...so I did, and... it couldn't be done! The front cover had been printed upside down!
A simple but effective April Fool gag! Made all the more unexpected by it coming out a few days before April 1st, but we'll forgive D.C. Thomson for that. (Even schedules wouldn't be changed just for a five second gag.)
Sparky was D.C. Thomson's wild child amongst their comics at the time, often tapping into the dafter aspects of humour, and readers appreciated it. I couldn't imagine Dandy or Beano doing anything like this back then. Sparky is still fondly remembered by people today, and I'll take a closer look at some of its strips soon when I have more time. Until then, as Bo says on the cover topline: "Psst! Watch it!". Don't be fooled today!
Haha! Very funny Lew. You nearly caught me out this time. Good photo shop!
ReplyDeleteIt's genuine! Not an April Fool.
ReplyDeleteAt least, not YOUR April Fool anyway. It was one when DC Thomson originally published it, lol.
ReplyDeleteThe anon is right though, it IS funny. I'd be surprised if the same trick hasn't been pulled elsewhere at some point.
KRAZY comic had their trick back pages of course, which came close, but I don't recall any other comic doing a gag like this with its front cover. Unless anyone out there knows differently?
ReplyDeleteI could see Cracker doing something like that, Lew. Of course it didn't.
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