Comic Cuts
Comic Cuts was a British comic magazine. It was published from 1890 to 1953, lasting for 3006 issues. It was created by the reporter Alfred Harmsworth through his company Amalgamated Press (AP). In its early days, it inspired other publishers to produce rival comic magazines. Comic Cuts held the record for the most issues of a British weekly comic for 46 years, until The Dandy overtook it in 1999.
| 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 |
Publication history
The first issue of Comic Cuts sold 118,864 copies, with circulation growing to around 300,000 soon after.[1]
During its lifetime, the comic merged with many others, including Golden Penny (1928), Jolly Comic (1939), and Larks (1940). Comic Cuts finally disappeared in September 1953 when it was merged with Knockout.[2]
In other media
The comic is mentioned in G. K. Chesterton's 1905 book Heretics[3] and in the 1910 book Alarms and Discursions,[4] and in a line of Cyril Tawney's song "Chicken on a Raft" — "He's looking at me Comic Cuts again".
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
- Roberts, Andrew (2022). The Chief: The Life of Lord Northcliffe Britain's Greatest Press Baron. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781398508705.
- Comic Cuts at britishcomics.com
- "On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small" from Heretics
- "The Three Kinds of Men" from Alarms and Discursions
Sources
- The first issue of Comic Cuts (1890) in the Internet Archive.
- Comic Cuts at the Grand Comics Database