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* CreatorsPest: According to cartoonist Graham Dury, "half the readers thought Billy the Fish was shit, and the other half thought it was really shit." Undaunted, Viz cheerfully called one instalment "Billy the Shit".
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* CreatorsPest: According to cartoonist Graham Dury, "half the readers thought Billy the Fish was shit, and the other half thought it was really shit." Undaunted, Viz cheerfully called one instalment installment "Billy the Shit".
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-->The only editorial comment I ever made was in the early days, when I told Chris that I thought one issue was particularly 'bottomy'. He didn't say much at the time, but The Bottom Inspectors appeared for the first time in the next issue.
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-->The only editorial comment I ever made was in the early days, days when I told Chris that I thought one issue was particularly 'bottomy'. He didn't say much at the time, but The Bottom Inspectors appeared for the first time in the next issue.
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** Donald also claimed that Geordie actor Jimmy Nail wanted to adapt Sid the Sexist as a live action sitcom. However, the idea went no further than a lunch meeting at Nail's home where it become clear that the plan was a non-starter because it was unlikely that they'd find a TV station willing to broadcast the show if it were written in the same style as the comic.
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** Donald also claimed that Geordie actor Jimmy Nail Creator/JimmyNail wanted to adapt Sid the Sexist as a live action live-action sitcom. However, the idea went no further than a lunch meeting at Nail's home where it become clear that the plan was a non-starter because it was unlikely that they'd find a TV station willing to broadcast the show if it were written in the same style as the comic.
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* NamesTheSame: Jack Black. Not [[Creator/JackBlack that one]].
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** Donald also claimed that Jimmy Nail attempt to adapt Sid the Sexist as a live action sitcom. However the idea went no further than a lunch meeting at Nail's home where it become clear that the plan was a non-starter and was unlikely to find a willing TV station to broadcast the show if it were written in the same style as the comic.
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** Donald also claimed that Geordie actor Jimmy Nail attempt wanted to adapt Sid the Sexist as a live action sitcom. However However, the idea went no further than a lunch meeting at Nail's home where it become clear that the plan was a non-starter and because it was unlikely to that they'd find a willing TV station willing to broadcast the show if it were written in the same style as the comic.
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** The Real Twats are composites of people Davey Jones encountered in pubs:
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** The Real Ale Twats are composites of people Davey Jones encountered in pubs:
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** Chris Donald stated that the animted special ''Fat Slags: Dit Weekend'' was the closest any adaptation got to capturing the humour of Viz.
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** Chris Donald stated that the animted special ''Fat Slags: Dit Weekend'' Blue Honeymoon'' was the closest any adaptation got to capturing the humour of Viz.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Danny Dyer [[https://twitter.com/mrddyer/status/766264511045201920?lang=en was thrilled to parodied in a strip]].
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* ApprovalOfGod: ApprovalOfGod:
** Chris Donald stated that the animted special ''Fat Slags: Dit Weekend'' was the closest any adaptation got to capturing the humour of Viz.
** Danny Dyer [[https://twitter.com/mrddyer/status/766264511045201920?lang=en was thrilled to parodied in a strip]].
** Chris Donald stated that the animted special ''Fat Slags: Dit Weekend'' was the closest any adaptation got to capturing the humour of Viz.
** Danny Dyer [[https://twitter.com/mrddyer/status/766264511045201920?lang=en was thrilled to parodied in a strip]].
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** Davey Jones said that The Real Ale Twats was partially inspired by the Music/HalfManHalfBiscuit song "CAMRA Man".
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: The comic's creator Chris Donald has said that, among others, Brown Bottle is based on his musician friend Davey Graham. His brother and comic co-founder Simon Donald in turn based Sid the Sexist on a friend who had a lot of bravado around women but was completely clueless when it came to chatting them up, and Mr. Logic on his and Chris's elder brother Steve, who was diagnosed with autism, but nonetheless took his parodying well and subsequently made his own contributions to the comic and its website.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: The comic's creator WriteWhoYouKnow:
** Chris Donald has said that, among others, Brown Bottle is based on his musician friend DaveyGraham. His brother and comic co-founder Graham.
** Simon Donaldin turn based Sid the Sexist on a friend who had a lot of bravado around women but was completely clueless when it came to chatting them up, and up
** Mr. Logic was based onhis Simon and Chris's Chris' elder brother Steve, who was diagnosed with autism, but nonetheless took his parodying well and subsequently made his own contributions to the comic and its website.website.
