The Inside Story of Viz: Rude Kids

Eric Daft

Working arrangements in my bedroom underwent a few changes. Simon had recently decided to follow in my footsteps, and my mum’s, by applying to join the Enterprise Allowance Scheme as a toy-maker. Toy sales appeared to be a little sluggish so I suggested he run the distribution business in Newcastle while I continued to edit and design the magazine. Simon was ideally qualified to handle the distribution, because he had a car. I knew I could rely on Simon for perhaps two or three cartoons per issue but I was going to need a lot more contributors to fill thirty-two pages every eight weeks. Graham Dury looked a good prospect, and I enlisted the help of Mick Kidd who promised me one page of Biff cartoons per issue. Then I rather hopefully returned to the classified section of Private Eye