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Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 54
New readers start here... After Cheeky Weekly folded and was incorporated into Whoopee as of February 1980 six strips that had originated in the toothy funster's title survived the merge and continued...
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Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 55
 New readers start here... After Cheeky Weekly folded and was incorporated into Whoopee as of February 1980 six strips that had originated in the toothy funster's title survived the merge and continued...
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Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 1
My realisation that Kid Comic was, at different points during his comic career, both a Whizz-kid and a Chip-ite, together with the revelation by an anonymous commenter (now revealed to be AndyB), which...
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Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 56
New readers start here... After Cheeky Weekly folded and was incorporated into Whoopee as of February 1980 six strips that had originated in the toothy funster's title survived the merge and continued...
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Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 2
This is the second post in the series in which I'm unmasking the traitorous characters who posed as both Whizz-kids and Chip-ites during their appearances in Whizzer and Chips. My investigation covers...
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Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 57
 New readers start here... After Cheeky Weekly folded and was incorporated into Whoopee as of February 1980 six strips that had originated in the toothy funster's title survived the merge and continued...
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Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 3
This is another post in the series that sees me ruthlessly unmasking the traitorous characters who posed as both Whizz-kids and Chip-ites during their appearances in Whizzer and Chips. My investigation...
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Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 58
New readers start here... After Cheeky Weekly folded and was incorporated into Whoopee as of February 1980 six strips that had originated in the toothy funster's title survived the merge and continued...
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Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 4
Surely a leading contender for the title The Worst Feature Ever To Appear In Whizzer and Chips, COCOA (COmputer COmic Artist) was introduced to readers by means of a half-page 'trailer' in the issue...
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Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 59
New readers start here... After Cheeky Weekly folded and was incorporated into Whoopee as of February 1980 six strips that had originated in the toothy funster's title survived the merge and continued...
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Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 5
This is another post in the series that sees me ruthlessly unmasking the traitorous characters who posed as both Whizz-kids and Chip-ites during their appearances in Whizzer and Chips. My investigation...
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Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 60
New readers start here... After Cheeky Weekly folded and was incorporated into Whoopee as of February 1980 six strips that had originated in the toothy funster's title survived the merge and continued...
View ArticleA Look Back at a Look Forward
The Great News For All Readers blog is looking back at issues of Cheeky Weekly and Plug cover-dated today (19th August). I think I only bought the first issue of Plug, so David's summary of the...
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Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 6
This is another post in the series that sees me ruthlessly unmasking the traitorous characters who posed as both Whizz-kids and Chip-ites during their appearances in Whizzer and Chips. My investigation...
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Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 61
New readers start here... After Cheeky Weekly folded and was incorporated into Whoopee as of February 1980 six strips that had originated in the toothy funster's title survived the merge and continued...
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Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 7
This is another post in the series that sees me ruthlessly unmasking the traitorous characters who posed as both Whizz-kids and Chip-ites during their appearances in Whizzer and Chips. My investigation...
View ArticleThe FCFC go Krazy
In the latest episode of the Funny Comics Fan Club podcast, Mark Hibbett and John Dredge are examining an issue of Krazy, the comic that spawned the Cheeky phenomenon. I'm pleased to say that they hold...
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Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 8
This is another post in the series that sees me ruthlessly unmasking the traitorous characters who posed as both Whizz-kids and Chip-ites during their appearances in Whizzer and Chips. My investigation...
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Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids Part 62
New readers start here... After Cheeky Weekly folded and was incorporated into Whoopee as of February 1980 six strips that had originated in the toothy funster's title survived the merge and continued...
View ArticleThe FCFC spend a week with Cheeky
In the latest episode of the Funny Comics Fan Club podcast, Mark Hibbett and John Dredge enthuse about the 26 August 1978 issue of Cheeky Weekly. Both our hosts have fond memories of the title (John...
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The Whizzer and Chips Years - Calculator Kid
The first instalment of this The Whizzer and Chips Years series examined the very brief history of Stage School in Whizzer and Chips. This second part will focus on another of the three features that...
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Colin Whittock RIP
I was sorry to read on downthetubes of the sad passing of Colin Whittock. I was aware of Colin's comic work (mainly Lazy Bones in Whizzer and Chips), but downthetubes' tribute gives details about his...
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The Cheeky Detectives
I have something of a backlog of recordings of nostalgia-focused Talking Pictures TV's The Footage Detective programmes, so I have only now discovered that there was some Cheeky content in the episode...
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The Whizzer and Chips Years - Mustapha Million - The Reprints
Mustapha Million first appeared in issue number 1 of Cheeky Weekly dated 22 October 1977, and went on to feature in 114 of the 117 issues published before that comic expired as of February 1980, also...
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The Whizzer and Chips Years - Mustapha Million's New Series - Joe McCaffrey
Artist Joe McCaffrey first contributed a Mustapha Million episode in Cheeky Weekly's 13th issue, dated 14 January 1978, deputising for Reg Parlett who at the time was the regular illustrator for our...
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