any Viz readers on AH

filthymcnasty · 21-03-2010 03:16AM #1

This fine periodical is still in production, saw it on the shelf in easons today. billy the fish/ roger mellie is there still a role for them today?!

starbelgrade · 21-03-2010 03:18AM

Still in production?!?! I haven't read it in donkeys, but can only imagine that it's gone as stale as the last few series of South Park.

Dennis the Stone · 21-03-2010 03:22AM

I'm a big Viz fan, it's still brilliant, I think.

El Weirdo · 21-03-2010 03:23AM

The greatest comic known to man.

Probably shit now though.

Dudess · 21-03-2010 03:23AM

Love it.

El Weirdo · 21-03-2010 03:24AM

My favourite book is Roger's Thesaurus...

Dennis the Stone · 21-03-2010 03:26AM

Topical?

El Weirdo · 21-03-2010 03:33AM

Top Tips FTW

filthymcnasty · 21-03-2010 03:36AM

I thought it was pretty funny back in the day i.e a fair few years ago. maybe it still is ??- was surprised to see it still on sale.
liked all the bull**** news stories.. some pretty good satire there.
Anyone remember a short lived irish version called Smut- granted was fairly crap though.

El Weirdo · 21-03-2010 03:43AM

"Pretend to be Welsh by putting coal dust behind your ears, talking gibberish and singing all the time"

Gold.

baalthor · 21-03-2010 03:46AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

Top Tips FTW

Ripped off by McDonald's !

McDonald's advertising executives. Why not steal someone else's idea and then claim you overheard it in a bar, you ****ing c*nts".

Dudess · 21-03-2010 07:01AM

filthymcnasty wrote: »

Anyone remember a short lived irish version called Smut

Oh cringe...

And I remember there was Acne and Zit - clearly produced by people who didn't actually understand Viz.

filthymcnasty · 21-03-2010 07:27AM

Dudess wrote: »

Oh cringe...

And I remember there was Acne and Zit - clearly produced by people who didn't actually understand Viz.

yes Zit it was crap/ Maybe this led onto the slate.. the mongrel etc. prob student lads messing about

some of the above were not bad..
ps viz's origins: think it started in newcastle, UK, it was top notch back in the day.

Fratton Fred · 21-03-2010 09:53AM

Any comic with a superhero called "Topless Skateboarding Nun" can only be pure class.

I have an annual somewhere I'll have to "Get it out and have a quick flick" phnaar phnaar gumph!!!

rugbyman · 21-03-2010 10:04AM

Ageispolis wrote: »

Topical?

thanks for link, very funny.

I had been a viz reader for years, class. drifted away though.

Rugbyman

Went into a fit of laughing in an airport in England,while reading Viz, amused many onlookers

Cheap Thrills! · 21-03-2010 11:53AM

Used to read it, didn't realise it was still about though!

I remember Roger Irrelevant, Sid the sexist, The fat slags, Spoilt Ba$tard, Roger Melly etc

And the 'letters' page :P

TheZohanS · 21-03-2010 11:54AM

The fake ads were the best, they were a great laugh.

WindSock · 21-03-2010 11:56AM

Yes. Looking at a few under the coffee table here beside me.

What's the deal with the Viz characters? They seem to use the same ones for promotions, ie: Roger Mellie, Fat Slags & Sid the Sexist. None of these are my faves. I don't think I have even managed to read a full story of Roger although I do like the Profanisaurus.

Letterbocks & Top Tips are my fave though.

bonerm · 21-03-2010 12:00PM

Bought a subscription to it a couple of years back and it wasn't very good at all. Not at all how I remember it. Either it has gotten a lot worse in recent years or I have gotten a lot more sophisticated. The latter is unlikely.

tinner777 · 22-03-2010 01:30PM

big vern, you slag,

PeterIanStaker · 22-03-2010 01:38PM

I must pick up a copy again, I used to get it a lot. I love Drunken Bakers and Modern Parents.

bonerm · 22-03-2010 01:39PM

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I must pick up a copy again, I used to get it a lot. I love Drunken Bakers and Modern Parents.

They were the high-brow strips in Viz. I always got the impression that the writers preferred creating those ones and furthermore even got off on the fact that most of their readership hated them.

C_Dawg · 22-03-2010 01:43PM

I found two sorta Viz annual type books in my big brothers room containing the first 20 issues of Viz. Some quality stuff indeed. Found a few other newer issues too. Gotta love Johnny Fartpants and Buster Gonad :-)

PirateShampoo · 22-03-2010 01:45PM

I see Bill Clinton has been using these Top Tips.

"An empty aluminium cigar tube filled with angry wasps makes an inexpensive vibrator"

hacx · 22-03-2010 01:56PM

It's awesome.

Theres a new copy of it, called "Poot!", featuring a ****ing tampon doing stupid ****. The height of unfunnyness.

bazmaiden · 22-03-2010 02:46PM

TheZohan wrote: »

The fake ads were the best, they were a great laugh.

"Raped? Burgled? Run over? Why not call the police" that was a classic

and this guy,

ejmaztec · 22-03-2010 02:57PM

A memorable letter:

"My wife and I have been trying for a child for some years without success. Imagine our great surprise when we found one outside Asda, complete with buggy and matching accessories. We are now trying for our second."

Jagera · 22-03-2010 03:51PM

Avoid paper cuts by carefully cutting off the sharp edges before handling.

bonerm · 22-03-2010 03:54PM

Star Trek Captains : Think of the most unlikely solution to your problem and then try that first.

Erren Music · 22-03-2010 03:59PM

I loved 8 ace, big vern, wife trader

PirateShampoo · 22-03-2010 04:02PM

I remember playing this years and years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K_J9JzsueI

any Viz readers on AH

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