So, what comics stired it for you when you were child, and mags too?

Comics were dandy, beano, then Mandy (loved the 'valda' stories) June, School friend (which joined to become June and School friend) Jackie.
mags were anything horsey, loved the 'Pony' magazine, had lots of horsey girl penpals from that.

Annuals were again Mandy, Beano and dandy, can't remember the rest but always had a Xmas stocking loaded with them!

So, whats your's? :)

Ooo, sorry to make you feel old but comics weren't really around when i grew up :-)  i remember getting magazines when i was younger such as Bliss and Miss but not comics. :-)

When I was VERY young, Jack and Jill, and Playhour (had my picture in both when I was 5 I think) (Talking about 1959-60 here)

A bit older ...Girl, Princess (which went on to become Princess Tina) ..Bunty, Judy and Mandy (1964-68)

As a teenager ...FAB208, Honey and 19 :- D :- D (1968 -70)

>Ooo, sorry to make you feel old but comics weren't really around when i grew up

I thought Dandy and Beano etc started in the 30's :)

List of British comics for people to look at here :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_British_comic

When I was very little my granny used to send me a comic every week - Playhour or something, I can't really remember, but this was the early 60s and I was about 5! - then there was Look & Learn, then I progressed to the Beano, Dandy (those cr*ppy free gifts on the front!), Topper and Beezer (remember the Iron Eaters and the Numbskulls?); Bunty and Tammy briefly then when I reached the dizzy heights of secondary school I stuck with Mandy (oh yes, the Valda stories were brilliant!) and Jackie.

erm...never really read comics as a child....

does VIZ count for when I was older ??? LOL

:)

I was never a comic book person either, I always thought they were more aimed at boys e.g Beano & Dandy! I used to read Smash Hits religiously though, especially liked the section of song words to cut out & keep! Bet my mum loved that too!!! he he he...

I thought Dandy and Beano etc started in the 30's

I meant comics were replaced by magazines by the time i got to readng age :-) that and tv cartoons

Dandy, Beano and Topper here, and of course The Broons and Oor Wullie in the Sunday Post each week!! OOO and the beezer - forgot that one!

Also got the Mandy, Bunty and Jackie at various times during my childhood (60's & 70's). Remember the summer specials? Loved them :-D

Beano and Dandy (in that order), I was especially fond of the Bash St kids

Bunty plus NME when I was a bit older. Beano & dandy were my brothers mags

I still have to get the Broons and Oor Wullie books every Christmas :-D

> I meant comics were replaced by magazines by the time i got to readng age

You still get comics today :)

Anyone remember Jinty and Lindy?
And Misty?

We had Beano and Dandy too

Then Jackie and something with all the song lyrics in...I loved that ( so much I cant remember the name, doh!! )

Horse and Pony mags.  Then progressed to Jackie!

Marmaduke (a great dane getting into trouble)
Garfield
Peanuts (Charlie Brown)

Well I had Twinkle and The one with Tales of the Riverbank, then moved onto Jackie when a bit older, then my Mums Woman and Woman's Own.

To be honest I preferred books, anything about animals especially and right until today love Fantasy.  also love Historical Fiction.  Read all the Georgette Heyer books as a teen.

Ooh I always got Twinkle, used to love it and had a spaceship lollipop t-shirt, actually so did my brother who was probably the only boy to have his picture in Twinkle!

got to be jackie and my guy.
I loved the photo storys and still have the one with featured a very young George Micheal.
As i got older it was Viz.

> Read all the Georgette Heyer books as a teen

Me too :-D :-D

Ohhh had forgotten about Twinkle too!

I used to read my gran's Peoples Friend and my mum's Woman's Weekly too :-)

By the time my kids were at an age to read comics most of them had gone! :-(

Beano, Dandy...then Judy and Mandy...then onto Jackie.....then NME and 'words'..now various now and agains when travelling usually.

Karen  :)

eta; Nme and Melody Maker too

'Girl'  but also 'Superman' 'Batman' and 'Mad' that had the - good spy bad spy - in it. and by 13/14 it was more readers digest and argosy sf mags.
Chris

I used to love the Twinkle - I remember being given an old copy of Sunny Stories (Enid Blyton I think), loved it. Then of course Jackie. Does anyone remember Popswop? (think that was what it was called) and the one with all the tv programmes in it - the name escapes me... was it the Look -in or was that something else?

Well my Dad ran a village shop for a few years when I was little.  I used to sit on the counter and read all the comics that were being sent out (very carefully of course)  I really liked Beano, Dandy and The Eagle but ended up having Princess for while - pretty boring.  My sister had Bunty which I thought was better.  I became very sensible! and took the Knowledge magazine that built into an Encyclopedia. Must have cost me a fortune.  However our friend's son always had the Beano and the Eagle so used to catch up there.  As I got older I liked the American comics - Superman, Justice League America etc.  but only bought them on holidays.  Never liked girly comics really.