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| | BBC News | BUSINESS | 'Lad-father' tackles Viz sales slide |
 | | Viz, the adult comic which has for 20 years tested funny bones, and political sensibilities, is increasing in frequency. |
 | | Fans of the magazine's strips, which include Sid the Sexist, the Fat Slags and Nobby's Piles, will from January wait only five weeks for a new edition, rather than the current two months. |
 | | As, indeed, will the title's detractors, who have of late included Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, over an irreverent map of Britain, and MP Louise Ellman, over a character portraying Liverpool children as trainee criminals. |
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