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Irish Viz type comic,late 90's.

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  • 05-03-2012 12:22pm
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    darkdubh
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    Anyone remember this very short lived comic that was out in about 97,98?I can't remember what it was called but it was a sort of Irish take on Viz and it wasent very funny tbh.One of the strips was called Joe Schlick which was about a rural gombeen poliitician and another was porno Punjab about an Indian guy addicted to porn.I remember it's two creaters were interviewed by Sean Moncrief on his late night chat show once.Very studenty D4 types.


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    Degsy
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    Anyone remember this very short lived comic that was out in about 97,98?I can't remember what it was called but it was a sort of Irish take on Viz and it wasent very funny tbh.One of the strips was called Joe Schlick which was about a rural gombeen poliitician and another was porno Punjab about an Indian guy addicted to porn.I remember it's two creaters were interviewed by Sean Moncrief on his late night chat show once.Very studenty D4 types.


    Vaguely remember it..a load of shiite from what i recall.

    The Slate now..that was a gem of a publication..they actually printed Micky Joe Harte's phone number on the front page with the words "Its me...Here's my number..Gimme a ring!".

    Lovely stuff.


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    uch
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    darkdubh
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    uch wrote: »
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    I'm sure that's not it.


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    WindSock
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    Was it Zit?

    Ah no, says here it's British and from '91

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zit_(comic)

    The Slate was class though. Moved online, not sure if it is still around.


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    bullets
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    WindSock wrote: »
    Was it Zit?

    Ah no, says here it's British and from '91

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zit_(comic)

    The Slate was class though. Moved online, not sure if it is still around.

    I much preferred Zit to Viz dont remember an Irish Version though.
    Top shelf up with the Softcore Porno from what I can remember.

    ~B


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    Aglomerado
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    Was it Fitz? It was a short lived comic from what I remember, I only ever saw one edition for sale (which I still have.) I bought it around 1996 in Galway.

    There was a character called Father Ned from Innebred.

    A quick look on Ebay brings up this result, complete with Father Ned on the front!
    http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Fitz-Comic-UK-Magazine-June-July-1995-3-/200496632542?pt=Magazines&hash=item2eae87d2de


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    darkdubh
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    Aglomerado wrote: »
    Was it Fitz? It was a short lived comic from what I remember, I only ever saw one edition for sale (which I still have.) I bought it around 1996 in Galway.

    There was a character called Father Ned from Innebred.

    A quick look on Ebay brings up this result, complete with Father Ned on the front!
    http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Fitz-Comic-UK-Magazine-June-July-1995-3-/200496632542?pt=Magazines&hash=item2eae87d2de
    Could be it.Can't say for sure.Was the one you bought an Irish comic?


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    darkdubh
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    Mystery solved,heres the cover of the first issue of Fitz and there Porno Punjab at the bottom.It seems it was running longer than I thought as it first appeared in ,95.There's a bit on it in brand new retro with one of the strips reproduced,it was even less funny than I remembered.


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    darkdubh
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    uch wrote: »
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    Out of interest when did that comic come out?Never saw it before.


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    The Crowman
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    Spotted this at a second hand book stall. Had a flick through it but didn't buy. Some of the artwork in the strips was decent enough but the content was very lame.

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    Aglomerado
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    Does anyone remember Yellow Press and the Pike? C.1993. I have a copy of YP with Sinead O'Connor as a superhero on the front (Wonder Wagon! :O).
    Pat Plank a Randy auld fella and Thaddeus the TD were 2 other characters.
    I only ever got my hands on one copy of the Pike, a series of short comic strips or one panel jokes, grouped by theme. Very funny stuff, some of the above Gak Bag content from Arthur Mathews was reprinted in it I think. (Gak Bag was before my time).


