''Comic Cuts'' was a British

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magazine. It was published from 1890 to 1953, lasting for 3006 issues. It was created by the reporter Alfred Harmsworth through his company

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(AP). In its early days, it inspired other publishers to produce rival comic magazines. ''Comic Cuts'' held the record for the most issues of a British weekly comic for 46 years, until ''

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'' overtook it in 1999.

Publication history

The first issue of ''Comic Cuts'' sold 118,864 copies, with circulation growing to around 300,000 soon after. During its lifetime, the comic merged with many others, including ''Golden Penny'' (1928), ''Jolly Comic'' (1939), and ''Larks'' (1940). ''Comic Cuts'' finally disappeared in September 1953 when it was merged with ''

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''.

Content

Its first issue was an assortment of reprints from American publications.Comic Cuts at britishcomics.com
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In other media

The comic is mentioned in

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's 1905 book ''

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'' and in the 1910 book ''Alarms and Discursions'',"The Three Kinds of Men" from ''Alarms and Discursions''
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's song "Chicken on a Raft" — "He's looking at me ''Comic Cuts'' again". It was also mentioned in

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's 1971 hit record " Grandad" — "''Comic Cuts'', all different things." The character Annie Twohig refers to it in

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's play '' Drama at Inish'' — "''Annie'': I'll stay at home and read a magazine." "''Constance:'' Which magazine?" "''Annie:'' ''Comic Cuts''."

References

Sources

* The first issue o
Comic Cuts (1890)
in the Internet Archive. * 1890 establishments in the United Kingdom 1953 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom Comics before 1900 Fleetway and IPC Comics titles Magazines established in 1890 Magazines disestablished in 1953 Defunct British comics British humour comics 1890s comics 1953 comics endings Magazines published in London Comics anthologies {{UK-comics-stub