Ginger wrote:On the negative side, I'm afraid I really don't think Phil Corbett's Korky cuts the mustard at all, if it must be in the comic I think the most it deserevs is a mini-strip. As a page it's just terribly poor value: Compare it to Rocky's Horror Show, or The Bogies (good again this week), or even Harry Hill. It just doesn't seem like Mr Corbett's heart is in it. Six sparsely drawn panels, and scarcely troubling the scorer on the Laughs Per Page ratio.
I do feel this redesign of Korky was a mistake. Oh it's a cute enough character, of course, but it looks much more like one of Korky's nephews than Korky himself.
Jonny Whizz wrote:My opinion on Phil Corbett's version of Korky is that it's hit and miss. I've found some of the strips I've seen funny, others haven't really worked for me. I do find Korky's appearance strange, mainly because of how short he is as opposed to any of the other changes - if he was taller, I think he'd be more recognisable.
Phil Corbett's Korky is lazy, there I said it. Phil seems to just rush his stuff, there's no care put into it, just a simple, static, 'cute' cat with a load of puns in it. This week's made me laugh but the thing is, the artwork is too rushed. The scrawly, spidery handwriting makes the strips even harder to read, this one being an exception with the writing being fairly readable.
The problem is, everything's too static. Everything stays exactly where it is. Even their mouths. Korky's mouth rarely opens when he speaks. Also notice it's now called Korky, not 'Korky the Cat'?
Thing is, Phil's artwork IS rushed, Dino Vet and Freddy the Fearless Fly were rubbish, very rushed and hardly any movement. (But Freddy the Fearless Fly was one of his better strips). Bear Thrills was brilliant! That was very funny (well until Phil introduced puns.).
I don't think Phil is all that bothered about being in the Dandy, his blog rarely mentions the Dandy and he never buys the comic! Well, that's gratitude for you!
He's had his fair share of brilliant Korky strips though, the two page Harry Potter one was brilliant! One of the best stories done by Phil, and I loved the Postman Prat cameo! The Korky story where he finds a horse pretending to be a unicorn made me laugh out loud, it was random and funny. These are good Phil Corbett stories.
Phil once said on his blog he'd prefer to give Korky two pages as he thinks Korky deserves longer stories. (hence why his Korky mini strips have become so lazy and rushed lately, he doesn't like doing them.)
My honest answer to solve this = Bring back Chris McGhie's Korky the Cat.
yanobandy wrote:Misleading contents: Harry Hill's twin wasnt evil. Mr Meecher i didnt get, Red or Black would have been advertised on the cover but it wasnt, thank goodness. Pre-skool prime-minister a spoof of something. Rocky's horror show i had to read twice before understanding. Bananaman seems to be an anti-climax every week now. Are you ready for the question, noel is hilarious! Postman Prat not as good as usual. Wasnt rocky o'flair in Nutty thirty years ago? Or maybe that was a dream.. Desperate Dan was decent...
I wouldn't say 'misleading' as such, the only one there that is misleading was the Harry Hill meets his Evil Twin. Yeah right! To be honest I found Postman Prat's story this week one of his best, no puns and a funny storyline, a great story! Rocky's Horror Show wasn't hard to get but I imagine a younger audience would find it quite wordy and confusing. Shame really because it was brilliant! Bananaman was funny this week, however I'd prefer not as many continued storylines... Mr Meecher was probably also confusing for a younger audience due to the fact that not many kids would've heard of Cliff Richard. Let alone why a girl would want to listen to that. I reckon it would've been better if Trevor's Mum whispered the song and said it was one of Trevelyan's favourites!
Desperate Dan was more than decent! It was hilarious! And also, 'Are you ready for the Question, Noel?', funny, really? It's just 'Knock, Knock!' with a celebrity instead! Also Red and Black was funny strangely, I found it very good! Also what's wrong with Pre-Skool PM advertising and how was it a spoof?
