VIZ : Viz comic

VIZ is a popular British adult comic magazine. It was started in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1979 by Chris Donald and his brother Simon. What began as few pages, photocopied and sold to friends, became a publishing phenomenon.

The comic features rude and tasteless gags and characters like:

• Sid the Sexist - a young man with no sexual experience who boasts of his success with women
• Roger Mellie (the man on the telly) - a foul-mouthed and violent TV presenter
• Spoilt Bastard - a fat, ungrateful boy who manipulates his weak-willed mother
• Biffa Bacon[?] - a boy and his family, all of whom are violent psychopaths
• The Fat Slags[?] - two young women with huge appetites for sex and chips
• Johnny Fartpants[?] - a boy empowered with extreme flatulence
• Norbert Colon[?] - an old miser
• The Modern Parents[?] - and their long-suffering children
• Mr Logic[?] - a serious young man with no sympathy for other humans
• Finbarr Saunders[?] and his Double Entendres - a boy with a good ear for homophones
• Farmer Palmer[?] - a paranoid farmer whose catchphrase is "Get orf moi laaaand!"
• Eight Ace[?] - an alcoholic who drinks 'Ace' beer (eight cans for £1.49).

The comic was acquired by John Brown Publishing (JBP) in 1983. At one time the bi-monthly comic reached sales in excess of 1 million before entering into a steady decline since the mid 1990s to around 200,000 (2001). In June 2001 the comic was acquired as part of a £6.4 million deal by I Feel Good Holdings, a company belonging to the ex-Loaded[?] editor James Brown.

External Links

http://www.viz.co.uk