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ies available to readers those of you who only receive these posts as an e mail won t be able to access those search windows so if you ever need to reference anything i ve covered please visit the full blog at http lewstringer blogspot co uk when you arrive at the blog you ll see two small search windows they re not immediately obvious so i ll highlight them in this image each window has its own way of displaying results to a search for example if you were interested in scorcher comic and you typed that into the top left window like so the results would show the full posts of every posting that scorcher has appeared in starting with the most relevant it can be a bit time consuming scrolling through the full posts so personally i think the search window on the right hand side is better here s why if for example you were searching for 1950s uk marvels and you typed that into the search window on the right the results you d see would be condensed with no images making it quicker to hopefully find what you re looking for then if you simply click on any of those results you d see the full post the majority of you will no doubt already know all of this so my apologies for taking up your time with the bloomin obvious however i hope it ll prove useful to new readers there are over 3 000 posts on this blog and those search windows are a great way to quickly find what you re looking for happy hunting posted by lew stringer at 14 54 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday february 09 2025 it s ko fi time check out my new online shop this is a one off post just to give my new website a plug i ve now joined ko fi and will be selling my comics there from now on instead of ebay i ll also be selling some original art there at special buy it now prices from time to time there s a daft dimension comic strip ready to buy already if it hasn t already been snapped up i ll also be using it as a blog and news site for previews of what i m up to it s all a work in progess at the moment while i get used to the new site items for sale so far are combat colin nos 3 to 5 fanzine funnies all as physical comics to post to you plus two digital pdf comics you can download for a small fee barmy comix and tough guy both of which were previously available from my google drive but will now be exclusive to ko fi one of the main focuses of ko fi is that it s a platform where followers can donate a fee of any amount to the creators whose work they enjoy i m not earning a lot these days due to fatigue related health issues so any donation would be very much appreciated anyway here s the link if you want to check it out thanks in advance https ko fi com lewstringer posted by lew stringer at 17 16 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels ko fi tuesday december 31 2019 the end there s only one thing certain in life and that s by accident or design nothing lasts forever this is my final blog post here and blimey will no longer be updated after today i ll still maintain the blog to publish your comments but there won t be any new posts my other blog lewstringercomics which is exclusively about my own comic strips past and present will continue so i hope most of you will join me over there http lewstringercomics blogspot com i was going to title this the last post but i d already used that the last time i stopped blogging in 2012 only to return months later this time though it ll be permanent why am i bringing blimey to a halt well a number of reasons really firstly after 13 years i feel i ve covered all the comics and strips that i wanted to talk about i ve done my bit as it were my initial incentive in doing this blog was because back then there was so little info about old british comics online so i wanted to balance things out a bit and share what little knowledge i had on the subject from ally sloper to last week s beano i was also keen to promote current comics from the great talent that s out there unfortunately in recent years i felt that blimey went a little off course and became more about previewing upcoming comics than about focusing on the past some people got a bit entitled unfortunately with people i d never heard of sending me press releases marked for immediate release to promote their comics without even a please or thank you they went straight into the bin i was more than happy to promote 2000ad the league of extraordinary gentlemen the treasury of british comics commando beano panini uk and all the comics created by friends in the industry such as david leach jessica martin rachael smith john a short etc but not those by complete strangers taking advantage plus there s only so many hours in a day and i d have to be blogging full time to cover everything down the tubes already reviews previews lots of new comics in its own superb way and more in depth than i do it so it was a waste of time and effort to just mirror each other s output it s not like we re competing for people s income like newspapers do blogs are free to produce and free to to read so the number of hits are irrelevant producing a blog is time consuming especially researching old comics scanning pages etc yes i know some bloggers simply nick images from other sites but i don t as i mentioned on my other blog this hasn t been a good year and i need to focus completely on my career from now on an hour or two researching scanning and writing a post about an old issue of lion or radio fun is a distraction i can no longer afford even this post has taken a couple of hours to compose when i should have been working on something else i ve also noticed that where some are concerned my reputation as a blogger is overshadowing my work as a comic artist not that there s anything wrong with blogging but i don t want to be solely defined by it i ve never thought of myself as a comics historian just a comics creator who knows a bit about some periods of comics mainly the 1960s and i ve referred to books by true historians such as denis gifford ray moore steve holland and others to learn about earlier decades at times this year doing this blog has felt a bit of a chore so it s definitely time to let go that said i ve no doubt there will be times when i ll miss the urge to share information whenever i find something out about an old comic but i hope to contribute more articles to comic scene magazine next year to scratch that itch i ve really enjoyed creating this blog though and i ve appreciated your feedback in the comments well apart from a few trolls and trouble makers but they ll come to no good end eventually the vast majority of you have been a pleasure to converse with and i m pleased that this little blog has either sparked some nostalgic memory introduced you to comics you never knew about or helped to promote your work my thanks to you for following it over the years blimey won t be deleted it ll remain as it is but simply won t have any new posts added to it you ll still be able to comment on old posts and i ll respond as i said above my other blog will continue being updated so i hope many of you will join me over there http lewstringercomics blogspot com you can also find me on my public facebook page https www facebook com lewstringercartoonist and at my website http www lewstringer com and on instagram https www instagram com lew stringer it s on the lewstringercomics blog where i ll keep you updated about the comics and projects i m