Lew Stringer wrote:Good man!SID wrote:Got the following for my Christmas Comic Collection.
What Christmas Comics Have You Bought Recently?
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The latest addition to my Xmas Comic Collection - Doctor Who Magazine from my local Sainsbury's.
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Has anybody noticed that there's an original Dark Judges comic story in the latest issue of New Scientist?
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Bought the Dandy Annual for my eldest. She's read a bunch of them at school so she should like it. No creator credits though! Shocking in this day and age (tho of course it is DC Thomson's, so that's as expected from them).
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Not D.C. Thomson's fault these days, as we all have the option of signing our work. I always sign my pages, and a few other artists sign theirs, but some decline for whatever reasons.comixminx wrote:Bought the Dandy Annual for my eldest. She's read a bunch of them at school so she should like it. No creator credits though! Shocking in this day and age (tho of course it is DC Thomson's, so that's as expected from them).
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But Lew, why don't DCT publish a contents page with creator names? That's what I mean really. Or print the names on the strips themselves in a credit box. Not everyone will even notice signatures (unless on the umpteenth read through).
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Minx, the reason that DCT don't do it is the reasons that most companies don't do things and that is cost. While we comic fans will bemoan the lack of a credits list, the company has never added one before to the humour annuals so they will not see a real need for it when they have never had to do so before. It took sustained campaigning on the behalf of George Low to get them to do it for Commando and that is only one credit list per issue and even then it only happened after in his last few months on the job.comixminx wrote:But Lew, why don't DCT publish a contents page with creator names? That's what I mean really. Or print the names on the strips themselves in a credit box. Not everyone will even notice signatures (unless on the umpteenth read through).
Actually I need you and Tammyfan to have a look at my latest article either on my blog or on the cross-posting on Down The Tubes to see if you can identify the original Fangs of Fear artist that was in the dummy of Cheeky issue 1. The original artist looks like someone who worked on Tammy or Jinty but I just cannot put a name to the style.
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The weekly Beano had a credits page in 2014, dropped it for a while, then began running writer/artist credits on every strip from March 2016. Credits still appear every week.comixminx wrote:But Lew, why don't DCT publish a contents page with creator names? That's what I mean really. Or print the names on the strips themselves in a credit box. Not everyone will even notice signatures (unless on the umpteenth read through).
I don't know why the annual hasn't caught up yet but I agree it should.
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For my partner's 4 grandchildren, I got them I got them this year's:
- Beano Annual
Rupert Bear Annual
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I got the following Christmas issues from my local WHSmith:
- 2000AD
Beano
Epic
Judge Dredd Megazine
Marvel Legends
Striker
Viz*
Reading comics since 1970. My Current Regulars are: 2000 AD (1977-), Judge Dredd Megazine (1990-), Spaceship Away (2003-), Commando (2013-), Monster Fun (2022-), Deadpool and Wolverine (2023-), Quantum (2023-).
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Over Christmas, I got the latest
The Dandy Annual 2019
Rupert Bear Annual 2019
Classic Beano & The Dandy - Food Fight
The Dandy Annual 2019
Rupert Bear Annual 2019
Classic Beano & The Dandy - Food Fight
Reading comics since 1970. My Current Regulars are: 2000 AD (1977-), Judge Dredd Megazine (1990-), Spaceship Away (2003-), Commando (2013-), Monster Fun (2022-), Deadpool and Wolverine (2023-), Quantum (2023-).
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Got my first comic of the year - Beano No. 4014.
A good festive read and I bought a second copy so that my partner's grandkids could read it (and have a set of gifts each).
A good festive read and I bought a second copy so that my partner's grandkids could read it (and have a set of gifts each).
Reading comics since 1970. My Current Regulars are: 2000 AD (1977-), Judge Dredd Megazine (1990-), Spaceship Away (2003-), Commando (2013-), Monster Fun (2022-), Deadpool and Wolverine (2023-), Quantum (2023-).
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My 2nd comic of the season: Deadpool Unleashed Vol. 2 No. 8 with an offbeat Xmas tale - Christmas Missed Us!
Also got my other half's grandkids this year's:
The Dandy Annual 2020
Beano Annual 2020
Also got my other half's grandkids this year's:
The Dandy Annual 2020
Beano Annual 2020
Reading comics since 1970. My Current Regulars are: 2000 AD (1977-), Judge Dredd Megazine (1990-), Spaceship Away (2003-), Commando (2013-), Monster Fun (2022-), Deadpool and Wolverine (2023-), Quantum (2023-).
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No actual Christmas issues, but issues for Christmas, Over the phone I bought nine issues of JUDY and seven issues of MANDY from 30th Century Comics. The total cost including p&p was £47 25p. Will said they will be winging their way down to Cornwall on Thursday, so I will get them before Christmas.
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I got in the mail yesterday, this year's Christmas issue of the Beano.
I will be picking up in the mail tomorrow, a personalized copy of the 1958 Beano Book (sent via a parcel forwarding service, as otherwise, I wouldn't be able to buy.)
I will be picking up in the mail tomorrow, a personalized copy of the 1958 Beano Book (sent via a parcel forwarding service, as otherwise, I wouldn't be able to buy.)