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The Ultimate Book of British Comics (Hardcover)

by Graham Kibble-White (Author)

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Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Allison & Busby (31 Oct 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0749082119
ISBN-13: 978-0749082116
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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What was your favourite comic as a child? Everyone has one - the one you would faithfully read each and every week then take to school to swap, the one you collected in dusty piles under the bed and refused to throw out. Was it the "Beano", or perhaps 'Dandy", 'Nutty", "The Eagle", or "2000AD"? No matter which comic was your all-time favourite, or which superhero character you wished you could be, they are all remembered in this fact-filled and hilariously funny encyclopaedia, which reveals how these quirky and colourful creations have shaped the lives of British children since the seventies. The "Ultimate Book of British Comics" is the first book to celebrate this often-overlooked aspect of our popular culture and is sure to bring a smile of reminiscence to the face of every reader.

About the Author

Graham Kibble-White has been writing professionally about all aspects of popular culture for the past five years for publications such as the Mirror, TV & Satellite Week, TV Choice and TV Quick.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A decent attempt., 18 Nov 2005

By	Alan Notton (Essex, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

To write about every British comic since the arrival of the Dandy in 1937 is a huge ask. Kibble-White is a new name in comic world and his done a pretty good job here. He details most of the highlights of each publications history and gives mention to all the key characters, stories, publishers, writers and artists. He doesn't list every story simply because it wouldn't make interesting reading, so he's settled for the approach of allowing the reader to get value for money by reading every page. Once read, a much better understanding of why the British comic industry practically ceased to exist from the late-1980's, and a good overview of each comic is obtained. Most British comic enthusiasts will already know 90% of what they're reading, but the comic-newbie will greatly enjoy this one.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very informative account on the colourful and turbulent history of British comics, 13 April 2008

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To detail every single British comic since the 1930s would have required a huge book that would have been more like an encyclopaedia. This book is not an encyclopaedia, it instead gives a narrative on all the notable comic books that helped shape the British comics industry, and as such is very thorough and informative. Of particular interest is the way once popular comics suddenly got merged and re-merged with other titles as sales started to decline and the comic market got smaller and smaller, until even famous titles like Buster and Whizzer and Chips eventually had to throw in the towel. It doesn't make for a very optimistic appraisal of the British comic industry when you see the huge amount of once-famous comics that are now no longer published, but as an account of the contribution many of these comics made to popular culture it is a very interesting read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyable, if you're not too nerdy!, 17 Jan 2008

By	Andrew Thomson (Gloucestershire, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm not a comic collector but I was born in the '50s and was a child of the sixties, so this was right-on for me! As a boy I was an avid reader of the Eagle ("Eagle MkI" as identified here), but as I grew up I learned to love the classic comics as typified by Beano and Dandy. (I probably read about 2/3rds of the titles covered at one time or another). Graham Kibble-White's narrative style is relaxed and humorous. He is respectful of the artists and authors who gave life to so many favourite characters and suitably cynical about the accountants and businessmen in suits who ensured their demise.
The author sets out his stall at the start: he is not trying to create an encylopaedia. The stories he tells are, by and large, the ones that mattered in the industry. No significant titles are missing (although it's a shame he couldn't get hold of a colour plate of the Eagle cover).
I thoroughly enjoyed this stroll through so many names I remember well, not just the DC Thomson classics (although we were very proud in Scotland to be associated with that publishing house!)
If you are 40-50 and wonder what happened to the comics you fondly remember, you'll love this book.

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