tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110039268234101685.post3003893509533415599..comments2023-10-31T08:29:26.593-07:00Comments on Booksquawk: ROGER'S PROFANISAURUS: THE MAGNA FARTAMelissa Conwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12368962908843137225noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110039268234101685.post-78191433199996784862010-07-12T13:08:44.080-07:002010-07-12T13:08:44.080-07:00Ah my dearest apologies, no offence intended to an...Ah my dearest apologies, no offence intended to any of our stateside cousins - I had assumed that Viz was a niche product, but I'm delighted to find that it travels so well in such great company!<br /><br />Other things I'm struggling to get over: The top tip that says, "Confuse nearby parachutists by painting a large blue rectangle on your back lawn - they'll think you have a swimming pool."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110039268234101685.post-30276914702275193222010-07-11T10:28:57.030-07:002010-07-11T10:28:57.030-07:00How dare you sir impugn the taste of the American ...How dare you sir impugn the taste of the American reading public in such an egregious manner. Can it be that like so many of our misguided cousins from "across the pond" you falsely suppose us Yanks to be a bunch of hopeless rubes who don't know anything? <br /><br /><i>Viz</i> is an indispensable part of the library of any serious student of English letters, no matter on what continent he may be found. And not only <i>Viz</i>! Let this Yank go on record as stating categorically that <i>Viz</i> founder Chris Donald's splendid and hilarious memoir <i>Rude Kids</i>, together with the several works inspired by the brilliant, short-lived <i>Framley Examiner</i>, the work of <i>Viz</i> contributors Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris and Joel Morris, are essential to the most rudimentary understanding of English literature.dorkismohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16453069633096561767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110039268234101685.post-68860013137867449922010-07-11T05:09:30.380-07:002010-07-11T05:09:30.380-07:00Not forgetting "The Vibrating Bumfaced Goats&...Not forgetting "The Vibrating Bumfaced Goats", possibly the best one-off Viz strip ever.HLM Proopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14208321738830074128noreply@blogger.com