Viz Comic: How Chris Donald’s Fanzine Became a National Institution
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Viz Comic: How Chris Donald’s Fanzine Became a National Institution
Viz Comic started in Chris Donald's bedroom in Jesmond in 1979 and was sold in the Cooperage pub on the Quayside. Within ten years it was selling 1.2…
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