Viz (comics) - Knowledge (XXG)

304:, which was an early champion of the comic. The first 12-page issue was produced as a fanzine for a local record label 'Anti-Pop records' run by Arthur 2 Stroke and Andy 'Pop' Inman, and went on sale for 20p (30p to students) in the Gosforth Hotel, which hosted 'Anti-Pop' punk gigs, and the run of 150 copies had sold out within hours. The second issue was published three months later in March 1980, with the next ten issues being published at irregular intervals until November 1984. Issue ten from May 1983 was the first to feature the current 695:-type character attempting to pull off small-time criminal scams such as tobacco smuggling, benefit fraud and cheating on fruit machines. Most recently, he was seen posing as a window cleaner and conning customers to pay him, before being mistaken for a Peeping Tom and given a thorough hiding. The strips always end with Elton being beaten at his own game by one or more of his musical contemporaries from the 1970s and 1980s. Other celebs to have been featured in their own strips include 1040:, proprietor of the (real) Curry Capital restaurant (formerly the Rupali), Bigg Market. His Lordship often promoted his restaurant with spoof competitions and offers. One, genuine, offer involved getting a 20% discount on orders at his restaurant by bringing in a copy of the current Viz ad for it and pointing at his picture excitedly. In December 2006, he appeared in a seasonal broadcast to rival the 252: 3388: 2381: 452: 47: 2395: 823:

police arrived). Another such story revolved around a man who won an inconsequential amount of money on the pools, and began living an inordinately lavish lifestyle ("I bought the wife a new cover for her ironing board" being one such example of his largesse), which collapsed when the money inevitably ran out, much to his chagrin ("I wish I'd never set eyes on the money").

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insisted that the comic drop the name of one of its characters, "Kappa Slappa", as it had no permission to use the brand name. Kappa also believed that the character in question insulted its customer base. "Slappa" was an obnoxious, uneducated, highly unattractive and sexually promiscuous 14-year-old

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has broken into his house, who promptly shoots him and flees. His wife, in shock, tends to her husband as he is badly hurt, and he tells her he was wrong to believe in Father Christmas like some small child. However, the wife tearfully says that Father Christmas did indeed come, and left presents for

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style, the wedding featured a lecherous groom marrying his pregnant (and significantly underaged) girlfriend, eyeing up her younger sister while being called a "cradle-snatching cunt" by her father (with the resulting fight prompting the bride's mother to cry out "less it, for fuck's sake" before the

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Sales steadily declined from the mid-1990s to around 200,000 in 2001, by which time Chris Donald had resigned as editor and passed control to an "editorial cabinet" comprising his brother Simon, Dury, Thorp and new recruits Davey Jones and Alex Collier. In June 2001, the comic was acquired as part of

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For example, a young woman is convinced that the spirit of her dead husband has possessed the family dog, and after some soul-searching, begins a sexual relationship with the dog. A running joke in these stories is that they often feature a car accident in which one of the characters is run down. In

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Often letters are printed that criticise Viz, accusing it of "not being as funny as it used to be", condemning it as being offensive or of complaining about the frequent price rises. These are often published and sometimes even framed in a small section titled "Why I Love My Viz!", blatantly mocking

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during bathtime, such as "playing with pork sword"; in this case, when the reader entered the bathroom, she discovered her son had indeed fashioned a sword out of pork sausages). Since Viz claims to offer £5 for the best letter published in a particular issue, many letters end with the inquiry, "Do

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however, while these words often start out being relevant to the story, they quickly stray for comedic value and therefore have little or no relevance to the following text. The words will often follow a theme, such as TV cops' names or types of curry, and will sometimes spell out a sentence, rarely

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made a one-off appearance in 1996 titled "I've Bean to Paradise" where the main character, unhappy with his long-term relationship, attempts to seek out for more physically attractive women by undergoing a makeover as a lookalike of the actor (played by himself) and passing himself off as the actor

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customers who are "trying to get into a barmaid's knickers" should "pull back your tenner just as she reaches to take it when paying for a round. It really turns us on". In a similar vein, one reader suggested "Old people – are you worried that people in a hurry might be able to get past you on the

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ran a story suggesting that the principal Roma man who initiated the complaints against Viz ("Don't call us thieving gypsies, says thieving gypsy") had been found guilty of handling stolen property at Preston Crown Court. He had, but in truth the man in question had been supportive of the comic in

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advertisement parody are the adverts for public and government services which one would normally not expect to find advertised; for example, one ad consisted of the words "Raped? Burgled? Run over? Why not call the police", placed next to a picture of a grinning policeman. Another ad exhorted male

