Viz Magazine - some advice please

[Kitty]

I am trying to buy a magazine subscription as a gift for a bloke (50 years old) in the UK.  I am struggling as he doesn't have many hobbies.

I have been searching for something that he might like and have come across Viz.  Not being able to open the pages of the magazine on the website, can anyone tell me if it is really rude?  What sort of person do you think likes Viz?

[cooperlola]

How about a voucher?

http://www.magazinesubscription.co.uk/magazine-gift-vouchers.php

 

[Anton Redman II]

If you hover on the page below drop down menus appear that give an idea of what a typical issue is like.

http://www.viz.co.uk/

If I was still finding it funny at thirty as opposed to 13 I would have doubts about whether I was ever going to grow up.

[Kitty]

Thanks both of you.  I did have a good look at the website.

Does it easily offend anyone?  The bloke that I know isn't someone who can be offended, I think.  It looked a bit 'saucy' in a seaside postcard sort of way - am I right?

[Chancer]

[quote user="Cathy"]I  What sort of person do you think likes Viz?

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My kind of person [:D]

I love it and miss it dearly, it is rude but not X rated, very schoolboy humour but many of us never grow up, some of the characters have even had TV cartoons made, "The Fat Slags" and Roger Melly the man on the telly" to name but two.

[AnOther]

The magazine can be quite funny in parts but I find the comic strips a bit cheesy and somewhat formulated so hardly ever read them.

As for offence the Profanisaurus  http://www.viz.co.uk/profanisaurus.html contains something to offend everyone !

I should add that I have never and would never part with money for a copy but a colleague at work frequently buys it and passes it on.

How about Private Eye http://www.private-eye.co.uk

[Kitty]

Thanks for the idea.  For years, I subscribed to Private Eye until I moved out to France permanently.

Such a fan was I that in the days when you could open up a bank account in any name, I had an account (with a group of fellow tenants) named "E J Thribb" to pay the rent of a shared flat in Finchley High Street.

[nectarine]

I still find Viz funny but some might find it offensive. There's a lot of fart jokes in it, and The Fat Slags can get a bit explicit, but I think that's funny. My husband thinks it's just juvenile and childish, so I guess it's an acquired taste!

[Keni]

Our mate 'E' loves it - he's only 61! Brought him the 2010 Viz Annual as a Chrissie pressie. Not for my reading, but many others.

[Will]

Of course it's juvenile and childish (tautology rules OK). That's why it's so brilliant. I think it was at its best in the mid-1980s, but it's still funny now.

I often buy it, along with Private Eye, to read on the ferry, A lot of people seem surprised it is still going, and ask if they can have a look.

[Chancer]

This is an appeal.

Does anyone have one of the Sid The Sexist cartoons that clearly shows and features in the story line his Austin All-aggro that they could scan for me? 

There is one that is often parked in my road by one of the ouvrieres on the twilight shift, as it was right outside my property today I was able to see that despite being in daily use it must have been restored at some time in the past, its not a museum piece just a typical  French cosmetic tart up. It doesnt show any signs of being the guys pride and joy, quite the opposite in fact just a cheap run about.

I would love to present him with a copy of a BD featuring his car and explain to him how it is/was viewed after its heyday.