Donovan's Dad by Terry Bave in COR!! issues dated 20th June, 1970 and 10th October, 1970 (Nos. 3 and 19) |
Donovan's Dad by Les Barton in COR!! issues dated 20th November, 1971 and 1st January, 1972 (Nos. 77 and 83) |
Hi and welcome to my blog about comics from other people’s childhood! It is dedicated primarily to British humour comics of the 60s and 70s. The reason they are not from my childhood is simply because I didn’t live in the UK back then (nor do I live there now). I knew next to nothing about them until fairly recently but since then I’ve developed a strong liking for the medium and amassed a large collection, including a number of complete or near complete sets. My intention is to use this blog as a channel for sharing my humble knowledge about different titles, favourite characters and creators as I slowly research my collection.
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Donovan's Dad by Terry Bave in COR!! issues dated 20th June, 1970 and 10th October, 1970 (Nos. 3 and 19) |
Donovan's Dad by Les Barton in COR!! issues dated 20th November, 1971 and 1st January, 1972 (Nos. 77 and 83) |
Super Mum in Whoopee!! was another working class strong person who also was too eager to help..
ReplyDeleteYou are quire right, Peter. Super Dad in Whizzer and Chips also exploited a similar theme.
ReplyDeleteDonovan’s dad’s name was Bill; check out Cor!! for 22/8/70 if you don’t Bill-lieve me. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteStephen, you seem to have a knack for finding out those small fun details! Keep up the good work.
DeleteThanks! I slightly disagree about the similarity between Donovan’s Dad and Super Dad. Yes, both featured super-strong fathers, but Bill didn’t seem to know his own strength; Super Dad certainly did and used it to punish his errant son. Bill was more like Desperate Dan – and thinking about it, may quite possibly have been inspired by him.
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