CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!
A cascading cornucopia of cool comics, crazy cartoons, & classic collectables - plus other completely captivating & occasionally controversial contents. With nostalgic notions, sentimental sighings, wistful wonderings, remorseful ruminations, melancholy musings, rueful reflections, poignant ponderings, & yearnings for yesteryear. (And a few profound perplexities, puzzling paradoxes, & a bevy of big, beautiful, bedazzling, buxom Babes to round it all off.)
Friday 1 November 2024
TOYBOX TREASURES Of The PAST - SANTA'S OCTOBER VISIT...
Tuesday 29 October 2024
BABE Of The DAY - GAIL McKENNA...
Tuesday 22 October 2024
The 'RETURN' Of CHEEKY & JOEY...
Isn't it funny the things you find yourself buying when they remind you of something from childhood, don't you think? In my primary school years we used to have a pair of budgerigars called Cheeky and Joey, and there's an interesting story about them which can be read by clicking here. Recently, while passing a shop window in my town's main shopping centre (now sadly in such serious decline that it's up for sale), I spotted two ornamental ringers for the pair of budgies we'd once owned. Bought them immediately of course, and they now sit on the shelf of a display cabinet in my living-room. It's like Cheeky and Joey have been resurrected, and whenever I gaze upon them, I think back to those long ago years which are so dear to me in retrospect.
Sure, they don't move and they don't sing, but at least I don't have to clean sh*t out of a budgie cage on a daily basis, so that's a plus. It's just nice to look at them - and remember. Any of you Crivvies got any animal ornaments that remind you of childhood or teenage pets? If not, if you saw one, would you buy it? Do tell.
Sunday 20 October 2024
BABE Of The DAY - DENISE MILANI...
Saturday 19 October 2024
50 YEARS FABULOUS FLASHBACK - PLANET Of The APES & DRACULA LIVES... (Updated)
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'Twas back on Saturday October 19th 1974 that two new Marvel UK weeklies hit newsagents' shelves, likely resulting in kids across the country asking their parents for an increase in their pocket-money. The 'first' of these titles - Planet Of The Apes - lasted for 123 issues, having subsumed Dracula Lives - its sister periodical - at #88, which means DL obviously only managed to last until #87.
Thursday 17 October 2024
MAD COMIC COVER GALLERY OMNIBUS...
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Tuesday 15 October 2024
The LEGEND Of LOBEY DOSSER...
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In Glasgow's leafy Woodlands Road sits a statue of three Scottish legends; namely Lobey Dosser, his horse El Fideldo, and bad boy villain Rank Bajin. Every Glaswegian of a certain age will doubtless have heard of Lobey, even if they've never read any of his cartoon strips. That's because the appellation is used to describe anyone of a dishevelled appearance seemingly of no fixed address. Apparently the name originated from homeless transients who'd sleep (doss down) in a tenement's 'lobby' when they had nowhere better to stay.