Wizard Mk II or Warlord would have to refer to the DCT back catalogue. But the breadth of the project has taken my breath away as I have read several of the stories and even then I am not sure if I am reading the original publishing of the text story or even a republication! For example, I have read several episodes of The Waddling Duck(Warlord), Johnny Gurkha(Victor), Braddock(Victor), The Town That Died At Dawn(Hotspur), Ball Of Fire(Hotspur) and King's Badgeman Of The Commandos(Victor). And that's not even considering the one-off stories that were re-used. However, I did find a very early Ian Kennedy from 1961 so I have not yet been completely drawn to the declarative side! :D

My comic search has been appropriately beefed up and I am scouring the web for a few good deals! :lol:
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Lew Stringer wrote:The (original) Wizard was not a comic. We're not just talking about a slight variation on names. Text stories are not comic strips
Wow!!!! Isn't it amazing how some comments can come back to haunt us, Lew?

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And here comes the Cap with his tuppence worth :?: If these old "text" story papers carried illustrations to enhance the reader's imagination while at the same time creating the look and feel of the story,would that not entitle it to the term "comic"? The word comic comes from the Greek for their stage plays which in most cases were anything but comic ( for that read "comedy") in which costumes played a big part to illustrate the setting and timeline. So in essence,anything that includes outside stimuli to broaden an otherwise insular experience,such as reading large lines of text,could be called a comic.Ergo,text story papers with pictures are comics.To the best of my knowledge,no story paper has ever been devoid of at least one illustration.It's all rather pedantic really.I suggest that the term comic is used by most fans to encompass all the periodicals that we as a collective have read since day 1. :coat:

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Phoenix wrote:
Lew Stringer wrote:The (original) Wizard was not a comic. We're not just talking about a slight variation on names. Text stories are not comic strips
Wow!!!! Isn't it amazing how some comments can come back to haunt us, Lew?
I still stand by that but it's up to the individual. If people want to call 'em comics it's up to them, but as they don't feature comic strips a perfectly good, and more accurate, description would be "story papers" imho, which is what they went by wasn't it?
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Well, if you're after storypapers or penny dreadfuls (action stories with some great spot art), maybe this will be of interest when out later this year.
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An absolutely stunning cover there, Chris...I am saving it for posterity.

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ISPYSHHHGUY wrote:I am saving it for posterity.
That's a new word for it. :wink: :D

Seriously though Chris, BRILLIANT cover! And I eventually moved my eyes upwards to the logo too, which is also nicely designed and proportioned. :)
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Believe it or not, this is the PG version. The original was wearing substantially less clothing.

The painting is by Alex Ronald of 2000AD fame. He's doing some incredible work these days. See his blog at http://alexronald68.blogspot.com, whilst I've published a couple of his Red Sands comics at http://StarscapeOnline.com.
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Very Richard Corben-ish that cover!

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