tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8285775417725990079..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Children Don't Change - John DoughertyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57267737608837357052012-08-27T09:18:53.075+01:002012-08-27T09:18:53.075+01:00Er—he said nervously—I'm a gay guy reader and ...Er—he said nervously—I'm a gay guy reader and I fancied Walter as a kid, too! His flirty, "soft" mannerisms were actually a turn-on to me as a preteen... oh, the shame!<br /><br />Nothing's wrong with being gay, mind you. Just with being as nerdy as Walter.<br /><br />To be fair, before Walter was portrayed so effeminately, he was instead quite snooty and sneaky (1960s). I haven't read many recent Beanos, but I've heard that the staff, to avoid seeming homophobic, have recently reverted Walter to this meaner, "pre-soft" personality.<br /><br />Being quite familiar with homophobia, I get the reasoning... but I'm sorry to lose the Walter who often wore a tutu!Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-15102863592248017052012-07-12T18:00:24.017+01:002012-07-12T18:00:24.017+01:00Oops, I've re-read the post, and see that the ...Oops, I've re-read the post, and see that the old Beanos were saved from your own childhood. I guess Ebay = probably my own best bet.Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-3031629481020297792012-07-12T17:57:13.626+01:002012-07-12T17:57:13.626+01:00Your daughter sounds like a kindred spirit, Mr Dou...Your daughter sounds like a kindred spirit, Mr Dougherty! Please do tell me, where did you get all the Beano back issues from? What's the best place to buy a large pile of them, at a reasonable price? I ask because Tom, Dick & Sally = my all-time fave Beano strip, too, and I'd love to catch up on the ones I missed before I discovered the comic.<br /><br /><br />The most embarrassing skeleton in my closet is, I used to fancy Walter the Softy, about 25 years ago. I was recently shocked to discover that Beano characters (including poor little Walter) now have South Park-type bodily functions; they never did in my day!!! Well, Walter's flatulence may turn out to be a blessing in disguise, could make people think of him as being more masculine.....Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-45637909904475975572012-01-16T21:42:21.011+00:002012-01-16T21:42:21.011+00:00What I find interesting is that books and comics d...What I find interesting is that books and comics don't seem to date as much as, say, TV series, where the expectations in terms of special effects are just different these days.<br /><br />My son showed zero interest in the Thunderbirds Boxed Set I bought partly to satisfy my own nostalgia and partly in the hope he'd enjoy it, too.<br /><br />But he's quite happy to read books from the last century - currently on The Box of Delights.<br /><br />Maybe it's something to do with the imagination?Sue Imgrundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16561248973128136601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-76398186969586105032012-01-16T16:44:34.716+00:002012-01-16T16:44:34.716+00:00I enjoyed this post. Children don't change - b...I enjoyed this post. Children don't change - but language does. Our usage of English changes over time as do the attitudes we will accept. So whilst I love children's books written decades ago, I also like to keep up-to-date.K.M.Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540392557430776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-80078822310583696552012-01-16T16:31:39.389+00:002012-01-16T16:31:39.389+00:00You are so right! In fact, we had a huge pile of B...You are so right! In fact, we had a huge pile of Beano back issues too, passed on to our son. As relevant now as ever.Abi Burlinghamhttp://www.abiburlingham.talktalk.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57905504420270939492012-01-16T10:16:31.232+00:002012-01-16T10:16:31.232+00:00I quite agree and that's why I don't worry...I quite agree and that's why I don't worry too much about writing contemporary child/teenage characters. In so many ways they are just the same as I was at their age, or a young person a hundred years ago. The lingo might have changed but the experience of being young is very much a shared experience. By the way, we loved Superman comics!!Miriam Halahmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841164190139769948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-9928603490340435872012-01-16T09:16:35.403+00:002012-01-16T09:16:35.403+00:00My father used to tell a story of waiting to meet ...My father used to tell a story of waiting to meet the headmaster of a school he hoped my brother would go to. It was all very nerve-wracking in the waiting room - till he realised the other dad there was reading The Beano hidden inside a folded-up Telegraph!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-49248760552055926192012-01-16T09:09:49.145+00:002012-01-16T09:09:49.145+00:00So true ... a good book doesn't date, it impro...So true ... a good book doesn't date, it improves with age ... for the annual Christmas book-present buying spree for my godson and his brother I chose a couple of more recent books - your Zeus books and Richard Fegen's Aquila (1997)and The Indian in the Cupboard which is now 30 years old. I also gave them some real antiques too - The Phantom Tollbooth and The Weirdstone of Brisingamen(50 and 51years old respectively)and The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (80-ish). They loved them all, the new and the old. Good taste is always in style!madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.com