British Update: What’s the Buzz? Tabloid-Sized Titters Aplenty!
*Humour Comics: Buzz, the 1970’s companion to Topper and Beezer, was in the broadsheet format espoused by its stablemates, and packed a lot into the oversized pages; highlights included “Hop, Skip, and Jock”, wherein our eponymous but impecunious trio concocted an outlandish money-making scheme each week; ‘Olly and His Occy’, the tale of a boy and his pet octopus romping around having adventures (of course); ‘Big Fat Flo’, a low-concept which probably drove a generation of female readers into the arms of eating disorders; and ‘Jimmy Jinx and What He Thinks’, a tale of a young boy plagued by different interpretations of the same event (aided by his angelic and demonic avatars), which was generally clever and entertaining. Buzz lasted a total of 103 issues, and we have more than 70 in stock, ranging from the second to the penultimate – the latter, #102, with a rather nice festive cover, is our illustration here.