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Whoopee! (comics)
''Whoopee!'' was a British comic book magazine that ran from (issues dates) 9 March 1974 to 30 March 1985, when it merged with ''Whizzer and Chips''. It was published by IPC Magazines Ltd and ran for 572 issues. The first issue of ''Whoopee!'' ran to forty pages, with a free gift in the form of a 'squirter ring'. The strapline exhorted potential readers to "Get happy — get this paper!". ''Shiver and Shake'' merged with ''Whoopee!'' shortly after its launch in 1974, followed by '' Cheeky'' in 1980 and '' Wow!'' in 1983. ''Whoopee!'' annuals continued to appear well into the late 1980s, and a ''Best of Whoopee!'' monthly reprints comic was published for a few years in the early 1990s. Strips * ''Ad Lad'' — a Les Gray lookalike obsessed with getting his face on television * ''Bleep!'' (from ''Wow!'') * ''Blinketty Blink'' * ''Blunder Puss'' (from ''Shiver and Shake'') * ''Bookworm'' — a bespectacled, book-loving schoolboy * ''Boy Boss'' (from ''Wow!'')'' — the nomin ... [...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] |