2008 UK Annuals

[Conor B]

'some comics not out yet'? ..... do they have plans for a new title Conor?

No, Beanos for the next three weeks

[Peter Gray]

Just seen Look-in 70's annual and Look and Learn best of..both look great...
Hope there will be an 80's version......always liked dangermouse ..

theres some more info on Look-in at bear alley blog..

the pages in Look and Learn are amazing.the pages are so glossy...very high quality and a big book....the printing is better than the original mag..

its great seeing more of these type of books....

future ideas....

Best of Wham..Pow...Smash

Best of Buster with interesting info...original art...artist info.adventure stories...this could work!!

[Shaqui]

Has anyone else heard about the 'Doctor Who' annual being recalled because of a typo on the front? Apparently it got all the way to print and distribution with the title being 'Doctor Hwo'?

[tbuk]

Not strictly true - the typo is on the spine and it hasn't mis-spelled Doctor Who (since they just use the standard logo for that") they have in fact cocked-up the word "official" on the spine, saying something like "offcal" or some such. There are pictures on Outpost Gallifrey, if you dare venture there!

[Dizrythmia]

Annuals already?? Is it me or does it get earlier every year??

Maybe it just feels like it...

No... September 1st has always been the traditional date annuals started to appear in shops

Ahhh, they come out later over here. I've been checking the book stores, but nothing yet...

[Peter Gray]

Oor Wullie: Facsimile Edition of the 1940 Oor Wullie Book (Hardcover) (added 24 Sept. 2006)
Aurum Press Ltd, who produced the Broons 1939 and Dandy Monster Comic 1939 fascsimiles last year, are to publish facsimile copies of the first Oor Wullie book (originally published in 1940). Information is thin on the ground just now but the book is due to be released in October with the ISBN 9781845132156.

Story Links: from thatsbraw website

I already have the number 1 reprint Beano annual portolio editions number 729 out of 2000

so will be great to get Oor Wullie number 1...


Hope number 2 Dandy annual and Beano will come out one day

[Peter Gray]

I've seen Oor Wullie facsimilie out now!

I'm going to wait for the price to drop...

[Kashgar]

I've seen Oor Wullie facsimilie out now!

I'm going to wait for the price to drop...

Fabulous book which I'm sure you'll find well worth the wait. Watkins before he became 'Watkins' in many ways. The strips reprinted in the book date from 9th Aug 1936 on page 3 right through to 10 Mar 1940 on page 93 so a marvellous cross-section of delights from nearly four years of 'Fun Section' strips.

[ROY ROGERS]

seen most of the new 08 annuals at boot sales for ?2 or so one stall had boxs of them

[steelclaw]

seen most of the new 08 annuals at boot sales for ?2 or so one stall had boxs of them

I'm coming to Essex then, what one?

[ROY ROGERS]

allmost all the 2008 annual inc the new best of jackie and the new classic beano ?3 EACH at the canvey island sat boot sale ......

[felneymike]

The "Doctor Who storybook" is apparently good. Though i hear the official Doctor Who annuals are rubbish, reprints of strips from the Adventures comic that are barely a month old XD

[Peter Gray]

From looking at Horrible Histories it looks like reprints from the books mixed in with puzzles...so not so good...

Qi annual on the letter E..... e.g like Elm tree written by Clive Anderson...Edible (how to cook an unusual animal) by Jeremy Clarkson...Alan Davis on Essex...

cover looks like The Beano with the panel dressed and drawn Beanoy..
looks fun to read....I like the program a lot...my kind of humour..
This annual is more like it.....and not dumbed down.....
I'd say the book is for teenagers and upwards...a small bit of swearing in the book...though not a Viz book
Nice to see a different kind of annual...also got cartoons in it...

[Peter Gray]

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[Steve Flanagan]

From looking at Horrible Histories it looks like reprints from the books mixed in with puzzles...so not so good...

There looked to be quite a lot of comic strips in it that I hadn't seen before. There's a two page strip about Guy Fawkes, for example, that isn't in The Slimy Stuarts, although the cartoon about him on the next page is from that book. It could be a reprnt from another source, though: I never saw the magazine, for example.

The QI Annual doesn't seem to have any comic strips in it, though it does have cartoons.

I noticed that Waterstones had a reprint of the 1959 Rupert Bear annual.