
From today, Saturday 1st July until Saturday 5th August, The Irish Independent are re-printing some classic DC Thomson comics each Saturday, including The Beano, today, and an edition of girls comic Bunty later this month.
After 40 years they haven’t grown up, so if you haven’t either, relive the fun of another era and collect your free copies or introduce a new generation to these timeless prints!
Start collecting yours while stocks last.
The comics are
1. Beano 1975 – today Saturday, July 1st
2. Beezer 1981 – Saturday, July 8th
3. Topper 1981 – Saturday, July 15th
4. Bunty 1981 – Saturday, July 22nd
5. Dandy 1981 – Saturday, July 29th
6. Beano 1981– Saturday, August 5th
• More information here
(With thanks to Jeremy Briggs)
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as 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.
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