From WHAM! No 59 dated 31st July, 1965 |
welcome and enjoy!
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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Saturday, August 4, 2012
SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (DAY 9)
Friday, August 3, 2012
SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (DAY 8)
Thursday, August 2, 2012
SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (DAY 7)
From WHAM! No. 33, 30th January, 1965 |
From WHAM! No. 60, 7th August, 1965 |
From WHAM! No. 101, 21st May, 1966 |
From SHIVER AND SHAKE dated 5th October, 1974 (No. 79, last issue) |
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (DAY 5)
Monday, July 30, 2012
SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (DAY 4)
This lively set appeared in 1977 SHIVER AND SHAKE Holiday Special and was a reprint of the Lion Lot from LION by Leo Baxendale |
Sunday, July 29, 2012
SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (DAY 3)
Cricket and motor sports are not part of the Olympic Games, so I will leave them out. Football has already been covered extensively last month but I found one or two interesting examples and will probably include them in later posts. Tennis can also wait a bit. Today’s post is all about BOXING, and there is certainly no shortage of strips with the boxing theme.
From BEEZER No. 24 dated June 30th, 1956 |
From BEEZER No. 324 dated March 31st, 1962 |
From THE BEANO No. 754 dated December 29th, 1956 |
From THE BEANO No. 778 dated June 15th, 1957 |
From POW! No. 33 dated September 2nd, 1967 |