Preview: VIZ No.284

The new issue of Viz is out now, with another 52 pages packed with fun for all ages, - as long as you're over 18 and don't mind a bit of swearing and smut. 

Viz has always been more than just sweary humour of course. It's the nation's premier satirical comic, - a tradition that dates back to the Victorian comics such as Funny Folks and Ally Sloper's Half Holiday. That's why a lot of Viz's imitators failed. They copied the rudeness, but not the clever social satire. 

This issue sees regular favourites Sid the Sexist, Drunken Bakers, Fat Slags and more, plus many other strips and parodies. Here's a little sample...

GILBERT RATCHET by Davey Jones.

NASH GORDON by Tom Paterson.

ROBIN HOOD by Simon Ecob.

I'm very pleased to say that I'm back in this issue, with an all-new Felix and his Amazing Underpants page. Plot and artwork by me, script by Graham Dury and Simon Thorp, in which Felix gets involved in Brexit-related shenanigans. 

I first worked for Viz about 30 years ago, and became a regular in the 1990s until a few years ago, so it's great to be back. I don't know how regularly I'll be contributing as each idea is judged on a case by case basis, but I'm working on another script right now so fingers crossed! 

Later this year, Viz notches up its 40th anniversary, so give one of Britain's longest-running comics your support and buy the latest edition this week! £3.70 for 52 pages, available from newsagents and supermarkets across the UK.

VIZ No.216 - Out now!

  
The new issue of Viz is in the shops now. (You'll find it on the top shelf where it'll only corrupt tall kids.) It's another 52 pages packed with strips, satire, and adverts - but mostly strips and satire. 

I'm pleased to say that I have a Felix and his Amazing Underpants page in this issue what I wrote and drew. Here's a preview...

This issue also features regulars such as Roger Mellie, The Fat Slags, Major Misunderstanding, The Drunken Bakers, and new characters such as Large Breasted Wet T-Shirt Pneumatic Drill Girl and your fun chum Cardinal Padraig O'Lourdes, the Archbishop of Edinburgh. Here's a preview of the Cardinal on the road to hilarious consequences from the masterful pen of Davey Jones...

There's also the return of The Kewl Chix by (if I'm not mistaken) Mr. Alex Collier...

The centre pages of this issue are adorned by a truly fantastic double page spread by Simon Thorp. Farmer Palmer's Free Festival is an illustration of a busy pop festival and is tightly packed with numerous gags. Really an amazing piece of artwork that, no hyperbole, is well worth the price of the comic alone.

Viz No.216 - out now - £3.20.

Visit the Viz website for more details: http://www.viz.co.uk/