![]() I was able to get work, there was a bit of a boom, I got my foot in. While America might have been more appropriate, as a New Zealander, "I could work legally in Britain, whereas was a bit more of tricky proposition. ![]() ![]() I was strongly encouraged to get a 'real job.'" In 1990 Roger Langridge moved to London and "that pretty much of liberated me from any sort of family pressures." He was very clear that he moved there to work on comic books, as the comic industry didn't really exist back then. ![]() Langridge continued by explaining that getting into comic books wasn't what his family had planned for him "My father is one of these self-made businessmen, who couldn't see the point in getting involved in comics. You know, I thought I was a big fan until I started writing the book, then I realized that I was paddling in the shallow end." Like everyone at that time, I was watching. Fields, or people who work through that kind of genre, like Spike Milligan. ![]() The kind of comedy that I'm into is of that era, like W.C. Roger began by explaining his childhood appreciation of "The Muppet Show." "The original 'Muppet Show' came out when I was just the right age to get into it, and the sense of humor clicked with me, because it was really inspired by British musical hall and vaudeville. ![]()
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