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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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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

A LOOK AT COR!! COMIC: THE FEW REMAINING THINGS...



The purpose of this post is to get the last things out of the way so that I can close this series dedicated to COR!! comic and move forward :) 

Smartie Artie is the last remaining strip whose appearances were limited to COR!! annuals. It can be found in 1982 and 1984 COR!! Comic Annuals, two episodes in each. Smartie Artie was a version of Artful Artie from COR!! 1983 Holiday Special. Both strips were illustrated by the same artist, the stories were very simple and so was the art.



Professor Corn’s Daft Dictionary Definitions feature was mentioned briefly in one of my early COR!! posts (1974: A look at the last months of COR!!). I will add that the feature began in COR!! issue with the cover date of 6th October, 1973 (No. 175) and appeared regularly until the last issue of the weekly. Here is a sample from the issue dated 26th January, 1974 (No. 191):



Some of the reprints that ran in COR!! Annuals and Specials also got a brief mention in the earlier posts. Here are full details of their various appearances over the years:

Ug and Tug the Peace Makers was a Wild West comedy strip drawn by Nadal about an Indian kid and a settler kid. The stories were reprinted from Buster where the strip enjoyed a short run in 1965. Ug and Tug reprints appeared in:
1971 COR!! Summer Special (4 episodes)
1972 COR!! Comic Annual (5 episodes)
1972 COR!! Holiday Special (3 episodes)
1973 COR!! Comic Annual (3 episodes)
1974 COR!! Comic Annual (4 episodes)



Aqua Lad – reprints from the early issues of Whizzer and Chips where the strip was illustrated by Terry Bave. Aqua Lad reprints appeared in:
1974 COR!! Holiday Special (3 episodes)
1975 COR!! Comic Annual (3 episodes)
1975 COR!! Holiday Special (1 episode)
1976 COR!! Comic Annual (4 episodes)



Give A Dog a Bone – reprints from the early issues of Whizzer and Chips where the strip was illustrated by Graham Allen. The reprints appeared in:
1974 COR! Holiday Special (4 episodes)
1975 COR!! Comic Annual (2 episodes)
1976 COR!! Comic Annual (4 episodes)
1977 COR!! Comic Annual (6 episodes, one in full colour)



The Spectacular Adventures of Willie Bunk – reprints from the early issues of Whizzer and Chips where the strip was illustrated by the universal Frank McDiarmid. The reprints appeared in:
1974 COR!! Holiday Special (1 episode)
1975 COR!! Comic Annual (4 episodes)




Patch-Eye Hooker – reprints from BUSTER. Ray Moore’s BUSTER index says the story landed in Buster after it absorbed the short-lived GIGGLE comic in 1968. Artist unknown. Reprints of the strip appeared in:
1978 COR!! Comic Annual (2 episodes)
1979 COR!! Comic Annual
1979 COR!! Holiday Special (2 episodes)
1980 COR!! Comic Annual



The last remaining thing is to take a look at COR!! Books of Gags (two were published) which I hope to do very soon

8 comments:

  1. I've really loved your posts on Cor!, very well researched and brilliantly written!

    Any ideas as to which comic you'll be covering next? Will you still be covering Shiver and Shake or are you considering something else? I'd like to see Wham! at some stage, as I only have one issue (which I wrote a blog post about a while ago here:
    http://www.wackycomics.com/2011/11/frankie-stein-arrives.html

    Whatever you decide to cover I'm sure it'll be great!

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    1. Thanks, George, I'm glad you enjoyed reading them. I plan to do Shiver and Shake next. There may be some delay though because I have other things to do early in the year. But I have a few ace posts lined up for the Holiday Season :) I may do Wham one day...

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  2. Cor!! its nearly complete...well done!!!

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    1. Yes, I'm almost there! Thanks for your support!

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  3. Funny stuff, that Dog-A-Bone thing.

    Your dedication to Cor!! is admirable, congratulations on covering the lot of them! Any idea which comic you'll be looking at next?

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    1. Thanks! I guess it’s more the archivist in me than my dedication to a particular comic that drives me :) Shiver and Shake is next in line. I am enjoying your blog too. As a matter of fact, your posts are responsible for a few of my recent eBay purchases, particularly the near complete set of Hoot (the images of the Hoot Squad that you’ve shown really got me interested in the title – can’t wait for the package to arrive) and more recently the Dandy from the early 90s because of Tom Paterson’s art there. Excellent stuff!

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    2. Well shucks, you've got me blushing now! Looking forward to the Shiver And Shake stuff, got a couple of the annuals of that recently and there's some FANTASTIC stuff inside them (look out for the puzzle pages in the 1977 annual!).

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  4. Shiver and Shake was a wonderful, very interesting comic - really looking forward to that.

    And you've already done a great service for serious Cor!! scholars the world over.

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