Comic Cuts
| Comic Cuts | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Amalgamated Press |
| Schedule | Weekly |
| Format | Comics anthology |
| Genre | Children's, humour |
| Publication date | May 17, 1890[1] – September 1953 |
| No. of issues | 3,006 |
Comic Cuts was a British
Publication history
The first issue of Comic Cuts sold 118,864 copies, with circulation growing to around 300,000 soon after.
Content
Its first issue was an assortment of reprints from American publications.[2]
In other media
The comic is mentioned in G. K. Chesterton's 1905 book Heretics and in the 1910 book Alarms and Discursions, and in a line of Cyril Tawney's song "Chicken on a Raft" — "He's looking at me Comic Cuts again".[3][4] It was also mentioned in Clive Dunn's 1971 hit record "Grandad" — "Comic Cuts, all different things." The character Annie Twohig refers to it in Lennox Robinson's play Drama at Inish — "Annie: I'll stay at home and read a magazine." "Constance: Which magazine?" "Annie: Comic Cuts."
References
Sources
- The first issue of Comic Cuts (1890) in the Internet Archive.
- Comic Cuts at the Grand Comics Database
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