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Viz Comics has released its Christmas issue of the British social and political comic book anthology comic book magazine And that includes their annual Christmas Calendar This year features a parody of the work of Giles, recreated as Piles and mashed up with their character Nobby Piles, who is always under threat over his haemorrhoids. #gallery-1[...]

Which now have found a way out. And he starts to rather resemble the Viz Comic character The Male Online by Lee Healey and Barney Farmer. For Vamprisim read… Brexit? It is a bit, isn't it? While Edward's wide mouth does resemble a certain Nigel Farage does he not? Of course, speaking of hate That's called satire that is[...]

Turns out it was just the transfer of my existing direct debit from Dennis Publishing to Diamond Publishing for my subscription to Viz Comic Because Diamond Publishing is the new publisher of Viz Comic. Viz Comic Now Published By Diamond Publishing Two things, Viz Comic has nothing to do with manga publisher Viz Media Viz Comic is[...]

But recreations of that photograph including accurate paintings have been used instead. And now, with the return of one of my favourite comics characters Baxter Basics MP to this month's Viz Comic, dealing with the fuel and food crisis as a member of the government, we get that image recreated for the front cover of Viz #310[...]

Today sees the publication of Viz #300, the 300th issue of Britain's most popular comic book, Viz Comic Running since the late seventies, Viz is a raucous, ribald comic book satirical and humourous comic book based on traditional kids comics and British tabloid coverage, and does a fantastic job at reflecting the country's mood through[...]

With a supermarket madness cover to match. Viz Comic #295, Publishes in Lockdown Art from Readr. We see Biffa Bacon and his family entering the local Tescbury's to engage in the usual family hypocrisy and mindless violence, as they stockpile the necessary Jack Black continues his nineteen-fifties-style racist detective work while isolated in the family cottage and[...]

Viz Comic is still one of the most-read English language comic books in the world Sold mostly through UK (and Commonwealth) newsagarents and subscriptions, they have launched a new deal for these Coronavirus times They are still creating new issues, and right now are running two years for the price of one subscriptions – after[...]

Grabbing Phil Silvers in to reprise his turn as Bilko in the Beau Jeste parody Carry On Follow That Camel was a highlight towards the end but the franchise died off in the seventies, aside from an even more ill-advised nineties revival, Carry On Columbus, with the surviving cast and somehow shaming the likes of[...]

It's a cliché that the British satirical monthly comic, Viz Comic, is not as funny as it used to be Started in the eighties, phenomenally successful in the nineties (when it outsold every US comic with its UK sales alone), it remains Britain's best selling comic But it's not as ubiquitous as it used to[...]

We mentioned the Lichtenstein parody cover for Viz Comic last week. Turns out there's also a strip inside by the incredibly famous cartoonist Lew Stringer that inspired the cover… We mentioned the Lichtenstein parody cover for Viz Comic last week. Turns out there's also a strip inside by the incredibly famous cartoonist Lew Stringer that inspired the[...]

We've looked at the recent art exhibition re-appropriating the works of Roy Lichtenstein by comic book creators. But one piece, not in the gallery, is on

Viz Comic, one of the best selling comics in Britain, is to celebrate Christmas by putting the late TV presenter Jimmy Savile, now revealed by the media as a serial child abuser, on their cover portrayed by regular Viz media character Roger Mellie, The Man On The Telly. Now then, now then, Viz Comic, one of[...]

The word "hentai" has a negative connotation to the Japanese and is commonly used to mean "sexually perverted". While fnarr fnarr was coined by Viz Comic and is used to suggest innuendo, and specifically used in the strip Finbarr Saunders And His Double Entendres, seen below. Other non-comic words include bet-hedging, car crash, cream crackered, ego-surf, LOL,[...]

It's recently been revealed that David Bowie is a massive fan of Viz Comic, the British newstand offensively funny and satiral comic magazine. But surely that's not enough for our man? What else will he be picking up from his local branch of Forbidden Planet? We took a peek. STARDUST – Okay, Ziggy, it's not exactly a[...]