The Distribution of US Published Comics in the UK (1959~1982) 15 15

[Malacoda]

On 3/27/2023 at 7:55 PM, Malacoda said:

Steve....quick......post something and you can have 4000 

Oh. well that was a bit ironic, wasn't it?

[Get Marwood & I]

Oh Bollocks!

[Get Marwood & I]

On 3/27/2023 at 7:55 PM, Malacoda said:

Steve....quick......post something and you can have 4000 

And it's Richmond by a nose!

[Get Marwood & I]

Here's your prize, Rich:

Spoiler

 

[Albert Tatlock]

On 3/27/2023 at 7:52 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

There's a prize to be won for the 4,000th post going on here!

A prize like this?

If not, glad I didn't bother.

[Malacoda]

On 3/27/2023 at 7:57 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

And it's Richmond by a nose!

[sob] I'd like to thank you all [sob] I'd like to thank the academy......

[Get Marwood & I]

On 3/27/2023 at 7:59 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

A prize like this?

If not, glad I didn't bother.

Four fours!

Forfar four, East Fife five!

[Get Marwood & I]

On 3/27/2023 at 8:01 PM, Malacoda said:

[sob] I'd like to thank you all [sob] I'd like to thank the academy......

Funnily enough, that's exactly how I imagined you Rich 

[Malacoda]

On 3/27/2023 at 7:58 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Here's your prize, Rich:

Is it true, Bambi, did you do a Disney Nasty?

[Get Marwood & I]

On 3/27/2023 at 8:02 PM, Malacoda said:

Is it true, Bambi, did you do a Disney Nasty?

That was the sequel, Bambi Goes Crazy Ape Bonkers with his Drill and Sex

[Malacoda]

On 3/27/2023 at 7:59 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

A prize like this?

If not, glad I didn't bother.

Is it me or do you seldom see chipping that bad on DC?  I have it more as a Marvel thing up to 68. 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 3/27/2023 at 8:04 PM, Malacoda said:

Is it me or do you seldom see chipping that bad on DC?  I have it more as a Marvel thing up to 68. 

If there was a comic about the bloke who played the Hulk in the second film, would it have Marvel Chipping Norton?

 

[Malacoda]

On 3/27/2023 at 8:02 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Funnily enough, that's exactly how I imagined you Rich 

On Mondays, I go by 'Stephanie'.

 

[Get Marwood & I]

Did you just sad face me, Collier? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Malacoda]

On 3/27/2023 at 10:03 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

One thing I find - not sure if others feel this way - is if the books pre-date my youth, I sort of feel that investigating them is wrong as I wasn't there. Does that make sense? I didn't live through it, so who am I to start tinkering now with the childhood memories of those that were.

I disagree but I totally get what you mean.  In some ways, I feel like the torch has been passed and if we don't care, who will?  But those older comics are indeed only intellectually interesting, they don't have same emotional tug that comics of our own youth have.  I know the old Marvel UK comics are just B&W reprints of superior US originals, but something inside me jumps when I see those old covers. I feel they are "mine". 

That said, and just to contradict myself again, "my" era was the second half of the Bronze Age. I was only 5 when T&P handed over to World, so technically the whole Silver Age is before my era, but I will never forget the excitement of seeing (and eventually buying) those Silver Age beauties that winked at me from the walls of Dark They Were. 

[Malacoda]

On 3/27/2023 at 8:11 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Did you just sad face me

Indeed.  I was going to put "if there was comic about you making that joke about Chipping Norton, would it be Chipping In?" but I could see a race to the bottom. So to speak.

Apropos of nothing, here's Weary Willy from Chips Illustrated. 

 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 3/27/2023 at 8:18 PM, Malacoda said:

In some ways, I feel like the torch has been passed and if we don't care, who will? 

Probably why I post rubbish like this Rich:

https://boards.cgccomics.com/blogs/entry/5418-the-search-for-pre-1960-uk-price-variants/

See, we're all full of contradictions aren't we. 

Anyway, revel in your 4K win while you can. I'll be back for 5K in a bit.....

 

Nighty night pence gang. See you all tomorrow....

[Malacoda]

On 3/27/2023 at 12:55 PM, themagicrobot said:

Why are these books suddenly so expensive?

It's been a TV show since 2019 would be my guess.  Also featured in the Titans TV series, so they've probably had more exposure in the last 4 years than the previous 40.  

[Malacoda]

On 3/27/2023 at 7:52 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Yeah yeah yeah, whatever Richmond. There's a prize to be won for the 4,000th post going on here!

Superb. Literally only just caught up to this.  I was responding to the earlier posts in sequence. Which is always a really terrible idea. 

[Malacoda]

On 3/27/2023 at 7:35 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

This periodical existed in various incarnations and changes of title from Victorian times until 1956, when it appears to have finally folded.

I don't think it did. I think the incarnations continued and it's now RN magazine.  It's a bit like you know Who...