ABBA - THE COMICS! | History

[@ABBADiego]

I have a LOT of the UK Look-In magazines. I used to get them reserved by my newsagent. You never knew if the week after would feature ABBA, you just paid to get them, sometimes you’d get ABBA, sometimes not. Part of living in those original era days was the “not knowing” anything.

[@jaxb]

My friends and I used to read the ABBA comic strip in Look-In each week and then we would cut out the logo at the top and stick them on the underside of our school desks. Thank you, this brought back a few memories.

[@timderry8458]

I used to get the ABBA Magazine which later became The International ABBA Magazine in the early ‘80’s & vaguely remember the cartoon series in it. I’ll have to dig them out to have a look! They are all in pristine condition in official binders! Thanks for reminding us all Bobby’s Brother! 👍🏼

[@bobbysbrother137]

Beautiful how you collected and stored them all. Treasures! Yes, I think it continued as “International ABBA Magazine” from 1981-1983.

[@carlosgarjon8340]

Only the greatest groups had these kind of comics. ABBA were (and are) so great.

[@patrickhicks9880]

There were ABBA bubblegum cards in the 70's in England me and my friend swapped stuff for them the look-in one was fantastic with beautiful posters

[@chrisp2071]

I still have every edition of the ABBA Magazine. When the first one was published, none of the newsagents in my town had a copy so I drove to the next town and then the next and the next until I finally found it. I must have driven more than 100 miles through towns, villages and countryside that dark winter's day.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

100 miles?!Shows how much you loved them.I once walked by feet 20km+another 20 to return at home just to find some specific kiosk that brought them.I didn't have money for buses but only counted coins for the Abba mags.I was 14 land i walked 40 km at late winter night,but didn't care.

[@bobbysbrother137]

Oh this reminds me of the “old days” too. Vintage, physical, and all. Travelling miles. Pure dedication. I once was on holiday in Spain, that was in 2006, and for some reason I just assumed the Spanish ABBA album would be everywhere in stores. I walked along the beach towards the little town I could spot from afar. Of course I never made it, and was driven back by strangers (!). Certainly, “Gracias Por La Musica” wouldn’t have been in any store in 2006, haha.

[@chrisp2071]

@@bobbysbrother137 Yes! The anticipation and thrill of going out and buying physical goods is unbeatable. Especially vinyl albums with gatefold sleeves and liner notes. Your Spanish adventure could have had a very different ending (!) but thank goodness for the kindness of strangers. It reminds me of my first time in Stockholm, 1979. I expected every department and record store to be an ABBA paradise, but they had less than the UK stores.

[@chrisp2071]

@@bobbysbrother137 Yes! The anticipation and thrill of going out and buying physical goods is unbeatable. Especially vinyl albums with gatefold sleeves and liner notes. Your Spanish adventure could have had a very different ending (!) but thank goodness for the kindness of strangers. It reminds me of my first time in Stockholm, 1979. I expected every department and record store to be an ABBA paradise, but they had less than the UK stores.

[@chrisp2071]

@@christianoazzuro6711 Oh yes - as 10cc said: the things we do for love!

[@kiamgurk2495]

I remember these Comics in german in german magazins like Rocky/ Das Freizeit-Magazin/ Pop. One story was about home coming after a tour and the little daugther can't remember her parents. A lot of tears fallen by Agnetha.

[@WhitneyHouston4eva1]

I read Look-in magazine as a child and remember the ABBA cartoon series in it. I used to read the official ABBA magazine as well. You guessed who my favourite band was and still is. 😊

[@jamesmayhew4069]

Yes, you are correct, the ABBA magazine repeated the Look In strips. As an aside, my first published illustration was in the ABBA magazine - a runner-up in an art competition! So you could say that ABBA launched my career as an illustrator ;-)

[@bobbysbrother137]

Thanks for the confirmation! And congratulations on the historic start and achievement as an illustrator! BB

[@marikesl]

I want these comics...!😍 Selling the series at the Arena or the Museum is an awesome idea, BB!!! Looking forward to the next videos! Until then, hejdå!

[@abbascots]

I read about these magazines but never seen them until only a few years ago 😂

[@MarcelSonnega]

Wow, great research! looking forward to more about this subject. A new version of this comic book would be great. I would love if it would be expanded with the reunion story and how our heroes turned into immortal ABBAtars. Ah, my imagination is running wild again. Thanks for this lovely video.

[@scented-leafpelargonium3366]

I recently bought a set of fridge magnets online in the UK that feature the front covers of the Look-in magazine that featured ABBA. They're cute amd they weren't expensive. (£1.99 each.) Look- in was actually the kids' version of the TV Magazine for ITV "TV Times" in the UK. I have a good number of the ABBA originals including one with free stickers still intact! Now that's giving away my age! Thanks for the interesting video. I have always liked comics, so I was thrilled when they did a comic strip of ABBA for both Look-in & later in the ABBA Magazine.

