Getting Viz With It

The latest Viz annual (sub-titled the last Turkey in the shop) is out now, featuring 160 pages packed with comic strips from issues 152 to 161 of the ongoing monthly. Priced at £10.99, the large hardback includes characters such as The Fat Slags, Sid the Sexist, The Real Ale Twats, Elton John’s Bandit Beater, Roger Mellie, and many more. Artists include Paul Palmer, Cat Sullivan, Davey Jones, Simon Thorp, Alex Collier, and myself. (My contribution is Suicidal Syd on page 139 if anyone interested.)

Viz features comic that most of the public is familiar with, several years ago it was selling over a million copies an issue.Though Vis is the most successful british adult comic ever it is usually ignored by the champions of the “adult comic” and you’ll hardly find any mention of it at the UK comic convention, apparently it is too cartoony for the the taste of most fans that used to more realistic comic that is dark and scary like the work of Alex Ross.

Read The new Viz annual for more information.