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  British comic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British comics are typically aimed at children, and are published weekly, although some are also published on a fortnightly or monthly schedule.
Until this point, the British comic was also usually printed on newsprint, with fl or a dark red used as the dark colour and the four colour process used on the cover.
The history of British comics is entwined with that of comics up until the beginning of the 20th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_comics   (2279 words)

  
 British comics through the Decades   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The British "Pulp" Era Britain had both costumed and superpowered characters who turned up in the early days of the comics, which at that time were largely text stories with a handful of illustrations (a well-known example being the Sherlock Holmes stories in the Strand).
And near the end of the decade a new comic is introduced that will change the face of British comics - 2000 A.D. Eighties: With Captain Britain the Americans had tried to move on the British market.
Twenty-first century heroes: With most of the old British titles having gone to the wall, the new millennium might appear somewhat bleak.
www.internationalhero.co.uk /e/erauk.htm   (489 words)

  
 British Comics - buying and selling on the internet.
One comic had 'The Four Marys', who might have been renamed 'The goody eight shoes' such was their tedium.
TV21 was an immensely popular comic for three or four years, largely based around the adventures of the Gerry Anderson creations Stingray, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the rest.
The most ghastly comic I thought was 'Look and Learn', which is what the earnest kids at school were all force fed by their parents, and the only comic ever to be found at my local dentist.
www.ardis.co.uk /comics.htm   (1171 words)

  
 An Overview of the History of British Comics
The British weekly comic as we know and love it emerged in the 1890s as part of a boom in cheap, popular magazine and newspaper publishing which resulted directly from the provision of basic education for all that had been initiated by the government's Education Act of 1870.
Since then, comics have periodically come under attack in the UK, usually on the grounds that they're too rough or excessively violent for kiddies: as recently as 1977, 2000A.D. was criticised by various local watchdog organisations and even banned for a while in some towns.
Traditional British comics didn't offer anything like that (except a few for girls): a few of us still love them for what they are, but most of us also stopped reading them at a certain age and moved over to American stuff.
www.internationalhero.co.uk /b/britcomicsoverview.htm   (1087 words)

  
 British Comics Collection: The British Library Newspaper Library
British Library Newspapers has been receiving British comics via legal deposit since the 1870s, when Funny Folks (1874-1894) became the first publication to meet what would probably be the generally accepted definition of a comic.
Comics which were designed primarily for children were not published until the early years of the twentieth century, the first being the Rainbow (1914-1956), although Puck (1904-1940), which began as an adult comic, gradually came to be aimed at a much younger readership.
British Library Newspapers has copies of all the comics recorded in the Select List of British Comics Held in the British Library Newspapers, as well as many others.
www.bl.uk /collections/comics.html   (1147 words)

  
 Comic Book Postal Auctions Home Page
These first ten issues of Kinema Comic (1920) were taken to £320 with the bonus that anything that features The Master Of Mystery, Houdini, is always going to attract cross-over bidding from Magic memorabilia collectors who are consistently searching for early prints, posters and photographs of the early prestidigitators.
Young Marvelman comics by publisher L Miller normally sell for a few pounds each but issue 25 was actually No 1.
With the comics themselves in grades ranging from Very Fine to Mint it was no wonder that an equally very fine bid of £418 saw this pristine collection settle at its new hornet's nest.
www.compalcomics.com   (1696 words)

  
 BBC - Cult Presents 2000AD and British comics - Features
In the early days of what we'll elitistly call 'proper' girls' comics - those which included comic strips alongside their text stories and illustrated strip stories - there were a lot of aspirational figures for girls: teens or older who had nice jobs or nice fiancés.
Misty was a comic particularly popular with boys, who would, of course, never admit to it for fear of playground beatings.
Characters in Bunty were frequently seen to be reading Bunty the comic, but never commented on the fact that their lives were being laid out in pictures inside.
www.bbc.co.ug /cult/comics/features/girls_comics.shtml   (1384 words)

  
 Comic Book Art - American and British Comics
The medium of comics, which has traditionally served as the playground of imagination, is filled with whimsical characters of all sorts.
While serving as an agent of mass destruction, she relishes her gruesome acts and their aftermath, frequently shown immersing herself in a bath of blood or wallowing through heaps of skulls and bones.
Blatant defamation of people with albinism is manifested in the comic series, Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such, in which two villainous, nocturnal, half-worm, half-human characters named Johnny and Edgar Autumn engage in sexual depravity, murder, cowardice, and self-proclaimed stupidity.
www.lunaeterna.net /popcult/comics_eng.htm   (507 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Dandy comic sold for record price
Malcolm Phillips, managing director of Comic Book Postal Auctions, which handled the sale, said the comic sold on Tuesday night was extremely rare and in excellent condition.
Only 10 copies of the comic's first edition are known to exist, but the free gift - a metal whistler - sold in the auction is the only one to have survived.
Dandy became officially recognised as the world's longest running comic in 1999, with the publication of its 3,007th issue.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/3638160.stm   (395 words)

