Film Fun
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Film Fun was a comic published by Amalgamated Press (later Fleetway) featuring the exploits of various comic actors. It ran from 1920 to 1962.[1] It was launched by Fred Cordwell, and spawned two sister titles - Radio Fun, and the rather less successful TV Fun.
In 1961 it underwent a bit of a revamp, retitled Film Fun and Thrills to emphasise that it was now running adventure strips. Reprints of American Disney comics also found their way into the comic.[1]
Film Fun lasted for a total of 2225 issues before eventually merging into Buster in 1962.[2][3]
Strips included...
- "Abbott and Costello" (G. W. Wakefield, Walter Bell)
- "The Adventures of Winkle"
- "Buck Jones"
- "Bruce Forsyth"
- "Bud & Lou"
- "Buster Keaton"
- "Donald Duck"
- "Harold Lloyd"
- "Joe E. Brown"
- "Laurel and Hardy"
- "Lucky Luke" (Maurice de Bevere and René Goscinny)
- "Lupino Lane"
- "Niblo Nibbs" (Eric Roberts)
- "Old Mother Riley"
- "Popeye" (Elsie Segar)
- "Schnozzle"
- "Scoop Donovan" (Geoff Campion)
- "Sydney Howard"
- "Tim McCoy"
- "Tommy Cooper"
- "Tony Hancock" (written by Nobby Clark)
- "Wheeler & Woolsey"
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lew Stringer, The 90th Anniversary of Film Fun, Blimey! It's Another Blog About Comics!, 14 January 2010
- ↑ Film Fun at 26Pigs
- ↑ Film Fun at BritishComics.com
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