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| Art work: Charlie Grigg. |
It’ll soon be time to whisk the pale everyday Christmas amusing covers however first, as Blimey! will seemingly be ending soon, I notion I’m in a position to also gain collectively a bunch of seasonal covers that I’ve featured here over time. Some you’re going to be awake seeing sooner than, some you would also now now not.
I’ve featured extra than this however these are amongst my favourites. I notion I’m in a position to also duvet 100 years, so we can explore how the styles and designs of comics modified from 1898 to 1998. Ready to descend into the Festive Time Vortex? OK, scarves on, climb aboard the time sledge and here we pace….
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| ALLY SLOPER 1898. Art work: W.F. Thomas |
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| JOKER 1934. Art work: John L. Jukes |
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| COMIC CUTS 1935. Art work: Presumably John L. Jukes |
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| CHIPS 1942. Art work: Percy Cocking |
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| COMIC CUTS 1947. Art work: Alert Pease |
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| The first Christmas EAGLE, 1950. Art work: Frank Hampson and group. |
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| BLIGHTY 1952. A shaggy dog legend / glamour magazine as a alternative of a amusing e book however a tall duvet by Arthur Ferrier. |
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| MARVELMAN 1954. Artist unknown. Maybe Ron Embleton? |
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| WIZARD 1960. Art work: Bill Ritchie |
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| BEEZER 1960. Art work: Tom Bannister |
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| TV EXPRESS 1961. Art work: Mike Western |
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| WHAM! 1964. Art work: Graham Allen |
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| EAGLE 1965. Art work: Risky. |
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| DIANA 1965. Artist unknown. |
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| BEANO 1966. Art work: Dudley Watkins |
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| SMASH! 1967 |
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| TOPPER 1967. Art work: Dudley Watkins |
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| BUSTER 1969. Art work: Angel Nadal |
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| SPARKY 1970. Art work: Vic Neill |
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| BEANO 1970. Art work: David Sutherland |
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| KNOCKOUT 1971. Art work: Joe McCaffery |
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| LION 1971. Art work: Geoff Campion |
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| 2000AD 1977. Art work: Kevin O’Neill |
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| WHOOPEE! 1984. Art work: Robert Nixon |
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| ACTION FORCE 1987. Art work: Jeff Anderson, Simon Coleby, Lew Stringer |
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| WHIZZER AND CHIPS 1989. Art work: Jimmy Hansen |
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| DANDY 1998. Art work: Keith Robson |
…and there you pace. A different from 100 years in about a minutes. A fresh space of Christmas covers begins tomorrow and would possibly per chance per chance peaceable whisk for per week! Assemble now now not miss it!
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