{"id":21370,"date":"2019-12-26T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=21370"},"modified":"2019-12-27T11:07:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T11:07:05","slug":"genre-annuals-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2019\/12\/26\/genre-annuals-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Genre Annuals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The comic has been with us a long time now and debate still continues about where, when and exactly what constitutes the first of these artefacts to truly earn the title. There’s a lot less debate about the Children’s Annual: a particularly British institution and one that continues – albeit in a severely limited manner – to this day.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s a rare and tragic individual who never received a colourful card-covered compendium on Christmas morning; full of stories and comic-strips and usually featuring the seasonal antics of their favourite characters, whether from comics such as <\/em>The Beano<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>The Dandy<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>Lion<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>Eagle<\/em><\/strong> and their ilk, or TV, film or radio franchises\/personalities such as <\/em>Dr Who<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>Star Wars<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>Thunderbirds<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>Radio Fun<\/em><\/strong> or <\/em>Arthur Askey<\/em><\/strong>. There were even sports and hobby annuals and beautifully illustrated commemorative editions of the fact and general knowledge comics such as <\/em>Look and Learn<\/em><\/strong>, and special events such as the always glorious <\/em>Rupert<\/em><\/strong> Bear<\/em><\/strong> or <\/em>Giles<\/em><\/strong> Annuals.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here then is a brief celebration of the kinds of genre celebrations which delighted kids and their parents\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The comic has been with us a long time now and debate still continues about where, when and exactly what constitutes the first of these artefacts to truly earn the title. There’s a lot less debate about the Children’s Annual: a particularly British institution and one that continues – albeit in a severely limited manner … <\/p>\n

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