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Jack Pott
''Cor!!'', a British comic book, was launched in June 1970 by IPC (International Publishing Corporation), their sixth new comic in just over a year. ''Cor!!'' was edited by Bob Paynter. The comic had 32 pages and included a full colour center spread. It consisted of traditional British characters, albeit with a slight tweak. The unruly schoolkids of '' The Gaswork Gang'' echoing ''The Bash Street Kids'' of ''The Beano'', ''Tomboy'' was firmly in the ''Minnie the Minx'' vein, whilst '' Tricky Dicky'' seemed like a version of ''Roger the Dodger'', albeit with longer hair and shorter trousers. The first ''Cor!!'' Featured '' Gus Gorilla'' on the front cover, drawn by Mike Lacey. The strip was in the shape of a glass, to promote the free fruit drink that came with it. The comic's most popular strip was ''Ivor Lott and Tony Broke'', a classic tale of two boys – one rich, one poor, with the latter usually the victor of the many battles they had. The strip continued long after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IPC Media
TI Media (formerly International Publishing Company, IPC Magazines Ltd, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) was a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. Most of its titles now belong to Future plc. History Origins The British magazine publishing industry in the mid-1950s was dominated by a handful of companies, principally the Associated Newspapers (founded by Lord Harmsworth in 1890), Odhams Press Ltd, Newnes/Pearson, and the Hulton Press, which fought each other for market share in a highly competitive marketplace. Fleetway In 1958 Cecil Harmsworth King, chairman of the newspaper group, The Daily Mirror Newspapers Limited which included the ''Daily Mirror'' and the '' Sunday Pictorial'' (now the '' Sunday Mirror''), together with provincial chain West of England Newspapers, made an offer for Amalgamated Press. The offer was accepted, and in January 1959 he was appointed its chairman. Within a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Letter Column
A comic book letter column is a section of an American comic book where readers' letters to the publisher appear. Comic book letter columns are also commonly referred to as letter columns (or lettercols), letter pages, letters of comment (LOCs), or simply letters to the editor. Letter columns appeared early on in the history of comic books themselves, and their growing prevalence — particularly beginning in the 1960s — helped create and legitimatize comics fandom. As the forum developed, the volume and tenor of letters became a reliable gauge of overall reader response to developments in the comics themselves. Letter columns remained a regular feature of most comic books until the early years of the 21st century, when they began being phased out in favor of the growing prevalence of email and Internet forums. Despite this, the 2010s saw a renaissance of comic book letter columns, and many comics titles still print them. History Although they were already standard in the science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie The Helicopter
Herbie, the Love Bug is a fictional Sentience, sentient 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, who has been featured in several Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film ''The Love Bug''. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is often a serious contender in auto racing competitions. Throughout most of the franchise, Herbie is distinguished by red, white and blue racing stripes from the front to the back bumper, a pearl white body, a racing-style number ''53'' on the front luggage compartment lid, doors, engine lid, and a yellow-on-black '63 Vehicle registration plates of California, California license plate with the registration "OFP 857". History Herbie's origins as a racing car are firmly established in ''The Love Bug'' (1968). Before the events of the film, he is bought from the showroom of Peter Thorndyke (David Tomlinson) by San Francisco socialite Mrs. Van Luit for her upstairs maid, but returns the car shortly afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus The Gorilla
Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for Angus, August, Augustine, or Augustus, and other names (e.g. Aengus, Argus, Fergus, Ghassan, Gustav, Gustave, Gustafson, Gustavo, Gussie). It can also be used as the adaptation into English of the popular Greek name (of Latin origin) Kostas or Konstantinos (Constantin), especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countries, probably due to similarity in the sound. Gus may refer to: People Given name * Gus Arnheim (1897–1955), American pianist, bandleader and songwriter * Gus Edwards (vaudeville) (1878–1945), German-born American songwriter, vaudevillian and music producer, born Gustave Schmelowsky * Gus Edwards (American football) (born 1995), American football player * Gus Hall (1910–2000), longtime leader of the Communist Party USA, born Arvo Kustaa Halberg * Gus Johnson (basketball) (1938–1987), American National Basketball Association player * Gus Johnson (jazz musician) (1913–2000), American jazz drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goodies (TV Series)
