Sideshow Vote – War of Nations vs The Great War

[broodblik]

Out of the pages of Battle Picture Library two of the most fondly remember characters were born, one was a fly boy the other fighting in the trenches different world wars the one in the east the other he west. We are talking about Johnny Red and Charley Bourne.  Whom of these two classic characters are your favorite (This is not about which is the best strip).
•   Johnny Red
•   Charley Bourne

[Colin YNWA]

Much as I love Johnny Red this one is easy

Charley's War

is one of the greatest comics of all time.

[rogue69]

Charley Bourne

[paddykafka]

Charley Bourne

[The Mind of Wolfie Smith]

charley's war had the magnificent joe colquhoun.

but johnny red had john cooper at his rough, kinetic mightiest.

[Colin YNWA]

Whom of these two classic characters are your favorite (This is not about which is the best strip).

Much as I love Johnny Red this one is easy

Charley's War

is one of the greatest comics of all time.

See its not just my own votes I mess up in. I voted for the strip, read the blurb and now have to flip about - sorry Broodblik.

Charley is a good character in a magnificent strip. But Johnny is a Red* from Liverpool and as a kid I always thought his rugged charm was soooo cool. So in the end - when voting proper like, I'll go

Johnny Redburn

While acknowledging Charley is the better crafted  and developed character.

*Just to note that I know 'in the real world' he's called 'Red' due to his surname in my head cannon its cos he used to go stand on The Spion Kop!

[broodblik]

*Just to note that I know 'in the real world' he's called 'Red' due to his surname in my head cannon its cos he used to go stand on The Spion Kop!

The Spoin Kop real name is Spioenkop which if you translate it literally means spy-head. 

[Colin YNWA]

*Just to note that I know 'in the real world' he's called 'Red' due to his surname in my head cannon its cos he used to go stand on The Spion Kop!

The Spoin Kop real name is Spioenkop which if you translate it literally means spy-head.

I know it related to a battle during the Boer War so interesting to have the insight of a 'local' - not sure now near you are to Ladysmith?

[broodblik]

*Just to note that I know 'in the real world' he's called 'Red' due to his surname in my head cannon its cos he used to go stand on The Spion Kop!

The Spoin Kop real name is Spioenkop which if you translate it literally means spy-head.

I know it related to a battle during the Boer War so interesting to have the insight of a 'local' - not sure now near you are to Ladysmith?

It is about 400km from where I am staying, Centurion. The only reason why I know about this is that we "won" but it was right in the beginning of the Second Anglo-Boer War. At the end the bigger result was inevitably.

[maryanddavid]

This is a tough one. Two great, if very different character, both let down by their ending a little. Charley gets the vote.

[Barrington Boots]

This is really, really difficult.
My kneejerk reaction was to say Johnny Red, but having thought about it Charley Bourne is the better character. He's more rounded whereas Johnny has a bit of the generic tough guy about him.
John Cooper's Johnny is one of my favourite thing in comics though.

[Rogue Judge]

Yeah this is tough but Charley Bourne takes it. He's the more well developed, more relatable character IMO.

Love both comic series though.

[SmallBlueThing(Reborn)]

I'm afraid I've never liked Johnny Red, so Charley walks this one for me. Never mind the strip is likely the greatest thing ever published in British comics, Bourne himself is all our (great?) grandads, isn't he?

SBT

[broodblik]

Air or Land your choice I will call this one on Monday

[broodblik]

So we have a clear winner here.

Voting closed the winner:

Charley Bourne