false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178985304m/861871.jpg 861871 1 Great British Comics transports the reader through more than 100 years of Britain's bizarre weekly comics, newspaper strips, magazines and graphic novels, from their secret origins to today's cutting edge. The journey takes in the rural wonderlands of Rupert Bear and the blasted outback of Tank Girl, the glistening spaceships of Dan Dare and the Mega-City mean streets of Judge Dredd, the knobbly knees of Dennis the Menace and the tight black-leather costumes of Modesty Blaise. Divided into chapters by themes such as schooldays, family life, cartoon creatures and science fiction, the book charts the careers of timeless icons including Korky the Cat, Billy Bunter and Fungus the Bogeyman across the decades from the 1920s to the 1990s. The engaging, informative text is richly illustrated with toys, badges, merchandise and other collectables, as well as comic-book panels and covers. 847299 1 10 2006 Great British Comics 0 0 2 0 0 0 false false Wed Jun 04 00:43:51 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 00:49:58 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 13 15:52:38 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 15:52:41 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=861871