George Bestial
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George Bestial is the only recurring character in a self-named Viz
strip written by Barney Farmer and drawn by Lee Healey. Like Farmer and Healey's far more popular strip Drunken Bakers
, George Bestial features typeset captions and typeset dialogue balloons, thus looking significantly different from the other Viz strips, which more typically use hand-lettered captions and dialogue.
George Bestial is an unshaven lout who attempts to engage (sometimes successfully) in sexual intercourse with animals of any or all species. On one occasion, he held a "pet contest" so that people would bring their pets to a room he hired for the purpose; in another strip, he pitched a tent in a farmer's field and tried to abduct a sheep. On the occasions when Bestial achieves his objective, there is always a closed door or some other visual device concealing the actual depiction.
The character's name suggests a parody of footballer George Best
, noted for extreme behaviour on his own behalf (although not bestiality). There is a slight physical resemblance between George Bestial and George Best in his later days, but presumably the similarities go no farther.
Viz (comic)
Viz is a popular British comic magazine which has been running since 1979.The comic's style parodies British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with incongruous language, crude toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and either sexual or violent storylines...
strip written by Barney Farmer and drawn by Lee Healey. Like Farmer and Healey's far more popular strip Drunken Bakers
Drunken Bakers
The Drunken Bakers are characters in the British adult humour magazine Viz created by Barney Farmer and Lee Healey.The two bakers run a bakery together. Their names have never been mentioned; one has sparse black hair, the other has a bulbous nose and large phiz of fair hair...
, George Bestial features typeset captions and typeset dialogue balloons, thus looking significantly different from the other Viz strips, which more typically use hand-lettered captions and dialogue.
George Bestial is an unshaven lout who attempts to engage (sometimes successfully) in sexual intercourse with animals of any or all species. On one occasion, he held a "pet contest" so that people would bring their pets to a room he hired for the purpose; in another strip, he pitched a tent in a farmer's field and tried to abduct a sheep. On the occasions when Bestial achieves his objective, there is always a closed door or some other visual device concealing the actual depiction.
The character's name suggests a parody of footballer George Best
George Best
George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...
, noted for extreme behaviour on his own behalf (although not bestiality). There is a slight physical resemblance between George Bestial and George Best in his later days, but presumably the similarities go no farther.