Truly bizarre. Back in the days before computers I occasionally wrote a comic magazine. In those days doing this in a shoestring one had to write a piece, add photocopied illustrations and then photocopy the whole to distribute it to the expectant crowds of readers. Circulation 10. Hunting today through some old paper these 'originals' came to light. The top edition is from 1994, when I worked with a library system called 'Telclass' for the BBC. The bottom edition from about 1988 when I worked for South Tyneside Libraries. Looking back I can remember composing these and do miss that creative energy. Never meant to be anything other than a bit of amusement, they were also fun to compile. These days with news editing packages, publication is simple and easy. Then it involved a touch of the Blue Peter spirit, glue, Tip-Ex and scissors.
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