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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, January 5, 2014

BUSTER COVERS GALLERY - PART 2



Below are front covers of the four issues of BUSTER from July 1963. In my previous post I said this was going to be a lazy series but in fact scanning the covers involved quite an effort – they are tabloid-sized comics, some are in bound volumes. I had to be extra careful scanning them with my enlarged A4 machine and each image is stitched together from two scans.



As I explained in my introduction to this series HERE, I started it hoping perhaps it will attract the attention of BUSTER collectors with spare copies of the title and they’ll help me fill my few remaining gaps. Please, contact me via e-mail if you have copies to sell or swap and don’t mind shipping abroad because I am not in the UK. I have 25 – 30 spare copies from the early 60s and might be able to help you fill some of your gaps, so e-mail me for a list and details about condition. See my blogger profile for the address.

MY WANTS FOR BUSTER:
October 29, 1960
December 24, 1960
December 31, 1960
January 21, 1961
February 4, 1961
February 11, 1961
July 15, 1961
September 23, 961
December 30, 1961
June 20, 1964
July 4, 1964
July 11, 1964
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  1. Peter GrayJanuary 5, 2014 at 10:30 PM

    http://www.thirtiethcentury.free-online.co.uk/catalogue/36_humour.htm

    Have you already tried here for the missing Busters?
    30th century shop Putnry London they can post..

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    1. IrmantasJanuary 6, 2014 at 5:13 AM

      I have, and they did help me fill quite a few of my gaps. I have high hopes for 30th CC in helping me complete my set. Thanks, Peter!

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  2. Peter GrayJanuary 7, 2014 at 3:51 PM

    Wow! what a scary background!!!! eeeeeek!!!!

    I;ve been buying the early Cor!! annuals inspired by your blog..love the details Robert draws and the other top artists...
    Going to 30th century shop next week probably to buy Shiver and shakes..;0)

    Whats your thoughts on Knockout..are you like me put off by less pages and very thin paper...with only a few characters I like...is that why your blog has skipped that comic?

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    1. IrmantasJanuary 7, 2014 at 4:21 PM

      I thought the background might be too scay but I will keep it for a while - I think it is quite approproate for Monster Fun Comic that I intend to cover next :) In fact the background is one of Ken Reid's World-Wide Weirdies, so probably not intended to be genuinely scary...
      I'm glad the blog has inspired you to enlarge your collection but I have to say I always prefer weeklies to annuals.
      As for Knockout, I haven't really looked at it very closely yet but I agree that the smaller pagecount and poor paper doesn't make it very attractive, although the early to the mid-seventies are my favourite priod for IPC humour comics.

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