It's week 15 of IPC's
1979 Star Guest promotion so attention turns once again to Whizzer and Chips.
Who has been chosen to represent Cheeky Weekly this time?
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| Whizzer and Chips 07 July 1979 Art: Frank McDiarmid |
As you can see,
this week it's the toothy funster himself who has been tasked with
publicising his own comic. This isn't the first time our grinning pal
has appeared as the subject of a Star Guest strip - it's the 4th..
He's appeared twice previously as Cheeky
Weekly's ambassador to Whoopee (here and here), and once within Whizzer and Chips.
However, this is the first time that a Cheeky Star Guest has been
drawn by Frank McDiarmid.
But hold on - can it
strictly be said that Frank has drawn this Star Guest? In fact
the artwork has been constructed from elements that originally
appeared in the 21 April 1979 Easter issue of Cheeky Weekly, but
different dialogue has been applied to the speech balloons.
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| Cheeky Weekly 21 April 1979 Art on this and the pages below: Frank McDiarmid |
Anyway, it's good that
Whizzer and Chips readers finally get exposed to Frank's version of
Cheeky. Any who opt to subscribe to the toothy funster's comic as
from this week will find that the title is sporting a new look
(although they of course won't be aware what the old look was) and
they'll be able to enjoy 31 issues before Cheeky Weekly succumbs to the customary fate of underperforming comics and gets absorbed
into a more successful stablemate (in this case, Whoopee).
What a lot of happy hunting to discover that!!
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