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of England, circulation had grown to around 5,000 by December 1984. This may have been boosted by the appearance in the BBC2 documentary series 'Sparks' (episode 4 'The Young Guns') which first aired in March/April 1984 and was repeated on BBC1. A further special edition was issued in May 1985 as

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and friend Jim Brownlow. Donald himself cannot remember exactly where the name of the magazine comes from. The most he can remember is: at the time, he needed to come up with a proper name for it, and he considered the word "Viz" a very easy word to write/remember, as it consisted of three letters

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news stories are often crudely edited and altered, much to the detriment of the subjects involved (teeth blacked out, facial features shrunken/enlarged, and so on). In the case of the aforementioned Lemmy, for one photo the editors simply took a picture of a man wearing a baseball cap and drew a

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should just about see right" when it comes to the ladies). The 'PC Brigade' were also featured as if they were the fire brigade, stating they attended emergencies such as 'collapsed turbans' or freeing gypsies from railings while leaving British people stuck tight. They also carried the slogan

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and stating their doubt that it would top the story told by their friend about a night spent "with a couple of strippers, a bottle of tequila, and some cocaine"). Often letters feature simple yet absurd statements ("I'm heading off to the pub in a few minutes and wondered if any of your readers

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Scatological humour also featured heavily in the ads; one ad featured "Clag-Gone", which consisted of a stationary bicycle with no seat. Instead, the rider simply placed his naked bottom onto the "Clag-Gone"'s wire brush wheel, which then cleaned away "winnits", "tag-nuts" and "dangleberries".

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The one-off strips often have ludicrously alliterative and/or rhyming titles, for example: "Reverend Milo's Lino Rhino", "Max's Laxative Saxophone Taxi', and "Scottie Trotter's Tottie Alottment". Some strips are built entirely around absurd puns, such as "Noah's Arse" and "Feet and Two Reg".

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are a joke. If anything they slow you down" or "I went to one of these so called Gentlemen's clubs and was shocked to see it was full of Women. To make matters worse many of them were wearing very little clothing", or the letter whose writer mentioned seeing a TV listing for the film

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featured a new character called 'D.C. Thompson The Humourless Scottish Git'. However, coinciding with DC Thomson’s legal action, and unaware of it, Dandy editor Maurice Heggie published a good humoured strip in response, "The Jocks and The Geordies", a revival of an old strip from

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There are often invitations for readers to submit pictures, such as the request for examples of "Insincere Smiles", whereby people sent in pictures cut from newspapers and brochures of celebrities and politicians caught smiling in a manner which looks utterly insincere and forced

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A semi-regular feature in Letterbocks is the "Lame to Fame" column, where writers can send in "claims to fame" where they explain their connection to well-known celebrities. The connections are distant or commonplace; for example: "I once had a drink with a bloke who had caught

1558:, the comic's creator Chris Donald claimed that the first legal action ever taken against Viz was initiated by a man who objected to the use of a picture of his house (taken from an estate agent's catalogue) in one of these photo-strips, and that the British tabloid newspaper 1840:, Chris Donald mentions that he was interviewed by police after giving the go-ahead to publish a Top Tip which could have been interpreted as an incitement to carry out a bomb plot. Donald claims that he then accidentally included the offending statement in that year's 1644:

that the magazine's publishers had pencilled in Student Grant as the next animated release but this never came to fruition. He went on to say that he was pleased that the project did not go ahead as he felt the quality of the previous releases was disappointing.

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fancied joining me for a pint" or "They say size doesn't matter – if that's true, why can't I get these shoes on?"), or improbable situations such as a letter writer responding directly to the letter that preceded theirs in the very same column and issue.

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crude approximation of Lemmy's facial hair and warts on his face (as well as writing "Motörhead" on the cap). Photos will frequently be captioned only with the name of the subject and a comma followed by "yesterday", e.g. "A train, yesterday".

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Other stories include ludicrous "kiss and tell" and similar stories by people who are portrayed as mentally disturbed, often with highly bizarre elements; examples include allegations by a man who claimed that, on holiday touring in his

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who frequently writes obituaries about recently deceased celebrities filled entirely with metaphor and empty sentiment which stops abruptly once the required word count is reached (with a note that the invoice is included).

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M. This establishment had spotty-faced teenage staff vomiting and smoking; a child customer informs his mother that he does not want to finish his burger as it "tastes of pigeon and has cigarette butts in it".

