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it makes me think of that ghastly mid-ground guardian comic supplement they have on saturdays
Umm.. that would be because it's the same stuff, I guess. When I was a kid, quality meant nothing. Sure, I preferred IPC to DC Thomson (good god The Dandy was dull), but if it had word balloons, I'd read it, and for many years dreaded no words more than "Great new for all our readers inside!".
There really are no decent kids' comics any more apart from the Beano and, to a certain extent, the Doctor Who one, as Dandy is a whizzy magazine-style thing and I'm pretty sure all the old IPC/Fleetway stuff disappeared years ago.
My mum has recently been encouranging some kids of friends to read comics (she noticed the fact that I taught myself to read with them) and if this is any good, she'll probably be buying gift subscriptions.
The Guardian stuff has been a bit low-grade so far (and full of printing screw-ups), but its heart seem to be in the right place (the dog detectives and the Nick Abadzis ones wern't bad) I'm sure it'll improve as it finds its feet.
Look, any comic featuring Woodrow Phoenix deserves your money, basically. |
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