{"id":1772,"date":"2016-04-25T21:13:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T21:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2016-05-06T18:53:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T18:53:47","slug":"the-wet-world-of-british-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/the-wet-world-of-british-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wet World of British Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once upon a time there was a house. Then some idiot filled the loft so full of books, comics and vinyl LPs that the entire building collapsed into a rubble-filled crater. Luckily the idiot was out with his lurchers at the time. The idiot’s partner tried to comment, but little could be heard through her insane frothing. The dogs nodded, peed on the wreckage and wandered off\u2026<\/p>\n

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the fish police never sleep<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It hasn’t quite happened yet. However, whilst delving through mounds of really dodgy seventies science fiction and fantasy novels up there, we do regularly find a lot of comics and graphic novels. Many of these have been carefully stored (to maintain their pristine condition and collectable value) by shoving them under pieces of an old bunk bed to stop the rafters giving way.<\/p>\n

They are in surprisingly good shape, the ones that the rats and squirrels haven’t found over the years. After many hours of going \u201cBlimey, this one’s complete pants,\u201d and \u201cWow! Tomb of Dracula<\/em>,\u201d we finally excavated the Fish Police<\/em>. As we’d recently asked about aquatic-style comics on Facebook, and received some great suggestions, we decided to return to our nautical weird theme. It’s…<\/p>\n

Stranger Seas Ten<\/h2>\n

We’re actually going to show off some British comics<\/strong> aquatic heroes today, but the Fish Police<\/em> should never be forgotten, so we will mention them. This was a great series by cartoonist Steve Moncuse<\/strong>. It concerned an underwater city populated entirely by talking fish (why not?) and its law enforcement problems. Inspector Gill<\/em> floated round in a sort of Bogarty, noir way, facing organised crime and generally being\u2026 a fish policeman. We like a title that sticks to the point.<\/p>\n

The original Fish Police<\/i> stories were published from 1985 to 1991, and for added greydogtales<\/em> amusement, we note that it was made in to a short-lived Hanna-Barbera<\/strong> animated show for TV in 1992. Apparently only six episodes were made, and only three were ever aired in the States. Here’s an episode you can watch:<\/p>\n