Billy Connolly, though more famously immortalised in the paintings of John Byrne, co-wrote and starred in a newspaper strip The Big Yin, drawn by Glasgow cartoonist Malky McCormick. The Big Yin ran in the Scottish Sunday Mail for two years from 1975, coinciding with Billy Connolly's transition from local to international star. I have been unable to find any images from the strip online, so the ones you see here are from my own teenage diary. They were special editions of the strip, published in the Sunday Times, celebrating the last Scotland v England derby at Wembley in 1977. The colouring is my own from the time.
No 10 - Arthur Askey
No 9 - Jonathan Ross
No 8 - Ken Dodd
No 7 - Stephen Colbert
No 6 - Reg Varney
No 5 - B***? C******?
No 4 - L****? & H***?
No 3 - H***? H**?
No 2 - T*? G*****?
No 1 - ?
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Goes To Hollywood is their second comic book, an 80 page bonanza of comic strip adaptations of some of their best sketches including Star Wars, Casablanca, Robin Hood, A Christmas Carol and many more. As soon as it's ready, click here to order a copy. Their first comic book, Sock, featuring Halloween, Torchwool, Life On Mars, Primarkeval and Romeo & Juliet is still available in print and on Kindle.
SOCKS IN SPACE - The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre are on tour... NOW!
Oct 5 - Farnham Maltings
Oct 11 - Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham
Oct 24 - The Capitol, Horsham
Oct 25 - Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate
Oct 26 - Canterbury Festival
Nov 1 - Ace Centre, Nelson
Nov 2 - Leeds Carriageworks
Nov 14 - Hull Comedy Festival
Nov 15 - Ropewalk, Barton On Humber
Nov 16 - Chorley Little Theatre
Nov 17 - Lass O'Gowrie, Manchester
Nov 30 - Christmas Special, Camden Head, London
Dec 6 - Christmas Special, Ring O'Bells, Bath
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