"Great News Chums!" was the dreaded phrase that met British comic fans in the 1970's when they opened up their favourite weekly only to find that from next week, it would be merging with a crap publication you never bought. I can't guarantee that we won't merge this blog with one on, say, Taiwanese politics. But for now, enjoy a trip into pre-1985 graphic goodness.
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Sunday, 12 July 2009

Electric Blue

I know, I know, it's been awhile... work, weddings (not mine) and other things have conspired to keep me away from the all-important job of collating rubbish from the past. Expect such shortages from time to time.
But as a reward, here are the first five volumes of groundbreaking erotic video series
Electric Blue, from 1979 - 1981 (approx).
Electric Blue used a magazine format, and in these early editions, aspired to the sort of pseudo-sophistication found in most girlie mags of the 70's (most notably Mayfair and Penthouse). After the 10th edition, it was all downhill; censorship dealt a severe blow after volume 20, and the series finally died, long forgotten, in the 1990s.




Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Paul Raymond's Erotica


British soft porn mogul had made a star of Fiona Richmond in the Seventies, and she appeared in a handful of typically dismal movies (Hardcore, Let's Get Laid, Expose etc). In 1980, Raymond produced this vanity project, mixing bland sexual romping from Euro porn star Brigitte Lahaie with footage shot at his legendary Revuebar in Soho. Heavily pushed at the time - probably the last time any British 'sex' film got this level of promotion, it quickly became something of an embarrassment for Raymond - who appears in it - and it's been buried for the last 25 years. Now the producer is no longer with us, maybe I should ask my chums at Paul Raymond Publications to lobby for a re-release.