tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post7157643983141298631..comments2024-03-18T08:42:53.876+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: CRIVENS! GUEST POST: WINDOWS TO ANOTHER WORLD...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-39699297231233499892017-06-21T00:52:17.083+01:002017-06-21T00:52:17.083+01:00Only a fraction of readers ever write to a comic, ...Only a fraction of readers ever write to a comic, CJ, so if Panini often don't get any letters at all, it perhaps indicates that their sales could be a lot better than they are. Yup, I've got MWOM #105, but I mistyped in my above comment - it was actually MWOM #108 that my letter appeared in. (Yes, I've got that too.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-18986751818322814672017-06-21T00:03:30.765+01:002017-06-21T00:03:30.765+01:00But I have read it on the Hunter's POTA websit...But I have read it on the Hunter's POTA website which reprints all the POTA weeklies and their letters pages :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-63982785853711960322017-06-20T23:59:44.496+01:002017-06-20T23:59:44.496+01:00Yes, it is odd that Panini get very few letters - ...Yes, it is odd that Panini get very few letters - you'd think they'd get more in this age of e-mail. Sending an e-mail is a lot easier than faffing around with notepaper, envelopes and stamps. The issue of 'Deadpool Unleashed' that I bought didn't have a letters page either. <br /><br />And do you own MWOM #105 ? I know you had a letter in POTA #8 too. I had every issue of POTA from #5-116 except #8 and #62 so I never saw your letter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-30450012491965148132017-06-20T18:59:48.919+01:002017-06-20T18:59:48.919+01:00Will look forward to it, PM - as will your fellow ...Will look forward to it, PM - as will your fellow Criv-ites I'm sure.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-15698495452382261452017-06-20T17:28:51.959+01:002017-06-20T17:28:51.959+01:00I used to have isuse 105 (Starlin Hulk cover) I wi...I used to have isuse 105 (Starlin Hulk cover) I will check to see if its still in my colelction, but would be good to see it. I am travelling with my work at presnet but would like to submit a wee guest post for your approval/ rejection when I get back.<br /><br />paul Mcscottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982725171182221096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-69320899943286002642017-06-20T14:06:35.393+01:002017-06-20T14:06:35.393+01:00I doubt that there'd be any interest, CJ, and ...I doubt that there'd be any interest, CJ, and therefore not worth the bother of me typing it all out again. It was nothing special, just a response to their plea for letters as they don't seem to get many. Maybe I'll scan and post it if any other Criv-ites demand it. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-89539271483768548722017-06-20T13:24:29.003+01:002017-06-20T13:24:29.003+01:00And I discovered Marvel comics just four weeks lat...And I discovered Marvel comics just four weeks later ! Most Crivens readers probably won't see your latest letter so why don't you reproduce it on the blog (unless that is copyright infringement or something) ? It would be interesting to see what you wrote about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-15759818836041225942017-06-20T02:24:52.117+01:002017-06-20T02:24:52.117+01:00I believe it was MWOM #105, issue-dated October 26...I believe it was MWOM #105, issue-dated October 26th 1974, CJ. Nearly 43 years ago.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-4582203450526478522017-06-19T23:24:04.699+01:002017-06-19T23:24:04.699+01:00Congratulations on your letter, Kid - my local Tes...Congratulations on your letter, Kid - my local Tesco doesn't sell MWOM but it does sell 4 of the Panini comics including 'Deadpool Unleashed' which I noticed on passing so I bought it. Can you remember which comic your first ever letter appeared in ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-85884938179846122832017-06-19T13:28:50.258+01:002017-06-19T13:28:50.258+01:00I got laughed at back in the '60s, M, for dres...I got laughed at back in the '60s, M, for dressing like Batman. Now everyone does it. (I was ahead of my time.)<br /><br />******<br /><br />Still waiting for your guest post, PM - don't let your fellow Criv-ites down. I remember Bob Paynter (Group Editor of the Humour Dept in IPC's Youth Group) coming back from America with different chocolate bars back in the mid'80s, Snickers amongst them. (This was when we still called it Marathon.) If I remember correctly, their Mars Bar was more like our Milky Way, so I don't know what their Milky Way was like. Yeah, Opal Fruits is a brilliant name - I still call 'em that.