https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/osprey_and_commando_team_up_new_comic_series/
Wow, had a few of those in my younger days. Still remember them with affection. :)
Remember them well. :)
loved them and their superb artwork.
Wow, there's a blast from the past. ;)
We were talking about Commando comics at my work a while ago - two of us were sure there was another series of small-format war comics at the same time, but could not remember the name - and, more surprisingly, couldn't Google it...
Anyone know what we were havering about? :(
Quote from: Fenton on 13 April 2015, 10:11:02 AM
https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/osprey_and_commando_team_up_new_comic_series/
Oh, good! Now we can all "Go Commando!" again. Hurrah! :-bd Wait. On second thoughts ..... :-&
P.S. Know the ones you mean, Wulf - but like you, can't remember who published them! ~X(
Quote from: Wulf on 13 April 2015, 12:20:32 PM
We were talking about Commando comics at my work a while ago - two of us were sure there was another series of small-format war comics at the same time, but could not remember the name - and, more surprisingly, couldn't Google it...
Anyone know what we were havering about? :(
Battle? I had 2 or 3 boxes of the things, Battle and Commando when i were a lad. Seem to remember my baby sister using them as colouring books........
Battle was it, then? Rings a (very) distant bell. I remember you used to get 'summer specials' with 4 stories in them. Helped get me through some rainy summers! 8->
There was also
- War Picture Library
- Starburst(?) - a SciFi example
- Air Ace - for air combat only
Battle sounds right, it's what we thought in my office, but it just doesn't ring any bells... Thanks for agreeing though :D
Yep Battle and Commando...
Time for argggggh
Aieeeeee
And ouch (obviously the British types :D)
Quote from: Maenoferren on 13 April 2015, 01:20:09 PM
Yep Battle and Commando...
Time for argggggh
Aieeeeee
And ouch (obviously the British types :D)
I seem to remember a few Achtungs as well... :-\
(http://www.bookpalace.com/PicLibs/Battle/images/BattlePL002.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zDceR5sLL0E/TiLd0ZSBBLI/AAAAAAAABqc/QbVbvxM0pD0/s1600/Blood+on+the+Sand+cover.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UyL-zvwGL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Sh5w06iMxNA/SusFOxnh2TI/AAAAAAAAFaU/P1hUStBf_1M/starblazer-064-cover.gif?imgmax=800)
Why can I remember this tripe, yet can't remember important stuff like ... er ... I forget now.
The exterminator looks a lot like a Romulan.
I always thought that the artwork in these comics were quite good, but the chap in "devil's Cauldron" is never going to get that pin out, the prone figure in "Blood on the Sand" seems to have a oddly positioned thumb, and that X3 Class Cruiser in "The Exterminator" is ill proportioned.
Quote from: Leman on 13 April 2015, 03:39:31 PM
The exterminator looks a lot like a Romulan.
Just very fashionable in the 1960s.
Interesting that this should be posted today, as this morning I picked up 'A Tigers Tale' from Smiths (Commando 4801).
I specifically bought it for the artwork, as I am trying to get some facial features right in some sketches and I noticed that this comic is superb at telling a story with facial expression, while those very expressions are done with a minimal number of pencil strokes - very clever.
Also being a 'tank' title, there are plenty of tank drawings in which the vehicle is viewed from different perspectives.
Now you've reminded me of one Commando comic story where a WWI tank was driven out from a museum to fight in WWII... I can't remember a single thing about it other than that!
I had that one!
Germans invading Kent or something.
My local WH Smiths still flogs 'em.
I still have a couple of "Victor" annuals in the loft
Many, many moons ago when I was in 2 RTR these were commonly known as 'training manuals'.
Cheers Paul
Quote from: T13A on 15 April 2015, 01:54:37 PM
Many, many moons ago when I was in 2 RTR these were commonly known as 'training manuals'.
Cheers Paul
That's frightening :D
God help either side :D
Starblazer - I loved those! Much more than the "historical" ones, even :)
Training Manuals...yep, they were called that in the QOH (that's Hussars not Highlanders) too.
Many years ago, when I was in 5A, we considered any war story worth it's salt included the phrases:
"Do you want to see a photo of the wife and kids sarge." - equivalent of wearing a red top in Startrek.
"I'm scared sarge."
"Don't worry son, we all are."
"Achtung! Englander schweinhund!"
Aaah - happy, carefree days.
All of my German is from reading comics like that. I can say useful things like "Aiee, the blood, the blood!", "oh no, tanks, I am scared!"or "quickly get out the half track" but never mastered such pointless things as "where's the hospital/toilet/train station" ;)
Since Germans tend to be pretty good linguists, you'll be alright in Germany; only your pride will be bruised.
