"and Christina Martin. Many ""Viz"" characters have featured in long-running strips, becoming well-known in their own right, including spin-off cartoons. Characters often have rhyming or humorous taglines, such as Roger Mellie, the Man on the Telly; Nobby's Piles; Johnny Fartpants; Buster Gonad; Sid the Sexist; Sweary Mary or Finbarr Saunders and his Double Entendres. Others are based on stereotypes of British culture, mostly via working class characters, such as Biffa Bacon, Cockney Wanker and The Fat Slags. In addition to this, the comic also contains plenty of 'in jokes' referring to people and places in and around Newcastle upon Tyne."
"Severin, Brian Bolland, Jim Mooney, Joe Giella, Bruce Timm, Kevin Nowlan, Wendy Pini, Jordi Bernet, Phil Jiminez, Bernie Wrightson, Matt Haley, Tom Simmons, Will Blyberg, Dave Gibbons, Steve Rude, Dick Giordano, Mike Grell and Dan Spiegle. The covers also featured Finster added into homages to classic comic book covers. FANBOY Magazine was also a 4-issue publication, 1993. Finster, the protagonist, is a teenager, who works in a comic shop, while also being an artist. He daydreams about, and has had real, adventures. He usually mixes his own life with Fantasy, and is always talking to the reader. The original six"
"a variety of comics, including ""Creepy Creations"" for ""Shiver and Shake"", ""Martha's Monster Makeup"" for ""Monster Fun"" and ""Tom Horror's World"" for ""Whoopee!"". He was named Best Writer and Best Artist by the Society of Strip Illustrators in 1978. On 2 February 1987, while drawing a page of ""Faceache"" at his home in Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, Reid suffered a stroke and died in hospital. Ken Reid (comics) Ken Reid (1919–1987) was a British comic artist and writer, best known as the co-creator of Roger the Dodger and Jonah for ""The Beano"" and Faceache for ""Jet"" (later appeared in ""Buster""). Born"
"Barry, Bob Lubbers, John Celardo, Russ Manning, Gil Kane, Mike Grell, and Gray Morrow. The daily strip began to reprint old dailies after the last Russ Manning daily (#10,308, which ran on 29 July 1972). The Sunday strip also turned to reprints circa 2000. Both strips continue as reprints today in a few newspapers and in ""Comics Revue"" magazine. NBM Publishing did a quality reprint series of the Foster and Hogarth work on Tarzan in a series of hardback and paperback reprints in the 1990s. In 2014, Dark Horse Books began to reprint the Hal Foster and Burne Hogarth Sundays"
"Ken Reid (comics) Ken Reid (1919–1987) was a British comic artist and writer, best known as the co-creator of Roger the Dodger and Jonah for ""The Beano"" and Faceache for ""Jet"" (later appeared in ""Buster""). Born in Machester, Reid drew from an early age. At the age of nine he was diagnosed with a tubercular hip and was confined to bed for six months, during which time he drew constantly. He left school at thirteen and won a free scholarship to Salford Art School, but was expelled shortly before graduation after being caught in a local café when he should"
"Funday Times The Funday Times was a section of the UK ""Sunday Times."" It was intended mainly for children, and included several comic strips, including ""Dennis and Gnasher"", ""Rex and Tex"", ""Beryl the Peril"", ""Fans Utd."", ""Scooby-Doo"", ""Space Raoul"", ""The Powerpuff Girls"", ""Creature Feature"", ""Newton's Law"", ""Jarvis"", ""Squirt"", ""The Flintstones"", ""Robot Crusoe"", ""Goosebumps"" and ""The Simpsons"". Launched in 1989 it originally featured adult cartoons like ""Modesty Blaise"" but quickly dropped them in favour of more child friendly fare such as ""Asterix"". It also included reviews of various toys and songs, interviews with celebrities, including Will Smith, Gail Emms and Matt"
"on the doorstep of Walt Wallet. Also featured in the third section is an essay by Cochran, ""The Vanishing Newspaper"", decrying libraries' destruction of newspapers once they had been microfilmed and praising Blackbeard's role in comics preservation. Comic strips announced as forthcoming are Frank King's ""Bobby Make-Believe"", ""Buck Rogers"", Frank Godwin's ""Connie"", ""Flash Gordon"", Billy Ireland's ""The Passing Show"", ""Polly and Her Pals"", Winsor McCay's ""A Tale of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle"" and ""Terry and the Pirates"". Captain Comics reviewed the debut issue of ""The Sunday Funnies"": The Sunday Funnies The Sunday Funnies is a publication reprinting vintage"
