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3 May 2021

Cartoon Aid - the big book (part 3)

I've looked before at publications associated with the Cartoon Aid charity (like Band Aid but with more cartoons and less Bob Geldof) - if you missed them they are as follows...
a). the Olympic book is here
b). Bryan Hitch's work in the Kidz book is here
c). Mike Collin's work in the Kidz book is here
d). Terry & Sheila Bave's work in the Kidz book is here
e). Simon Donald's work in the Kidz book is here
f). Cartoon Aid auction at Sotheby's & a festival in Margate is here
g). Waddington's jigsaw (from the Margate festival is here)
h). Scare Bears monster party book is here 
i). a REALLY big tome called Cartoon Aid here 

I've started looking at some of the contents of this big book, so far I've looked at Asterix (here and here) and now I've found that there is some DC Thomson material in there and I just wondered if these were reprints of if they were new for this book?

I've just scanned the first page of the Dennis strip and the Desperate Dan strip but I'm hoping that'll be enough of a clue for a real expert in this area.

Any questions just let me know, thanks!


Update this was The Dandy issue #2337 (cover dated September 6th 1986)




Update: this was a reprint from Beeb issue #1 (January 29th - 4th February 1985)

Update: this was a reprint from Beeb issue #2 (February 5th - 11th 1985)


12 December 2017

RIP Keith 'Cheggers' Chegwin

Here he is, on the cover of Beeb, the BBC's short-lived answer to Look In

The other Saturday Superstore presenters...

Keith and the Superstore presenters on the cover of issue 1 of Beeb

2 October 2017

Beeb magazine covers gallery - part 5


Beeb magazine covers gallery - issues 17-20, apparently it stopped appearing in the shops with issues 16 and the last 3 issues were only sent to subscribers so are hard to find.





27 September 2017

The Tripods by John M Burns

Here's the John M Burns art for Tripods strip that ran in Beeb magazine. This is taken from issue 1. Format is the same across all issues of Beeb - i.e. two colour pages and then one black & white page.




If you're interested in seeing how the adventure continued than I can heartily recommend picking up some back issues of Beeb that, as it happens, I have listed for sale on ebay now....

Beeb 2 here

Beeb 3 here

Beeb 4 here

Beeb 7 here

Beeb 10 here

Beeb 11 here

Beeb 13 here

Beeb 15 here






16 September 2017

Beeb magazine covers gallery - part 1

Beeb was the BBC's answer to Look In magazine - it only lasted for 20 issues (with the last 3 issues apparently only being available to subscribers) and featured a consistent run of strips in its life...
One by One - illustrated by Mario Capaldi
Bananman
Automan
The Tripods [illustrated by John M Burns]
Grange Hill - illustrated by John Armstrong
Family Ness

So now cast your mind back to what it was like in early 1985...