Comments on: Eagle 5 to immediate launch! Take it, Alan!

Eagle 5 to immediate launch! Take it, Alan!

beaucoupkevin — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:12:38 -0800

Look-in was a British TV and comics magazine that featured interviews, crosswords, etc. Of interest to those of us raised raised on 70s and 80s television, there was a wealth of gorgeously-rendered licensed comics material inside. These strips included Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Space: 1999, and Terrahawks. (Via)

By: greycap

greycap — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:23:37 -0800

There goes anything productive I was going to do this weekend... great post!

By: interrobang

interrobang — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:25:28 -0800

Yes, great find. Thank you, beaucoupkevin!

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:50:14 -0800

F**K! OMG! I lived in England from '76-'79, ages 9-12, and this is a TOTAL freaking nostalgia blowout. "The Tomorrow People" was my absolute favorite show back then - seeing some of those faces and names - wow - and Space:1999 - oh man. Good, good stuff.

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:28:17 -0800

I loved Space:1999 when I was a kid. Thanks for the link!

By: TheDonF

TheDonF — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:40:36 -0800

Wow, what a total blast from the past. I was in Waterstones a couple of weeks back and they had annuals from equally old issues of, IIRC, Jackie and things like that. It's this kind of thing that, looking back at it now, is just so strange.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:10:05 -0800

When I was little my sister and I read Smash Hits, but our cousins read Look-in. We found our magazine to be vastly superior, and quietly converted them over time. (Seems Look-in was better earlier on, though - when we were identifying our wee selves with Smash Hits in the mid-80s, Look-in was basically a very poorly written advertisement for TV programmes that happened to be in magazine format, so blatant that a six year old could spot it.)

By: Artw

Artw — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 07:55:39 -0800

-weeps with nostalgia-

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:16:51 -0800

They've even got a Sapphire & Steel comic! *shrieks with glee*

By: squidfartz

squidfartz — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:47:24 -0800

I'm sorry, but this is just about the coolest shit ever. Thanks for making my weekend with a great post.

By: tiny crocodile

tiny crocodile — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:04:37 -0800

Great post! I agree that Smash Hits was the better of the two (much wittier and better-written - Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys, who is a very urbane man, used to be on the staff). But LookIn was great too. I wonder if they have any plans to put the comic strip they used to have about the adventures of Five Star up there.

By: beaucoupkevin

beaucoupkevin — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:06:45 -0800

tiny crocodile: Smash Hits was better, but it didn't have make Space 1999 interesting! There's a book about the magazine that's out in the UK now and Tennant did the introduction. Here's where I stop talking about Neil Tennant less I look like a fanboy.

By: beaucoupkevin

beaucoupkevin — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:07:01 -0800

Lest, too. Dammit.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:15:25 -0800

Heh! Balor is played by my fiancé's uncle. Yay for Uncle Peter! (Wearing groovy Rudi Gernreich bell-bottoms, too!)

By: Frasermoo

Frasermoo — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:29:43 -0800

LOL. You gotta love the internet. I am trying to forget this kind of stuff !!! I can still picture Kajagoogoo on the cover of the first issue I bought.

By: budgie

budgie — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:01:12 -0800

I completely missed out on Look-In because i think I spent all my 20p dinner money on ten Number 10's and a box of matches. It was too easy to stay awfully skinny back then.

By: ZippityBuddha

ZippityBuddha — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:07:32 -0800

Heh! Balor is played by my fiancé's uncle. Really? Excellent. Balor is my favourite super alien ever (these are two self links to Balor related fan pages)

By: tiny crocodile

tiny crocodile — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:57:38 -0800

Ver hits! Sir Billiam of Idol! It's all too good. I met Neil Tennant once. We drank champagne, and talked of Janacek and modern architecture. Well, he did. I looked at the ground and tried to think of something interesting to say. And failed. Being star-stricken is an odd experience.

By: gene_machine

gene_machine — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:47:07 -0800

I once had a letter published in Look-In. It concerned the A-Team, if I recall, and counted as my first ever publication.