Famous face's mystery comic

Trout · 16 August, 2009, 12:53:32 PM

I found myself fascinated by this. I wonder what comic he's reading?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8203923.stm

House of Usher · 16 August, 2009, 02:38:46 PM

I'll bet he's reading Slaine nowadays.

Trout · 16 August, 2009, 03:19:20 PM

Oh yes, of course. I wonder if there are any Celtic mythology references in the work of the Beatles?

TordelBack · 16 August, 2009, 03:21:04 PM

QuoteI'll bet he's reading Slaine nowadays.

-sob-

locustsofdeath! · 16 August, 2009, 04:13:22 PM

You and thryllseeker must be awfully fsmiliar by now, TordelBack.

Bouwel · 16 August, 2009, 04:45:29 PM

It looks like one of those 'broadsheet' comics I used to get as a child (Topper?).

-Bouwel-
(Don't mention the Slaine!)

vzzbux · 16 August, 2009, 08:35:09 PM

I bet he got a right fucking pasting by the head when the photo was developed.

V

Peter Wolf · 16 August, 2009, 09:04:05 PM

Quote from: King Trout on 16 August, 2009, 03:19:20 PM
Oh yes, of course. I wonder if there are any Celtic mythology references in the work of the Beatles?

There might be but i dont have the time to research it as i wont get paid for it .

Perhaps someone else might be interested ?

Paul McCartney might have been referencing Celtic mythology in Mull Of kyntyre because there are certain lines in the song like "Oh -mist rolling in from the sea" that are very evocative of the land that Slaine inhabited all those thousands of yrs ago.

M.I.K. · 16 August, 2009, 10:54:07 PM

Quote from: Bouwel on 16 August, 2009, 04:45:29 PM
It looks like one of those 'broadsheet' comics I used to get as a child (Topper?).

First issue of The Topper didn't appear until 1953, so if the dating of the photo is correct, it can't be that.

Not The Beezer either. That didn't appear 'til 1956.

Colin YNWA · 17 August, 2009, 08:26:31 AM

I know Macca was into his American comics he got Jack Kirby (actually better be careful here as my memory of this story might be a bit wonky) to draw them Magneto and Titanium Man the images were used at some show or other (think it was a Wings show???)... damn I wish I could remember the details a little better BUT defo he got into Marvel Comics and I believe was a fan of American comics before that.

Colin YNWA · 17 August, 2009, 09:39:06 AM

And after a little interneting the story is a little clearer.

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2009/05/04/jack-kirby-meets-paul-mccartney/

Fantastic image to boot and I'd forgotten Wings actually had a song called Magneto and Titanium Man!

Trout · 17 August, 2009, 09:46:24 AM

Doesn't make them cool, though. ;-)

- Trout

Colin YNWA · 17 August, 2009, 09:49:54 AM

Quote from: King Trout on 17 August, 2009, 09:46:24 AM
Doesn't make them cool, though. ;-)

- Trout

Oh come on 'Band on the Run', 'Jet' (I can't got bpast a Jet garage these days without bursting into that one, much to my wife's delight!), 'Live and Let Die'! It wasn't all Mull of Kintyre

Trout · 17 August, 2009, 10:01:38 AM

Er, nope. Linda makes it shit. Sorry.

Colin YNWA · 17 August, 2009, 10:25:21 AM

Quote from: King Trout on 17 August, 2009, 10:01:38 AM
Er, nope. Linda makes it shit. Sorry.

Poor old Linda, she made such nice veggie sausage rolls as well.