"of ""Raw"" and author of ""Maus"", praises the ""Kin-der-Kids"" as Feininger's crowning achievement: In 1994, the entirety of Feininger's comics were collected in a single volume by Kitchen Sink Press: ""The Comic Strip Art of Lionel Feininger"". In 1999, ""The Comics Journal"" included ""The Kin-der-Kids"" in its ""Top 100 Comics list"". The Kin-der-Kids The Kin-der-Kids and Wee Willie Winkie's World were early newspaper comics by painter Lyonel Feininger and published by the ""Chicago Sunday Tribune"" during 1904–05. Similar in form to ""Little Nemo"" and the later Sunday editions of ""Krazy Kat"", most of Feininger's comics occupied a full-page and were"
"Roger's Profanisaurus Roger's Profanisaurus is a humorous book published in the United Kingdom by Dennis Publishing which is written in the style of a lexicon of profane words and expressions. It is a spin-off publication from the popular British adult comic ""Viz"" and features one of the comic's characters, the foul-mouthed Roger Mellie ""the Man on the Telly"". The title of the book is a word play on ""Roget's Thesaurus"", ""Profanisaurus"" being a portmanteau of ""profanity"" and ""Thesaurus"". The book is marketed as ""the foulest-mouthed book ever to stalk the face of the earth"". The ""Profanisaurus"" was originally published as"
"appeared in the 1991 as the commentator for all the races. It was said on a few occasions that Roger drove a Suzuki Swift 1.3GTi. Born Roger Edward Paul Mellie in 1937 in North Shields, Roger was educated at Fulchester Mixed Infants, Bartlepool Grammar School, and the Oxford Remand Centre. He began his broadcasting career as a cub reporter on the news with Robert Dougall and shot to fame doing genital mutilation routines at the London Palladium. Recruited by Fulchester Television he became a popular TV personality and established his own production company, MellieVision. He often stays at his favourite"
"Smart took over as artist. On 9 April 2014, Wayne Thompson replaced Jamie Smart as Roger's artist, until Barrie Appleby returned to draw the strip temporarily, before Wayne Thompson surprisingly returned. In 2017, writing duties for the strip were taken over by Danny Pearson. Roger is currently the second longest-running character in the Beano, behind only Dennis the Menace. However, if taken into account the strip's absence in 1960 then he would be the third longest-running behind Minnie the Minx. Roger is a crafty-looking ten-year-old boy who sports a red-and-black chequered jersey with a white shirt collar poking out. He"
"continued to be used for some publications until IPC's comics line was sold under the name Fleetway Publications to Robert Maxwell in 1987. Amalgamated Press entered the comic magazine market in 1890 with ""Comic Cuts"" and ""Illustrated Chips"". It also published serialized story papers (in for example ""The Thriller"" magazine) which published stories by Edwy Searles Brooks, among others. Rebellion Developments currently owns all comics characters and titles created by IPC's subsidiaries after January 1, 1970, together with 26 specified characters which appeared in ""Buster""; while IPC currently retains its other comics characters and titles, including Sexton Blake, The Steel"
"is also usually attired in a white tie, however, the Barrie Appleby strips dropped this around 2005. Upon his debut, Roger sported the usual school boy shorts, however he began wearing trousers during the 1970s. Roger, unlike most Beano characters, does not go out of his way to cause chaos and mayhem. Instead, he chooses to watch from the sidelines, dodging responsibilities and punishments. 18 April 1953: Roger The Dodger made his debut in issue 561, drawn by Ken Reid. 1959: Gordon Bell becomes the artist. 1960: Roger's first series ends. April 1961: Roger returns to the Beano, drawn by"
"the sentencing judge, Roderick McGillivray, in several of his comics. Bruce Tinsley Edward Bruce Tinsley IV (born 1958) is an American cartoonist best known for his conservative comic strip ""Mallard Fillmore"". Tinsley was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a graduate of Bellarmine University with a degree in political science. While in High School, he won a cartoon contest sponsored by Louisville's ""Voice Newspaper chain"", and began working as an editorial cartoonist at age 16. He attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, studying journalism, and then worked for ""The Daily Progress"" as an editorial cartoonist. Jay Kennedy, a"
