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Yesterday I met with Mr J Dredge for a very solemn occasion, for LO! we were gathering together to record the FINAL edition of The Funny Comics Fan Club!

The news that we are drawing the series to a close was announced in our most recent episode, although the fact that the nation appears to have NOT descended into mourning leads me to think that some people have not as yet been appraised of it yet. The basic thinking is that we have pretty much DONE all the comics we want to look at and SAID what we want to say about them, so it makes sense to cease now and leave our run of MIGHTY THORTS to be available for future generations to pore over, and indeed pour over, as they wish.

In order to ensure that we HAD said all we wanted/needed to, however, this final session was set up as an OVERVIEW of everything what we have learned so far, which involved some HOMEWORK as we both went through the aforesaid everything to pick out a few themes. You'll have to listen to the episode itself - available from Sunday 1 March - to find out what the themes were, but suffice it to say there was some disagreement as well as - you'll never guess - some AGREEMENT, occasionaly in a Quite Spooky way!

It was an exceedingly JOLLY recording, as most of them are, with us both highlighting some of our favourite and also LEAST favourite aspects of these comics, but then it did feel a bit WEIRD afterwards to think that that was IT. Sitting with John and having a good old YACK and also LARF about this sort of thing has been a huge source of FUN, ever since we met up in Barbican for a lengthy, and chilly, outside chat about Whizzer And Chips. We've also had a TONNE of ADVENTURES as a result, including appearing in The Actual Radio Times and going to the Apple building, as well as getting to talk to all SORTS of delightful people who have enjoyed what we've been doing. Maybe that's another reason to stop it now though - it has been a JOY to do, so it's probably best to draw to a close with that flawless record intact.

Having said all that, part of me thinks we should merge into ANOTHER podcast, in the same way that all comics of the past would eventually merge into Buster. Perhaps there's still time to announce a great new podcast with all your favourites, "The Rest Is Football And Funny Comics"? Gary Linekar! Call us!

posted 17/2/2026 by MJ Hibbett

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