Comic Strip Thread: WHEN MAN'S CONSCIENCE IS GONE HIS SOUL IS DEAD

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Hobnob: Feb 23, 2006; Ursa Adorandum

Happy New Year! I (somewhat irregularly) post a couple of UK strips, currently both from the 80s.

The Perishers by Maurice Dodd, started in 1959 as pretty much a British rip-off of Peanuts, and was published in the Daily Mirror from then until 2006 (and is still reprinted there, I believe). By the mid-80s it was in a comfortable rut, and you see repeated themes and situations if you stick with it long enough.

The main protagonists are Wellington, a perpetually poor child living in a disused railway station, and his Old English Sheepdog companion, Boot, who believes he's the reincarnation of a 18th century English lord. There are a bunch of other human and animal/insect characters rounding out the cast. Currently posting strips from 1983, where the artwork is by Dennis Collins. This would be Collins' last year and after this Dodd would both write and draw the strip.

Beau Peep by Roger Kettle and Andrew Christine ran in the Daily Star from 1976-2016 and is a parody of Beau Geste and the usual French foreign legion tropes. It's pretty much a gag-a-day strip with week-ish long situations. The main character is the titular Bert Peep, who ran away from England to the legion to get away from his wife Doris. His usual companion is Dennis, who is even more stupid and inept than Peep. Currently posting strips from 1985.

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Hobnob: Feb 23, 2006; Ursa Adorandum

Johnny Walker posted:

Andertoons

idgi.

The Perishers (1983)

Beau Peep (1985)

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Beau Peep (1985)

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Beau Peep (1986)

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The Perishers (1983)

Beau Peep (1986)

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Beau Peep (1986)

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LvK posted:

Is the buxom babe a cameo of some sorts? Or have we just never seen this artist draw a woman in the strip?

That's the Colonel's daughter. She shows up occasionally, though your right, she may be the only woman we ever actually see.

The Perishers (1983)

Beau Peep (1986)

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Johnny Walker posted:

The way it suddenly drops "Turned him into another person: Spiderman" in there always makes me burst out laughing. Then I get to "The Abnormal Drug Trafficker" and I burst out laughing again.

Anyhop,
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Beau Peep (1986)

Hobnob fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Mar 15, 2019

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Vargo posted:

Wallace

Oh hey, look at that. Someone copied/paid-homage-to Watterson and actually did it well.

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Beau Peep (1986)

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The Perishers (1983)

(Yeugh. The Black and White Minstrel Show had only been off the BBC for about 5 years at this point.)

Beau Peep (1986)

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Johnny Walker posted:

Mark Trail

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The Perishers (1983)

Beau Peep (1986)

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Been on hiatus because of vacations and lack of access to a (working) scanner. But Perishers and Beau Peep are back again, baby.

The Perishers (1983)

Beau Peep (1986)

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Zereth posted:

I always feel these two panels should be the other way around.

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Zereth posted:

EDIT EDIT: especially in context

You're right, it does work better in context. Sort of even more clueless.

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Beau Peep (1986)

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The Bloop posted:

Dad's kart racing character looks like the That's Kind Of Hot fox

I was thinking it looked like they were playing Matt Groening's Life in Hell-cart.

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Evil Mastermind posted:

(Mopsy)
I'm glad I'm not the only person who thinks that. I feel like this was a way for her to get away with drawing attractive ladies for her own enjoyment under everyone's noses.

There was one posted a while ago with Mopsy wearing a dog collar and leash that looked extremely fetish-y to modern eyes, and may have been an early "get poo poo past the editor" attempt. But whatever, more power to her.

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