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A british comic is a periodical published in the united kingdom that contains comic strips. Comic book conventions across canada the joe shuster. Dale roberts comics buys and sells comic books from the 1930s current. Super, natural british columbia, super, natural, hello bc and visitor centre and all associated logostrademarks are trademarks or official marks of destination bc corp. Omitted are the many literary and science fictionfantasy conventions that do not activelypromote comics as an element of their event. A collection of the popular comic strips set in the prehistoric era of man. It is generally referred to as a comic or a comic magazine, and historically as a comic paper british comics are usually comics anthologies which are typically aimed at children, and are published weekly, although some are also published on a fortnightly or monthly schedule. Added to numerous other illustrations, the result is a geographically visual history, a unique and fascinating. Rare books and special collections also collects comic books written.