Published by C. Arthur Pearson, Big Budget was first published on 19 June 1897.[1] Initially comprising three eight page sections; The Big Budget (a comic), The Comrade's Budget, and The Story Budget, the latter two being text fiction sections.[1] By 1898 the page count was reduced to 20 with all the sections merged into one comic. In 1905 it incorporated a story paper entitled, The Boys' Leader with the comic strips started gradually disappearing until it became a fully fledged story paper. Its title changed to The Comet in 1909 and lasted for just 14 further issues.[1]
Notable contributors include Jack Butler Yeats (Signor McCoy the Circus, John Duff-Pie, Little Boy Pink, and Kiroskewero the Detective),[2] and Ernest Wilkinson (Doings of Von Puff, Von Eye, Iko Italiano and Von Sausage the Dog),[3]C. H. Chapman,[4] and Ralph Hodgson under the pseudonym "Yorick."[5] It is also notable as the first publication to publish the work of cartoonist David Low, a three-strip cartoon in 1902, when he was aged only 11.[6]
The Big Budget was also the home of Kenyon Ford, 'the Up-to-Date Detective' created by Maxwell Scott. There were about forty Kenyon Ford tales in all, running from 1897 to 1902. Scott's other landmark contribution to the series was Hard Pressed one of the first football stories to run in a story paper. Scott drew from his cricketer and footballer days to inform theserial which ran in Big Budget #121-163 in 1899.[7]
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^ abc. British Comics History. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^"Jack Yeats". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^"Ernest Wilkinson". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^"C. H. Chapman". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^"Poet's star is ready to rise once more". Northern Echo. Retrieved 25 July 2009.[dead link]
budget, british, comic, story, paper, which, weekly, from, 1897, until, 1909, 1publication, informationpublisherc, arthur, pearson, ltdscheduleweeklygenrehumor, comedypublication, date19, june, 1897, 1909no, issues614creative, teamartist, jack, butler, yeats, . Big Budget was a British comic and story paper which ran weekly from 1897 until 1909 Big BudgetThe Big Budget Vol 1 1Publication informationPublisherC Arthur Pearson LtdScheduleWeeklyGenreHumor comedyPublication date19 June 1897 1909No of issues614Creative teamArtist s Jack Butler Yeats Ernest Wilkinson C H Chapman Ralph Hodgson David Low Contents 1 History 2 References 3 External links 4 SourcesHistory editPublished by C Arthur Pearson Big Budget was first published on 19 June 1897 1 Initially comprising three eight page sections The Big Budget a comic The Comrade s Budget and The Story Budget the latter two being text fiction sections 1 By 1898 the page count was reduced to 20 with all the sections merged into one comic In 1905 it incorporated a story paper entitled The Boys Leader with the comic strips started gradually disappearing until it became a fully fledged story paper Its title changed to The Comet in 1909 and lasted for just 14 further issues 1 Notable contributors include Jack Butler Yeats Signor McCoy the Circus John Duff Pie Little Boy Pink and Kiroskewero the Detective 2 and Ernest Wilkinson Doings of Von Puff Von Eye Iko Italiano and Von Sausage the Dog 3 C H Chapman 4 and Ralph Hodgson under the pseudonym Yorick 5 It is also notable as the first publication to publish the work of cartoonist David Low a three strip cartoon in 1902 when he was aged only 11 6 The Big Budget was also the home of Kenyon Ford the Up to Date Detective created by Maxwell Scott There were about forty Kenyon Ford tales in all running from 1897 to 1902 Scott s other landmark contribution to the series was Hard Pressed one of the first football stories to run in a story paper Scott drew from his cricketer and footballer days to inform theserial which ran in Big Budget 121 163 in 1899 7 References edit a b c British Comics History Comics UK British Comics History Archived from the original on 9 August 2020 Retrieved 25 July 2009 Jack Yeats Lambiek net Retrieved 25 July 2009 Ernest Wilkinson Lambiek net Retrieved 25 July 2009 C H Chapman Lambiek net Retrieved 25 July 2009 Poet s star is ready to rise once more Northern Echo Retrieved 25 July 2009 dead link Seymour Ure Colin 1985 David Low Secker amp Warburg p 1 ISBN 0 436 44755 X Wood John P June 1949 Leaves from the Diary of Maxwell Scott Part 4 Collectors Digest Vol3 30 p 156 External links editIssues 119 of The Big Budget at ComicBooksPlusSources editBig Budget at the Grand Comics Database Comet at the Grand Comics Database nbsp This UK comics related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This comics related magazine article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See tips for writing articles about magazines Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Big Budget amp oldid 1155648611, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
