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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.

QUICK TIP: this blog is a sequence of posts covering one particular comic at a time. The sequence follows a certain logic, so for maximum results it is recommended that the blog is read from the oldest post up.

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Sunday, May 29, 2016

THE MOONSTERS COVERS OF SPARKY - PART THREE


Time for ten more early Sparky covers with the Moonsters. The first and the last ones in this post are interesting: the first one (No. 50) because it celebrates the New Year, while the last one (No. 59) because Bill Ritchie later re-drew it as the cover of Sparky Book 1968 (see my old post HERE).











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  1. KidMay 30, 2016 at 12:51 AM

    Superb covers, Irmy. I think your collection of comics must surpass that of most (if not all) British collectors. What have you yet to add to your collection that you regard as the 'holy grail' of your wants list?

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    1. IrmantasMay 30, 2016 at 6:59 AM

      My collection is quite large but I am sure some collectors in the UK have bigger ones. As for the holy grail, or grails, I wouldn't mind completing my Sparky collection (2 issues to go) and my Buster collection (6 early issues to go)

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    2. KidJune 3, 2016 at 3:08 PM

      I reckon it won't take you long to track down the missing issues, Irmy. Do you bind them all when you have a full set, or do you leave them as separate issues. I know you have had comics series bound before, but I assume that's spare sets?

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    3. IrmantasJune 5, 2016 at 8:08 AM

      I keep all my Sparkys as individual issues. I have only bound my Beanos and Dandys starting from 1970 until the last newsprint issues in the late 80s. I will write a blogpost about my bound volumes one day :)

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  2. Peter GrayMay 30, 2016 at 9:13 AM

    Its great seeing the band cover and how it develops into an annual cover..

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