Viz

Viz has been gracing British newsagents' shelves since 1979. Its irreverent mix of bad language, childish cartoons and sharp satire has seen its creators hauled over the coals by the United Nations, questioned by Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch and exhibited in the Tate Gallery. Viz's comic characters, such as the Fat Slags, Sid the Sexist, and Roger Mellie the foul-mouthed Man on the Telly, as well as its hugely popular Top Tips and Profanisaurus sections, are firmly established as national institutions, just like Broadmoor Hospital for the Criminally Insane. *Manufacturer's estimate.

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UNSOLVED MYSTERY DEATH-RIDDLE SOLVED • A LEADING online conspiracy theorist has completed an unauthorised investigation into the death of his immediate predecessor. And now he is poised to stun his community of online followers by revealing that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his forerunner’s sudden demise.

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GILBERT RATCHET

LeTtErBoCkS • Viz Comic, P.O. Box 841 Whitley Bay, NE26 9EQ letters@viz.co.uk

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NOBBY Lifestyles

Mrs Brady Old Lady

FOODIE BOLLOCKS

SHOW ME A MOTION! • Unlimited clean energy is within our grasp, says Ken

The Brians Trust • IT looks like 2024 is the year that the long sought-after dream of Perpetual Motion becomes a reality. We asked four people called Brian (or Bryan) what the invention of a perpetual motion machine means to them, and how it will change their lives.

20 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT CORNWALL • IT SITS quietly at the bottom of England. It’s full of cows, castles and old tin mines. It’s got lovely weather, decent hotels and warm, sunny beaches. It’s CORNWALL, and we all love to go there on holiday. But before we all jump in our cars and head for the A30, just think – how much do we actually know about this long, thin peninsula? Is it safe to travel there? Is it home to any venomous species of animals? Will your mobile phone work there? It’s time to answer some different questions to these. Here are…

WHAT’S UP, DUCHY? • Uniqueness of county still little-known to public, say TV gurus

WIN 4 CORNISH TINS OF BEANS IN OUR FANTASTIC CORNISH TIN COMPETITION • CORNWALL is famed for its tin mines – sites where the ore which yields the soft, malleable metal was extracted from deep underground. But in the mid-20th century, people started to realise that ‘tin’ cans were actually made from steel and aluminium. As a result, one by one the mines began to close.

Kernow Place Like Home

OUT FOR THE COUNTY • Rivals Cornwall and Devon square up

Cornwall …It’s All In The Name! • HOW much do we know about things? Well, it all depends on what that thing is. Some things – like cars, mashed potato and tropical fish – we know quite a lot about. Other things – such as ghosts, the dark side of the Moon and Higgs Bosons – are more of a mystery. But however much – or little – we know about things, we can always find out more. And this includes the county of Cornwall, because…

SPOT THE MICHAEL BALL • …AND WIN THIS LUXURY CORNISH DREAM HOME!

PRIVATE COPPERFIELD THE MAGICIAN OF WORLD WAR 1

POLITICALLY INCORRECT! • Meet Professsor John Curtice – the bad boy of BBC News

SiD the SEXiST

THE male Online

LIDL RICHARD

SHORT and CURLY

RetireEd Chemistry TeachEr

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SHIT SHOW AT THE FUDGE FACTORY

BAXTER BASICS MP

EX-CHESS CHARGE • Postage stamp price hike puts end to longest game of Correspondence Chess

ROGER’S PROFANISAURUS • An Update of Britain’s Favourite Lexicon of Filth and Profanity

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