Viz (comics) Ross, Russell Brand, Esther Rantzen, Stephen Fry, Noel Edmonds, Jimmy Savile (as the headmaster of "Pop School", as "Sir Jimmy Savile, the Owl" and in "Jimmy Savile's Haunted Head"), Johnny Vaughan, Adam Ant, Jimmy Hill, Noddy Holder, Boy George, Freddie Garrity, Steve McFadden, Morrissey (constantly finding daffodils stuck into the seat of his trousers, parodying his appearances on "Top of the Pops"), Busted, Eminem, Big Daddy, Danny Baker and plenty more. In 2002, British comedian Johnny Vegas sold the exclusive rights to his wedding photographs to Viz for £1, in a flippant dig at celebrity couples who sold the rights
Viz. letters, "vi", followed by the last two, "et", using the z-shaped Tironian "et", historically written ⁊, a common contraction for "et" in Latin shorthand in Ancient Rome and medieval Europe. "Viz." is an abbreviation of "videlicet", which itself is a contraction from Latin of "videre licet" meaning "it is permitted to see". The spelling "viz." is the continuation of an abbreviation using Tironian "et" ("vi⁊"), the "z" replacing the "⁊" once the latter had fallen out of common use. In contradistinction to i.e. and e.g., viz. is used to indicate a detailed description of something stated before, and when it