Comments on: The Beano http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/07/25/the-beano/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:37:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/07/25/the-beano/#comment-10835 Grannymar Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:52:53 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1278#comment-10835 Magpie I am glad to know I was not alone struggling with Copperfield! Magpie

I am glad to know I was not alone struggling with Copperfield!

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/07/25/the-beano/#comment-10784 Magpie11 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:50:58 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1278#comment-10784 Dandy, Beano, Wizard...never allowed in our house we had Eagle and Robin and later my sister had Girl! I too had to struggle with Copperfield at the age of 8.....it wasn't until I was over 50 that I found out that Dickens edited a magazine in which his stories were published. He, apparently, paid his writers by the word!!! Dickens: British writer who never used one word when six would do. Dandy, Beano, Wizard…never allowed in our house we had Eagle and Robin and later my sister had Girl!

I too had to struggle with Copperfield at the age of 8…..it wasn’t until I was over 50 that I found out that Dickens edited a magazine in which his stories were published. He, apparently, paid his writers by the word!!!

Dickens: British writer who never used one word when six would do.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/07/25/the-beano/#comment-10713 Grannymar Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:59:47 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1278#comment-10713 Welcome back Nick, I hope you had a good holiday across the pond. I don't blame the comics for my weird sense of humour, I blame my grandmother, God bless her lisle stockings! :D Welcome back Nick,

I hope you had a good holiday across the pond.

I don’t blame the comics for my weird sense of humour, I blame my grandmother, God bless her lisle stockings! :D

]]> By: Nick http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/07/25/the-beano/#comment-10708 Nick Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:20:18 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1278#comment-10708 I loved the Beano and the Dandy when I was a kid, especially Desperate Dan and the Bash Street Kids. It's probably all those comic strips that explain my totally weird sense of humour. I loved the Beano and the Dandy when I was a kid, especially Desperate Dan and the Bash Street Kids. It’s probably all those comic strips that explain my totally weird sense of humour.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/07/25/the-beano/#comment-10698 Grannymar Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:53:39 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1278#comment-10698 @keith - Ah! Easons; always great for a free read. I remember having a book (title escapes me) and the last page was missing. In to Easons at lunchtime to read the last page in a crisp new copy! @Baino - I spent several weeks in bed every winter with bronchitis. In those days it was bed rest in an even temperature plus horse pills. The pills seldom worked for me. Mr 'O' the local newsagent would send down a bundle of back numbers (free) to keep me occupied. :D My brothers loved when I was sick! :cry: @Steph - Sometimes brothers were cruel! @keith - Ah! Easons; always great for a free read. I remember having a book (title escapes me) and the last page was missing. In to Easons at lunchtime to read the last page in a crisp new copy!

@Baino - I spent several weeks in bed every winter with bronchitis. In those days it was bed rest in an even temperature plus horse pills. The pills seldom worked for me. Mr ‘O’ the local newsagent would send down a bundle of back numbers (free) to keep me occupied. :D My brothers loved when I was sick! :cry:

@Steph - Sometimes brothers were cruel!

]]> By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/07/25/the-beano/#comment-10679 steph Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:25:55 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1278#comment-10679 My three brothers made me wait until they had finished reading our one copy of the Beano before I got a look-in. It was all tattered and dog-eared by the time it got to me :-( But then they moved on to the Eagle and I got the Beano all to myself :D My three brothers made me wait until they had finished reading our one copy of the Beano before I got a look-in. It was all tattered and dog-eared by the time it got to me :-(

But then they moved on to the Eagle and I got the Beano all to myself :D

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/07/25/the-beano/#comment-10673 Baino Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:01:06 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1278#comment-10673 I never really got into comics unless they had something 'free' in them like XRay glasses or Decoder rings. They always remind me of severe bouts of Tonsilitis, just about the only time a bunch of comics would arrive to keep me entertained whilst lying in bed. I never really got into comics unless they had something ‘free’ in them like XRay glasses or Decoder rings. They always remind me of severe bouts of Tonsilitis, just about the only time a bunch of comics would arrive to keep me entertained whilst lying in bed.

]]> By: Keith http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/07/25/the-beano/#comment-10661 Keith Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:12:48 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1278#comment-10661 @Grannymar No. I just took a flick through a copy in Eason's for nostalgia's sake. It's hardly a comic book anymore: They even relegated Desperate Dan to the back! @Grannymar No. I just took a flick through a copy in Eason’s for nostalgia’s sake. It’s hardly a comic book anymore: They even relegated Desperate Dan to the back!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/07/25/the-beano/#comment-10660 Grannymar Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:30:33 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1278#comment-10660 @ChrisD - €1.52, I wonder how many old brown pennies that would be? @Keith - Did you buy it? @ChrisD - €1.52, I wonder how many old brown pennies that would be?

@Keith - Did you buy it?

]]> By: Keith http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/07/25/the-beano/#comment-10658 Keith Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:03:36 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1278#comment-10658 Saw a copy of the Dandy recently. The completely ruined it by making it "Xtreme". :-( Saw a copy of the Dandy recently. The completely ruined it by making it “Xtreme”. :-(

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