POINTS To PONDER...

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Here's a question for you to ponder, but first let me set the scene.  Imagine that, by the end of 2020, no published comic periodicals exist.  No BEANO, no 2000 A.D., no PHOENIX; in fact, no other current paper comic or magazine available to purchase in any newsagents or supermarket.

Instead, there are only collected editions in book form, or 'graphic novels', or specially commissioned 'comic albums' (like ASTERIX The GAUL for example) released at various times over the year (or years).  Got that?  Would there still be a comic 'industry' in your view, if comic strip material was only available in book form or on the internet?

The word 'comic' can be applied in various ways, but in this context, I'm using it in the traditional sense of weekly, fortnightly or monthly paper periodicals that, in the minds of the public, defines what a comic is (in short, a physical publication).  What's your considered view on the matter?

(Anonymous 'snipers' won't be published, so don't bother wasting anyone's time.)

BABE Of The DAY - ANGIE HARMON...

Poor ANGIE HARMON.  She's worn that dress

so often it's beginning to fall to bits on her.  I, for one,

am prepared to wait for however long it takes.

WHIZZER & CHIPS #7 - PART THREE...

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My desire to print these pages in their original sequence prevents me from juggling them in order to present the last two parts with eight pages each.  Therefore, this instalment has nine pages (on account of the middle ones being a two page tale) and the next and last part in this series will have seven.  Then you'll have the complete issue of WHIZZER  & CHIPS #7 from 46-odd years ago.  Great, eh? 

INFLATION ISN'T ALWAYS A BAD THING...

H'mm, looks as if this 'ere blog of mine is becoming increasingly popular.  Can any-one tell me what the average stats are for a blog devoted to comics and stuff?  I think the above numbers are quite respectable, but I won't know with absolute certainty unless I have something with which to compare.  Anyone help?