Sunday, August 12, 2012

SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (FINAL DAY)

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I was hoping to close this series of Olympic posts with something appropriately grand and spectacular but couldn’t find suitable example...
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Saturday, August 11, 2012

SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (DAY 16)

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As the 2012 Summer Olympics are slowly approaching the end, I will use today’s post to show several random strips and tick a few checkbo...
Friday, August 10, 2012

SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (DAY 15)

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Here is the last batch of the Moonsters sports covers from my SPARKY collection. Followed by two busy sets of The Terrors of Tornado St...
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Thursday, August 9, 2012

SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (DAY 14)

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SCHOOL FUN was a short-lived comic in the 80s that ran for just 33 issues before it was merged into BUSTER. What made the comic stand ...
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (DAY 13)

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How about some school sports antics from the Swots and the Blots?  From SMASH! dated 5th April, 1969 From SMASH! dated 13...

A LOOK AT COR!! STRIPS: BARON VON-BONKERS THE BIRDMAN

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Baron Von-Bonkers the Birdman was introduced in COR!! issue dated 20th April, 1974 (No. 203) and continued for 9 weeks until the paper ...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

SPORTS THEME IN BRITISH COMICS TO CELEBRATE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (DAY 12)

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With Team GB doing brilliantly at cycling disciplines in the Olympics, let’s take a look at the sport in comics over the years.  ...