Terry Bave signed the gags with his real name but Sid Burgon used the pen-name SWAB. My impression is that SWAB was the biggest contributor in both books. Sid Burgon’s cartooning style was different from the one he used in comics, but it is still recognisable if you take a good look. Here are some examples:
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Friday, December 14, 2012
COR!! BOOKS OF GAGS
Terry Bave signed the gags with his real name but Sid Burgon used the pen-name SWAB. My impression is that SWAB was the biggest contributor in both books. Sid Burgon’s cartooning style was different from the one he used in comics, but it is still recognisable if you take a good look. Here are some examples:
Many thanks for your terrific blog - Cor!! really was a marvellous comic. I seem to remember that one of my old Buster annuals was made to the same quality as this joke book, with a soft cover and black and white throughout. It was probably around the same time, around 1976/7.
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ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure that all Buster annuals until 1979 had soft-covers and black and white interiors.
All my annuals are in my parent's attic so I can't confirm it, but based on what you said I think my first Buster annual was probably 1978 and I carried on collecting them till about 1984/5. Buster was a terrific comic but I was always disappointed by its lack of colour compared to other Fleetway titles. When you had comics such as Cor!! and Monster Fun merging with Buster, you found that your favourite strip that was previously colourful was relegated to just black and white in the new comic.
ReplyDeleteI bought the first Gags book at Luton Airport! This was for reading on the plane to Ibiza, and also while there as well. I quite enjoyed it, although for me the second book didn't quite have the same time and effort put into it (there were half the number of written jokes to the 1976 edition.) I still have both books!
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