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Post by Bats on May 1, 2017 0:53:33 GMT -8
I don't know of any. I'm sure there must be something out there... Have you read Viz which is basically the adult version of Beano? Yeah, I had probably read two or three sometime around 2000-2001. I had a store that carried quite a few "import" magazines and they were pretty expensive as I recall. Expensive...? Must be all that quality humour *parps*  |
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Post by Bats on May 1, 2017 1:10:05 GMT -8
I actually live in the US now but partly grew up in the UK and hence growing up with those titles. I remember buying US comics but they were modified slightly, the paper, size etc were different. Didn't know you were in the UK Bats! Ah ha! Now it all makes sense  I was wondering why you were talking about UK comics. Yes, some of the UK editions were different. Bigger with different paper. Many had collected stories. I had a lot of these but sadly, no longer. Were you born in the US, then moved to the UK, if I may ask? |
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Post by steveinthecity on May 1, 2017 5:44:29 GMT -8
Yeah, I had probably read two or three sometime around 2000-2001. I had a store that carried quite a few "import" magazines and they were pretty expensive as I recall. Expensive...? Must be all that quality humour *parps* Yeah, they were in clear sealed bags so you couldn't see inside. I want to say they were $8-9. |
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Post by Tarzanredux on May 1, 2017 6:51:22 GMT -8
I actually live in the US now but partly grew up in the UK and hence growing up with those titles. I remember buying US comics but they were modified slightly, the paper, size etc were different. Didn't know you were in the UK Bats! Ah ha! Now it all makes sense I was wondering why you were talking about UK comics. Yes, some of the UK editions were different. Bigger with different paper. Many had collected stories. I had a lot of these but sadly, no longer. Were you born in the US, then moved to the UK, if I may ask? Hey Bats, no the other way round! Born in the UK and then moved over here about 6 years ago! I also remember the US comics published in the UK would sometimes do 2 pages n colour and 2 pages in black and white. Has anyone here read Tintin by any chance? |
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Post by Tarzanredux on May 1, 2017 6:57:49 GMT -8
Expensive...? Must be all that quality humour *parps* Yeah, they were in clear sealed bags so you couldn't see inside. I want to say they were $8-9. Hey steveinthecity, Where was that, that you found those UK comics? Well they out them n bags and treated them much better than in the UK, I don't think there are any shops over there that have a selection of locals comics in good condition (I am speaking for London mainly...although have not been up to date n the comic book shops for a while now) |
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Post by steveinthecity on May 1, 2017 7:13:11 GMT -8
Yeah, they were in clear sealed bags so you couldn't see inside. I want to say they were $8-9. Hey steveinthecity, Where was that, that you found those UK comics? Well they out them n bags and treated them much better than in the UK, I don't think there are any shops over there that have a selection of locals comics in good condition (I am speaking for London mainly...although have not been up to date n the comic book shops for a while now) It was a Tower Records location. They had a terrific and eclectic magazine selection. The Tower chain went out of business several years ago. |
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Post by Bats on May 1, 2017 12:52:47 GMT -8
Ah ha! Now it all makes sense I was wondering why you were talking about UK comics. Yes, some of the UK editions were different. Bigger with different paper. Many had collected stories. I had a lot of these but sadly, no longer. Were you born in the US, then moved to the UK, if I may ask? Hey Bats, no the other way round! Born in the UK and then moved over here about 6 years ago! I also remember the US comics published in the UK would sometimes do 2 pages n colour and 2 pages in black and white. Has anyone here read Tintin by any chance? Ah, gotcha, you're an expat  Nice to see you're still putting the U in colour Haven't read Tintin since I was a kid... along with that other French speaking fellow Asterix. Quite entertaining, I seem to remember! |
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on May 4, 2017 12:32:14 GMT -8
Hey steveinthecity, Where was that, that you found those UK comics? Well they out them n bags and treated them much better than in the UK, I don't think there are any shops over there that have a selection of locals comics in good condition (I am speaking for London mainly...although have not been up to date n the comic book shops for a while now) It was a Tower Records location. They had a terrific and eclectic magazine selection. The Tower chain went out of business several years ago. Tower Records was AMAZING!!! I could spend a whole day in one of those. Have you seen the documentary? |
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Post by steveinthecity on May 4, 2017 12:39:52 GMT -8
It was a Tower Records location. They had a terrific and eclectic magazine selection. The Tower chain went out of business several years ago. Tower Records was AMAZING!!! I could spend a whole day in one of those. Have you seen the documentary? Didn't know there was one. If it's on YouTube I'll look it up. They had a great selection for the stuff I was listening to. First place I ever saw those stations where you could listen to a cd before buying it, too. |
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Post by Bats on May 4, 2017 12:47:02 GMT -8
We used to have a Tower Records at Piccadilly Circus in London. I remember going in there and finding a CD by a band called Ligament. I'd been trying to find a copy after hearing one of their songs on the radio. I was ecstatic...
...This was in the days before the internet, you understand...
The CD was absolute bollocks (except that one song). Time wasters.
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Post by steveinthecity on May 4, 2017 12:50:59 GMT -8
We used to have a Tower Records at Piccadilly Circus in London. I remember going in there and finding a CD by a band called Ligament. I'd been trying to find a copy after hearing one of their songs on the radio. I was ecstatic... ...This was in the days before the internet, you understand... The CD was absolute bollocks (except that one song). Time wasters. Used to be a time when most of an album was good (consistent at least). The new model the last decade or so is one good song plus filler. I suppose most of the younger set only buy singles now for their phones or iPods. |
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Post by Bats on May 4, 2017 12:52:34 GMT -8
We used to have a Tower Records at Piccadilly Circus in London. I remember going in there and finding a CD by a band called Ligament. I'd been trying to find a copy after hearing one of their songs on the radio. I was ecstatic... ...This was in the days before the internet, you understand... The CD was absolute bollocks (except that one song). Time wasters. Used to be a time when most of an album was good (consistent at least). The new model the last decade or so is one good song plus filler. I suppose most of the younger set only buy singles now for their phones or iPods. Absolutely. Most stuff is rubbish these days. Ligament, though... they had no excuse. They were early 90s. |
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Post by Stu on May 4, 2017 14:02:37 GMT -8
We used to have a Tower Records at Piccadilly Circus in London. I remember going in there and finding a CD by a band called Ligament. I'd been trying to find a copy after hearing one of their songs on the radio. I was ecstatic... ...This was in the days before the internet, you understand... The CD was absolute bollocks (except that one song). Time wasters. The Tower Record equivalent on the east coast was Strawberries. That was the first place I saw "imports" and a British magazine called Kerrang!  |
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Post by Bats on May 4, 2017 14:06:51 GMT -8
We used to have a Tower Records at Piccadilly Circus in London. I remember going in there and finding a CD by a band called Ligament. I'd been trying to find a copy after hearing one of their songs on the radio. I was ecstatic... ...This was in the days before the internet, you understand... The CD was absolute bollocks (except that one song). Time wasters. The Tower Record equivalent on the east coast was Strawberries. That was the first place I saw "imports" and a British magazine called Kerrang! Kerrang!  |
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on May 4, 2017 14:14:08 GMT -8
Tower Records was AMAZING!!! I could spend a whole day in one of those. Have you seen the documentary? Didn't know there was one. If it's on YouTube I'll look it up. They had a great selection for the stuff I was listening to. First place I ever saw those stations where you could listen to a cd before buying it, too. Tom Hanks' son (Collin?) directed it. One of the best documentaries for anything I've ever seen. HIGHLY recommended! |
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