Monday 17 December 2012

TV COMIC'S LAST CHRISTMAS...


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Believe it or not, but you're looking at a genuine collectors' item classic - the very last Christmas edition of TV COMIC, a periodical which began in November 1951 and survived until June 1984.  If my basic arithmetic is correct, that means there were 33 Christmas issues over TV Comic's lengthy run, a feat not to be sneezed at.

Maybe I'm a little too soon with the Yuletide imagery, but as some of you are no doubt fretting over whether you'll be here after the 21st, I thought I'd steal a march and publish a Festive post early.  That way, if the world really does end in a few days, you'll at least go to your eternal rest with a smile on your face.  Yes, I know - I'm consideration itself.  What can I say?  That's just the sort of guy I am.

Hopefully, the pages that follow are actually from the above issue; I scanned them last year along with some other Christmas strips and my files are in a state of mild disarray at the moment, but I think I've got the right ones.  Not that it matters much, as you'll all be dead in four days time anyway.  Me?  I've got other plans.






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5 comments:

  1. Mr Straightman17 December 2012 at 14:37

    Dick Millington's artwork immediately made any comic ten times better.

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  2. Kid17 December 2012 at 16:27

    Can't argue with that. It's the truth.

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  3. TwoHeadedBoy17 December 2012 at 23:16

    That Pink Panther's fantastic in his dick-ishness. I have a Pink Panther annual from 197-something, and he's a complete arsehole on every page. Love it!

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  4. Kid17 December 2012 at 23:30

    "Language, Timothy!" Yep, the Pink Panther pages were often very funny in the sheer preposterousness of the plots. Fantastic stuff.

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  5. TwoHeadedBoy19 December 2012 at 10:11

    Sorry, Kid - elocution goes out the window when the Pink Panther's involved.

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