Favourite Viz character?
20 September 2010, 11:40 PM
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I think that they went the same way as Simon Salad Cream.
Certain kind generous travelling folk complained that RTGBs was racisist so they pulled the cartoon to avoid legal action. ISTR that they had one "final" strip of a gypsy woman selling lucky heather. A lady bought some and closed the door, then there was a knock and the gypsy said "don't forget your change!"
SSC was a ****-take of Simon Mayo (including a lumpy face) - i guess that he must have threatened legal action as well
Viz have some very talented writers and cartoonists
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Certain kind generous travelling folk complained that RTGBs was racisist so they pulled the cartoon to avoid legal action. ISTR that they had one "final" strip of a gypsy woman selling lucky heather. A lady bought some and closed the door, then there was a knock and the gypsy said "don't forget your change!"
SSC was a ****-take of Simon Mayo (including a lumpy face) - i guess that he must have threatened legal action as well
Viz have some very talented writers and cartoonists
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20 September 2010, 11:51 PM
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Yup, from Wikipedia...
Hahahahahaha 
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Originally Posted by Controversy
The comic was reprimanded by the United Nations after featuring a strip called 'The Thieving Gypsy *******s'.[17] During the resulting court case, UK newspaper The Sun ran a story revealing that the principal Roma man who initiated the action against them was in fact also being tried for (and was later found guilty of) handling stolen property. Viz then later ran a short strip called "The Nice, Honest Gypsies", featuring a kindly Gypsy woman selling pegs door-to-door and helpfully returning forgotten change.
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