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has manufactured some of these items and sold them, including a china plate depicting "The Life of Christ...In Cats", featuring pictures of a cat in various stages of Jesus's life, and the "Elvis Presley

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Much of the non-cartoon material such as the newspaper spoofs are written by the editorial team – Graham Dury, Simon Thorp and Davey Jones – with contributions from Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley,

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every case, the same man is driving the car, and always responds with the same line: "Sorry mate, I didn't see him/her!" The locations for the photo-stories are recognisable as the suburbs of

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This section features letters both written by the editors and sent in by readers often with ridiculous names, usually in the form of obviously fictitious anecdotes (one reader claimed that by

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as "Sting (real name Gordon Sting)", mixing the singer's birth and stage names. One particularly memorable piece of tabloid-esque wordplay parody, involving a fictional plot to assassinate

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tried to provoke media outrage over another photo-strip which, if taken out of context, could be misconstrued as making light of the problem of illegal drugs being offered to children.

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in a strip "HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and his Jocular Larks", about the Duke making outrageously ill-informed comments to a young Chinese victim of the collapse of a residential block.

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A long-running joke has been small adverts for bizarre sheds ("TV Sheds", "Shed Bikes", "Shed Snakes", etc.). Testament to the quality of these is invariably provided by a Mrs. B. of

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sold the exclusive rights to his wedding photographs to Viz for £1, in a flippant dig at celebrity couples who sold the rights to their wedding photos to glossy magazines such as

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recounted his hobby of watching passers-by from "a series of cunningly-disguised hides". It is unclear whether Cursiter is a reader of the comic or a creation of the editors.

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pioneered; none of them managed to attain its popularity. Circulation peaked at 1.2 million in the early 1990s, making it the third-most popular magazine in the UK, but

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are included. These parody the format of supernatural and true-love British comics which were popular with young girl readers in the 1970s and 1980s, such as "Chiller" and "

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Geordie magazine editors. Continue paying your mortgage and buying expensive train sets ... by simply licensing the Top Tips concept to a multinational burger corporation.

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Save a fortune on laundry bills. Give your dirty shirts to a second-hand shop. They will wash and iron them, and then you can buy them back for 50p. – McDonald's advert

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of (often freshly coined) rude words, phrases and sexual slang submitted by readers. It has been published as several books, the 2002 print of which has a foreword by

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The comic also prints regular satirical pastiches of typical tabloid and local media news stories. One issue featured a small write-up of a wedding. However, in true

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characters, such as 'The Boy with Big Pants' which was a reference to Felix and his Amazing Underpants. This served to deflate the situation. (Chris Donald's book

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bomber planes. Many of these adverts had a form with a tick box at the end, with outrageous binding statements in small print that invariably led the purchaser to

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and sold to friends, became a publishing phenomenon. To meet the demand, and to make up for Brownlow's diminishing interest in contributing, freelance artist

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newspapers, paragraphs within written articles include 'cross heads' which, in normal journalism, serve to indicate the theme of the following sections. In

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Additionally, there were the usual stories revolving around celebrities, some in the "tell-all" vein (such as a customs agent who claimed he found drugs in

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leaning over to sign autographs in front of a cardboard standee of himself, with the writer requesting the picture of "Winston Zeddemore bumming himself".

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who claimed to be promoting the Fulchester Underwater Canoeing Klubb. A significant number of strips, most of which centre on child characters, are set in

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of the British and their neighbours over the relevant geographical areas, displayed the McDonald's logo on potentially insensitive locations, such as the

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ran a short strip called "The Nice, Honest Gypsies", featuring a kindly Gypsy woman selling pegs door-to-door and helpfully returning forgotten change.

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had a strip featuring the comedian trying to think up amusing last words to utter on his deathbed (but ended up with a torrent of swearing). The singer

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by leaving for work at 6 am every morning, arriving home at 10 at night, never keeping social appointments and dropping down dead at the age of 36

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office. Donald also hired another freelance artist, Simon Thorp, whose work had impressed him. For over a decade, these four would be the nucleus of

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to publish the comic nationally every two months, starting with the 13th issue, dated August 1985. In 1987, the Virgin director responsible for

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was hired and worked alongside Chris Donald. As the magazine's popularity grew, the bedroom became too small and production moved to a nearby

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based on The Fat Slags was produced in 2004, but was disowned by the magazine's editors who threatened to stop running the strip in response.

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newspapers, with mockeries of articles and letters pages. It features parody competitions and advertisements for overpriced 'limited edition'

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sets. These poke fun at the genuine adverts for such items in magazines found in the colour supplements of Sunday newspapers. Those found in

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A more recent trend is for sarcastic tips to be offered that are observations by the readers regarding other people's behaviour, such as a

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Adverts for loan companies have been parodied frequently since approximately 2000, usually with an absurd twist, such as ones aimed at

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by a disgruntled former roadie, read 'Top Pop Mop-Top Pot Shot Plot Flops', or with a gonad-focused violent encounter with a deranged

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The comic was reprimanded by the United Nations after featuring a strip called "The Thieving Gypsy Bastards". UK tabloid newspaper

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Farm – Young Pete and Jenny Nostradamus were spending the holidays with their Uncle Jed, who farmed arses deep in the heart of the

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McDonald's advertising executives. Why not steal someone else's idea and then claim you overheard it in a bar, you fucking cunts.

