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[edit] Comic strip?

The entry says comic strip but that is a rather specific form and I've read quite a few back in the day and don't recall them being a "strip" (single panel high and usually 3 or 4 panels wide). They were full page (some single some multi-page) comics stories along the same lines as those providing the full content of other British comics anthologies. As I say it has been years so I could be wrong so I thought I'd check. (Emperor 18:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC))

That's correct — they're not comic strips, they're full-page comics; indeed, the vast majority were multi-page. I'll try to fix the article. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 22:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I think the problem is that comic strips and funny pages are often used rather informally in teh UK to mean comics too but (as I've discussed elsewhere) it is quite clear defined here and there is a distinction - for example Judge Dredd has appeared in comic form (in 2000 AD) as a comic strip (in the Daily Star) and as a comic book (when they did a US edition). Interestingly the collected volumes are described (at least at Amazon) as comic strips [1] but we should probably be clearer here as the comic strip entry that was linked in could cause a lot of confusion about the format they were published in. So thanks for sorting that out.

Actually I should mention the collections. (Emperor 23:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC))

For what it's worth, the "Doctor Who?" comic by Quinn and Howett was a comic strip in the strict sense (even though at the moment it's called a "cartoon" in the article). —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 23:33, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah OK. It might be worth clarifying as cartoon has a lot of meanings. That entry does say that in the UK comic strips are known as "strip cartoons" but it'd be best to be specific for an international audience. (Emperor 00:02, 27 February 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Sheila Cranna

I think Sheila Cranna actually edited 31 issues, not 30. In addition to issues 107-136, she also was the credited editor for 97. CzechOut 19:36, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Collections

Panini have done a good job collectiing together the old comic stories all/most of which I assume were first published in the mag. [2] [3] [4] Would it be worth giing a quick outline of them an what they collect? It would I assume eventually give a reasonable outline of the comic stories published in the mag. (Emperor 23:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC))

Sure — if you want to do it, you can, or I can whip something up in the next day or two. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 23:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I'll see how things go. I might jot out an outline and take it from there. (Emperor 00:03, 27 February 2007 (UTC))

I've made a start, but haven't added the End Game stories as I wasn't sure what was in them. (Emperor 04:11, 27 February 2007 (UTC))