This week marks 50 years since the first appearance of Frankie Stein, one of the greatest characters in UK children’s humour comics. Ken Reid’s first creation after his departure from D.C.Thomson debuted in the 4th issue of WHAM! cover-dated 11th July, 1964 which went on sale this week exactly half-a-century ago. In this post I try to uncover the 'origins' of FS so let's start from the beginning:
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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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Sunday, July 6, 2014
FRANKIE STEIN TURNS 50!!!
This week marks 50 years since the first appearance of Frankie Stein, one of the greatest characters in UK children’s humour comics. Ken Reid’s first creation after his departure from D.C.Thomson debuted in the 4th issue of WHAM! cover-dated 11th July, 1964 which went on sale this week exactly half-a-century ago. In this post I try to uncover the 'origins' of FS so let's start from the beginning:
Thursday, June 26, 2014
A LOOK AT MONSTER FUN STRIPS: TERROR TV
Advertisement in MFC No. 49 the week before the premiere |
* Hag-Pie with Susan Shrieks (Magpie with host Susan Stranks)
Saturday, June 21, 2014
A LOOK AT MONSTER FUN STRIPS: FREAKY FARM
Advertisement in MFC No. 39 the week before the premiere |
Freaky Farm was a tale about a farm with an evil reputation run by the froight’ning Freaky Farmer – a monstrous humanoid who spoke with the West Country accent and had a hat instead of a head. Everything on Freaky Farm was predisposed against ‘pesky visitors’ and worked to scare them away and off the farm. Everything includes literally everything – from the Freaky Farmer: