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Beau Peep Notice Board => Just a Fort => Topic started by: Rob Baker on November 26, 2014, 12:28:07 AM

Title: "1001 Comics You Must Read...
Post by: Rob Baker on November 26, 2014, 12:28:07 AM
...Before You Die"  is the rather grisly title of a book published in 2011, with this entry on page 394:

(http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk284/nomad2010/beaupeep1001cartoonsb4youdie_zps54df6e68.jpg) (http://s283.photobucket.com/user/nomad2010/media/beaupeep1001cartoonsb4youdie_zps54df6e68.jpg.html).

Roger also gets a mention in the Andy Capp article, but, disappointingly, Horace isn't listed.  The book is a little too biased towards American cartoons for my liking and I don't think is worth the £20 price tag (but I had a bargain as I picked my copy up in a charity shop for a quid).
Title: Re: "1001 Comics You Must Read...
Post by: Roger Kettle on November 26, 2014, 07:59:55 PM
I've got this book, Rob. I did a brief interview on the phone with the author(s) a couple of years before it was published and had forgotten all about it until it suddenly appeared. It's not the kind of book you read from cover to cover but I enjoyed dipping into the sections about my favourite strips---a lot of them American, Rob!
I'd like to think I'm quite a modest soul, but I would have been mildly upset not to feature in the top 1001 comics!
Title: Re: "1001 Comics You Must Read...
Post by: Sandy Buttcheeks on November 27, 2014, 12:09:04 AM
And did George and Lynne feature?   :o
Title: Re: "1001 Comics You Must Read...
Post by: Roger Kettle on November 27, 2014, 06:51:27 PM
I've just checked and no, the George and Lynne strip doesn't feature, despite running in The Sun for years. I used to enjoy the ingenious ways that poor Lynne would end up losing her clothes. I seem to recall her doing various household tasks---like ironing---completely naked. As you would.
Title: Re: "1001 Comics You Must Read...
Post by: Diane CBPFC on December 04, 2014, 12:58:36 AM
Rob, are the comics listed alphabetically or is Beau Peep the 394th favourite of the person who assembled them in a book?
Title: Re: "1001 Comics You Must Read...
Post by: Rob Baker on December 05, 2014, 04:41:12 PM
Rob, are the comics listed alphabetically or is Beau Peep the 394th favourite of the person who assembled them in a book?

They're listed in date order Diane, starting with 1837. So Roger gets a mention pretty near the front of the book. ;D
Title: Re: "1001 Comics You Must Read...
Post by: The Peepmaster on December 25, 2014, 12:22:45 PM
Rob, are the comics listed alphabetically or is Beau Peep the 394th favourite of the person who assembled them in a book?

They're listed in date order Diane, starting with 1837. So Roger gets a mention pretty near the front of the book. ;D

1837 eh? So Roger would have started at around twenty to seven in the evening?