  
 Awesome Comics . . . COMICS & FILM . . . Platinum Studios, LLC,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1996 acclaimed British comics writer Alan Moore launched an ambitious revamp of the comic series Supreme.
The result was a complete reinvention of not only Supreme but the entire Awesome Comics universe, with the creation of dozens of new characters and a detailed history.
With his Awesome work, Moore set out not to deconstruct the superhero genre (which he had done many times), but to reconstruct it: to rediscover the stuff that was rich, charming, and fun.
platinumstudios.com /titles/awesome/awesome_intro.php   (287 words)

  
 History of British Comics and Comicbooks - 1Earth Antiques and Appraisals Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For children, comics provided a regular dose of laughter, colour and excitement, and were a valuable unit of playground barter.
If the comic is staple-bound, check that the staples have not pulled away or stained the paper with rust.
The best way to keep comics in the condition in which you bought them is to keep them bagged in plastic - though avoid bags with a completely airtight seal, as this will sometimes encourage chemical reactions that destroy the paper.
www.1earth.com.au /collectible/british_comics.htm   (911 words)

  
 British comics laugh in the face of terrorism - Sify.com
British comics laugh in the face of terrorism
"I am a topical, stand-up comic, so I am going to talk about the news and the news is a bit grim sometimes," said Ian Stone, a Jewish comedian from north London well-known on the capital's lively comedy circuit.
At a time when the Muslim community in Britain is feeling a backlash from the London attacks, Muslim comics have shot to prominence with their willingness to confront the topic head on.
sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13919072   (858 words)

  
 British Comics on the World Wide Web - Britishcomics.com
If you don’t find the comics or books you are looking for then please email ecomics@aol.com with your requirements.
A brand new facsimile copy (A5) of the first-ever Beano comic in a presentation folder and is supplied with a whoopee mask (may be different to one pictured) and a £5 phonecard (not functional) featuring the cover of the first ever Beano.
Commemorating over 65 years of Beano comics this superb collection features 4 die-cast models resplendent in approvedd Beano liveries and is presented in specially designed display packaging.
www.britishcomics.com   (436 words)

  
 Down the Tubes: Comics and Comics Characters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
There's also another site, recently updated, called simply British Comics (www.britishcomics.20m.com) which deals mainly with the adventure comics of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s especially The Hotspur, The Rover, The Wizard and British Pocket Libraries.
General comics and magazines site with a page devoted to this title based on the Gerry Anderson puppet shows which at its hgeight was selling one million copies per week.
Bowers was a regular contributor of model photographs to various comics in the past; he's one of the most highly prolific model makers and designers to the film, TV, advertising and publishing industry.
www.downthetubes.net /resources/comics_links/british_comics_characters.html   (4544 words)

  
 Comics International Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Comic Expo (Brighton) is a major new development of Quality Communications Ltd (www.qual-com.co.uk).
Comic book artists worldwide are donating artwork to a global charity auction (DrawtheWorldTogether.com) commencing on 17th October, the proceeds funding educational programs for children from some of the poorest communities in the world.
Longtime Comics International readers will be aware of our turn of the century "art find" of John Watson, who debuted with his fantastic cover for CI #115, and has gone on to produce amazing covers for the likes of Hawkman and JSA.
www.comics-international.com   (2118 words)

  
 The Centre for the study of Cartoons and Caricature
The British Library Newspaper Library has been receiving British comics via legal deposit since the 1870s, and a history of its “British Comics Collection” can be found at http://www.bl.uk/collections/comics.html.
In 1921 it bought a collection of ten thousand British satirical prints from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, and in 1974 it was given the Caroline and Erwin Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon, amounting to over 2,000 drawings, prints, and paintings related to the art of caricature, cartoon, and illustration.
The Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical (SciPer) project is jointly organised by the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies at the University of Sheffield and the Division of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds.
library.kent.ac.uk /cartoons/collections/cartoonhublinks.php   (3548 words)

  
 30th Century Comics
About Us 30th Century Comics is one of the UK's leading comic retailers, established for many years and operating since 1994 from our retail shop in Putney, South West London.
We are vintage comic specialists and deal extensively in American and British comics from the 1900's to 1970's, but we also sell comics from the 1980's right up to the current week's American imports.
Our shop is on two floors and we have in excess of 50,000 back issues of American and British comics and annuals on display from all publishers and in all genres, with a huge basement ideal for browsers.
www.thirtiethcentury.free-online.co.uk   (270 words)

  
 The Comics Journal: ¡Journalista!
That comic is now online with a Flash Animation interface allowing you to zoom in and pull back on various sections of the strip -- which actually makes for a pleasant reading experience.
British small-press comics news-site Bugpowder is launching an ambitious new project to catalog that country's comics heritage with an "Encyclopedia of British Comics Creators".
Stan Horzepa of the American Radio Relay League investigates the connection between comics and HAM radio (part one, part two), and discovers that there is in fact a connection between comics and HAM radio.
www.tcj.com /journalista/zarch200308D.html   (4366 words)

