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Showing posts with label Fizog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fizog. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Fizog - The Third and Final Part!


This final issue of Fizog went on sale in May 1995, but despite it being the final issue, one of the stories remained unfinished, readers were still encouraged to write in, and competition winners were to be revealed in issue 4!

Punk Rocker Rabid Judo Dogs was the unfinished strip, but despite the bad title the story was actually quite good (I think it'd have been even better if they were human and kids). In the previous issue, after a series of events, they went back in time and have been framed for the killing of Dr. Ben Matlock - and their judge is the real murderer! The story was the second in a planned four week series - and I'd really like to know what happened next! Art by Lee Healey, script by Dean Wilkinson.

Fizog also decided to create a chracter like the Beano's Little Plum, but instead of living in the desert he lives in an ordinary town, where he's considered a complete loony! Totem Paul is his name, drawn by the comic's main artist - Meryvn Johnston.


I particulary liked the Billy Idle in the above issue, it has a story-line that will never grow old! If you look closely you'll notice that Billy actually has two brains - so why is he so lazy...? Billy is drawn by Paul Palmer!


Here's the adverts page, full of 100% genuine adverts!

And here's another one from the letter's page, along with another Dracula joke (see part 1).



And finally, here's a half page advert in which you could order an 'Antuiqe' copy of Fizog Ish. 1 and a promotional poster. Here's the advert, followed by my poster.


The reason Fizog came to an end after just 3 issues is simply because Dean Wilkinson, who created the comic, didn't have the cash to get it through the early days. It's pretty hard to get a comic up and running anyway, and in the 90's kids were getting more and more distrated by technology such as video games, computers and of course, the internet. But I still congratulate you Dean, and wish you all the best if you enter the world of comics again!

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Fizog Ish 2


Issue two of Fizog kicked the stores hard when it was released back in Feburary 1995! By this point the comic was already building up quite a strong fanbase, particulary over in Australia!

The cover story of this sensational second issue was Marge Ick's Tricks, this time she sends off thousands of letters to unknown locations, cooks a T.V chef and sends a world class actor plummeting to his death - and all it time to get to her job as a tea-lady! Drawn by Lee Healey with the script by Dean Wilkinson.

A fantastic new story began in this issue which goes by the name of Al Eenbeeng (Alien Being - gettit?). When Al lands in Terv's garden (in exchange for his brother), his parents don't mind and invite him inside. The next morning, he not only reveals he has lazer pumps but also kills Trevor's grandma! Art by Meryvn Johnston.


Kid Biscuit! The normal boy with an amazing secret - he can turn himself into any type of biscuit he likes, including Mint Viscounts! This story shares a similar idea with Lew Stringer's Snail Man, which you can read more about here:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/captain-wally-and-snail-man.html
A lovely bright page by Meryvn Johnston!


Bendy Wendy is an example of a story in this comic which helps show that it is really aimed at Teenagers (despite the fact that on the cover it states: 'The World's Funniest Kids Comic'). Hence the middle finger in the title box.


Moving on to Junior Jailbird now, and this is the tale of a boy named Benny, who, for an unknown reason, believes that he is locked in his cell (actually his bedroom). In the end he is... well, you'll have to read the story for yourself!


And that concludes Ish 2 - tune in next week for the glorious third and final issue!

Monday, February 20, 2012

Fizog Ish. 1!


Now here's a comic I bet you haven't heard of! Fizog was launched in December 1994, with three main creators - Dean Wilkinson writing the scripts, and Mervyn Johnston and Lee Healey on art.

The cover star of the first issue was Lew's Talk - about a kid who when he said anything (and I mean anything) it came to life! A similar story to Freddy 3D, only without the 3D glasses, and the kid is called Lew... but you get the general idea. Any guesses as to what he said in the image below?


Next up is Garstang D'Gore's Not So Weird Tales, this time about a boy who collects insects, but ends up being pinned to some insect like aliens collection board, very gross humour! Artwork for this strip is by Lee Healey.


Meet Johnny Lightfingers - the world's worst pickpocket, who decided to steal a train, then go and rob his neighbour (who is from Arabia) whilst he is in the house! He ends up losing both his hands (but fear not dear readers, they grow back by the next issue)! Art by Mervyn Johnston.


This brings us on to Petes Past on Pals, a tale in which Pete befriends a group of ghosts he discovered in a graveyard (who only he can see) - the only thing is they hate him! Art by Nick Miller.


Skipping a few pages forwards we meet Bendy Wendy, a girl who can stretch inta almost anything, but instead of using it for good she makes people vomit and ends up hanging herself! Art by Phill Neill.


Billy Idle - the world's laziest boy (possibly even lazier than Benny Bones!). To show just how lazy he is, in this issue he sets fire to his room just so the fire birgade will rescue him and take him downstairs!


Marge Ick's Tricks is about a almost useless wannabe magician. I say 'almost' because sure she can magic up a full meal fit for a king, but the only down side is it's plastic! Art by Lee Healey.


The Crazy Adventures of... The Dead Family! Need I say more?


Brian Brine - The Big Fat Swine is the world's fattest School Biy, with a similar (but far more gruesome) story line to Billy Bunter. In the end of this first issue - he end's up eating his own leg! Without sharing!


Ratbag the dog is a great strip, all about the day to day life of a normal dog! Enjoy!




Billy, Ricky and Doodle is a story about two kids who find a magic fountain pen in a box with a do not open sign on it - called Doodle! Whatever he draws comes to life! A great story with yet more of Wilkinson's grissly humour! Love it!


Fizog also has a brilliant selection of jokes (called Fizog Funnies), here's my top three:

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Just after Fizog was launched another comic came out - called Fizz. I noticed that in Fizz there was a kid reading a copy of Acne on his bed. Dean Wilkinson, the grand creator of Fizog, also happened to be the editor of Acne, so I asked him about it. He said:

"Fizz was the Acne owner trying to spoil Fizog. Nobody wanted to work for him any more as he was a bit of a dubious character. I got Fizz stopped as he was reproducing old Acne artwork without permission."

Some people eh?!

Ish. 2 soon!

(I am saying 'Ish' here because that's what was always used on the comic - i.e. - 'continued next ish', instead of issue.)