[@stefanzantes8818]

Great topic! Please don't forget about the great animated Movie Persepolis from Iraq, where ABBA plays some important part. In Germany, one of the most famous German Cartoonists, Ralf König, dedicated his whole new book for 2022 to the new ABBA Voyage Album ... and his gay heroes Konrad and Paul...😃

[@scented-leafpelargonium3366]

And I forgot to mention that Look-in did a hardback annual every year and ABBA were on the cover of at least twoof these, including a more recent "best of" reproduction collected version that also features ABBA. A lot of UK magazines featured them, such as Disco 45 and other songwords magazines that featured the lyrics of current songs in the pop charts in the 1970's and 1980's. I'm sure you are probably aware of most of this information, but it's a fascinating topic! 🤗

[@frankly-he1kf]

The best pop magazine for abba centrefolds was" look in"....I lived for it every week... saying that....my fave abba centrefold of all time was in " jackie" magazine....it was a reddish backdrop and both girls looked absolute beautiful..I collected all the official abba magazines, I still have them....I also collected all the abba "cards"....I have scrapbooks full of them....I can't remember if they came with a stick of bubblegum.....oh....how I miss those days.....Ireland 🇮🇪

[@helenmiddlemas5075]

The UK magazine also did comic strips in the Look-In magazine

[@nilsfearon1]

Look-in was issued the week of my birthday. I still have the original one with the stickers. And literally last week I finally got a good copy of the Dutch book. All of these years and I never knew it was a softback book 😂

[@bobbysbrother137]

What a nice coincidence you just bought the Dutch book. Thanks for letting me know that it’s a softback book. Very cool!

[@TheFridaFan]

An ABBA cartoon? It reminds me a little of the old school Scooby Doo show. Let's do it! 😎

[@toby9999]

Wow, that was interesting. Never heard of nor seen such comics.

[@tonimaric4867]

There were also bubblegum collector cards. ❤

[@jthommusic]

Ha! just bought a Mad magazine today. It's been many years since I last bought one. Didn't know there was a Swedish edition.

[@pipmuffins5765]

ABBA Mag went to 1983. Finished when “Wrap” was released.

[@bobbysbrother137]

Thanks for the corrected information! I think from 1981 it continued as “International ABBA Magazine”?

[@Trish.C-h7w]

I remember them well. Still have some from my childhood. I have held onto to all of my ABBA things could not part with them😊

[@bobbysbrother137]

And why shouldn’t we? No reason to part with the childhood treasures :-) good you held onto them!

[@williampaganucci1084]

Interesting as always BB, and funny I just learned the Benny Hill Theme Yakety Sax. 👍

[@bobbysbrother137]

Very nice, I’ll check it out. Thanks!

[@pearl1688]

Where can you see the pictures of these series pictures to read online? Like a digital newspaper?

[@bobbysbrother137]

Here are the Swedish comic panels: abbamikory.blogs.com/photos/abba_cartoon/index.html

[@pearl1688]

@@bobbysbrother137 Thank you very much! I love your videos😍🤩🤩

[@miroslavhokes626]

And are there any crossovers, too? For example ABBA meets Superman (singing 'High, high, I'm a bird in the sky...). :-D

[@fritziepisarski8681]

Hey Hey Bobby, I have never seen the comics before. It would be great if they did remake them. I don’t miss much on ABBA but i did this.🇺🇸

[@bobbysbrother137]

I only knew vaguely about them, especially with the 1994 “re-print” of one of the pages in ABBA’s box set. I was always curious about that. So it was nice to dig into it to make sense, and put it together. We literally explored this together. I hope you’re well! BB

[@fritziepisarski8681]

I’m doing ok,off from school till September. We have a few comic book shops nearby , after the 4th🎆, I’m going to give them a call. Stay well.🇺🇸

[@birgit1452]

Dankeschön für das Video 😊Grüße 😊Aus. Italien 😊

[@bobbysbrother137]

Danke!!

[@alexioverdo5225]

i didn't have the comics mags but Abba's mags two issues you already feature in your video,i still keep them on the floor beside my bed' btw Just some fresh lil footage from Benny jamming with J.Tempest of Europe. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2nIoIahaaytjrc

[@frankly-he1kf]

That was a great interview....thanks for sharing.....I would have missed it....

[@alexioverdo5225]

@@frankly-he1kf oh thanx i'm glad you liked,i thought it was out of topic but can't resist sharing such little things.Sometimes little things are part of everything.

[@alexioverdo5225]

@@frankly-he1kf These 2 had also had some moment back in 1987 with Europe singing Abba and Benny playing the acordion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnnShWmIitqah8k

[@alejandrosantanaborquez917]

Que la reediten en Español... POR FAVOR 🙏 ❤🇨🇱👍

[@דליההרצברג]

I have a copy of "Abba the story" its nice , not enything more for my opinion.