2000ad in comics britannia.

[Buddy]

Loved Hugo Tate and remember making a tit of myself when I met Nick Abadziz (sp?) at a UKCAC years ago.

I was pissed, I think he was just a bit scared.

The Complete Hugo Tate would be on my must buy list if it ever existed.

Can't remember John McCrea in Deadline but do remember meeting his cousin out in the pub one night, Charlot I think her name was/is.

She was bloody beautiful.

[House of Usher]

I never really understood the appeal of Deadline. Most of the people I knew who read it were more into drugs, music, hedonism, and hanging around in fashionable cafes than they were into comics. Slackers to a man. Certainly, Deadline was the only comic that many of them read.

I don't think Tank Girl deserved a great deal of coverage because quite apart from the fact that it's astounding how widely recognized the character is outside of comics fandom, the strip itself is exceedingly slight, consisting of little more than an attitude and a design sensibility.

[I, Cosh]

On the other hand I thought it was pretty incredible that they went on about Deadline for a couple of minutes without once saying the dread word "Gorillaz."

[Funt Solo]

::"little more than an attitude and a design sensibility"

You've got that right.  

[Leigh S]

I havent really read any Tank Girl to judge, but the bit they read out didnt have me rushing to the shops to seek more out...

Was anyone happy with the documentary?  Alan Moore and Viz sites maybe?

[starscape]

I was (still am!) right into the indie scene, so bought the first few issues of Deadline. Stopped soon after. It was the UK equivalent of Image. All style with very little substance.

The Viz creator could now be in a Viz comic as a character (anyone come up with a decent name 'Chris Donald, he's a...'). So he was part of the NE bohemian set then...? (think Viz is hilarious though).

Can't stand the way political correctness has become something that only happened in the frivolous entertainment industry. It was much more to do with not discriminating against minorities and women.  Perhaps Chris Donald can come out and say how he wishes he didn't have to work with black or gay people? That to me is what the vast hub of political correctness was about.

Oh, and I really enjoyed the programme.  Of course, it could have run for weeks and been more in depth but I think it was more designed to inspire and celebrate than educate.

Surely, there's a few people on here that could conduct a few interviews with British legends and have a web tv series on comics?  Had I not been leaving the country I'd do it myself.

Chris

[Funt Solo]

::"Can't stand the way political correctness has become something that only happened in the frivolous entertainment industry."

Yeah - I didn't get the idea that mixing politics and comedy is wrong.  Why?  Ben Elton might have got on everyone's tits after a while - but when he first appeared on Friday/Saturday Night Live in this country his whirlwind tirades were like a force of nature.  Also, Bill Hicks.  Everything he said was political.  His solution for ending global conflicts was inspired:  he wanted the arms manufacturers to declare war ... on themselves!  He cited the amount of fuel to be saved if all the bombs were simply dropped on take off.  

I like Viz, but it's fucking shallow.  I've always forgiven it that because it never pretends to be anything other than shallow - except now when people make a show that tries to lend some kind of intellectual weight to it.

It's easy to take the piss out of militant feminism.  The amount of domestic abuse in this country is horrendous, though - and if experience of suffering from or dealing with that kind of abuse brings out the militant feminist in people - then Viz just comes across as ridiculous and narrow-minded.

I'll always love the Top Tips, though:

"Can't afford satellite television? Simply attach a dustbin lid to the outside of your house, fill a fish tank full of shit, and sit watching it 23 hours a day."

[Peter Wolf]

 The only Viz character i still like is Victor Logic.If i remember correctly he always got thumped by someone during the strip.

 " Oh I seem to have suffered a fractured skull resulting from being struck  by an object of some considerable mass resulting in signals from the area in question being transmitted through millions and millions of millions of nerve endings that the correct part of the brain through its system of neurons therefore interprets as pain".


  Chris donald seems to have a square head or squarish at least.

 There were some interesting points in the last couple of posts before this.

[Steve Green]

I still buy Viz, even though it's nowhere near as good as it used to be.

I can't stand the Drunken Bakers, or pretty much any of the strips by the same artist.

I love the work done by the guy who draws Fru-T Bunn and Mrs Brady though.

What's really been missing has been any decent fake ads, like the 'Mummy this Lemonade Tastes Funny' Bleach drinking collectors doll, and the Fred West teddy (Ted West).

The two posters they did were great as well, The Shittish Isles and Cuntinental Europe.

[satchmo]

I have never once even smiled at Drunken Bakers, never mind laugh. It's abysmal.
My favourites are 8 Ace and Tasha Slappa's Mam.
The free Lady Di-Pod (tragic Mp3 player) in this months ish is brilliant.

[I, Cosh]

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