The Viz

    (John Brown, 1979-Present)
©1994 House of S***/John Brown Spunkfactory, Ltd.

The Viz is one of the stranger magazines to appear on British newsstands in recent years. It’s a bimonthly humor magazine which reads like a particularly obnoxious underground comic crossed with the Weekly World News.

The pages alternate between one-and two-pagers featuring characters like “Sweary Mary” and “Johnny Fartpants”; odd tabloid-style coverage of subjects ranging from crocodiles to royal toilet training; and the occasional fumetti comedy piece (comic-like stories with photographs instead of drawings). Scatological references abound, and the dialog is certainly not for those who prefer to veer away from four-letter Anglo-Saxonisms. Nevertheless, its unabashedly lowbrow appeal has brought it circulation far in excess of many of its more respectable contemporaries.
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#36

July, 1989
Cover Price: $0.90
1 copy available for $9.99 		  
#40

March, 1990
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#41

May, 1990
Cover Price: $0.90
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#59

May, 1993
Cover Price: $1.00
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#95

May, 1999
Cover Price: $1.75
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#140

November, 2004
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