''The Goodies'' is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines Surrealism, surreal Sketch comedy, sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1, from 1970 to 1980. One seven-episode series was made for ITV (TV network), ITV company London Weekend Television, LWT and shown in 1981–82. The show was co-written by and starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie (together known as "The Goodies"). Bill Oddie also wrote the music and songs for the series, while "The Goodies Theme" was co-written by Oddie and Michael Gibbs (jazz composer), Michael Gibbs. Directors/producers of the series were John Howard Davies, Jim Franklin (director), Jim Franklin and Bob Spiers. An early title which was considered for the series was ''Narrow Your Mind'' (following on from ''Broaden Your Mind'') and prior to that the working title was ''Super Chaps Three''. Basic structure The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Madd
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scream! (comics)
''Scream!'' was a British weekly horror comic anthology that was published for 15 issues by IPC Magazines in 1984. Controversy over horror comics had led to the introduction of the Children and Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1955, under which the first prosecution occurred in 1970. The editorial approach to ''Scream!'' was to de-emphasise the horror label and deliberately not repeat the style of its more controversial precursors, making it more tongue-in-cheek for younger readers, as evidenced by its coverline "not for the nervous". List of stories Stories included: *'' The Dracula File'' — the lead strip, about Dracula hunting in 1980s England. Written mainly by Gerry Finley-Day and occasionally written by Simon Furman. *''The Thirteenth Floor'' — ''Scream!s most popular strip, concerning Max, a crazed computer, in charge of an elevator in a 17-storey apartment building - when someone bad or evil steps inside, Max would take them to The Thirteenth Floor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiends And Neighbours
Fiend may refer to: * An evil spirit or demon in religion or mythology * A person addicted to either a pernicious act, a cause, a hobby or sport Music * ''Fiends'' (album), by Christian post-hardcore band Chasing Victory * Fiend (rapper) (born 1976), rapper formerly with No Limit Records * "Fiend" (song), a 2002 song by Coal Chamber * "Fiend", a song by Orgy from ''Candyass'' * "Fiend", a song by Pestilence from the album ''Resurrection Macabre'' * "F(r)iend", a song by In Flames from the album '' Soundtrack to Your Escape'' * Fiend, a musical project by Brendan O'Hare Film * ''The Fiend'' (film), a 1972 British serial killer horror film * ''Fiend'' (film), a 1980 American B movie science fiction horror film Other * The Fiend, alter-ego of professional wrestler Bray Wyatt * The Fiend ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chumpians
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalky (comic Strip)
Chalky was a British comic book character from ''Cor!!'', and from 22 June 1974 when the publications were merged, ''Buster'', both published by IPC. ''Chalky'' was created and first drawn by Terry Bave in the 24 July 1971 issue of ''Cor!''. He was more regularly drawn by Dick Millington and Gordon Hill. A talented and super fast artist, Chalky would use his chalks on all surfaces, including walls, fences, pavements, planks, and even glass. In the early issues, he is a very good character, but by the 1990s his character has become more mischievous. Many issues featured his mum and dad. Around 1981 Chalky was voted, by the readers to be more popular than Buster and featured on the front cover for that issue.Peter GrayPeter Gray's Comics 12 November 2009 The last few years of ''Buster'' were reprint material only, ''Chalky'''s longevity continuing until ''Buster'''s end at the beginning of 2000 The very last page of this last ''Buster'' features Chalky being arrested for vandali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy's Ants
Andy's Frozen Custard is a chain of American frozen custard stores with locations in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The company is headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, where the company is run by its namesake Andy Kuntz. The company specializes in frozen custard-based desserts. In 2009, readers of 417 Magazine voted Andy's as the best thing about area code 417. History Andy's was founded by John and Carol Kuntz in 1986 in Osage Beach, Missouri, after the couple first tasted frozen custard in Wisconsin. They sought the mentorship of Leon and Doris Schneider, who had owned a Milwaukee frozen custard shop since 1942; Leon provided much of the knowledge and guidance the Kuntzes needed to open their own store. The shop was named after their son Andy. Soon after, the operation expanded to Springfield, Missouri, where Andy, with his wife Dana, learned the frozen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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