The Other Cheeky Artists – Jimmy Hansen

This unexpectedly late entry in the Other Cheeky Artists series is the result of my decision to reassign some Cheeky's Week artwork credits from Mike Lacey to Jimmy Hansen.

Jimmy Hansen had been the regular artist on Skateboard Squad since Cheeky Weekly's first issue. The Squad's adventures came to an end in the comic dated 12 May 1979, but Jimmy would return to drawing the characters when they adopted their new guise of Speed Squad two weeks later. Jimmy's first Cheeky's Week work appeared a week after Skateboard Squad came to an end. In that first post-Skateboard Squad issue, cover-dated 19 May 1979, Jimmy's art appeared in two Thursday elements. My guess is that, possibly due to a failure to communicate to Frank McDiarmid the news of the Skateboard Squad's termination, Frank's original Thursday page included a final panel that introduced the sensational skateboarders, as he had done many times before. Jimmy provided a substitute final panel and, appropriately given his long association with the Squad, he also furnished a half page teaser strip in which the toothy funster attempted to determine what the terrific trio were up to.

Jimmy Hansen's first Cheeky's Week work - final panel.
The rest of the page is drawn by Frank McDiarmid
Cheeky Weekly 19 May 1979

Continuation of Thursday from the same issue.
Art: Jimmy Hansen

The following week, in addition to illustrating Speed Squad's one-and-a-half page debut, Jimmy provided artwork on four Cheeky's Week pages. There was no further Cheeky's Week art from Jimmy until the comic dated 15 September 1979, in which Mr H delivered four more elements featuring our grinning pal.

In Cheeky Weekly dated 06 October 1979 Jimmy drew another four pages of Cheeky fun, and the edition dated 20 October 1979 contained Jimmy's final Cheeky's Week work, amounting to four elements plus the front cover encounter between the toothy funster and Manhole Man.

Jimmy's final Cheeky's Week page.
Cheeky Weekly 20 October 1979

In total Jimmy delivered 18 Cheeky's Week elements, plus one front cover. During his tenure as a Cheeky's Week artist, Jimmy also drew Speed Squad, which he continued to do after his Cheeky's Week contributions ended.

Cover Date	Page	Element	Artist
19-MAY-79	23	Thursday	Jimmy Hansen
19-MAY-79	24	Thursday	Jimmy Hansen
26-MAY-79	2	Sunday	Jimmy Hansen
26-MAY-79	6	Monday	Jimmy Hansen
26-MAY-79	9	Tuesday	Jimmy Hansen
26-MAY-79	12	Wednesday	Jimmy Hansen
15-SEP-79	2	Sunday	Jimmy Hansen
15-SEP-79	7	Monday	Jimmy Hansen
15-SEP-79	10	Tuesday	Jimmy Hansen
15-SEP-79	18	Wednesday	Jimmy Hansen
06-OCT-79	22	Thursday	Jimmy Hansen
06-OCT-79	26	Friday	Jimmy Hansen
06-OCT-79	30	Saturday	Jimmy Hansen
06-OCT-79	31	Saturday	Jimmy Hansen
20-OCT-79	2	Sunday	Jimmy Hansen
20-OCT-79	7	Monday	Jimmy Hansen
20-OCT-79	10	Tuesday	Jimmy Hansen
20-OCT-79	18	Wednesday	Jimmy Hansen