>>2216

>>2228

Beat me to it.

>>2215

Acne, it was basically just Viz for kids. It still had all the swearing and violence, just none of the sexual references. I still honestly can't believe they managed to make this comic and target it at children. It was the most fucking fantastic thing ever as a kid.

>>2228

This.

It has Lightning McQueen on the front though. You have no idea the hold he has over children of a certain age. My four-year old is super-fucking-mad for Lightning McQueen and Cars.

Thankfully having watched the DVD 100+ times, I can confirm it is a pretty good film and I like all of Pixars output, but the number they have done on follow-on marketing is staggering. I heard a stat that said they had set the record for the amount of money made in follow-on branding and merchandising, beating all other films.

>>2226

OINK!, and 2000AD of course. The odd Commando, too.

2000ad and eagle.

I started reading Viz when I was 12 and have read it religiously ever since (I'm thirtysomething). And 2000AD.

>>2385
Viz and 2000ad. Don't get either anymore, though Viz looks to be going strong and the Drunken Bakers is one of the funniest strips i've ever read.
2000ad i used to get religiously, I couldn't wait till Wednesday morning to lay down my pound twenty at the newsagent on the way to school, though sadly it seems standards have slipped. I'm sure there's a load of diamonds among the rough, but nowadays it just seems to be reprints of old comics and terrible new ones with naff looking cheapo computer generated cells.

>>2409
I've just found a couple of scans of Drunken Bakers strips here: http://www.freelance-cartoonist.com/page4.htm

>>2411
Great find!

Viz is featured in the Guide this week.

How are Viz and 2000AD doing, sales and financial-wise?

I remember an old comic called fizog, I had the first couple of issues but then it vanished, internet doesn't pull anything up though. was like viz but for kids, full of farts and burps if I remember correctly.

>>2418
A piece published in the Guardian last Saturday says that Viz's circulation is currently at around 100,000, compared to around a million in 1990. That article, and also links to several scans of Viz issues, can be found here: http://couchtripper.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?t=5144