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plays for Fulchester United F.C. There is innuendo in the name: the Internet domain fuck.co.uk was at one time held by fans of

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complete with rabid dog, youthful vandals and a "gently rusting" washing machine in the front yard), and "Little Ted West", a

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and also his own strip. Mellie is portrayed as someone who is willing to endorse any product whatsoever for money or gifts.

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Another ad featured a tourist package where eggs were served in great quantities; a happy tourist was featured saying "I'm

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Many make observations about celebrities (especially those who have recently died; one letter printed after the deaths of

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have also featured in a strip as rival neighbours trying to kill the old woman next door and foiling each other's plans (

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Most of the stories take place in the fictitious town of Fulchester. Originally the setting of the British TV programme

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has had many different spoof adverts for various items, such as ornaments, dolls, sheds, china plates and novelty

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issues one to four was published in November 1983 as issue 10½. After a few years of steady sales, mostly in the

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VHS releases of each series went on sale during the same months of broadcast. Chris Donald revealed in his book

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A small coniferous tree in the corner of your living room is an excellent place to store Christmas decorations

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of one- and two-pence pieces, equivalent to a few hundred pounds sterling. Recently, they were giving away a

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characters have featured in long-running strips, becoming well known in their own right, including spin-off

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right about now, I'd be shitting myself") or current events (a 2000 issue remarked "The Government spent

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and other popular children's adventure stories of the 1950s. Several strips were single-panel, one-off

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for a time one of the biggest-selling magazines in the country. Inevitably, a number of imitations of

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committing bestiality. The strip was discontinued after the death of Best, but has since reappeared.

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his correspondence with them and had not made any complaint against the strip. In the same issue

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A novelty single was released in 1987 for Viz, featuring its Buster Gonad character, by the band

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One such photo-strip was called "I Believe in Father Christmas", where an adult man believes in

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in an advertising campaign they ran in 1996. Some of the similarities are almost word-for-word:

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newspaper's habit of printing (positive) comments in little frames titled "Why I Love My Sun!"

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Why waste money on expensive binoculars? Simply stand closer to the object you wish to observe

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Some tips are for ludicrous motives, such as "how to convince neighbours that your house has

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featured at least twice). A similar series was of men who were wearing absurdly ill-fitting

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Its success in the early 1990s led to the appearance of numerous rivals copying the format

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Letterbocks also formerly featured correspondence from, and has brought fame to, the late

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were launched, but these never matched the original in popularity, and rarely in quality.

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are retained by Exponent when the company and most of its titles were sold to competitor

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restaurant in West Jesmond is visible. In "Four minutes to fall in love" (no. 107), the

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pavement? Why not try stumbling aimlessly from side to side? That should stop them".

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and a 1970s playground toy, 'Crackers Baracus turns Macca's knackers into clackers'.

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featured such Viz characters as Johnny Fartpants, the Fat Slags and Buster Gonad as

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has frequently starred in such spoof advertisements, both in separate sections in

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In keeping with the comic's irreverent and deliberately non-conformist style, the

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was used as a story setting and displayed a large W in the style of an inverted

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has had more than one about him trying to ingratiate himself with the Queen and

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readers believed that the comic had given permission for their use, leading to

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One of the most pun-based strips was "George Bestial", about famous footballer

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and an elderly woman who blames anti-social behaviour in her area on bored

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also lampoons political ideas – both left-wing ideals, in strips such as "

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To make your husband's trousers heavier, hang onions from the belt loops.

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acquired several titles from Broadleaf Group in December 2021, including

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a £6.4 million deal by I Feel Good (IFG), a company belonging to ex-

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Some of the characters have had their own television cartoon series on

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The strip "Wanker Watson", a parody of the children's comic character

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presenters, as well as a mental home patient who claimed to have had

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or bizarre storylines, and often feature celebrities. For example: "

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Normal-sized Mars Bars make ideal king-sized Mars Bars for dwarves

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stuck into the seat of his trousers, parodying his appearances on

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has also appeared frequently in recent issues as a double-dealing

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of British culture, mostly via working class characters, such as

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King-size Mars Bars make ideal normal-sized Mars Bars for giants

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and politicians, but it has no particular political standpoint.

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On occasion, this is explicitly recognised: the one-off strip

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Many strips appear only once. These very often have extremely

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remarked on both their violent deaths and friendship with

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Convince friends that you have a high powered job in the

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Review of books commemorating Viz's 25th anniversary in

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Roger's Profanisaurus: The Ultimate Swearing Dictionary

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in 1990, spoofing serious investigative TV shows like

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