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Title: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: Colin YNWA on 29 September, 2017, 01:02:59 PM
When drifting through the BBC News pages this lunch time stumbled across this beauty

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-41419268 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-41419268)

Not spotted it mentioned before but apologies if it has been.

ANYWAY immediately I started to day dream about Rok of the Reds running as a second feature and hey presto gateway comic... well my dreams don't have to be hampered by any reality!
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: Professor Bear on 29 September, 2017, 01:48:32 PM
HUZZAH!
I'm very interested in seeing what their business plan and format/frequency is for this.  I don't think an anthology comic has much of a chance given the changes in the market, but if anything could launch one, it would be a brand that is arguably bigger than Dredd or Dan Dare in terms of cultural awareness in the UK.  Print remains a risky and expensive venture these days, though - even before you get to the problems of the high street chains effectively running a shakedown racket on publishers of marginal books.

Seeing as we're dreaming the dreams of madmen, I'd like to see an anthology more or less identical to the actual Roy of the Rovers comic, but with more diverse characters and strips that dip their toes into other genres, printed on recycled bog paper so its environmentally-friendly, some of the strips in black and white, and with a line of articles that focus on sports stars rather than, say, reality tv people, bands, or actors.
Roy would ideally be reinvented as a Gary Linneker-style Centrist Dad celebrity pundit who fondly remembers his comics heyday, thus making him directly relevant to nostalgic 40 and 50-something UK comics readers.  The comic will feature Johnny Cougar, even if Rebellion don't own the rights to Johnny Cougar.  He will wrestle a bear on a raft that is threatening to fall over a waterfall and he will do this at least twice a month.  When the rights holders of Johnny Cougar object, the Kingsley boys will challenge them to an IRL wrestling match - not necessarily on a raft going over a waterfall - and winner takes all.  Their ringer will be William Regal actually fuck the football comic I just want to see this last bit.
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: CalHab on 29 September, 2017, 02:20:20 PM
It's real Roy of the Rovers stuff.
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: SuperSurfer on 29 September, 2017, 03:59:34 PM
Can't say I am too interested in Roy of the Rovers.

But surely it's time Rebellion got their hands on the archives of la-la-la-la-la-Look-in (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c4ykxxlOu4)*. Those Brian Moore soccer tips and Benny Hill funny pages are begging for a reprint.

(https://i.imgur.com/jaK3zmf.jpg)
Blimey, my brother had this issue. Was so jealous of the Bionic x-ray eye I tried to make one.

John Burns: Bionic Woman.
(https://i.imgur.com/ItXw9EU.jpg)

Jim Baikie: Charlie's Angels.
(https://i.imgur.com/jiQT38V.jpg)

Arthur Ranson: Sapphire & Steel.
(https://i.imgur.com/XQJzJfc.jpg)

Martin Asbury... the list goes on.

*An impossible licensing nightmare.
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: Spikes on 29 September, 2017, 11:53:22 PM
I would love to see Ranson's Sapphire and Steel get reprinted.
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: Daveycandlish on 01 October, 2017, 08:02:16 AM
Likewise.

I'd also like to see an art book of all Arnaldo Putzu's painted covers - they were beautiful
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: dweezil2 on 01 October, 2017, 12:26:33 PM
Quote from: Spikes on 29 September, 2017, 11:53:22 PM
I would love to see Ranson's Sapphire and Steel get reprinted.

Yeah, so much fantastic Look-In stuff to reprint!

Who owns the rights to it these days?
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: Steve Green on 01 October, 2017, 01:41:18 PM
Carlton did a couple of best of reprints about 10 years ago.

Guessing it might still be with them, obviously all the US TV series have their own rights thing going on, but it seemed to have some stuff like Buck Rogers from Universal Studios in the reprints.
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: dweezil2 on 01 October, 2017, 02:35:22 PM
Quote from: Steve Green on 01 October, 2017, 01:41:18 PM
Carlton did a couple of best of reprints about 10 years ago.

Guessing it might still be with them, obviously all the US TV series have their own rights thing going on, but it seemed to have some stuff like Buck Rogers from Universal Studios in the reprints.


Thanks for the info Steve!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: Bad City Blue on 12 October, 2017, 02:50:09 PM
Would love to see a large repring of Roy's strips from his own comic.

I have all the ones that have been available so far (and the annuals)
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: Colin YNWA on 15 January, 2021, 12:54:59 PM
Not sure why I've gone for this thread rather than one of this other but a decent little article over on BBC Online about Roy's come back

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55150013 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55150013)
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: Professor Bear on 15 January, 2021, 08:15:26 PM
Still waiting for the explanation why Hot-Shot Hamish is from Newcastle now.
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: Trooper McFad on 15 January, 2021, 10:16:45 PM
Quote from: Professor Bear on 15 January, 2021, 08:15:26 PM
Still waiting for the explanation why Hot-Shot Hamish is from Newcastle now.

😳 when did that happen - I preferred Hot shot to Roy back in the day probably because it was more funny.
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 17 March, 2021, 04:19:38 PM
Quote from: Trooper McFad on 15 January, 2021, 10:16:45 PM
Quote from: Professor Bear on 15 January, 2021, 08:15:26 PM
Still waiting for the explanation why Hot-Shot Hamish is from Newcastle now.

😳 when did that happen - I preferred Hot shot to Roy back in the day probably because it was more funny.

Me too; I wasn't much of a football fan but I liked the funny strips.  The name Hamish, though - you'd kind of expect a Scotsman, wouldn't you?
Title: Re: Rebellion to 'Reboot' Roy of the Rovers
Post by: CalHab on 30 April, 2021, 11:30:03 AM
I seem to remember Hot Shot Hamish occasionally making trips back to play for a Highland League team with Mighty Mouse in tow. Inevitably the ball would be punctured on a Highland cow's horns.