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I agree too. Mainly because of the shine. Newsprint shows up better.

They are charing £1 each!?! That'll mean they'll be sitting in the shop for a while? Katherine House Hospice in Stafford had a load of 1990s Beanos, I swear in one lot of 25 issues they were asking £30.00.

Ginger wrote:

Digifiend wrote: they were also on inferior quality paper

That's a matter of opinion.
Half kidding, although I have always prefered the old newsprint-type paper comics used to be printed on. It's warmer somehow than the horrible glossy stuff they use these days.
It's not nostalgia, either, as I remember even as a kid being disappointed when the Radio Times (which had a good tradition of illustration) switched to glossy. There's something about it I just don't like, I don't even quite know what it is.

I agree with ginger i love the old style paper comics the likes of beano & dandy were printed on especially the old ipc stuff like buster & whoopee & was gutted when they changed paper & size & went colour( well thankfully whoopee never survived to this change but whizzer & chips was a horrible abomination after it changed) & dont get me started on the glossy mag format eagle & roy of the rovers changed to, that was what killed my love of british comics in the end & started me buying only american stuff.

big bad bri wrote:

Ginger wrote:

Digifiend wrote: they were also on inferior quality paper

That's a matter of opinion.
Half kidding, although I have always prefered the old newsprint-type paper comics used to be printed on. It's warmer somehow than the horrible glossy stuff they use these days.
It's not nostalgia, either, as I remember even as a kid being disappointed when the Radio Times (which had a good tradition of illustration) switched to glossy. There's something about it I just don't like, I don't even quite know what it is.

I agree with ginger i love the old style paper comics the likes of beano & dandy were printed on especially the old ipc stuff like buster & whoopee & was gutted when they changed paper & size & went colour( well thankfully whoopee never survived to this change but whizzer & chips was a horrible abomination after it changed) & dont get me started on the glossy mag format eagle & roy of the rovers changed to, that was what killed my love of british comics in the end & started me buying only american stuff.

But... American comics also have glossy paper.

The glossy printing reproduces artwork better and allows for a wider colour palette than newsprint ever did. On the negative side the light reflection is a little inconvenient and the paper stock is often thin. But even if they went back to newsprint they'd be using far thinner paper now anyway (just as newspapers do).

On balance, I think modern printing wins because of the better reproduction and increased palette.

booksandcomics wrote:They are charing £1 each!?! That'll mean they'll be sitting in the shop for a while? Katherine House Hospice in Stafford had a load of 1990s Beanos, I swear in one lot of 25 issues they were asking £30.00.

I must be out of touch. Is a pound considered too expensive for a 20 year old comic?

Lew Stringer wrote:I must be out of touch. Is a pound considered too expensive for a 20 year old comic?

If the charity shop were to sell them in bundles of 5 for £1, some people would still think they were being shortchanged.

Lew Stringer wrote:

booksandcomics wrote:They are charing £1 each!?! That'll mean they'll be sitting in the shop for a while? Katherine House Hospice in Stafford had a load of 1990s Beanos, I swear in one lot of 25 issues they were asking £30.00.

I must be out of touch. Is a pound considered too expensive for a 20 year old comic?

Maybe... There's a place in Manchester that charges 10p each for Beanos, Dandys, Busters and so on.

Given just how many there is, it'll definitely take a long time for them to be sold, as no casual buyer will go there with enough cash in hand to buy the whole lot. That was what put me off, there was just plain too many! And the serious buyers who do have such ready dough, are probably looking at ebay, not charity shops! Anyway, quite frankly, the person who donated them (and I'm pretty sure it was just one person, as from what I saw, they all had the same name written on the cover in biro), if they really are worth even £1 each, is an idiot. Why give them away when you can sell them for hundreds of pounds?

Digifiend wrote:Why give them away when you can sell them for hundreds of pounds?

I think you are missing the point, Digi. The donor was thinking about people less fortunate than himself rather than being selfish. A refreshing attitude in this day and age, wouldn't you say?

Another two issues of Sparky I am missing went begging, and was unable to bid on it (two from 1967).

The search will continue in the new year.

In a charity shop that I went in on saturday they had a few annuals and pocket size comic books that were of interest to me.They included Yogi Bear and a topper annual in worn condition with an asking price of £3.99 and the pocket comic books of the Bunty, Debbie types for which they were asking £1.99 each.Some annuals had torn spines and they were still asking £2.99.I have no problem with the prices they charge because I can take them or leave them and of course I left them.What annoyed me was the fact that these along with lots of other books were piled high in a large shopping trolley type basket where people had to fling them around to find the ones underneath.I don't think that this charity shop should charge high prices while treating the books as worthless.

The only shop in my area that stocked Commando comics has now stopped selling them which means I now would have to go into the next big town over ten miles away to obtain a copy if I want one or two

Bethanys grandad wrote:The only shop in my area that stocked Commando comics has now stopped selling them which means I now would have to go into the next big town over ten miles away to obtain a copy if I want one or two

Is there no way you could order them from Thomsons, and have them delivered?

Phoenix wrote:

Bethanys grandad wrote:The only shop in my area that stocked Commando comics has now stopped selling them which means I now would have to go into the next big town over ten miles away to obtain a copy if I want one or two

Is there no way you could order them from Thomsons, and have them delivered?

The only trouble is that I'm not that keen on the standard ww2 story's I prefer the more unusual and pre ww1 stories so I mostly buy what I like the look of

Read the Commando website or Lew Stringer's Blimey blog then - look at the previews and only make the trip if something takes your fancy.