** The Real Twats are composites of people Davey Jones encountered in pubs:
-->There was a bloke who used to come into my local in Newcastle who had a big beard and a beret and always seemed to be carrying several shoulder bags. He may not even have been a real ale enthusiast – I don’t think I ever heard him speak – but he had the right look, so I drew him. Probably very unfairly.
** Chris Donald has said that, among others, Brown Bottle is based on his musician friend Davey
** Simon Donald
** Mr. Logic was based on
** The Real Twats are composites of people Davey Jones encountered in pubs:
-->There was a bloke who used to come into my local in Newcastle who had a big beard and a beret and always seemed to be carrying several shoulder bags. He may not even have been a real ale enthusiast – I don’t think I ever heard him speak – but he had the right look, so I drew him. Probably very unfairly.
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* BigNameFan: Creator/AlanMoore is a big fan of Drunken Bakers, saying, "I think the Drunken Bakers is like [[Creator/SamuelBeckett Samuel fucking Beckett]] or something. It's horrible and really funny.".
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** Donald also claimed that Jimmy Nail attempt to adapt Syd the Sexist as a live action sitcom. However the idea went no further than a lunch meeting at Nail's home where it become clear that the plan was a non-starter and was unlikely to find a willing TV station to broadcast the show if it were written in the same style as the comic.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: The comic's creator Chris Donald has said that, among others, Brown Bottle is based on one of his friends. His brother and comic co-founder Simon Donald in turn based Sid the Sexist on a friend who had a lot of bravado around women but was completely clueless when it came to chatting them up, and Mr. Logic on his and Chris's elder brother Steve, who was diagnosed with autism, but nonetheless took his parodying well and subsequently made his own contributions to the comic and its website.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: The comic's creator Chris Donald has said that, among others, Brown Bottle is based on one of his friends. His brother and comic co-founder Simon Donald in turn based Sid the Sexist on a friend who had a lot of bravado around women but was completely clueless when it came to chatting them up, and Mr. Logic on his and Chris's elder brother Steve, who was diagnosed with autism, but nonetheless took his parodying well and subsequently made his own contributions to the comic and its website.
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** Donald also claimed that Jimmy Nail attempt to adapt Syd Sid the Sexist as a live action sitcom. However the idea went no further than a lunch meeting at Nail's home where it become clear that the plan was a non-starter and was unlikely to find a willing TV station to broadcast the show if it were written in the same style as the comic.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: The comic's creator Chris Donald has said that, among others, Brown Bottle is based onone of his friends.musician friend Davey Graham. His brother and comic co-founder Simon Donald in turn based Sid the Sexist on a friend who had a lot of bravado around women but was completely clueless when it came to chatting them up, and Mr. Logic on his and Chris's elder brother Steve, who was diagnosed with autism, but nonetheless took his parodying well and subsequently made his own contributions to the comic and its website.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: The comic's creator Chris Donald has said that, among others, Brown Bottle is based on
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* ApprovalOfGod: Danny Dyer [[https://twitter.com/mrddyer/status/766264511045201920?lang=en was thrilled to parodied in a strip]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Chris Donald in his book ''Rude Kids - The Unfeasibly True Story of Viz'', Student Grant almost got an AnimatedAdaptation, but this never came to fruition. He went on to say that he was pleased that the project did not go ahead as he felt the quality of the previous releases was disappointing.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** According to Chris Donald in his book ''Rude Kids - The Unfeasibly True Story of Viz'', Student Grant almost got an AnimatedAdaptation, but this never came to fruition. He went on to say that he was pleased that the project did not go ahead as he felt the quality of the previous releases wasdisappointing.disappointing.
** Donald also claimed that Jimmy Nail attempt to adapt Syd the Sexist as a live action sitcom. However the idea went no further than a lunch meeting at Nail's home where it become clear that the plan was a non-starter and was unlikely to find a willing TV station to broadcast the show if it were written in the same style as the comic.
** According to Chris Donald in his book ''Rude Kids - The Unfeasibly True Story of Viz'', Student Grant almost got an AnimatedAdaptation, but this never came to fruition. He went on to say that he was pleased that the project did not go ahead as he felt the quality of the previous releases was
** Donald also claimed that Jimmy Nail attempt to adapt Syd the Sexist as a live action sitcom. However the idea went no further than a lunch meeting at Nail's home where it become clear that the plan was a non-starter and was unlikely to find a willing TV station to broadcast the show if it were written in the same style as the comic.
