VIZ Comic - The Big Hard Number Two

Viz Annuals #2

by Chris Donald (Editor), Simon Donald (Assistant Editor)

Genres: Humor, Comedy, Comics

126 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Chris Donald is the founder of, and one of the principal contributors to, the British comic magazine Viz. He attended West Jesmond Primary School, and then Heaton Comprehensive School, where he did not complete his A-levels, and in 1978 he began work as a clerical officer at the DHSS central office in Longbenton, Newcastle.

Chris, together with his brother Simon and a schoolfriend Jim Brownlow, set-up Viz in December 1979 from a bedroom in Newcastle. He was editor (or head of the "editorial cabinet") for many years but retired from day-to-day duties in 1999, and now only contributes occasional cartoons. He has since written a personal history of Viz magazine entitled Rude Kids.

Reviews

[Russell · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's not as good as it used to be.

[Dan Gill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good stuff, but this is before Letterbocks and Top Tips really hit its stride. Billy the Fish is brilliant, as is Johnny Fartpants, but it's clear that these issues were thin on classics such as Roger Mellie and Sid the Sexist. That said, you still get a big hit of toilet humour, black comedy, tabloid satire and surrealism for your money.