wikipedia FAILS me

[prof_pangaea]

what is a not very good contemporary british comic strip that you could read in a newspaper nowadays? i needs for fic. ala "He glanced at that day's instalment of _______ and momentarily wished for the glory days of Dan Dare/Modesty Blaise/something else awesome."

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[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Andy Capp - serving up misogynistic BS for something like 50 years.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

ugh, i didn't realise that was still running. blah. do you know of any similarly pathetic strips that started up more recently, though?

also, are those packets of flavoured instant oatmeal available in britain nowadays? i don't remember seeing them when i was there but that was six years ago and also it was not the kind of thing i would have looked for anyway.

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Yes (says sad eater of porridge sachet things)

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

they are gross and yet so tasty. complexity, thy name is instant oatmeal.

[nonelvis]

Sainsbury's website is your friend. So very handy when determining which foodstuffs are available in the UK.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* this makes sense to do, especially since i've actually checked tesco's website before to see if they sell wine or not. faaaaaaaaail.

[nonelvis]

Eh, sometimes it's faster to just ask people to answer the question for you. I may have to do the same thing tonight to solve a spelling problem.

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

ZOMG MODESTY BLAISE!

*gratuitous Modesty love*

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

i am torn because i want something originally british but all i can think of is dan dare. which i quite like, actually. but i like the idea of handy pining for the golden era of modesty blaise. one probably had a crush on her.

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

Modesty was originally British, though, wasn't she?

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

...that'll teach me to trust a quick skim of a wikipedia page voer my own memory.

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

*grin*

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Aha, as the ex-getter-of-papers at work, I might know this. How about Scorer out of the daily mirror? That's basically about a footballer and his girlfriends, I think. Title sort of gives it away in its tabloidy glory 0.o

http://www.mirror.co.uk/fun-games/cartoons/

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

OMG THAT SOUNDS PERFECT. also i was totally having handy read something shite like the mirror, so that is perfect as well. why didn't i think to search the papers online??