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* InspirationForTheWork: Biffa Bacon was allegedly inspired by a real family observed by Chris Donald in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre, where the son began an unprovoked assault on another boy; the parents, rather than intervening, began shouting encouragement to their child. As soon as it appeared the victim of the assault was able to defend himself, the father joined in the attack that only ceased when police officers intervened.
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* InspirationForTheWork: CreatorsPest: According to cartoonist Graham Dury, "half the readers thought Billy the Fish was shit, and the other half thought it was really shit." Undaunted, Viz cheerfully called one instalment "Billy the Shit".
* FollowTheLeader: The comic's success in the early 1990s led to the appearance of numerous rivals crudely copying the format ''Viz'' pioneered; none of them managed to challenge its popularity.
* InspirationForTheWork:
** Biffa Bacon was allegedly inspired by a real family observed by Chris Donald in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre, where the son began an unprovoked assault on another boy; the parents, rather than intervening, began shouting encouragement to their child. As soon as it appeared the victim of the assault was able to defend himself, the father joined in the attack that only ceased when police officers intervened.
** The Bottom Inspectors were influenced by a single editorial comment made by John Brown, the original publisher of the comic:
-->The only editorial comment I ever made was in the early days, when I told Chris that I thought one issue was particularly 'bottomy'. He didn't say much at the time, but The Bottom Inspectors appeared for the first time in the next issue.
* FollowTheLeader: The comic's success in the early 1990s led to the appearance of numerous rivals crudely copying the format ''Viz'' pioneered; none of them managed to challenge its popularity.
* InspirationForTheWork:
** Biffa Bacon was allegedly inspired by a real family observed by Chris Donald in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre, where the son began an unprovoked assault on another boy; the parents, rather than intervening, began shouting encouragement to their child. As soon as it appeared the victim of the assault was able to defend himself, the father joined in the attack that only ceased when police officers intervened.
** The Bottom Inspectors were influenced by a single editorial comment made by John Brown, the original publisher of the comic:
-->The only editorial comment I ever made was in the early days, when I told Chris that I thought one issue was particularly 'bottomy'. He didn't say much at the time, but The Bottom Inspectors appeared for the first time in the next issue.
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* InspirationForTheWork: Biffa Bacon was allegedly inspired by a real family observed by Chris Donald in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre, where the son began an unprovoked assault on another boy; the parents, rather than intervening, began shouting encouragement to their child. As soon as it appeared the victim of the assault was able to defend himself, the father joined in the attack that only ceased when police officers intervened.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: The comic's creator Chris Donald has said that, among others, Brown Bottle is based on one of his friends and Biffa Bacon on an incident he witnessed where a young boy began an unprovoked assault with the approval of his parents shouting and cheering him on. His brother and comic co-founder Simon Donald in turn based Sid the Sexist on a friend who had a lot of bravado around women but was completely clueless when it came to chatting them up, and Mr. Logic on his and Chris's elder brother Steve, who was diagnosed with autism, but nonetheless took his parodying well and subsequently made his own contributions to the comic and its website.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: The comic's creator Chris Donald has said that, among others, Brown Bottle is based on one of his friends and Biffa Bacon on an incident he witnessed where a young boy began an unprovoked assault with the approval of his parents shouting and cheering him on.friends. His brother and comic co-founder Simon Donald in turn based Sid the Sexist on a friend who had a lot of bravado around women but was completely clueless when it came to chatting them up, and Mr. Logic on his and Chris's elder brother Steve, who was diagnosed with autism, but nonetheless took his parodying well and subsequently made his own contributions to the comic and its website.
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* BigNameFan: Creator/AlanMoore is a big fan of Drunken Bakers, saying, "I think the Drunken Bakers is like [[Creator/SamuelBeckett Samuel fucking Beckett]] or something. It's horrible and really funny.".
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: The comic's creator Chris Donald has said that, among others, Brown Bottle is based on one of his friends and Biffa Bacon on an incident he witnessed where a young boy began an unprovoked assault with the approval of his parents shouting and cheering him on. His brother and comic co-founder Simon Donald in turn based Sid the Sexist on a friend who had a lot of bravado around women but was completely clueless when it came to chatting them up, and Mr. Logic on his and Chris's elder brother Steve, who was diagnosed with autism, but nonetheless took his parodying well and subsequently made his own contributions to the comic and its website.website.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Chris Donald in his book ''Rude Kids - The Unfeasibly True Story of Viz'', Student Grant almost got an AnimatedAdaptation, but this never came to fruition. He went on to say that he was pleased that the project did not go ahead as he felt the quality of the previous releases was disappointing.
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* NamesTheSame: Jack Black. Not [[Creator/JackBlack that one]].
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