Buzz (DC Thomson)
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| date = 20 January 1973 to 4 January 1975
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Buzz was an A3 (broadsheet) British comic book magazine that ran from 20 January 1973{{cite web|url=https://downthetubes.net/british-comics-reference/downthetubes-eyes-only-debriefing-a-cold-war-spy-or-an-interview-with-dc-thomson-editor-garry-fraser/|access-date=2025-02-10|title=Debriefing a Cold War Spy, (or, an interview with DC Thomson editor Garry Fraser)|date=8 December 2017 }} to 4 January 1975, when it merged with The Topper.{{cite book | title=Topper Tales|publisher=A & B Whitworth|year=1991 |pages= 172–176}} Edited by Roy Patterson Buzz ran for 103 Issues.
Other staff that worked on the comic included Euan Kerr,{{cite book | title=The Unofficial History of the Beano|publisher=Pen and Sword White owl|year=2022|pages= 98}} who went on to edit The Beano for 20 years, and Garry Fraser, future editor of Classics from the Comics and the Fun Size Dandy. Notable artists included Ken H. Harrison{{cite web|title=Comic Creator Spotlight: Beano and Dandy artist Ken H. Harrison|date=27 July 2021 |url=https://downthetubes.net/comic-creator-spotlight-beano-and-dandy-artist-ken-h-harrison/ |access-date=2025-02-10}} and Gordon Bell.Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, pp. 14-15Denis Gifford, Encyclopedia of Comic Characters, Longman, 1987, pp. 26, 38, 70, 77, 79, 97, 102, 172, 184, 188, 206
History
First published in January 1973 Buzz was an A3 size comic similar in style to The Beezer and The Topper. At the time of its publication, the publisher DC Thomson, were publishing five other weekly humour comics the aforementioned Beezer and Topper as well as The Beano and The Dandy. Buzz lasted roughly two years ending in January 1975 when it merged with the Topper. Six of Buzz's comic strips continued in The Topper: Fred the Flop, Big Fat Flo, Nobby, Jimmy Jinx and what he thinks, Sammy's Scribbles and Sleepy Ed. Of these Fred the Flop and Jimmy Jinx were the longest running continuing in the Topper until 1986 and 1989 respectively.
After the merger the Topper continued as Topper and Buzz from the 11th January 1975 until November of that year when Buzz was removed from the title.
As well as moving to the Topper one of Buzz's comic strips, Skookum Skool, moved to the new comic Cracker which started the same month that Buzz ended. Cracker has been described "more or less the same content-wise" as Buzz although with a couple of differences.
Comic strips from Buzz were reprinted in Classics from the Comics, which ran from 1996 to 2010, with the Buzz name appearing on the front cover for most issues.
List of ''Buzz'' comic strips
These are in alphabetical order and all numbers refer to issues of Buzz.
Reception
Buzz was described by comics historian Graham Kibble-White as unoriginal, pointing to similarities between it and other DC Thomson comics as well as Hanna-Barbera cartoons.{{cite book|author=Kibble-White, Graham |title=Ultimate Book of British Comics. |publisher=Alison & Busby. |page=69|year=2005| isbn=0-74908-211-9}}
References
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See also
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