Roy of the Rovers

Author:

By Mick Collins

Format:

Hardback

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 3-4 days.

Price:

£14.99 £13.49 (Save 10%)

Tagged with:

Football, Roy of the Rovers, Comics, Nostalgia, Melchester Rovers

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Further Details

• Published: 25th Sep 2008
• ISBN: 1845133617
• Pages: 240

From Word of Sport:

This "biography" gets the inside story from the editors, illustrators and storywriters who worked on the iconic magazine. Sure to cause a wave of nostalgia for men of a certain age.

From the Publisher:

Mick Collins turns his attention to a comic strip hero that many thought was a real life striker. "Roy of the Rovers" delighted fans from the early '50s right up to the strip's closure in the 1990s. This affectionate, entertaining book takes the reader through Roy's many incarnations and gets the inside stories from the editors, illustrators and story creators who worked on the comic through the years.

It also has memories and contributions from sports celebrities involved in the comic, such as Bobby Charlton and Gary Lineker. This is a 'biography' of Roy, but it sets the comic in the context of the times showing how the rise in computer games eventually spelled the death knell for Britain's most famous sporting hero.Written in a light, entertaining style and illustrated with strips from across the years and a colour plate section, "Roy of the Rovers" is the perfect guilty pleasure for every childhood fan who is now a nostalgic adult.