I like to flatter myself that I know a bit about comics, but Zip comic which was some kind of obscure spin-off from Mickey Mouse, is that for real?
Or is it all we could find for Z.
What about Zig & Zag's Zogazine? That kept me in work for a few months back in 2004. Memories.
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Zip comic, which I don't know a whole heck of a lot about appears to be another BOYS adventure comic, from the Odhams stable in the 50's. Check out the gallery in this section. Had strips which included chisel jawed BRETT BRAND (sounds promising so far! The type face looks like it could be from a WWII strip).. Then we read the rest of the title - 'BRETT BRAND of the BRITISH RAILWAYS!??! No idea what kind of cracking adventures this guy must have had... He would probably have been late for most of them!
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Yes, Zip did exist. I have a few issues to prove it. The publisher lost the rights to Mickey Mouse, continued the non-Disney strips from MM Weekly into a new comic, and called it Zip.
It failed, deservedly.
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It failed, deservedly.
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The only other comics whose titles begin with the letter 'Z', offhand, are early '90s 'VIZ' clone 'ZIT', and also the U.S. underground 'COMIX' venture from ROBERT CRUMB, 'ZAP' COMIX'.............but surely there must be more than these?
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...Zip-Bang, Zip-Zing, Zip-Zoom, Zipper-Ripper, Zippy, Zombie, Zoom, Zorro, etc, etc. (I'm not making these up!)ISPYSHHHGUY wrote:....but surely there must be more than these?
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David Simpson wrote:Yes, Zip did exist. I have a few issues to prove it. The publisher lost the rights to Mickey Mouse, continued the non-Disney strips from MM Weekly into a new comic, and called it Zip.
It failed, deservedly.
David Simpson
Zip Comics was also the title of a short lived British underground comic in 1973.
http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/spec_coll/comix/zip1.html
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...And there was also a Zip Comic in 1948 (featuring 'Cobweb Junction' by Reg Parlett), and another in 1946 featuring Filbert the Flea, Gringo the Terrible, Chakwa the Caveman, Floppo the Painter, Loopy Lizzie and Marco Macaroni.
Oddly enough neither of them lasted past the first issue!
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Oddly enough neither of them lasted past the first issue!
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I must admit to owning the aforementioned Zig and Zag softcover
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For a large chunk of 1994, this was my favourite comic on the planet, LOVED it to pieces! Was that a spelling slip-up when you said 2004, meaning 1994? As in, did you work on it? If so... THANK YOUkevf wrote: What about Zig & Zag's Zogazine? That kept me in work for a few months back in 2004. Memories.
If not, sorry for dragging this up from the depths
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