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Gad, Sir! Comics!: December 2007
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An ageing Englishman rambles on about comics and other unpopular aspects of popular culture. Monday, 31 December 2007. 2007: Long, long, long. I posted a while back about the short comics. That I liked most in 2007. Now it’s the turn of their longer brethren, each filling at least one separate publication. Bryan Talbot Alice in Sunderland. A remarkable catherine-wheel essay. My seven-part review starts here. John Rogers, Raphael Albuquerque and others Blue Beetle. I reviewed the opening story here. Strai...
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Gad, Sir! Comics!: Frayed ends Buffed up
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An ageing Englishman rambles on about comics and other unpopular aspects of popular culture. Monday, 3 March 2008. Frayed ends Buffed up. It would seem from Jo Chen’s cover. To Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8. Issue 16 (found via Blog@Newsarama. That Joss Whedon is planning a crossover with his series Fray. Which, you will recall, dealt with the adventures of a Slayer in a Blade Runner. Y far future. This is not too much of a surprise, given that the Big Bad of Season 8. Issue 16 by Jo Chen. British Co...
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Gad, Sir! Comics!: Dandy surprise
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An ageing Englishman rambles on about comics and other unpopular aspects of popular culture. Wednesday, 13 February 2008. As a random purchase this week, I picked up a copy of the current issue of The Dandy. The highlight is a two-page guide to drawing comics by Jamie Smart. A slightly less rigorous analysis of the form than that offered by Thierry Groensteen, but fun nonetheless. 7 March 2008 at 10:23. I've seen it suggested that one reason for the lack of new comics with original characters is that sup...
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Gad, Sir! Comics!: January 2008
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An ageing Englishman rambles on about comics and other unpopular aspects of popular culture. Friday, 18 January 2008. My makeup is dry and it clags on my chin. 8220;We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable,” said Dr Penny Curtis from the University of Sheffield, who conducted a study of the best way to decorate children’s wards in hospitals. ( BBC News story. Judy Drood, girl detective, knows how to deal with frightening, unknowable clowns.
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Gad, Sir! Comics!: Mother’s Dog
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An ageing Englishman rambles on about comics and other unpopular aspects of popular culture. Sunday, 2 March 2008. It’s Mothering Sunday today here in the UK (now more commonly called “Mother’s Day”, under the influence of the celebration held in the US and elsewhere in May). My own mother passed away many years ago now, but I’m feeling sentimental, so here are a couple of examples of her favourite comic strip, Fred Basset. Was created by Alex Graham and started running in the Daily Mail. Again With the ...
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Gad, Sir! Comics!: My makeup is dry and it clags on my chin
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An ageing Englishman rambles on about comics and other unpopular aspects of popular culture. Friday, 18 January 2008. My makeup is dry and it clags on my chin. 8220;We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable,” said Dr Penny Curtis from the University of Sheffield, who conducted a study of the best way to decorate children’s wards in hospitals. ( BBC News story. Judy Drood, girl detective, knows how to deal with frightening, unknowable clowns.
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Gad, Sir! Comics!: Rude words in classic comic strips
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An ageing Englishman rambles on about comics and other unpopular aspects of popular culture. Monday, 10 March 2008. Rude words in classic comic strips. Because I’m feeling distinctly puerile today …. So, a kilo-bugger; that must be, what, equivalent to a thousand ordinary buggers? From Winsor McCay Dream of the Rarebit Fiend: The Saturdays. Checker Book Publishing Group, 2007), originally published under the pen-name Silas in the New York Evening Telegram. Sometime between 1906 and 1911. Frayed ends Buff...
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Gad, Sir! Comics!: Gone from a world he never made
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An ageing Englishman rambles on about comics and other unpopular aspects of popular culture. Tuesday, 12 February 2008. Gone from a world he never made. Steve Gerber has died, aged only 60. His was one of the most distinctive voices in comics, and he did more than most to expand the range of what letterpress, mass retail comics could cover in the days before the opportunities and disappointments of the direct market. Tom Spurgeon. Issue 2, Marvel Comics, March 1976, reprinted in Essential Howard the Duck.
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Gad, Sir! Comics!: Where I'm Coming From
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An ageing Englishman rambles on about comics and other unpopular aspects of popular culture. Sunday, 18 March 2007. Where I'm Coming From. My first memories of comics date from around 1970. I must have read nursery comics before then – or had them read to me – but, like many Brits, I find The Beano. Lurking at the start of my memory lane. My favourite strip was The Bash Street Kids. By the remarkable Leo Baxendale, but my favourite artist was Robert Nixon, who had taken over Roger the Dodger. Were much m...
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Toonhound - Resources
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Cartoons, animation, comic strips and puppets in the UK. Linking you to other British toon. Indexes,news and guides. The pigs' British comics library provides a useful introduction to titles,. But this site's main aim is to serve as a vehicle for buying and selling. Brit comics online. Independent sellers can sell their stock through. The site and now there are splendid online comic auctions too. John Freeman's excellent comics resource is updated regularly. Via his online message board. A extraordinary ...
