''Smut'' was a British adult

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s magazine that was launched on 1 May 1989."Gallery,"
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'', although was considered to be a downmarket copycat of ''Viz'', being less subtle and lacking in ''Viz's'' surreal satire, and printed on lower quality paper. Its strips were usually heavily violent, full of profanity and with themes many may regard as being politically incorrect. Its flagship character was "Everard Edbutt", a heavily built skinhead who, despite his cheerfully moronic nature, tended to get very violent when anyone bothered him. His surreal strength invariably meant he horribly mutilated people without much effort, such as by punching someone in the face with such force that his fist bursts through the back of their head. Other characters, who invariably had self-explanatory names, included: * Tactless Terence – a man who is incapable of good manners or being tactful. * Sarky Marky – an incredibly

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man. * Psycho Sid – a grinning psychopath who ends every strip by viciously murdering someone for no reason. * Fat Idle Bastard – a total slob who is as unproductive as he is greedy, deceitful and sexist. * The Skeggys – similar to the Viz's Biffa Bacon, a family of immoral, overweight benefit claimants. * Twatman and Nobbin – an obvious parody of

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(Twatman is an older sexist pig while Nobbin is a young and inexperienced nerd). * Klaus The Louse – Pubic Enemy Number One — the travels of a pubic louse. * Lionel Lettuces and his Sexual Fetishes The cartoonist

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contributed many 'one-off' strips to the comic in the early 1990s. In July 2007, ''Smut'' relaunched as ''Twisted!'' incorporating ''Smut''. Despite the name change, the comic's content remained broadly similar, and included reprinting earlier material. The title stopped publishing shortly afterwards.

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* Adult humour titles Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom 1989 comics debuts Magazines established in 1989 {{UK-comics-stub