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unusual facts about British comic



Plate lifter

A free plate wobbler was included with the first issue of the British comic magazine Monster Fun and promoted as a "monster mirth maker".

Thrill-Power Overload

Thrill Power Overload, or TPO is a book about the history of the British comic 2000 AD written by David Bishop, one of its editors.


see also

Ally Sloper Award

The awards were named after Ally Sloper, the nineteenth century British comic character championed by Gifford as the world's first comic character.

Betelgeuse in fiction

2000AD (1977- ), British comic book series written by John Wagner, Alan Grant, Pat Mills, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Ian Edginton, and Alan Moore.

David Thorpe

Dave Thorpe (born 1954), British comic book writer and novelist

Diggle

Andy Diggle, British comic book writer and former editor of 2000 AD

Fraser of Africa

Fraser of Africa is a comic strip that ran one page a week in full colour in the British comic Eagle in 1960-61, written by George Beardmore and illustrated by Frank Bellamy.

Guerilla Records

The label's distinctive blue camouflage generic sleeve was designed by graphic designer Steve Cook, known for his design and art direction of the British comic 2000 AD.

Jake West

He directed a movie called "Doghouse", a horror comedy starring Danny Dyer (Severance, The Football Factory"), Noel Clarke ("Adulthood", "Kidulthood", "Dr. Who") and Stephen Graham ("This is England", "Snatch" from a script by British comic book creator Dan Schaffer ("Dogwitch", "The Scribbler").

Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles - Double Zero

Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles - Double Zero is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the character Judge Dredd in British comic 2000 AD.

Judge Dredd: Wanted: Dredd or Alive

Judge Dredd: Wanted: Dredd or Alive is the first audio drama produced by Big Finish Productions based on the character Judge Dredd in British comic 2000 AD.

Lord Worplesdon

Percival "Percy" Craye, later Earl of Worplesdon, is a recurring fictional character from the Jeeves stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being Agatha Gregson's second husband, who would have been her first but for Agatha's discovering that he had behaved shamefully at a ball at Covent Garden, whereupon she broke their engagement and married Spenser Gregson instead.

Mayhemic Destruction

The artwork was done by the British comic book artist Simon Bisley.

Meng and Ecker

Meng and Ecker was a British comic written by David Britton and illustrated by Kris Guidio.

Norman Worker

Norman Worker (1927 - 5 February 2005) was a British comic book writer, best known for his work on comic books featuring Lee Falk's The Phantom.

Romeo Brown

Romeo Brown was a British comic strip written by Peter O'Donnell and drawn by Alfred Mazure (1954–1957) and Jim Holdaway (1957–1963).

Shaun Phillips

:Not to be confused with British comic book artist Sean Phillips, or American musician Shawn Phillips