Changes: Radio Fun

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Radio Fun was a weekly comic published by Amalgamated Press (later Fleetway). It launched on 15 October 1938, incorporated Wonder in 1953, and was merged into Buster on 18 February 1961. As its title suggests it was a sister title to Film Fun, but using strips about radio personalities rather than film comedians. Amongst its features were text stories purportedly written by celebrities, but actually more likely to be from staff writers. Although predominantly a humour comic, it also featured a noir-ish crime strip in "The Falcon", and a "Wild Bill Hickok" strip drawn by D. C. Eyles.

Strips included...

"Arthur Askey"
"Charles Cole and his Magic Chalks"
"Derek Roy"
"Douglas 'Cardew' Robinson"
"The Falcon"
"Finkelfeffer Family"
"Going Places with the Askeys"
"It's That Man Again - Tommy Handley!"
"Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss"
"Wilfred Pickes"

References[]

Lew Stringer, Christmas comics: Radio Fun 1947, Blimey! It's Another Blog About Comics!, 21 December 2009
Denis Gifford, Encyclopedia of Comic Characters, Longman, 1978
Complete AP/Fleetway Comic Index

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+[[File:Radiofun.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Issue 481, 1947]]
-'''''Radio Fun''''' was a weekly comic published by [[Amalgamated Press]] (later [[Fleetway]]) from 1938 to 1961. As its title suggests it was a sister title to ''[[Film Fun]]'', but using strips about radio personalities rather than film comedians.
+'''''Radio Fun''''' was a weekly comic published by [[Amalgamated Press]] (later [[Fleetway]]). It launched on 15 October 1938, incorporated ''[[Wonder]]'' in 1953, and was merged into ''[[Buster]]'' on 18 February 1961. As its title suggests it was a sister title to ''[[Film Fun]]'', but using strips about radio personalities rather than film comedians. Amongst its features were text stories purportedly written by celebrities, but actually more likely to be from staff writers. Although predominantly a humour comic, it also featured a noir-ish crime strip in "[[The Falcon]]", and a "[[Wild Bill Hickok]]" strip drawn by [[D. C. Eyles]].
-Amongst its features were text stories purportedly written by celebrities, but actually more likely to be from staff writers.<ref>http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-comics-radio-fun-1947.html</ref>
-Although predominantly a humour comic, it also featured a noir-ish crime strip in "[[The Falcon]]".
 Strips included...
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 ==References==
+*Lew Stringer, [http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-comics-radio-fun-1947.html Christmas comics: Radio Fun 1947], Blimey! It's Another Blog About Comics!, 21 December 2009
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+*Denis Gifford, ''Encyclopedia of Comic Characters'', Longman, 1978
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+*[http://www.dandare.info/history/fleet_index.htm Complete AP/Fleetway Comic Index]
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