Discovering Scarfolk: a wonderfully witty and subversively dark parody of life growing up in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s

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Angus Montgomery (6 October 2014). "We Like: Discovering Scarfolk". Design Week . Retrieved 14 October 2014. It's not surprising to learn that author Richard Littler is a graphic designer; all the illustrations here (many of which are also featured on the blog) are beautifully executed to the very last detail. The story, though, leaves something to be desired. The silliness that made me laugh out loud at the beginning soon overstayed its welcome; the book is too focused on the graphics to allow the plot to develop into anything you'd care about or be scared by. This is reflected in the blog, which started out as just images but now includes a lot more description around them. It's obvious the popularity of the images has forced the creation of a narrative and not the other way around.

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Yes this is entirely satirical, but there are genuine horror element here. The artworks are especially brilliant. The excessively tongue-in-cheek quality of the narrative cheapens the satire, especially given the dark nature of some of the themes, and the humour falls flat in many places. Mark Sinclair (27 March 2013). "Creative Review – Have you been to Scarfolk?". Creative Review. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015 . Retrieved 14 October 2014.My Mom still listens to Evangelicals on TV. She told me just this week of a prophesy that there would not be a 2016 Presidential election if Christians don’t start praying! On the other hand the actual text in the book is atrociously written. Daniel visits Scarfolk and his twin sons go missing blah blah blah. I don't know, i think it's supposed to be funny but it missed my funny bone by a significant margin. It's so bad, that you just look forward to examining the next poster or book cover. A shame really as the concept has huge potential. a b c Martin Schneider (23 April 2013). "Welcome to Scarfolk, the most twisted English village of the 1970s". Dangerous Minds . Retrieved 14 October 2014. a b "Gaffe as civil service magazine prints poster telling parents to shoot rabid children". Sky News . Retrieved 19 June 2022.

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In 1972, the government drew up plans to construct a deportation facility off the coast of Ireland that could house as many as 70 million people - the entire population of the UK, if need be. The intention was to make it an exact replica of the United Kingdom and call it Bad Kingdom. Nobody, it seemed, fulfilled the increasingly stringent criteria of what it meant to be truly British.Specially trained police officers patrolled streets, public and private buildings, and handed out on-the-spot fines for various misdemeanours such as not standing up straight, running in corridors and not paying attention. At the officer's discretion, the fines could be substituted for corporal punishment with a slipper, belt, cane or rabid Alsatian. The Fougasse homage posters I have created for the Open Rights Group are also a way for me to compare and contrast historical and contemporary British values” he explains. “They are still satirical, so the work itself comes from the same part of my brain as Scarfolk. But of course, the intention is to highlight serious political issues and hopefully inspire support that will help bring about tangible change. It seems like lots of people have become more political in recent years, but then, do we have a choice?”