The Bradshaws...an' all that #2

London Editions are perhaps best known as publishers of comics that tied in with particular brands. I've looked (here) at some of their comics (Count Duckula; Centurions; Dreamstone).

The Bradshaws...an' all that has a website here where you can buy associated merchandise (but not this comic it must be said).

Wikipedia has this to say on the subject of The Bradshaws

The Bradshaws is a fictional family created and voiced by the comedian and musician Buzz Hawkins. The family was created for The Gary Davies Show with Gary Davies on Piccadilly Radio in 1983 when Hawkins wrote a poem about a family's day trip to Blackpool. This soon developed into a series. In 1986, Hawkins was made producer of The Phil Wood Show, on which he performed more Bradshaws material.

Hawkins would go on to sell cassettes of his Bradshaws episodes, which he still does to this day, as well as doing stand-up, acting and more. The Bradshaws series has been re-released as a 25 volume C.D. collection. The series has gained great popularity in the North and abroad. It has been said that some people still ask who the voice actors are even though all the characters are voiced by Hawkins.

Anyway, without further ado here it is - art is by John Geering, scripts by Mike Butcher and Brian M. Clarke

I looked at issue 1 here

This is issue 2 (of 2)

The Bradshaws...an' all that #1

London Editions are perhaps best known as publishers of comics that tied in with particular brands. I've looked (here) at some of their comics (Count Duckula; Centurions; Dreamstone).

The Bradshaws...an' all that isn't a TV tie-in comic, in fact it's all ne w material based on The Bradshaws - which has its own website here where you can buy associated merchandise (but not this comic it must be said).

Wikipedia has this to say on the subject of The Bradshaws

The Bradshaws is a fictional family created and voiced by the comedian and musician Buzz Hawkins. The family was created for The Gary Davies Show with Gary Davies on Piccadilly Radio in 1983 when Hawkins wrote a poem about a family's day trip to Blackpool. This soon developed into a series. In 1986, Hawkins was made producer of The Phil Wood Show, on which he performed more Bradshaws material.

Hawkins would go on to sell cassettes of his Bradshaws episodes, which he still does to this day, as well as doing stand-up, acting and more. The Bradshaws series has been re-released as a 25 volume C.D. collection. The series has gained great popularity in the North and abroad. It has been said that some people still ask who the voice actors are even though all the characters are voiced by Hawkins.

Those involved are:

Editor - Mike Butcher

Scripts - Buzz hawkins

Artwork - John Geering

Design - Rob Sharp

Anyway, without further ado here it is - covers and first page of all the stories

This is issue 1 (of 2)

The Bradshaws an all that comic issue 1, London editions

Bian M Clarke commented on the Facebook post that he and Mike Butcher wrote the scrips. Each of the storied was based on an audio episode.

UPDATED: Zig and Zag's zogazine

Following some positive feedback from my initial posting about the Zogazine I've been able to add a little more information to my original posting, updates are highlighted in red...

As someone with an interest in comics produced by Fleetway (in all its incarnations) rather than DC Thomson I thought I'd share some images of the 6 issue 'Zig and Zag's zogazine' that Fleetway editions produced in late 1994 / early 1995.

Art is just by the one artist, John Moore, but also Kev Sutherland wrote the stories and Mike Butcher was editor (although Dave Hunt is also credited in issue 4 as editor), Elitta Fell also involved (lettering) and Dave Windett pencilled the strips.

I have to say that I'm impressed with how much of a comic this actually is - I thought it might just all be large photos and stuff with mimima actual comics content, but no, it's a real comic.

Dave Hunt also had this to say...

Zig and Zag's zogazine - issue #1 (Fleetway Editions ltd), October 1994

Free gift from issue 1...

Zig and Zag's zogazine - issue #2 (Fleetway Editions ltd), November 1994

Free gift from issue 2...

Zig and Zag's zogazine - issue #3 (Fleetway Editions ltd), December 1994

Zig and Zag's zogazine - issue #4 (Fleetway Editions ltd), January 1995

Zig and Zag's zogazine - issue #5 (Fleetway Editions ltd), February 1995

Zig and Zag's zogazine - issue #6 (Fleetway Editions ltd), March 1995