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July 15, 2004
nostalgia
Mmmm, the interglobalinterwebnet seems a bit sparce when it comes to information about one of my dimly but fondly remembered comic book strips -Puss 'n' Boots in the Sparky comic. Which featured such incidental delights as Policemen sporting flashing blue lights on their helmets, the pogo-stick as a form of transport, it was altogether a lot more 'Monty Python-ish' and 'The Goodies' influenced than most of the old-fashioned fare at the time. I was hoping for a few scanned pages or something out there. I particularly wanted to know who the artist/writer was. But alas. Why don't we know who he (or she) was and why are they not being honoured as a comedy genius?
I'm sure I've got the odd annual - (issues 73 through to 77) currently rotting away in the sea air in the garage. Deep heavy sigh.
Mind you I never really liked Annuals -even as a kid I thought they were a bit of a rippoff compared to the weekly comics.
Posted by groc on July 15, 2004 02:44 AM
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DATE: 07/15/2004 02:42:44 PM
oh I loved annuals. weekly comics were never big enough, but an annual was a feast! I used to get Whizzer and Chips, and occasionally the Beano. Plus I used to buy "Oink" when I was about 17 'cos it was so subversive and punky (they tried to ban it you know). A lot of it wasn't very good but there was a great strip of an alien (called Burp - or something) - wish I'd kept them now
wibbled by: Anonymous at December 13, 2004 11:41 PM