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Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 28 Aug 2008, 17:02
by Peter Gray
As Lews blog goes Look-in crazy thought it would be fun to chat here as well..

Mine is mostly Dangermouse :)
who drew that strip..?

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 28 Aug 2008, 19:28
by Earl
The King Kong Move cover
The Six Million Dollar Man
Benny Hill
The Bonic Woman
Charlies Angels

I had had a few issues as the came out in the 70's. My sister collected it in the 80's so I have a good run of these.

Earl.

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 29 Aug 2008, 09:29
by Kashgar
Sadly none. 1971 coincided with my abandonment of comics for music magazines and a fourteen year old's dreams of rock band glory.

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 29 Aug 2008, 11:38
by philcom55
Peter Gray wrote:Mine is mostly Dangermouse :)
who drew that strip..?
Oddly enough it was drawn by Arthur Ranson who's much better known for the ultra-realistic style in which he illustrated Sapphire and Steel for the same publication. Both strips were written by Angus Allan incidentally (along with almost everything else in Look-in!).

- Phil R.

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 29 Aug 2008, 14:01
by HighAndMighty
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the smurfs (!)
was there a tomorrow people strip?

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 29 Aug 2008, 14:23
by dandy mad
I remember knight rider A-team dangermouse supergran ect it was the mid eighties when i got lookin

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 30 Aug 2008, 01:11
by PaulTwist
dandy mad wrote:I remember knight rider A-team dangermouse supergran ect it was the mid eighties when i got lookin
Yeah, that's my era too, so I'm quite looking forward to the 80s book (and I will pick up the 70s one too at some point). I think there was a Cannon & Ball strip too IIRC.

What would be in Look-In these days had it continued? Primeval? Harry Hill? My Parents are Aliens? Emu? Cripes, I'd probably buy that...!

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 31 Aug 2008, 09:25
by Shaqui
HighAndMighty wrote:was there a tomorrow people strip?
*slaps forehead* Of course there was! Ran through most of the 1970s... :roll:

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Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 12 Sep 2008, 13:27
by Peter Gray
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lots of characters to draw ..
http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2 ... s_pg02.htm

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can't wait for the 80's best of Look-in...
hope there will be more annuals afterwards like Jackie has done..

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 12 Sep 2008, 15:03
by Matthew
That 'Madness' episode was in one of the few Look Ins I ever bought (early eighties). Seeing it again I notice it's by Harry North who I mentioned in the Mad magazine thread. He did spoofs for Mad with lots of (slight) caricatures like this.

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 13 Sep 2008, 11:45
by Peter Gray
I only have two issues of Look-in in my collection..
with the brilliant two websites on Look-in....
Lew Stringers blog on Look-in
the best of Look-in books.......80's on the way..

I desire to buy some more......
the telly of the past and the features on programs which are hardly remembered now...with a lot of those programs not recorded or saved..they give a good insight to the program..

Saturday Banana with Bill Oddie only the title sequence and a small bit at the end was saved..
Harry Worth nothing was saved except the titles..
Tiswas not a lot saved etc..

maybe Look-in is are only insight to these programs before they disapear for ever..

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 13 Sep 2008, 12:10
by Peter Gray
Imagefound this on ebay..

it has drawn covers like Look-in

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Lew Stringers blog did a feature on this..origianlly Countdown...more a boys mag.

I can't find an images of Tv Tops in the comicsuk gallery..?

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 13 Sep 2008, 13:01
by Lew Stringer
Peter Gray wrote:
I can't find an images of Tv Tops in the comicsuk gallery..?
TV Tops was originally simply called Tops, if that helps your search on eBay. Only had the first issue. Adam Ant on the cover. Very much a Look-In clone. OK if you're into Eighties pop culture I suppose.

Lew

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 13 Sep 2008, 18:04
by Matthew
Lew, did issue one of Tops have a free Adam Ant skull and crossbones badge with it? If it did, I had that issue too! Was this the comic with a Hi-de-hi strip?

Re: Whats your memories of Look-in...

Posted: 13 Sep 2008, 23:26
by Peter Gray
I'm into eighties culture.. 8)

Lew when you have time can you do a bit more detail into Countdown and Tv action like you did with your memories on Look-in...love to see the strips inside and your thoughts..just a future idea.. :)