Cor!! Buster Bumper Fun Book on sale now

By John Freeman on November 24, 2020

Compiling strips from Rebellion’s two Cor!! Buster Specials, the Cor!! Buster Bumper Fun Book goes on sale today, 24th November 2020, in all good bookshops.

Offering 96 pages plus covers – wall to wall silliness! – revamping many classic British humour comic characters (and in some cases leaving them well alone, because they’re still as funny as they were years ago), there’s plenty to enjoy.

Cor!! Buster Bumper Fun Book - Sample Page — *Some pages from the Cor!! Buster Bumper Fun Book*

Look out for strips from the likes of humour comic veterans Tom Paterson and Lew Stringer, who are still creating funny strips today, alongside creators such as Abigail Bulmer, Neil Googe, Robin Etherington, Ned Hartley and many more. Characters featured include Kid Kong, Grimly Feendish, Faceache and Frankie Stein, all given new life in this compendium of hilarity.

If you missed the Special, then this collection is a perfect Christmas gift for yourself or others. Rediscover your favourite comedy comics characters… or enjoy them for the first time!

• The Cor!! Buster Bumper Fun Book is on sale now (from 24th November 2020).It’s available in print from book shops, a treat when lockdown ends, perhaps?), online from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link) and UK comic shops via Diamond.

Also available as a digital edition from the Treasury of British Comics webshop and apps for iPad, Android and Windows 10

• COVER ART by Edward Whatley
• REGIONS: UK, worldwide digital
• RELEASE DATE: 24th November
• PAPERBACK, 96 pages
• PRICE: £10.99
• ISBN: 9781781088647

• CREATIVE TEAM: John Freeman, Lew Stringer, Tom Paterson, Leila O’millar, Alec Worley, Tiernen Trevallion, Ned Hartley, Steve Mannion, Lizzie Boyle, Abigail Bulmer, Simon Bowland, Gráinne Mcentee, Sammy Borras, Paul Goodenough, Neil Googe, Matt Smith, Tanya Roberts, Robin Etherington, David Follett, Keith Richardson, Pye Parr, Cavan Scott, Mike Hoffman, Karl Stock, Andy W. Clift, Lee Langford, Edward Whatley, Ken Reid, Hilary Barta, Wesley Wong, John Lucas, Mick Cassidy, Rositsa Vangelova, Edward Whatley, Olivia Hicks, Shelli Paroline, Braden Lamb, Brett Parson

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.