"Barrie Appleby returned to draw new Roger the Dodger episodes in August 2012 after Nigel Parkinson took over as Dennis artist. He supposedly left in The Beano in July 2013 along with Barry Glennard and Dave Eastbury when Roger was taken over by Jamie Smart. In early 2014, Barrie returned to The Beano to draw Gnasher and Gnipper And returned to Roger the Dodger in July. Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for ""The Beano"""
"Jamie Smart takes over as artist. April 2014: Wayne Thompson takes over as artist. July 2014: Barrie Appleby returns as artist. Roger the Dodger Roger the Dodger, whose real name is Roger Dawson, is a fictional character featured regularly in the UK comic ""The Beano"". His strip consists solely of Roger's basic remit to avoid doing chores and homework which usually involves him concocting complex and ultimately disastrous plans, the undoing of which results in him being punished (usually by his long-suffering father). To perform these tasks he enlists the help of his many 'dodge books'. He first appeared in"
"magazine. The trend of syndicated super-heroes followed as Batman, the Phantom and Mandrake the Magician comics also appeared in the subsequent years. In the summer of 2000, the magazine started syndicating Disney comics and Henry strips. Pinocchio was the first Disney comics to syndicate, followed by classics such as Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. From 2016, the magazine also publishes Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck series from Disney as well as the popular American cartoon Dennis The Menace. Dora The Explorer and Chhota Bheem was also included aimed towards children of a lower age group. In mid-2001, the magazine started"
"collected into trade paperbacks by Rebellion. Volumes published include: The ""Downlode Tales"" story arcs were collected into three trade paperbacks that came polybagged with issues 330, 334, and 335 of Judge Dredd Megazine. The stories illustrated by Andy Clarke were also republished by American company IDW Publishing in 7 volumes between December 2013 and June 2014; these were collected in a trade paperback published in the August 2014. Sinister Dexter Sinister Dexter is a long-running comic series in British comics anthology ""2000 AD"", created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate. Set in the near future, it features the exploits of"
"associated with the classic comics reprints of Another Rainbow Publishing, Gladstone Publishing and Gemstone Publishing. Cochran stated, ""These are full-size, full-page comics from the greatest years of newspaper comics. Initial print runs will be very small and early issues are likely to sell out."" The source of the strips is the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University, which houses Bill Blackbeard's collection of comic strips, the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Design and production is by Michael Kronenberg, who previously designed the EC Archives for Cochran. ""The Sunday Funnies"" was originally planned as a"
"Mallard Fillmore Mallard Fillmore is a comic strip written and illustrated by Bruce Tinsley that has been syndicated by King Features Syndicate since June 6, 1994. The strip follows the exploits of its title character, an anthropomorphic green-plumaged duck who works as a politically conservative reporter at fictional television station WFDR in Washington, D.C. Mallard's name is a pun on the name of the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore. In 1991, Bruce Tinsley, who was an editorial cartoonist for the Charlottesville, Virginia paper ""The Daily Progress"", was asked to create a cartoon character as a mascot for"
"the section has returned sporadically with themed issues to promote newly released children's films. The final editorial team responsible for ""The Funday Times"" consisted of: Margot Wilson of TV's ""Hartbeat"" was a former editor. Funday Times The Funday Times was a section of the UK ""Sunday Times."" It was intended mainly for children, and included several comic strips, including ""Dennis and Gnasher"", ""Rex and Tex"", ""Beryl the Peril"", ""Fans Utd."", ""Scooby-Doo"", ""Space Raoul"", ""The Powerpuff Girls"", ""Creature Feature"", ""Newton's Law"", ""Jarvis"", ""Squirt"", ""The Flintstones"", ""Robot Crusoe"", ""Goosebumps"" and ""The Simpsons"". Launched in 1989 it originally featured adult cartoons like ""Modesty"
