great stuff
smashing blog, when i see old wizzer and chips stuff like harry's haunted house it makes me realize how much of an influence those old comics had on my drawing style.
not a lot of books and art in my house when i was growing up , but always loads of comics.
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amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Tue 21 Oct 2014, 23:18,
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There's a "Best of Whizzer and Chips Annual"
out now, available only from Sainsburys. It's way too thin but it's only £3.99.
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Tue 21 Oct 2014, 23:21,
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Just picked up a Whizzer & Chips 1984 album
recently for 75p in a charity shop. Couldn't believe my luck!
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Hardfarter Following through since 1978, Wed 22 Oct 2014, 0:26,
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i used to read and re-read those comics
looking at how they drew everything and it totally influenced my style.
anything from BIG comic, monthly and fortnightly, buster, even beano and dandy really, I loved seeing how they were printed and stuff. I then moved on to old copies of oink! and now read Viz, it's funny how similar the drawing styles are in all of them. I'm sure if i did the research, there would be people who drew for most of them.
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Ya What Skiddlyboop, Wed 22 Oct 2014, 9:51,
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Oink was short-lived, wasn;t it?
There was a record stuck to the front of the first one. Can't remember what the song was on it but I remember doing a sads when I lost it..
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mugwump In summary then, oh no. Chris., Wed 22 Oct 2014, 11:27,
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it was indeed short lived.
i saw a complete set for sale on ebay for about £15, put a bid in, within minutes the set was withdrawn and sold individually for a bout a fiver each...
some of the contributors to the mag make for a good read, including lard from mark & lard. it was marketed as a viz for kids.
and yes, the oink song and the oink rap, found here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Redmx2x4Z0
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Ya What Skiddlyboop, Wed 22 Oct 2014, 12:39,
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