Here's an off-topic question for UK readers:
In the 1960s either the Beano or the Dandy comic had a comic strip in which there was a flying craft equipped with rescue gear, much like Thunderbird Two, although this craft had a pointed nose and a glass cockpit.
The pilot had two kids and they flew smaller versions of this craft. I've done all kinds of searches, can't find the answer.
Does anyone know the title of this comic strip?
Apparently British comics are keeping an eye on DC's "Absolute" line....
I hear the Batman comics are pretty good and I'm definitely in on the Green Lantern story.
But now we have... Absolute Bananaman!
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/absolute-bananaman-in-the-beano-comic/
Another mini-zine in the bag.
This one is about the UK comics I grew up with.
Are there any other Irish people who thought (as kids) that "Geordie" was another name for posh kids, because the Geordies wore blazers?
Beano whoopee cushions in comeback as 'Retro' toys become UK's best sellers (Mirror)
Old classics like Stretch Armstrong, Care Bears, Sylvanian Families, Beano joke boxes, Subbuteo, marbles and Pac-man are growing in popularity
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/beano-whoopee-cushions-comeback-retro-34611624
I was fortunate to get a lot of stuff for Christmas, but here are some #books. Beano and Dandy has stories from the #60s which are pretty cool.
#Octobooks #Christmas #NewBooks #Fantasy #Scifi #BookSky #Octocon #GraphicNovels #Beano #Dandy #BeanoAndDandy #Comics
New post!
My thoughts on #BEANO the Board Game, with Dennis the Menace. No, the other Dennis the Menace. #BoardGame
https://jinxedthought.blogspot.com/2024/12/beano-board-game-board-game-review.html
I’ve been picking up these Beano and Dandy Books for my son, who’s really into the weekly #Beano now and loves the old annuals too.
I haven’t quite got over the fact that from 2002 they started calling them Annuals rather than Books.
Spent a fizzer of a weekend in Dundee last weekend. Being a huge Beano and Dandy comic fan in my young days (look it up kids!) it felt like a homage. Shame only had literally 28 hours there ( with 2 football games!) but will definitely visit again. Waiting on a test roll on yet another new camera purchase, so here's a phone camera pic.
Bish! Bash! Bosh! you rotter!
#photo #photography #streetphotography #streetphoto #dundee #scotland #dandy #beano #streetart #comics
"Beano ate pets!" - BEANO, A Phoenix Raises [ft. Christopher Scott & Matt Little], Mission to Zyxx #MissiontoZyxx #NationalPetDay #Beano
Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 10 February 2024
www.rwnash.info/blog/beers-of-the-beano-saturday-10-february-2024
#Beano #Ale #Beer #Bier #February2024
A Quality Beano Needs The Finest Of Chips
#Beano #Chips #Newport #Blogging
https://www.rwnash.info/blog/a-quality-beano-needs-the-finest-of-chips
This week’s #Beano celebrates 70 years of #TheBashStreetKids, originally created by #LeoBaxendale as When The Bell Rings.
From 13 February 1954, the first, joyously-detailed strip by Leo (a committed leftist) is below, full of violence, anarchy, mischief and a squad of policemen about to break up the fun. Only Danny in his skull jumper and Toots are recognisable from the later regulars.
David Sutherland, however, is the strip’s main artist, having drawn it from 1962 to his death in 2023.
"Gotta love Beano!" - BEANO, The New Norm [ft. Dru Johnston], Mission to Zyxx #MissiontoZyxx #NationalBeanDay #Beano
I have two things I want to comment on that refer to members of Rush.
First, I watched the second episode of Are Bass Players Human Too this morning before work. It focused on Robert Trujillo of Metallica. I knew nothing about this guy as I’m not much of a metal fan, never mind a Metallica fan. I saw them in 1989 when Jason Newsted was their bass player. I guess Robert Trujillo played for Ozzy Osbourne back in the 90’s. I saw Ozzy in the 90’s but Geezer Butler was playing bass at that time. I guess I sort of missed him twice then? Not really.
Anyway, Robert Trujillo is the current owner of Jaco Pastorius’ Fender Jazz bass. The one he ripped the frets out of to turn it into a fretless bass (but what did he put into the gaps? How did that work?). Watching Geddy Lee play Jaco’s bass, even if just for a few seconds, was something that I did not realize I needed in my life. It was a quietly magical moment.
On a side note, Metallica’s bass player owns Jaco Pastorius’ bass, which to many is the holy grail of electric bass guitars, and Metallica’s guitar player, Kirk Hammett, owns Peter Green/Gary Moore’s 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard, which to many (including me*) is the holy grail of electric guitars. How did that happen? Does Metallica’s drummer own Keith Moon’s kit or anything? That would be too weird for my tiny brain to process.
Anyway, on to Alex Lifeson. I mentioned yesterday that Lerxst has released an overdrive pedal. It’s called By Tor. The first write up I read said that it had two channels that shared drive and tone controls. I don’t think that’s the case. I think one channel is just a volume boost and only has a level control. The other channel is an overdrive which has level, gain, and tone controls. That makes more sense.
Check out this demo from (the youtube legend) Andy from Reverb. I started watching this last night but had to shut it off before I finished. I’m posting it here so that I won’t forget to watch the rest of it later tonight.
*Peter Green’s Les Paul is probably my definition of The Guitar Holy Grail. The only guitar that might challenge for that tile would be Eric Clapton’s 1960 Les Paul Standard that is generally known as The Beano Burst. It was stolen in 1966 and has never resurfaced. I’m sure it’s out there somewhere, but unless some collector gives it back to Clapton we will probably never see it again. The reason it might not supersede Greeny is simply that I prefer the spec of a 1959 Les Paul Standard to the spec of a 1960. The neck is supposed to be thicker on 1959’s. By that logic I would probably prefer 1958’s to 1959’s as the neck is supposed to be even thicker on 1958’s. How’s that for cork sniffing? A little too much, maybe? Nope. It’s never too much.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/12/07/two-rush-items-to-note/
#AlexLifeson #areBassPlayersHumanToo #beano #beanoBurst #classicGuitars #geddyLee #GibsonLesPaul #gibsonLesPaulStandard #greeny #Guitar #GuitarGear #GuitarPedals #legendaryGuitars #Lerxst #mojotone #Music #overdrivePedals #Rush #vintageGuitars
The current #Beano comic (issue 4213) pays tribute to #DoctorWho. The Beano started in 1938 and the #BashStreetKids first appeared in 1954, so 60-year old Who is a young whippersnapper comparatively.
I like that the twins Toots and Sidney are the 10th and 14th Doctors, that Plug’s 3rd Doctor is seen off by the Queen of the Spiders, and think Wilfred does in fact pull off the 9th Doctor costume fantastically.
Script by #AndyFanton, art by #ShannonGallant
Happy #DoctorWhoDay! #DoctorWho60th
‘Insulting’: Beano fans pour scorn on UK government advert (Guardian)
Anger at ‘created in London’ tagline on poster of Dennis the Menace, who was made by a cartoonist in Dundee
Just watching Children's TV with greatgrandson, at the moment we have Dennis and Gnasher on, but why does the intro music sound like they're singing Dennis Thatcher?
#Beano #Dennis #Gnasher #DennisThatcher