"one of the ghostwriters for the ""Red Ryder"" newspaper comic strip drawn by Fred Harman. Before its format change to all-new Red Ryder material, ""Red Ryder Comics"" featured ""Red Ryder"" newspaper strip reprints. He also wrote stories for ""Gene Autry Comics"", ""Roy Rogers Comics"" (1944-1956, 1959-1960, all of the first run in the ""Four Color Comics"" series, and, under its own numbering, ""Roy Rogers Comics"" #1 through about #108, and approximately #134 through #143), Zane Grey's ""King of the Royal Mounted"" (Du Bois had previously been one of the ghost-writers for the ""King of the Royal Mounted"" newspaper comic strip"
"Roger the Dodger Roger the Dodger, whose real name is Roger Dawson, is a fictional character featured regularly in the UK comic ""The Beano"". His strip consists solely of Roger's basic remit to avoid doing chores and homework which usually involves him concocting complex and ultimately disastrous plans, the undoing of which results in him being punished (usually by his long-suffering father). To perform these tasks he enlists the help of his many 'dodge books'. He first appeared in issue 561, dated 18 April 1953. His appearance is vaguely similar to that of Dennis the Menace from the same magazine;"
"Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for ""The Beano"" since the 1970s. He has also drawn Cuddles and Dimples for ""The Dandy"", as well as strips for ""Nutty"", ""Hoot"", ""Monster Fun"" and ""Buster"". He also drew Bananaman in the BEEB comic. In 1999, he took over Bananaman in the Dandy from John Geering. He returned for a short time to do Bananaman in 2008. In 2003, he took over Roger the Dodger after the death"
"eventually lost. Most of the major Beanoland attractions remain in operation today but have been rethemed as ""Wild Asia"". On 19 March 2012 Royal Mail launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history. The collection featured ""The Beano"", ""The Dandy"", ""Eagle"", ""The Topper"", ""Roy of the Rovers"", ""Bunty"", ""Buster"", ""Valiant"", ""Twinkle"" and ""2000 AD"". The original editor was George Moonie from 1938 to 1959; followed by Harold Cramond from 1959 to 1984. Euan Kerr was editor from 1984 until he handed over the reins to Alan Digby in early 2006. Digby had been ""Beano"" Chief Sub"
"offering to analyse items thought to be authored by the Ripper. Thomas Burke contributed stories. The weekly comic paper is widely cited as being the first comic book or magazine to feature a regular character, and is also often cited as the first comic as well. ""Half Holiday"" helped established the financial viability of the medium and codified the British form to an extent visible many years later in publications such as ""Viz"". During 1908 C. H. Chapman illustrated the Ally Sloper character. Chapman was better known as the artist that drew Billy Bunter from 1911 until ""The Magnet"" folded"
"Sunday comics The Sunday comics or Sunday strip is the comic strip section carried in most western newspapers, almost always in color. Many newspaper readers called this section the Sunday funnies, the funny papers or simply the funnies. The first US newspaper comic strips appeared in the late 19th century, closely allied with the invention of the color press. Jimmy Swinnerton's ""The Little Bears"" introduced sequential art and recurring characters in William Randolph Hearst's ""San Francisco Examiner"". In the United States, the popularity of color comic strips sprang from the newspaper war between Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. Some newspapers, such"
"#225, which stated that it was Ross G. Everbest (a variant of Gerber's Reg Everbest pseudonym with his middle name attached to it). Gerber and Jim Mooney created Greg Salinger, the second version of the character, which first appeared in ""Omega the Unknown"" #9 (plus a one-panel cameo in #8, which was written by Roger Stern). Gerber's ""Foolkiller"" miniseries, illustrated by J.J. Birch, was published from October 1990 to October 1991. It focused on a new version, Kurt Gerhardt. A new Foolkiller, Mike Trace, has appeared in two five-issue MAX series: ""Foolkiller"" (vol. 2) (2007) and ""Foolkiller: White Angels"" (2009)."