Where is the station? is something like "Wo ist der bahnhof, Englander schweinhund?" You might also find useful, "Can ist ein bier haben, gott in himmel?"
Nouns in German begin with capitals, Dummkopf.
Quote from: Leman on 16 April 2015, 09:38:39 AM
Where is the station? is something like "Wo ist der bahnhof, Englander schweinhund?" You might also find useful, "Can ist ein bier haben, gott in himmel?"
Achtung! Ein Spitfeuer bier (http://www.spitfireale.co.uk/beer) bitte!
My favourite phrases were ones where the Japanese were in it, you always got "English Pig Dog" which when we were kids was brilliant we used it all the time when "playing" war. :)
I remember it as the Germans who yelled "Englander pig dog!" presumably because a Brit's grasp of foreign languages was never going to be up to translating "schweinhund."
I always thought German for "Spitfire" was "AchtungSpitfeuer", because that's what they always said in Commando Comics.
A primary school teacher once told me of a nativity scene drawn by her class which, under the influence of the imperfectly understood lyrics of Silent Night, included a nearly spherical character that the children identified as "Round John Virgin".
Quote from: Ithoriel on 16 April 2015, 11:39:45 AM
I remember it as the Germans who yelled "Englander pig dog!" presumably because a Brit's grasp of foreign languages was never going to be up to translating "schweinhund."
Let alone 英語豚ドッグ！, I suppose.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 16 April 2015, 11:45:12 AM
A primary school teacher once told me of a nativity scene drawn by her class which, under the influence of the imperfectly understood lyrics of Silent Night, included a nearly spherical character that the children identified as "Round John Virgin".
I fear we may need a whole new thread if we are straying into the realm of mondegreens :)
Gladly, my cross-eyed bear. That's all I'm saying :D
Too late! :O)
Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands
Oh where hae you been?
They hae slay the Earl of Murray,
And Lady Mondegreen.
... last line should be and lay him on the green. - thanks to Sylvia Wright.
I'm not German, never studied it and don't care if their nouns start with capitals.
I am surprised in these awfuly PC days they are still allowed to publish I can remember them:-
Calling all all Japs "slant/Slit Eyes"
Lots of the japs had buck teeth and glasses
Germans were "Krauts" or "Squareheads" or the "bloody Hun"
"Merrill's Marauders" from Battle Action Force (or whatever it was at the time!) is a classic example of that massive racism...
Pretty much every line is a racial slur. Don't abuse the Japanese for what they actually did, abuse them for stereotyped Alf Garnett Farage style caricatures!
Quote from: Leman on 16 April 2015, 09:13:00 PM
I'm not German, never studied it and don't care if their nouns start with capitals.
Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aalen!
I will not buy this record, it is scratched!
I know! I know!
"The grand piano is in the tree"
"My blow-up bra is full of aliens".
"My hovercraft is full of eels ?"
Quote from: Techno on 19 April 2015, 06:56:17 PM
"My hovercraft is full of eels ?"
FK beat you to that :)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 19 April 2015, 07:27:57 PM
FK beat you to that :)
You could try "My body is full of drill bits" Phil
"My kubelwagen is full of eels"
Quote from: Ithoriel on 19 April 2015, 07:27:57 PM
FK beat you to that :)
;D ;D ;D ;D
Sorry......I thought we were trying to translate FK's prose.
(Damn good guess, I reckon. ....I didn't know I could speak German.)
Quote from: Fenton on 19 April 2015, 07:34:02 PM
You could try "My body is full of drill bits" Phil
Stop it !! ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
How about, "Mein Panzeraufklärungsfahrzeug ist voller Aalen." I've always like these German words that are formed by just slapping a pile of other words together.
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/261/c/1/my_little_tank_by_gorgonbreath-d2yyy0i.jpg)
Armoured reconnaissance vehicle. :)
(I cheated...I looked it up, this time.) ;)
Cheers - Phil
Es gibt Sauerkraut in meinen Lederhosen.
You should probably have a shower and get changed, stick them in the washer and not eat at that restaurant again. Or be nicer to your waiter...
Vielen Dank, mein lieber Herr.
Quote from: toxicpixie on 20 April 2015, 12:54:43 PM
You should probably have a shower and get changed, stick them in the washer and not eat at that restaurant again. Or be nicer to your waiter...
;D =O ;D
Quote from: toxicpixie on 20 April 2015, 12:54:43 PM
You should probably have a shower and get changed, stick them in the washer and not eat at that restaurant again. Or be nicer to your waiter...
I would have thought washing lederhosen would ruin them completely.
I think just being lederhosen does that :P