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- 29 Jun 2009, 08:06
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Do the people at DC Thomson know this?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 955
Re: Do the people at DC Thomson know this?
Update: I finished the book, and toward the end there's a passage about when Dirac finally settled in the USA. The person sent to welcome him didn't know how to get him talking - Dirac was famous for saying nothing or giving one word answers (often with a pause). So they decided to let him choose th...
- 28 Jun 2009, 15:22
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Do the people at DC Thomson know this?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 955
Re: Do the people at DC Thomson know this?
I agree! The Dirac quote is about the 1950s, and the best of those stories were as near perfect as stories can be, IMO
- 27 Jun 2009, 22:43
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Do the people at DC Thomson know this?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 955
Do the people at DC Thomson know this?
I am enjoying Graham Farmelo's biography of Paul Dirac , one of the founders of modern physics. He discovered some of the fundamental equations of quantum physics, and received a Nobel prize for predicting the existence of the positron (I think it was the first time a real world particle was discove...
- 11 Jun 2009, 10:05
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: comics as a window on another world
- Replies: 1
- Views: 350
comics as a window on another world
I just bought a pile of those 'Beano and Dandy sixty years' books from a charity shop. Most are variable (too much theming and cutting up stories IMO), but 'Focus on the Fifties' is a gold mine! Back to back, the greatest strips from the greatest decade of the greatest comics ever. Anyway, what surp...
- 20 May 2009, 21:06
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1453
Re: Wikipedia
Is this related to the recent deleting of old game info?
A lot of people at Wikipedia seem to think that "old" equals "not notable." So down the memory hole it goes.
A lot of people at Wikipedia seem to think that "old" equals "not notable." So down the memory hole it goes.
- 14 May 2009, 07:50
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Billy Whizz - how did he get his skill?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1910
Re: Billy Whizz - how did he get his skill?
How else can one explain the simultaneous appearance of George Martin's Janie B. Quick?[/i] :) - Phil Rushton With the same distinctive cranial shape. Siblings? Sounds like a controlled experiment. Release them both at the same time and compare results. And isn't it an amazing coincidence that thes...
- 13 May 2009, 19:50
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Billy Whizz - how did he get his skill?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1910
Re: Billy Whizz - how did he get his skill?
Flatterer. 

- 13 May 2009, 19:40
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Billy Whizz - how did he get his skill?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1910
Re: Billy Whizz - how did he get his skill?
it's a skill that jumps generations, because Grandpa Whizz is fast too. Throughout History there have been Billy Whizz ancestors...like at Waterloo...Billy has often looked at his photo album or history book..so a fast Gene!! Let's see what we know: He can reach superhuman speeds (e.g. Everest and ...
- 12 Apr 2009, 09:02
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Collection or a pile of comics?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 293
Re: Collection or a pile of comics?
When you can identify them each individually if they were stolen? ah, memories... When I was young, at the height of my collecting (multiple house moves meant I've since released most of my comics) I had a credit card sized card that listed all the comics I needed (and by implication, which issues I...
- 01 Apr 2009, 21:48
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Another landmark for Lew
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2431
Re: Another landmark for Lew
Knockout!
- 20 Mar 2009, 00:06
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: DC to publish a British-style comic
- Replies: 4
- Views: 536
DC to publish a British-style comic
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/030919-Wednesday-Comics.html A weekly comic, with a large page size, and a different story on each page... where have we seen that before? The publisher today officially announced Wednesday Comics, a new 12-part weekly series launching this summer that will be present...
- 30 Jan 2009, 20:57
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Ghost-Horror Strip in 1960s "Valiant" comic!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1426
Re: Ghost-Horror Strip in 1960s "Valiant" comic!
Marney the Fox ... a strip that certainly deserves reprinting, perhaps as an Egmont children's book? Strongly agree. I hold the naive view that comics are in principle the highest form of communication. More efficient than words or pictures alone, cheaper and more flexible than video. I further bel...
- 25 Jan 2009, 13:38
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Gordon 'Broon' in today's Sunday Post
- Replies: 4
- Views: 594
Re: Gordon 'Broon' in today's Sunday Post
Don't you mean Private Eye? 

- 09 Jan 2009, 19:24
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: `Buddy` comic 1981-?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4005
Re: `Buddy` comic 1981-?
For me, Buddy was notable as the best value comic ever. I wasn't a great fan of Thompson adventure strips, but I bought every issue. Respect was due. Ah, happy memories of 'Buffy, A Boy All Alone' and 'The Wolf of Kabul' and his friend's 'clicky ba' There was so much in every issue. Today when I rea...
- 08 Dec 2008, 13:35
- Forum: General comics discussion
- Topic: Cartoon Character
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1289
Re: Cartoon Character
Dirty McSquirty from the Perishers - know as the king of flies or something, because of his halo of flies.