"non-fiction articles related to sex or current events. Artist Norman Saunders was the dean of illustrators for these magazines, occupying a position similar to that enjoyed by Margaret Brundage for the classic pulps. Charles Copeland and Earl Norem were two other popular artists who worked for the Magazine Management stable of magazines. Many illustrations that were uncredited were done by Bruce Minney, Norm Eastman, Gil Cohen, Mel Crair, Basil Gogos, and Vic Prezio among others. James Bama contributed over 400 cover and interior illustrations for an approximate eight-year period circa 1957–1964 before turning to paperback cover illustration as his mainstay."
"in their collections. In 2000, the American basketball team Rio Grande Valley Vipers adopted his character 'Snake' as their official mascot, the first time an Australian cartoon character has been so adopted. He currently resides in Launceston, Tasmania in Australia. Sols Allan Salisbury (born 1949), known professionally as Sols, is an Australian cartoonist, best known for his newspaper comic ""Snake Tales"". Salisbury's other creations include ""Lennie the Loser"" and ""Fingers and Foes"", the latter helping to establish Salisbury in the United States. Allan John Salisbury was born in 1949 in Kyabram, Victoria, after completing his secondary school education Salisbury took"
"into Weird Worlds"", ""Strange Tales"", and ""Uncanny Tales""; the Westerns ""Kid Colt, Outlaw"", ""Gunsmoke Western"", ""Western Outlaws"", and ""Wild Western""; the satiric ""Crazy""; and such miscellaneous genre titles as ""Sports Action"" and ""Spy Fighters"". He also drew the cover of ""Sub-Mariner Comics"" #34 (June 1954). After an Atlas reorganization circa 1954, publisher Martin Goodman eliminated all his comics-division staff except for editor-in-chief Stan Lee. Freelance cartoonist and later longtime Marvel colorist and ""Millie the Model"" artist Stan Goldberg recalled, ""They needed someone on production to handle things since there was no real staff. I would come in a couple of"
"the Macabre"", in ""The Brooklyn Paper"" in 1979. From 1983 to 1997 ""The National Law Journal"" ran the weekly strip. The characters made occasional appearances in comic books over the years (""Mr. Monster"", ""Munden's Bar Special"", ""Satan's Six""). In May 1994 an ongoing comic book series was launched, ""Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre"", under the imprint Exhibit A Press. The title was changed to ""Supernatural Law"" with issue #24, in part to avoid readers' confusion over how to pronounce ""macabre,"" and to bring it in line with the planned title of a motion picture adaptation. An occasional spin-off"
"Fosdick"" sequences (supposedly drawn by ""Lester Gooch""); a notable villain was Bomb Face, a gangster whose head was a bomb. Chester Gould won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1959 and 1977. The Mystery Writers of America honored Gould and his work with a Special Edgar Award in 1980. In 1995, the strip was one of 20 included in the Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative postage stamps and postcards. ""Dick Tracy: The Art of Chester Gould"" was an exhibition in Port Chester, New York, at the Museum of Cartoon Art from October 4 through November 30, 1978. The"