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Whatever happened to the fantastic selection of comics available in the seventies and eighties? Whizzer & Chips, Whoopee, Buster, Monster Fun, each one a work of art in it’s own right. These were the comics I used to read each week and these were the comics that I would sit down and copy for hours at a time. I would make my own comics in the same style, taking tips from the professional artists, particularly Sid Burgon who used to draw the “Joker” strip.
Most of the comics I used to Read were published by IPC, and Used to be found all laid out on the settee ready for me when I visited my Grandad on a Wednesday evening. “Plug” comic was a different matter, and used to be pushed through our letter box on a Friday morning and brought up to me in bed with a cup of tea by my dad (once he’d had a crafty read himself). Friday was Plugday, and still would be if they hadn’t merged it with Beezer after 70-odd issues!
Most of the comics I used to Read were published by IPC, and Used to be found all laid out on the settee ready for me when I visited my Grandad on a Wednesday evening. “Plug” comic was a different matter, and used to be pushed through our letter box on a Friday morning and brought up to me in bed with a cup of tea by my dad (once he’d had a crafty read himself). Friday was Plugday, and still would be if they hadn’t merged it with Beezer after 70-odd issues!
A look at the work of my three favourite comic artists from the early days - Frank McDiarmid, Sid Burgon and Robert Nixon.