<br /><br />Yeah, shame about T.M. Maple, who, as you say, wasn't that old. His death was actually mentioned in the comics, so he was a well-respected 'letter-hack' (as they're called). I had a letter published in the latest issue of MWOM by the way - an instant collectors' item (in my house anyway).Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-18645796571988236972017-06-19T13:02:29.594+01:002017-06-19T13:02:29.594+01:00Another excellent post - it was a great idea to h...Another excellent post - it was a great idea to have these Kid. <br /><br />I remember from my first trip to New York (about 10 years ago) noticing just how much certain parts of it reminded me of Glasgow (obviously NY is a lot larger). On my trip I was desperate to seek out a NY newsstand, one of those huts you used to see on US TV detective shows in the 70s that was covered in magazines and comics , I eventually managed to find one near Times Square, but it didn’t have a single comic on sale. I did however manage to pick up some of the US chocolate bars I used to read about in US comics , and noted here, such as Baby Ruth , Butterfinger, 3 musketeers , Hershey kisses (yuk awful tasting chocolate), Milk Duds, Tootsie rolls and Reese pieces - I have to say that apart from dicing with diabetes, I wasn't a fan (except “Baby Ruth” which was like a UK "Picnic" bar was ok) and rarely finished any of them – a wonderful city and amazing folk (cheeky buggas though) all the same. Personally I think “Opal Fruits” is a brilliant name.<br /><br />I was sad to read here that T.M Maple (Jim Burke) had passed , he was a regular part of my comic reading day, he couldn’t have been that old when he passed away.<br />paul Mcscottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982725171182221096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-73174341592944283072017-06-19T12:56:07.353+01:002017-06-19T12:56:07.353+01:00I remember being shocked, too, at finding another ...I remember being shocked, too, at finding another boy in my class at Sacred Heart Grade School who read comics. Most boys back then were into sports. Now it is so wonderfully mainstream. I get lots of compliments from younger folks when I wear my Spidey vs Sandman or Captain American t-shirt when out and about.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183004401874242774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-18717925149030846772017-06-19T11:13:18.548+01:002017-06-19T11:13:18.548+01:00At least it comes in handy to blame for incomprehe...At least it comes in handy to blame for incomprehensible sentences, eh?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-77082689697919518162017-06-19T02:44:47.373+01:002017-06-19T02:44:47.373+01:00I have no idea what I was trying to say now! Autoc...I have no idea what I was trying to say now! Autocorrect how I hate youPhil Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-54340058976150135892017-06-18T13:08:45.613+01:002017-06-18T13:08:45.613+01:00Yeah, it was secondary school I was referring to, ...Yeah, it was secondary school I was referring to, JP, when teenagers were concerned with what image they projected, and reading comics was seen as kids' stuff. They still read them I later found out, they just didn't advertise it to their fellows. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-27842613422769990742017-06-18T12:43:33.729+01:002017-06-18T12:43:33.729+01:00I take it that we are talking about secondary scho...I take it that we are talking about secondary schools here?<br />Perhaps in mixed schools, boys have to keep the activity secret in case the girls see them as geeky or childish?<br />Now then, at age 11 I went to an all-boys school and there, there were no such qualms! Loads of boys would read them openly and not just the geeks either! - Big, sporty boys would read them too! Perhaps developing through such an environment has led to my "not giving a stuff about reading comics anywhere as an adult" attitude which I have adopted throughout my life! In fact, I am PROUD to be a comics enthusiast!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-61757802736952163602017-06-18T09:50:36.005+01:002017-06-18T09:50:36.005+01:00That's an interesting point you raise, G, abou...That's an interesting point you raise, G, about thinking you were the only person at school reading comics. I often felt like that, but many years later as an adult, I'd be surprised to hear some people I knew from school say that they used to read the same comics that I did. I guess they just kept it a secret at the time to avoid embarrassment. