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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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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

FOOTBALL THEME IN BRITISH HUMOUR COMICS TO CELEBRATE EURO 2012 (DAY 19)


Millions of people around the Globe are crazy about football but surely there are also those who are less than keen on the game. Here are three nice episodes of Hugh Fowler – the Man Who Hates Football from SCORCHER AND SCORE, illustrated by Ken Reid.

From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 28th August, 1971
From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 18th September, 1971
From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 9th October, 1971

4 comments:

  1. Wow! what a character.........Scorcher sure had a good thing with Ken Reid drawing for them..

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  2. Odd little story! Amazing how much action that Ken Reid packs into one page, though - love the scenes with the inflated footballs.

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  3. Glad to see that my desperate efforts to get Saturdays match abandoned have not been completely forgotten.

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