Gas (comics)

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Cover of Gas, issue 1

Gas was a British adult comic that was published monthly by Galaxy Publications from 1989 to 1991.

Gas was one of many such comics emulating the success of Viz, and like many of its peers (and unlike its upmarket siblings Brain Damage and Talking Turkey) was a crude copycat of the format Viz pioneered.

Initially, many strips were clearly rejected from Viz; many set in Viz's fictional town of Fulchester, but with the 'F' tippexed out (thus Gas appeared to be set in Ulchester). These strips were often of extremely poor quality, both in terms of artwork and plotting.

As the title matured, however, strips submitted for Gas became more common and the production quality increased. A number of strips from Gas resurfaced in the comic UT which ran for 18 months from 1991.

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Cover of Gas, Volume 3, Number 8 (issue 32)

Gas ran until Voume 3, number 10 (issue 34)

Strips included:

• The Gas Family - the title strip, an antisocial mother, father, and son, with offensive body odour

• Arthur Pilkington - Chartered Barbarian - Pilkington was a be-spectacled barbarian accountant in the days of Ghengis Khan who got up to many fianance related shenanigans. Written and drawn by David Leach who later sold the same idea and redrew some of the same strips for the adult humour magazine UT. David also drew several of the later issue covers for Gas in the style of the great EC comics.

• Phallas The Soap Opera and Tales Of Nambygate by Kev F. Sutherland

• Wor Jackie - A long running problem page featuring Jackie Charlton, at this time manager of the Republic of Ireland football squad. Readers would typically offer varied domestic problems, Charlton's answers would frequently liken all life's problems to events on a football pitch.

References

"Is Viz Still The Biz?". BBC News. Retrieved Oct 15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)