  
 Down the Tubes.net: Comics Writers and Artists Resources
The aim is to highlight the growing homegrown British talent in a medium often ignored and nderestimated by the mainstream.
The exhibition forms part of the year long Comics Nation event, where publishers, writers and artists from all over the country are organising workshops, shows, signings and panels within the local community to promote literacy and creativity to the public.
While British comics generally remain the province of children, in France they are regarded as "The Ninth Art".
www.downthetubes.net   (3566 words)

  
 British Comics Home Page
Shortly after the start of the war, a British agent working in a German laboratory discovered a purple sand which he suspected the Germans were using to manufacture an explosive of an atomic nature which could win the war.
British schoolmaster Thick-Ear Donovan is the Sheriff and Schoolmaster of Moose Springs, North-West
World War Two adventures, in which three British soldiers, Corporal Jumbo Whalen, Lance-Corporal Sam Singh and Lieutenant Felton, carry out raids against the Germans using unorthodox weapons.
www.britishcomics.20m.com   (2266 words)

  
 2000AD Online - The Official Home of 2000 AD and Judge Dredd
KomixWorld.Com is a one stop resource centre for all comics related services and products, and a dynamic forum for creative exchange, expanding the industry through the promotion of new talent.
Comics International is a monthly industry newspaper devoted to the comics medium, consistently among the top three titles selling through UK comic shops (outsold only by the American titles, Marvel's X-Men and Image's Spawn)
ximoc.co.uk is a comic information site dedicated to providing comic readers with the most up to date information on comics and comic related issues possible including industry news, creator news, competitions, new projects etc...
www.2000adonline.com /?zone=&page=links   (278 words)

  
 British Comics Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 BugPowder Weblog : August 2003
The wall comic displayed at Comica back in June, is now available to view online.
Illlustrator and comic artist Chris Bishop, author of the comic series "Her," is inviting the whole wide (online) world to celebrate his birthday by becoming a guest-cartoonist.
The comic-ness of this sequence is less based on the life of the man depicted, (just sporadic sequences) than the landscape background, in particular the tree in the middle, to which the man's life is compared.
www.bugpowder.com /03/08   (944 words)

  
 Results - British Comics Section
The following collection of Mickey Mouse Weekly comics are noted for their bright fresh cover colours and generally creamy white pages.
These 1930s comics are rare in their correspondingly high grades.
Comic Pie (1952) Rainbow 1691/2, Playbox 117/8, Chick’s Own 1355/6 and Comic Cuts 2945 all stapled into Am.
www.compalcomics.com /results/brit62001.html   (2051 words)

  
 BBC Cult presents: 2000AD and British Comics - Features
Ex-2000AD editor David Bishop tells us about the "serious" side of comics.
All about The Eagle's stiff-upper lipped Pilot of the Future.
Comics by creators who are doing it for themselves.
www.bbc.co.uk /cult/comics/features   (61 words)

  
 British Comics and Story Papers
British comics and story papers have been in circulation for way over 100 years now.
Queen Victoria was still on the throne when the first one was published.
Has many pages of interest including various comic stories, Football Funnies, which is a comprehensive list of famous quotes.
w.webring.com /hub?ring=britishcomicsand   (241 words)

  
 Index to Comic Art Collection: "British Comic Books, Strips, etc." (A-D titles)
Watkins, Dudley D. Call no.: PN6738.B75B7 1977 ----------------------------------------------------- BRITISH COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC. The Brownie Annual for 1971 / published by special arrangement with the Girl Guides Association ; illustrated by Phil Gascoine.
Call no.: PN6737.C3C6 1990 ----------------------------------------------------- BRITISH COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC. The Complete Bo Jeffries Saga / writer, Alan Moore ; art, colouring and lettering, Steve Parkhouse ; editors, Gary Leach & Paul Jenkins ; with an introduction by Lenny Henry.
Call no.: PN6738.G3D3 1976 ----------------------------------------------------- BRITISH COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC. Dances with Demons / script, Simon Jowett ; art, Charlie Adlard ; letters, Caroline Steeden ; color, Steve Whitaker with Tony Lee ; editor, Gary Russell ; created by Michael W. Bennent and Edmund Perryman.
www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/brri/britisha.htm   (4830 words)

  
 www.comicsmagazines.com homepage. British comics, American Comics,Broons, Oor Wullie, vinyl records, 45s, collectors ...
British comics, American Comics,Broons, Oor Wullie, vinyl records, 45s, collectors records,ladybird books, well loved tales, Eagle Comics, Broons, Oor Wullie, Gerry Anderson
British publications such as Commando Comics, Air Ace, TV 21s, Beano, Dandy, Broons, Oor Wullie and many more.
To get space for more comics and to expand the American comics sections this new website is being worked on now.
www.comicsmagazines.com   (408 words)

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