working on such as the brilliant cor buster easter special that s coming next year with a three page buster and delbert strip i m drawing from a script by john freeman cover by neil googe and jim boswell there are of course other blogs out there to keep you informed about the uk comics scene the best by far in my opinion is john freeman s down the tubes blog where you ll find the latest news on 2000ad commando and pretty much everything that s going on in british comics it s also an ideal place to let people know about your new comics if you re self publishing https downthetubes net there s also steve holland s bear alley blog for very well researched articles on classic material https bearalley blogspot com richard sheaf s boys adventure comics blog http boysadventurecomics blogspot com for the latest news on the marvel collectors editions published by panini uk the best place is from their official facebook page https en gb facebook com marvelcollectorseditions likewise the best place for news about the upcoming treasury of british comics collections is here https en gb facebook com britcomics official site for indie comics publisher kult creations http kultcreations blogspot com official site for indie publisher time bomb comics http timebombcomics com irmantas povilaika s kazoop blog for lots of classics by ken reid and others http kazoop blogspot com phil boyce s oink blog and beyond for features on oink and other comics of the 1980s and beyond http the oink blog blogspot com peter gray s comics and art blog for classic comics http petergraycartoonsandcomics blogspot com colin noble s blog https nothingbutafan wordpress com and you ll also find links to many other blogs and websites in the right hand sidebar of this blog if you re reading this on a desktop computer for this blog though this is the end so i thank you all for your time and interest wish you a happy new year and hope to see you in 2020 over at http lewstringercomics blogspot com lew stringer 31st december 2019 ps remember there are 3 365 entries i ve written on this blog over the past 13 years so why not have a look through the archives plunge into the comics time vortex and re read some posts from the past posted by lew stringer at 00 02 71 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday december 30 2019 my first dandy 1964 i ve mentioned before that the very first comic strips i saw were a few noddy s tall books editions see here and one issue of yogi bear s own see here however the first proper comic i read and the one that stirred my enthusiasm to read it every week was the dandy no 1155 dated january 11th 1964 this issue would have arrived in the shops on monday 6th january 1964 which i ve since discovered was the day i started school coincidence i doubt it i think it s highly likely my mum bought me this comic as a reward for my first day at school and also to encourage me to read it certainly worked the dandy and its characters completely mesmerised me and reading it and having it read to me by my mum boosted my reading ability to put me top of the class i hasten to add that i didn t keep that status throughout my schooldays but it s undeniable that comics are a massive help in teaching children to read and expand their vocabulary i should add for historical interest that only posh kids went to nursery back then not council estate kids like me so my first day at infant school age 4 was my first experience of being away from home without any parents family as this is my penultimate blimey blog post i thought i d have a look through that first dandy i had and i ll try to remember what it was that appealed to me so much firstly the cover by charlie grigg not that i knew who d drawn what back then as d c thomson kept their artists anonymous in those days korky the cat reminded me of my grandad s cat so i liked him straight away the fact that korky had such a strong distinctive face helped too and he was looking directly at the reader something i hadn t encountered before but have used it countless times in my own strips the punchline stuck in my memory for years even though i misremembered it slightly as x marks the spot where korky s been page 2 desperate dan by dudley watkins i remember finding danny and katie a weird looking pair of kids why was little danny dressed like that with that thing around his shoulders bear in mind i had no knowledge of history at this point it didn t matter though i found the strip very funny and desperate dan became an immediate favourite pages 3 and 4 the crimson ball now this was something else weird and a bit scary in a good way the artwork by jack glass was eerie the mystery of the crimson ball was compelling and in following weeks we d discover there was an enemy spy inside it controlling it mind boggling when you re four years old page 5 dirty dick by eric roberts was always good fun i always liked the way roberts drew tree trunks and bulls there were cows in the nearby field to where i lived as a child so this environment was relateable to me page 6 the smasher by hugh morren it was ok never a big favourite of mine but one i grew to enjoy and i certainly enjoyed drawing the character for the very last issue of the dandy in 2012 page 7 black bob with art by jack prout i know this strip divides readers but i was completely absorbed by it i liked dogs so that was a plus and the artwork was sublime my mum read this to me every week until i was able to read it myself pages 8 and 9 centre pages corporal clott by davy law fast paced brilliant and daft this won me over straight away i had no idea it was set in south africa i didn t know what south africa was when i was four i always remember baboons turning up in the strip a few weeks later i d never heard or seen baboons before then and to this day i still think of davy law s depiction of them whenever i see any on tv pages 10 and 11 joe white and the seven dwarfs by bill holroyd i thought this strip was great especially little goofy in his bowler hat holroyd was a master at depicting slapstick page 12 my home town by frank mcdiarmid these little educational snippets were perfect for young readers although i must confess i didn t always read this page page 13 sunny boy by george martin the best thing about the dandy at this time was that all the artists had their own distinctive styles and martin was another who was great at drawing funny slapstick pages 14 and 15 winker watson by eric roberts it didn t matter that i couldn t relate to a public school environment or that i didn t understand why mr creep wore a long black gown and funny hat mortar board the stories were interesting and funny and winker s brother had weird spiky hair that fascinated me years later i gave pete from pete and his pimple a similar hairstyle in the early days of the strip page 16 back page big head and thick head by ken reid yes this was the first ken reid strip i ever saw and it make me laugh right away i remember being puzzled by big head s shiny hair though and wasn t sure if it was a hat my dad wore brylcream on his hair but it didn t make it look like a helmet anyway it didn t matter the strip was funny and i found the exaggerated bumps on their heads hilarious so that was the very first dandy i read i actually remember ripping this one up and throwing it away when i was about 7 my mum suggested i might want to keep it to read again but i thought i knew better a 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