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Issue #25 🎸

Hi there, scumbags! We hope you're enjoying 2023 so far.

This is just to let you know that Issue #25 will be coming to you on 1st March (our 3 year anniversary), with the submissions deadline being 23rd February. The theme is Band AU, meaning this is the perfect time to introduce the Scumbag lads to Bad News!

By now, you all know what we accept and where to submit to, right? If not, you can scroll down to a past post to find out (or checks the tags in our Mayall Box). As Issue #25 is going to be Scumbag Monthly's last, this will be your final chance to submit to us. We're not expecting a sudden deluge of submissions - we're not completely potty like Rick - but, if you've ever been on the fence about submitting to us, now is your moment. We're not picky or snobbish or judgemental about what we'll showcase in SM: everything we've ever received has gone into our zines. We're all about having a diverse range of voices and skillsets. We can't give you anything in return for submitting something to us, apart from a place on a page in an incredible niche fanzine, but we've always made SM for free and for fun.

So, fancy casting the lads as musicians? Staging a crossover with Bad News? Exploring what might happen at a concert in the TYO world? Imagining what conversations between the lads and the various musical acts on the show might have been like? Have some headcanons about their favourite music? You know where we are!

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Very metal xoxo

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Still recovering from the madness that was last weekend. Dressing as Neil to meet Nigel Planer. I only really had a couple of people recognise that I was dressed as Neil at the con I went to, but talking to Nigel Planer felt like 100 people had spoken to me. He was absolutely gobsmacked by my costume, commenting on how exact the coat was, "my coat! It looks like the real thing!" he said, the wig (stopping mid conversation) "you've even got the two strands down the front. Gosh..." *Looks in awe* and looking over the table to see my shoes!

The cans I had designed and made of Neil's own brand of lentils went down well because he LOVED IT!

Nigel: Can I keep this?! (all excited!)

Me: Of course you can!

*Nigel all happy*: So what is actually in them...?

Me: It could be carrots, peas or sweetcorn from what I remember... 😂😂

The can then sat proudly on his table next to him for the rest of the day. ❤️

I had time to properly chat to him (and may or may not have got a little soppy) which brought a tear to his eye. He was so taken back by my kind words but I meant every one of them. The Young Ones was one of the things that made me so unbelievably happy over the lockdowns, I found a new hobby to love and I've even made friends through my love for the show. I basically said thank you, and even though it was made years ago, I'm so glad I found it and how happy it made me and The Comic Strip+ other projects Nigel and the gang had made.

It might not mean anything to anyone else but this interaction means the world to me.

✌️Vegetable rights and peace. ✌️

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Thought y not post this sketch

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A Blu-ray DVD of The Young Ones with a bunch of new bonus features is being released for the show's 40th anniversary! It becomes available on 28th November but can be pre-ordered now!

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Scumbag Monthly 2022 Cover Art! ✨

A big thank you to our cover artists this year. We couldn't make our zines without you and you always give us your best. I mean, ruddy heck, just look at them!

@colourshot-draws (Winter)

@rikhead (Spring)

@drinkysketch (Summer)

@xgardensinspace (Autumn)

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Rick

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Sometimes i make richie look far too handsome for how he actually looks but whatever *draws him shitting himself*

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*I’m still here, just posting on instagram more weekly. Did a 3rd edit on an underrated meme template 😛 Feel free to follow but also, would love to hear if you have any requests for Wick to get down to lol. 🎶

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Who is this babe?

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im kin with this specific image

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Rik and Ben at the 1986 “Countdown Music & Video Awards” in Australia. 🎶

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Meanwhile, on 9th November 1982...

Yes, it'll soon be 40 years since The Young Ones first aired on BBC2! Can you believe it!?

Naturally, we at Scumbag Monthly want to mark this important event - perhaps the most important event in 2022 - with a zine. Thanks to the Scumbags Discord, we've already got scumbags pencilled in to write reviews for 10/12 of the episodes, but the mindless violence doesn't stop there!

Please DM @neil-neil-orange-peel if you'd be interested in doing any of the following (you can do multiple or just one, it's up to you, but please please PLEASE be realistic about your free time/motivation):

*Drawing a portrait of your favourite Young One - we want at least one of each, so you'll have to get in quick to bagsy your fave. We're hoping for Vyvyan, Rick, Neil, Mike, and Balowksi, with possibly the Fifth Housemate and SPG too. If there's a lot of interest in this option, we'll be more than happy to double or even triple up!

*Writing a piece about your favourite Young One - why they're your favourite etc. Once again, characters will be dished out on a fist come, first served basis. We'd like one (though preferably two) for each of the main four at least yes we know Balowksi isn't very popular with the scumbags we know we're not gonna force you bastards to write about him unless you want to. 500 words minimum, no maximum.

*Tell us what The Young Ones means to you - in words, sentences, paragraphs, explosions of art, a kick up the bottom. How did you discover the show? What, if any, impact do you think it's had on you? Have you got any messages for the creators, if you had the opportunity to address them (we're not giving you that opportunity, but just ✨use your imagination✨)?

And now on to things that aren't just rehashes of the Rik zine... ✨

*Writing a review of either Demolition or Oil - we've got scumbags signed up to do the rest, so please get in touch if you fancy either of those episodes. Minimum 500 words, no maximum. Please don't sweat this if you've never reviewed anything before - we're not looking for expert, objective critiques. Please feel free to just gush. I mean, look at our Strip Teases. 😂

*Writing a piece about the relationship between The Young Ones and music - to be interpreted however you wish. We just need one scumbag for this and once this option's gone, it's gone. Musical scumbags, anyone out there? TYO is somewhat unique in its choice to feature musical artists in almost every episode (not Flood!) in order to get a bigger budget, so it's only reasonable we address this.

*A ruddy talented cover artist - the scumbags always produce bloody brilliant cover art for us! We're going to be a bit more picky than usual about what we want on this cover, but overall you'll still have free rein. Scumbag Monthly is going to hold a competition for this cover art in early September, so whoever's art is chosen will not only become our cover artist but will receive a prize too! Feel free to DM now to let us know you'll be interested come September.

*Writing a piece about your favourite guest star - there's a lot going on in your average TYO scene, but we've all got our favourite bits. Aside from the main quartet of Scumbag students, which guest star really stands out to you? Why is this? Here's a chance to witter on about something only a TYO fan would. No word count minimum or maximum; just one piece per guest star (so once someone's picked Jennifer Saunders, you can't have her!). Be quick in DMing if there's someone you want to talk about!

*Art, glorious art - as always, if you want to send us miscellaneous TYO art, we will always find a place for it.

We're also hoping to do a poll of the 12 episodes and create a page of TYO quotes, so let us know which episode and which quotes are your favourites!

Is that everything? Sounds like enough to get the ball rolling! If you've got any other ideas you think would work in PDF format, DM @neil-neil-orange-peel. Please, go crazy ape shit in our zine. Seminal works of comedy don't turn 40 every day, you know.

The deadline for all of this bastardly goodness will be 5th November - if you're late, we'll send Guy Fawkes after your bogey bum! The zine will be going up on 9th November as we tuck into Demolition for what is undoubtedly more than the fortieth time...

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Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson 

Best Bloopers + Best Bromance

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my 3 favourites in one picture 😆

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✎ Pinceau: Shaky Inker ✎ Brosses: Duplitone ✎ Fond: Butcher Paper