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    The Crowman
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    Hate when that happens, here's link to image. Can't edit post.

    https://www.google.ie/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj9mLeqhJ3eAhXEKMAKHU6pDNYQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Firishcomics.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FFile%3AYellow_Press.jpg&psig=AOvVaw14nHzZJTQI3Dm4GBxbE9oS&ust=1540400263442571


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    Hangdogroad
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    I remember Fitz. They ripped off that famous police spoof advert from Viz, substituting a policeman with a doctor.


    Call-the-police.jpg?resize=500%2C632&ssl=1


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    decky1
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    I remember getting some comics in the mid 70's never could remember the name , lots of pages for a comic at the time, it was all dirty jokes and cartoons, i had loads of them i remember my mother burning them one day ,but i suppose i was only in my early teens at the time . never could find any, does anyone remember these?


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    Hangdogroad
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    decky1 wrote: »
    I remember getting some comics in the mid 70's never could remember the name , lots of pages for a comic at the time, it was all dirty jokes and cartoons, i had loads of them i remember my mother burning them one day ,but i suppose i was only in my early teens at the time . never could find any, does anyone remember these?

    Can you remember if it was English or American? It was harldly Irish I suppose?


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    decky1
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    Can you remember if it was English or American? It was harldly Irish I suppose?

    don't know, hardly the sort of thing the Americans would be into? but i can't be sure, it's 50/50 i'm drawn to English but thinking back more american, don't think that will help you much, have you something in mind? Would they have been called 'Laugh' or something on those lines?


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    Hangdogroad
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    decky1 wrote: »
    don't know, hardly the sort of thing the Americans would be into? but i can't be sure, it's 50/50 i'm drawn to English but thinking back more american, don't think that will help you much, have you something in mind? Would they have been called 'Laugh' or something on those lines?

    It doesn't ring a bell.


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    BuboBubo
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    I remember one called "Fitz" it was very short lived though.

    It was a kind of Viz rip-off


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    Hangdogroad
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    BuboBubo wrote: »
    I remember one called "Fitz" it was very short lived though.

    It was a kind of Viz rip-off

    Yes that's the one ops original query was about.


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    George White
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    decky1 wrote: »
    don't know, hardly the sort of thing the Americans would be into? but i can't be sure, it's 50/50 i'm drawn to English but thinking back more american, don't think that will help you much, have you something in mind? Would they have been called 'Laugh' or something on those lines?

    Cracked?
    Crazy?
    Was it a Mad-type publication?


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    ButtersSuki
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    There was an Irish publication - from memory the front cover was Yellow - and one of the characters was “JJ McGreer, the Lotto Scrutineer”. Basically a fella from KPMG sitting there doing nothing during the lotto and getting a bag of cash at the end.

    They also had a “Top 10 Blacks in the Jacks” feature on Dublin nightclub bathrooms.....can you even begin to imagine the SJWs reaction to this if it were repeated now?

    I’m pretty sure I still have it somewhere at home.


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    George White
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    The Yellow Press


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    ButtersSuki
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    George White wrote: »
    The Yellow Press

    That’s it. Or at least the one I’m thinking of.


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    BonnieSituation
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    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    There was an Irish publication - from memory the front cover was Yellow - and one of the characters was “JJ McGreer, the Lotto Scrutineer”. Basically a fella from KPMG sitting there doing nothing during the lotto and getting a bag of cash at the end.

    They also had a “Top 10 Blacks in the Jacks” feature on Dublin nightclub bathrooms.....can you even begin to imagine the SJWs reaction to this if it were repeated now?

    I’m pretty sure I still have it somewhere at home.

    Blacks in the Jacks was 100% in The Slate. Not sure if it was a countdown, just an edition devoted to the phenomenon which came about in the late 90s/early 00s.


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    Hangdogroad
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    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    Blacks in the Jacks was 100% in The Slate. Not sure if it was a countdown, just an edition devoted to the phenomenon which came about in the late 90s/early 00s.

    Was it the Slate or Fitz had a cover with Phil Lynnot as a snowman, or something like that? It was Phillo anyway


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