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-71819385511185329512017-06-18T09:38:16.675+01:002017-06-18T09:38:16.675+01:00It's amazing reading posts like this. Takes me...It's amazing reading posts like this. Takes me right back to the early 70's with Avengers Weekly and MWOM. The newsagent would get a big pile of American comics and it was a gateway to a completely exotic world. Those full page adverts with little ads for X-ray specs and Sea Monkeys, Wow ! What a place America seemed .Later on buying back issues and seeing ads for real Monkeys ! <br />Pretty sure I was the only one reading comics at my school and man did I suffer for it ! <br />Nice to read so many interesting posts from like minded people :)Gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15145564657475384458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-72923236636491082382017-06-18T09:21:07.905+01:002017-06-18T09:21:07.905+01:00Yeah, the things you can't have often seem mor...Yeah, the things you can't have often seem more alluring than the things you can, eh? Such is the way of things. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-67495421312284977022017-06-18T04:22:04.852+01:002017-06-18T04:22:04.852+01:00Hey, the grass is always greener, y'know...sou...Hey, the grass is always greener, y'know...south of the equator one would see not only US comics with ads promising treasures galore, but UK weeklies (always three months late) with similar intriguing things...reading the News From The Floor Of 64 (and those lists of "20 more Power Pack readers"), one would read public service strips (that fellow who normally sat on top of the mast who couldn't quite reach the lad in trouble because he'd taken up smoking), the polar bear pushing some orange drink ("It's frothy, man"), wonder just what was going to happen to Clark's Commandoes next...as well as new Corgi and Matchbox releases...'twas a cornucopia of wonder to these young eyes, believe me!B Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618583443442543086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-2932891818458196302017-06-17T12:53:47.718+01:002017-06-17T12:53:47.718+01:00Perhaps 'guys' denoted older teenagers and...Perhaps 'guys' denoted older teenagers and adults, while 'fellows' was reserved for younger kids? Or maybe it was just because, being a newspaper of sorts, it was aiming to sound a bit more highbrow. Anyone know for sure?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-66184477041378900122017-06-17T12:35:16.313+01:002017-06-17T12:35:16.313+01:00Inflatable sex dolls remind me of that hilarious &...Inflatable sex dolls remind me of that hilarious 'Only Fools & Horses' episode.<br /><br />On that first ad the boy says "Look fellows" which sounds oddly un-American. What happened to "Hey guys" ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-2491306024465909382017-06-17T12:33:50.350+01:002017-06-17T12:33:50.350+01:00Nae bother at a', DS. You'll have noticed ...Nae bother at a', DS. You'll have noticed some small edits, which was more to accommodate the symmetry of the layout than anything else. I always try to make the paragraphs look neat and tidy. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-7083107661264965572017-06-17T12:22:16.921+01:002017-06-17T12:22:16.921+01:00Thanks for posting my stuff, Kid, glad people seem...Thanks for posting my stuff, Kid, glad people seem to have enjoyed reading my rantings!<br /><br />Dougie, I also remember Uncle Elvis who was a frequent writer to letter columns, and seeing the occasional letter from the UK was always interesting too - I remember John Miller from Edinburgh used to pop up fairly often (I think he wrote to The Spectre a lot, IIRC). I've never tried a Hostess Fruit Pie because I really don't want to be as disappointed by them as I was by Twinkies. I'd much rather think of them as food so tasty that it can reform hardened supervillains. <br /><br />JP, thanks for the kind words! What I remember about the advert for false beards and moustaches was the sheer variety of styles available. I think they actually sold fake sideburns too - who ever decided that selling artificial sideys was a viable business plan? Try getting some money for that one on Dragon's Den.<br />Dave Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-82037503110127000692017-06-17T11:55:01.748+01:002017-06-17T11:55:01.748+01:00Er, you lost me with the end of your last sentence...Er, you lost me with the end of your last sentence, PS. Translate?<br /><br />******<br /><br />T.M. Maple died a few years back, D, but I remember seeing his name quite often in the letters pages.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com