Krazy Town's nutty knitter, Granny Gumdrop, gets the cover treatment this week, proudly displaying her latest creation, the comic title cosy. Cheeky's in a musical mood in the What A Cheek strip.This issue Petula, Cheeky's animal-obsessed pal, appears throughout the week with a mischievous talking minah bird (I thought it was spelled mynah, myself). Despite Granny Gumdrop encasing the fowl in a minah bird cosy, it causes trouble as it's been taught some questionable phrases by its previous owner.
Thufferin' thuccotash! Is that really Sylvester on the Sunday evening page?
On the Friday page this week, Unknown Cheeky Artist 1 depicts Cheeky holding a copy of The Mystery Comic, on which the back page seems to be advertising Krazy comic. In my Unknown Cheeky Artist 1 post, I speculated on whether this artist had a link to Krazy - this artwork may provide further evidence of that.
Inside the mysterious publication Cheeky reads Mustapha Million's story, in which a pal of the middle-eastern moneybags is invited to attend Mustapha's school, conducted from on board a Concorde. This contradicts last week's Mustapha story in which, after a journey involving glider, speedboat and powered skateboard, our wealthy chum arrived at a conventional, earthbound classroom.
There is just one pure Frank McDiarmid Cheeky's Week element this week; What A Cheek (although Frank also provides the Pin-Up Pal poster of Sid the Street-Sweeper). Barrie Appleby delivers 5 Cheeky's Week elements, Unknown Cheeky Artist 1 provides 4, Jim Watson turns in 2, and we get 1 from Frank McDiarmid pencils.
There are no debuts or departures among Cheeky's pals this week.
| Cheeky Weekly | Cover Date: 08-Apr-1978, Issue 25 of 117 |
| Page | Details |
| 1 | Cover Feature 'Granny Gumdrop' - Art Frank McDiarmid\What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid |
| 2 | Sunday - Art Barrie Appleby (first art on feature) |
| 3 | Skateboard Squad - Art Jimmy Hansen |
| 4 | Sunday evening - Art Barrie Appleby (first art on feature) |
| 5 | 6 Million Dollar Gran - Art Ian Knox |
| 6 | 6 Million Dollar Gran - Art Ian Knox |
| 7 | 6 Million Dollar Gran - Art Ian Knox |
| 8 | What's New, Kids |
| 9 | Monday - Art Barrie Appleby (first art on feature) |
| 10 | James Bold 'Tower of Terror' 4 of 6 - Art Mike White |
| 11 | James Bold 'Tower of Terror' 4 of 6 - Art Mike White |
| 12 | Suddenly - Art Barrie Appleby (first art on feature) |
| 13 | Tuesday - Art Barrie Appleby (first art on feature) |
| 14 | Old Comic reprint from Tip Top 'Happy Family' reprint from Tip Top 'Merry Moments at Sunnyside School' 2 of 2 |
| 15 | Wednesday - Art Unknown Cheeky Artist 1 (final art on feature) |
| 16 | Creepy Sleepy Tale - Art Keith Reynolds |
| 17 | Creepy Sleepy Tale - Art Keith Reynolds\Wednesday (conclusion) - Art Frank McDiarmid pencils |
| 18 | Joke-Box Jury |
| 19 | Thursday - Art Unknown Cheeky Artist 1 (final art on feature) |
| 20 | Home Movie 'A Bridge To Fear' - Art Jack Clayton |
| 21 | Friday - Art Unknown Cheeky Artist 1 (final art on feature) |
| 22 | Mustapha Million - Art Reg Parlett |
| 23 | Mustapha Million - Art Reg Parlett |
| 24 | Ad: IPC 'Mickey Mouse' 4 of 18 Ad: 'Look and Learn' 5 of 16 |
| 25 | Saturday - Art Unknown Cheeky Artist 1 (final art on feature) |
| 26 | Tweety and Sylvester 'A Gift For Granny' |
| 27 | Tweety and Sylvester 'A Gift For Granny' |
| 28 | Interval - Art Jim Watson |
| 29 | Space Family Robinson 'The Worm' |
| 30 | Space Family Robinson 'The Worm' |
| 31 | Saturday - Art Jim Watson (first art on feature) |
| 32 | Pin-up pal 'Sid the Street Sweeper' - Art Frank McDiarmid |
Cheeky's Week Artists Cover Date 08-Apr-1978
| Artist | Elements |
| Barrie Appleby | 5 |
| Unknown Cheeky Artist 1 | 4 |
| Jim Watson | 2 |
| Frank McDiarmid pencils | 1 |
| Frank McDiarmid | 1 |
I think Joe McCaffrey drew 'Mustapha Million' at one point, Niblet, although this example is clearly by Reg Parlett: I met Joe a few times in an Animation studio in London where we both worked, he was in his mid-50s then, so if he's still drawing today, he would be in his 70s.
ReplyDeleteA nice, down to Earth guy what I remember of him.
I remember one day the studio electric failed, and we got chatting for a good while about cartooning while OUR drawing stopped.....we still got paid, though!I was more relaxed about the situation than Joe was!
Cheers, Rab Smith.
Cheers Rab. Yes, Joe in fact drew 57 Mustapha strips in Cheeky Weekly, which is one more than Reg. Thanks for your recollection of Joe - it's always interesting to know what the comic creators were like.
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