About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Viz, Roger Mellie, List of Viz comic strips, Sid the Sexist, Billy the Fish, Jack Black, The Modern Parents, The Fat Slags, Pathetic Sharks, Spoilt Bastard, Gilbert Ratchet, Biffa Bacon, Mr Logic, Student Grant, Buster Gonad, Fru T. Bunn, Eight Ace, Rat Boy, Doctor Poo, Drunken Bakers, Big Vern, Victorian Dad, The Critics, Tasha Slappa, Finbarr Saunders, Ivan Jelical, Postman Plod, Nobby's Piles, Mrs Brady the Old Lady, Roger Irrelevant, Tommy "Banana" Johnson, Farmer Palmer, Luvvie Darling, Raffles, Gentleman Thug, Suicidal Syd, Anna Reksik, Johnny Fartpants, The Things, Orson Cart, Grassy Knollington, Paul Whicker, Tinribs, Cockney Wanker, Mickey's Monkey Spunk Moped, Norbert Colon, Rock Lobster, Major Misunderstanding, Ferdinand the Foodie, Mickey's Miniature Grandpa, Laurie Driver, Captain Morgan and his Hammond Organ, George Bestial, Desert Island Teacher, Millie Tant, Sweary Mary, Kewl Chix, Black Bag, Felix and his Amazing Underpants, Brown Bottle, Yankee Dougal, Karenni the Minx, Tranny Magnet. Excerpt: Viz is a popular British comic magazine which has been running since 1979. The comic's style parodies British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with incongruous language, crude toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and either sexual or violent storylines. It also sends up tabloid newspapers, with mockeries of articles and letters pages. It features competitions and advertisements for overpriced 'limited edition' tat, such as a cat which "shits its own weight in gold," as well as obsessions with half-forgotten celebrities from the 1970s and 1980s such as Shakin' Stevens and Rodney Bewes. Occasionally, it satirises current events and politicians, but has no particular political standpoint. Its success has led to the appearance of numerous rivals crudely copying the format...
