Viz (comics) and Christina Martin. Many "Viz" characters have featured in long-running strips, becoming well-known in their own right, including spin-off cartoons. Characters often have rhyming or humorous taglines, such as Roger Mellie, the Man on the Telly; Nobby's Piles; Johnny Fartpants; Buster Gonad; Sid the Sexist; Sweary Mary or Finbarr Saunders and his Double Entendres. Others are based on stereotypes of British culture, mostly via working class characters, such as Biffa Bacon, Cockney Wanker and The Fat Slags. In addition to this, the comic also contains plenty of 'in jokes' referring to people and places in and around Newcastle upon Tyne.
Viz (comics) carry out a bomb plot. Donald claims that he then accidentally included the offending statement in that year's "Viz" annual "The Sausage Sandwich". It was covered with a sticker reading "PUBLISHERS. Ensure that your editors have read the proofs of your books before printing a quarter of a million of them. J. Brown, London" Trinny and Susannah threatened to sue the comic after being portrayed as school bullies in a cartoon strip ("Fat and Skinny: Suzanna and Trinny"). An official "Viz" spokesman said "We are too busy laughing to comment". Highlights of the comic are collected into regular annuals, invariably