Comics UK

It was not the final cover. The in-comic ads carry a small print disclaimer that the Beano annual cover may be different (read: WILL be different) but I haven't had a chance to dig around and see if it's available in Belfast yet.

I found it interesting that they were advertising - I thought they had already replaced Morris Heggie as archivist, and of course this is combining his former role with that of Calum Laird.

DC Thomson already knows its market - that's why the Dandy special bookazines are classic material (albeit I think prepared by the Beano team) and we get the annual Beano/Dandy archive books. It's also why the Dandy finished - not enough of us were buying it. I think that while Rebellion will make u...

Peter Gray wrote:The logo is a bit like this on the annual.. round lettering no straights..

Peter, do you have a copy of the real thing?

The ad for the Beano annual says "Please note that the front cover image of the Beano annual may change." That said, next week is clearly going to be the pre-launch, as another issue is required to defeat Walter and his dad before the actual revamp happens. My copy arrived today - it's the vagaries ...

27th August. Shows how much attention I pay to anything other than the actual comic (which I definitely read on the day it arrives!)

NP wrote:Anyone noticed anything yet?

There is something secret going on according to the back of the address sheet. Now, where did I put the actual Beano...

I think David is 81 or 82. Hopefully he hasn't retired altogether.

10 Monster Funs for £5
Krazy Annual 1981 for £4
7 Best of Whoopee monthlies for £1 each
2 Best of Whizzer and Chips monthlies for £1 each

Not bad!

Brickman Begins!
Brickman Returns!
Davy Francis's Funny Ha-ha magazine Issue 3
Rok of the Reds issue 1
The bizarre Adventures of Gilbert and Sullivan
Dandy dated 17 September 1977
Dandy Book 1968

You'd think I was at Enniskillen Comicfest yesterday or something.

I have to say my Beano always arrives pristine - sounds like a handling problem.

It's a fair picking of nits. The logo constitutes part or all of the masthead - so, for example, to take Arena of Awesome, its logo was the central part of the masthead, and the panels showing the fighters are not logos but still part of the masthead. Jamie does similarly with Looshkin - the other e...

I tried opening the URL to the image, but got a "URL signature expired" error. I googled, and got thislink,which I reckon is definitely Bob Dewar.

I know Little Mo was drawn by Jim Petrie at the end, and I'm just trying to remember if Bob Dewar drew her immediately after Bob McGrath retired.

688 episodes is after the merger from Sparky