Old British computer comic!

2012-06-11T23:09:53Z

Back in the early 1980s, I was in England for a while--more on that in another post. The main thing is that I managed to pick up a bunch of British comics, some of which I still have. One of these is Load Runner #3, from July 1983. Among other things, this was the time of the microcomputer boom, affordable home computers that sold like hotcakes. Naturally, the folks at ECC Publications saw a market for a comic of stories all tangentially related to computers in some way.

I don't know enough about the British publishing industry to know if this is an orphaned publication, though reprints seem unlikely. So the following scans comply as much as possible with the one-third rule.

( What is this 'Tron' of which you speak? )

( While you're here, can you look over my Latin homework? )

( Behold! The computer of the future! )

( There ain't no rule )

( Alien bugs in your computer. More likely than you'd think. )

( Hot tips for computer enthusiasts )

( Custom model plugs )

( Video games will rot your mind )

( Because I am cruel )

Your thoughts? Amusing stories about your first microcomputer?

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Old British computer comic!