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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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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

A LOOK AT SHIVER & SHAKE STRIPS: SCREAM INN (PART TWO)



On a couple of occasions Innkeeper was seen making entries in the register of Scream Inn guests. I compiled a full version for him and here are the first 40 visitors:

Issue No. 1 ● March 10th, 1973 ● Boxing champ and boss
Issue No. 2 ● March 17th, 1973 ● Man and wife (Cyril and Ethel)
Issue No. 3 ● March 24th, 1973 ● Royal guard sergeant
Issue No. 4 ● March 31st, 1973 ● Doomrot Ltd. - Woodworm and Dry Rot Control
Issue No. 5 ● April 7th, 1973 ● Invisible man disguised as mummy
Issue No. 6 ● April 14th, 1973 ● Horror Films Incorporated: horror movie actor - the Great Ivan Oscar
Issue No. 7 ● April 21st, 1973 ● Mr. Squeezy Kneezy - hairdresser and beautician
Issue No. 8 ● April 28th, 1973 ● Girl scouts (young girl guides and teacher) 
Issue No. 9 ● May 5th, 1973 ● Short-sighted lad
Issue No. 10 ● May 12th, 1973 ● Space alien
Issue No. 11 ● May 19th, 1973 ● Photographer
Issue No. 12 ● May 26th, 1973 ● Doctor Dimwitt and nurse Suzanne Bennet
Issue No. 13 ● June 2nd, 1973 ● Decorators (Bert Slappit house painter)
Issue No. 14 ● June 9th, 1973 ● Policeman (Constable Clodhopper)
Issue No. 15 ● June 16th, 1973 ● Shiver Editor


Issue No. 16 ● June 23rd, 1973 ● Pied Piper of Hamelin
Issue No. 17 ● June 30th, 1973 ● Estate agent Mr. Grovell
Issue No. 18 ● July 7th, 1973 ● Writer of Scream Inn
Issue No. 19 ● July 14th, 1973 ● Soldier in his solid steel hut with barbed wire and machine guns
Issue No. 20 ● July 21st, 1973 ● Doctor Jekyll
Issue No. 21 ● July 28th, 1973 ● Mob of American-type gangsters
Issue No. 22 ● August 4th, 1973 ● Witch doctor
Issue No. 23 ● August 11st, 1973 ● Elephant


Issue No. 24 ● August 18th, 1973 ● Charlady - cleaner of the Chamber of Horrors at Madamme Tussaud's
Issue No. 25 ● August 25th, 1973 ● Scream Inn artist (Brian Walker's self-portrait)
Issue No. 26 ● September 1st, 1973 ● Count Dracula
Issue No. 27 ● September 8th, 1973 ● Dentist
Issue No. 28 ● September 15th, 1973 ● Harry Screamers - comical conjurer
Issue No. 29 ● September 22/1973 ● Builder
Issue No. 30 ● September 29th, 1973 ● Spanish bullfighter
Issue No. 31 ● October 6th, 1973 ● Miner
Issue No. 32 ● October 13rd, 1973 ● Innkeeper's sister Grimhilda
Issue No. 33 ● October 20th, 1973 ● English gentleman


Issue No. 34 ● October 27th, 1973 ● Milkman
Issue No. 35 ● November 3rd, 1973 ● Tarzan
Issue No. 36 ● November 10th, 1973 ● Knight - Sir Stinkalot of the Gasworks
Issue No. 37 ● November 17th, 1973 ● Wizards Anonymous from "Shake" pages. This was a tragic episode for Innkeeper and his gang because they were outsmarted by Brimstone and Treacle - a pair of wizards from Wizards Anonymous strip from Shake section, illustrated by none other than Brian Walker...


Fortunately,  Innkeeper restored the status quo ante in that very same issue of SHIVER AND SHAKE by making his own guest appearance in Wizards Anonymous and tampering with the time machine that the two potty wizards built in hope to get back to the days of dear old King Arthur's reign... 

Issue No. 38 ● November 24th, 1973 ● Brass band conductor
Issue No. 39 ● December 1st, 1973 ● Delivery man delivering a new colour TV
Issue No. 40 ● December 8th, 1973 ● Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson