What comics did you buy today?

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Glad to be of service

[SID]

Glad to be of service

I bought the latest copy of Viz. I must admit, I enjoyed it a lot better than I did the last time.

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

Just finished looking through much of the VIZ back-catalogue: a shocking state of neglect on my part, especially considering issue one came out way back in 1979.


I have looked through VIZ lots of times since the mid-80s, but usually only fleetingly---only now, here in 2016, can I actually spend as much time as I want to savour a decent chunk of the material, instead of just speed-reading the basics in the newsagents.


It's really good, well written and witty in the main, with some jet-black comedy in bits, and one strip I especially enjoyed is called Spawny G*t, a surrealist plot device which starts off with our hero encountering some devastating bad luck---but which turns out to lead to very fortunate encounters for him, often in the shape of a bevvy of beauties for his own personal enlightenment, shall we say.

The final frame usually ends with a reader commenting [off-frame:]


'Spawny G*t!'

Great stuff I thought, and just the tip of the VIZ iceberg.


It's a lot nearer to MAD than I realized---especially the many advertising spoofs.

A worthy addition to the History of UK comics.

[TwoHeadedBoy]

I'm envious, it'd be great to re-discover Viz all over again

There's a book called The Big Hard One (usually less than a fiver on Amazon) that collects the contents of most of the first 12 issues, the REALLY early stuff is unlike anything else out there...

[big bad bri]

i have every viz annual so may have to read them

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

The very first issue of VIZ is crude in more ways than one, but the comic clearly had to start somewhere------ it picks up within a few short issues, though.

Can anyone name the book with all the rough pencils of the characters etc, that came out about 15 years back? Gold cover, I think........

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Yep...

25 Years of Viz: Silver-Plated Jubilee by William Cook, excellent book

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

Yes, I'm sure that's the one, THB!

Notes have been taken, that one is on my wants list---loved the unfinished artwork and scans of pencil roughs in that book.

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

Just picked the book up for 2 pounds 80 on e-bay. inc postage second-hand. That's cheaper than the current comic, which is 3 pounds 25, I think......


Fast worker, eh, readers!


Brilliant companion to the comics what I remember of it.


THB: your info helped me a lot to pinpoint that particular book.

Thank yew!!!

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

It's on Amazon for a penny---but the postage is 2 pounds 80!


Looks like I saved meself a penny .

[big bad bri]

whizzer and chips holiday special 1993,thank god for the cover gallery on this site as there was no date at all inside.i only have the forum bookmarked as i have not looked at rest of site in years.

[Phoenix]

the postage is 2 pounds 80! Looks like I saved meself a penny .

As second class postage is now £2.85, Rab, you actually saved yourself 6p.

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

wow, I can break out the chilled beer in celebration, Phoenix---it is Friday night, after all!

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Just picked the book up for 2 pounds 80 on e-bay. inc postage second-hand. That's cheaper than the current comic, which is 3 pounds 25, I think......


Fast worker, eh, readers!


Brilliant companion to the comics what I remember of it.


THB: your info helped me a lot to pinpoint that particular book.

Thank yew!!!

You're welcome - that's better than the £9.99 Oxfam charged me for it eight years ago!
Fantastic book though, worth every penny

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

Second-hand books usually do me fine, THB: last year, I got a second-hand book on the Bamforth seaside postcards, and it would have passed for a split-new copy.........just the luck of the draw.