Publisher: Dennis Publishing
Publication Dates: 1979 – Present
Number of Issues Published: 241 (#1 – #241)
Color: Duotone; later colour
Dimensions: Magazine-size
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Ongoing
Around issue 32-34 the name was changed from Viz Comic to just Viz.
Information thanks to the Grand Comics Database
Viz is a popular British comic magazine founded in 1979 by Chris Donald. It parodies British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with vulgar language, toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and generally sexual or violent storylines. It also sends up tabloid newspapers, with mockeries of articles and letters pages. It features parody competitions and advertisements for overpriced ‘limited edition’ tat, as well as obsessions with half-forgotten kitsch celebrities from the 1960-80s, such as Shakin’ Stevens and Rodney Bewes. Occasionally, it satirises current events and politicians, but has no particular political standpoint.
Its success in the early 1990s led to the appearance of numerous rivals crudely copying the format Viz pioneered; none of them has managed seriously to challenge its popularity. It once enjoyed being the third most popular magazine in the UK, but ABC-audited sales have since dropped, to an average of 50,750 per issue in 2014 (from 1.2 million).
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1979 1979 1979 1979 1979
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Viz 01 1979
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1980 1980 1980 1980 1980
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Viz 02 1980
Viz 03 1980
Viz 04 1980
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1981 1981 1981 1981 1981
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Viz 05 1981
Viz 06 1981
Viz 07 1981
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1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
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Viz 08 1982
Viz 09 1982
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1983 1983 1983 1983 1983
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Viz 10 1983
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1984 1984 1984 1984 1984
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Viz 11 1984
Viz 12 1984
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1985 1985 1985 1985 1985
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Viz 13 1985
Viz 14 1985
Viz 15 1985
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1986 1986 1986 1986 1986
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Viz 16 1986
Viz 17 1986
Viz 18 1986
Viz 19 1986
Viz 20 1986
Viz 21 1986
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1987 1987 1987 1987 1987
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Viz 22 1987
Viz 23 1987
Viz 24 1987
Viz 25 1987
Viz 26 1987
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1988 1988 1988 1988 1988
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Viz 27 1988
Viz 28 1988
Viz 29 1988
Viz 30 1988
Viz 31 1988
Viz 32 1988
Viz 33 1988
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1989 1989 1989 1989 1989
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Viz 34 1989
Viz 35 1989
Viz 36 1989
Viz 37 1989
Viz 38 1989
Viz 39 1989
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1990 1990 1990 1990 1990
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Viz 40 1990
Viz 41 1990
Viz 42 1990
Viz 43 1990
Viz 44 1990
Viz 45 1990
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1991 1991 1991 1991 1991
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Viz 46 1991
Viz 47 1991
Viz 48 1991
Viz 49 1991
Viz 50 1991
Viz 51 1991
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1992 1992 1992 1992 1992
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Viz 52 1992
Viz 53 1992
Viz 54 1992
Viz 55 1992
Viz 56 1992
Viz 57 1992
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1993 1993 1993 1993 1993
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Viz 58 1993
Viz 59 1993
Viz 60 1993
Viz 61 1993
Viz 62 1993
Viz 63 1993
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1994 1994 1994 1994 1994
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Viz 64 1994
Viz 65 1994
Viz 66 1994
Viz 67 1994
Viz 68 1994
Viz 69 1994
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1995 1995 1995 1995 1995
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Viz 70 1995
Viz 71 1995
Viz 72 1995
Viz 73 1995
Viz 74 1995
Viz 75 1995
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1996 1996 1996 1996 1996
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Viz 76 1996
Viz 77 1996
Viz 78 1996
Viz 79 1996
Viz 80 1996
Viz 81 1996
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1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
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Viz 82 1997
Viz 83 1997
Viz 84 1997
Viz 85 1997
Viz 86 1997
Viz 87 1997
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1998 1998 1998 1998 1998
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Viz 88 1998
Viz 89 1998
Viz 90 1998
Viz 91 1998
Viz 92 1998
Viz 93 1998
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1999 1999 1999 1999 1999
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Viz 94 1999
Viz 95 1999
Viz 96 1999
Viz 97 1999
Viz 98 1999
Viz 99 1999
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VARIOUS VARIOUS VARIOUS
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Viz Holiday Special 1988
Viz Big Fat Slags Book
Viz Bumper Book Of Shite 1993
Viz The Joy of Sexism
British Comics 
Thanks! 🙂
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Viz up to 2000:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qhx5clvw2qlwdvp/Viz01.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/6bdga4su2lwlmhk/Viz02.zip
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Thanks, great work, as usual.
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Viz up to 2000:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qhx5clvw2qlwdvp/Viz01.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/6bdga4su2lwlmhk/Viz02.zip
These links no longer work.
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These were temporary links, u can use the links at the page under the covers.
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Viz up to 2000:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qhx5clvw2qlwdvp/Viz01.zip
This link doesn’t work
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I know, you have to download from the links below the covers.
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Can see 1-100 about but is there a separate page for those after? Got all from 35 onwards plus a sampler that came with a computer magazine but electronic would be nice for travelling. Also is there an electronic version of the Holiday Special from the 80s? That’s the one issue I’ve never read.
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I am afraid not, because i only place issues from before 2000 and i don’t have any Holiday Specials.
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Thanks for response. Love reading the old ones. When I pick up Viz now only the cartoons by Davey Jones seem worth it. Barney Farmer ones are reasonable. Many by Thorp/Dury give off an air of creators going through the motions to fill space, especially the pages with three cartoons consisting of 3 or 4 drawings. You know the sort, Roger Mellie/Biffa Bacon/Fat Sl*gs. Only Mrs Brady seems worth it. Decided to cancel my subscription last week after many, many years. Think 10 issues a year asks too much of creators. Going back to 6 per year could increase quality.
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Will you do the 2000 issues
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No, sorry.
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I have downloaded The Fat Slags file twice and had the same problem each time. It won’t open with either STDU Viewer or Comic Rack in Windows 7 or 10, however it opens no problem with Perfect Viewer in Android. Could you check this file please?
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I had no problem using CDisplayEx but ComicRack did not open it.
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This is strange because every other file, apart from this one, opens with all apps on any platform. This particular file must be different from the others in some way.
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Just out of interest, how old is Comic Rack? Reason I ask is that in 2017 Rarlabs the Winrar creators changed the default compression from Version 4 to Version 5 and although there’s backwards compatibility it doesn’t go the other way round. If this is the case I’d open the file in a new(-ish) copy of Winrar, unpack it, and pack it up again but make sure you click the RAR4 button to use the old compression. (And if it’s not that? I’m totally stumped!)
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I have no idea, my version is v 0.9 178
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I used part of your suggestion. I unpacked it with NCH Express Zip, then repacked it in WinRar and it now opens. Thanks
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You can find issues 101-140 (2000-2004) in a zip file in the link below. Would be cool if there was somewhere with 141 onwards.
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Thanks, unfortunately i only place from before 2000 on the blog so they will not end up in an update, i will leave the link in the comment for a few days for people to download.
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Oh, no, I missed the link. I don’t have many to get to complete my collection but I’m trying to replace ones that have advert pages taken out. If possible could you mail the link to me? john*toye*gunnATgmaildotcom (no asterisks)
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