Whenever I hear this year mentioned it is immediately repeated on the Walkman that lives in my head in the style of Chuck D. (The following year has a similar curse, but with a bit more saxophone.)
April 1989, Jocks Magazine Dance Chart
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February 1987, LM Magazine 01
From the publisher of Crash & Zzap 64, LM magazine was an attempt to create something that might be later thought of as a (men’s) lifestyle magazine, but in 1987 there wasn’t an audience (of advertisers) to sustain it. LM quickly folded after 4 (well, 4.5) issues.
But that’s how it ended, how did it begin? A risky move for Newsfield, opening an office in that there London compared to the joys of Ludlow but someone had a vision, and there was an audience of readers engaged even if they were jumping in from their sister titles. There were almost 270,000 copies of the trial issue 0 printed (which is a surprising number considering how infrequently they would show up on ebay, but I guess loads ended up in the rubbish) and most if not all were bundled with it’s label mates at Christmas which was a smart move for a February launch. I’ll get round to issue 0 at some point in time as it’s not to hand just so instead some waffle about the first issue follows.
Grant Morrison – Captain Clyde (Part 7 of 7)
Grant Morrison – Captain Clyde (Part 6 of 7)
Grant Morrison – Captain Clyde (Part 5 of 7)
Grant Morrison – Captain Clyde (Part 4 of 7)
Grant Morrison – Captain Clyde (Part 3 of 7)
Grant Morrison – Captain Clyde (Part 2 of 7)
Grant Morrison – Captain Clyde (Part 1 of 7)
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Grant Morrison’s Captain Clyde was his first published superhero work, it appeared in the Govan Press (and supposedly the Clydebank & Renfrewshire Presses but I’ve not been able to confirm that) over the course of 1979-1982. Not sure quite how it was pitched, it was a real oddity on the TV page and I doubt most people paid it any attention.
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