I find with Viz that there's a certain 'style' that follows each illustrator.

I have to say, I just don't "get" Drunken Bakers, and all the strips in that vein (obviously by the same illustrator). Second are the ones about Cosmo De' Medici and the like - they're very clever; but just too 'busy' plot/gagwise, and also somewhat 'cubist' as actual animations, for me to warm to.

My absolute favourite are the Gilbert Ratchet/Tinribs-type ones - they're always so lunatically absurd (and so gruesomely surpassing the heights of physical pain and torture), yet clasically 'Dandy/Beano'-esque in their illustrative style, thus all the more endearingly lampooning the traditional 'comic' format. Their subsidiary stand-bys seem to be Major Misunderstanding and Meddlesome Ratbag, as well as non-sequitur 'guest' strips such as 'Terror On Suprising Bra Planet' - all according with my kind of childish-but-clever sense of humour.

I liked that 1

Save money on sex-lines by phoning up the Samaritans and threatening to kill yourself unless they talk dirty.

There's an article in the new issue entitled "General public spoiling the planet for Stars - says Sting"

One of this months Top Tips -
"HAYFEVER SUFFERERS. Don't waste money on expensive pills and nasal sprays.
Simply glue a bee to your upper lip. The insect workaholic will grab all stray pollen heading towards your nostrils and transform it into delicious honey for your morning toast"

Oh, by the way. I love VIZ, but it's not as funny as it used to be !!

There's a Viz top tips twitter page if anyone's interested.

Edit: Nevermind, someone already mentioned it. Top tip to self: check whole thread before posting.

Another Top Tip: Avoid monthly expense and all the crap bits of Viz by simply buying the annual in the Asda January sale every year.

Has anybody remarked on the resemblance of Billy The Fish to the Geordie Stand-up comic Ross Noble ?
http://nathanosullivan.com/blog/wp-c.../rossnoble.jpg

I really liked Black Bag, the faithful border bin liner !