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Wednesday 26 April 2017

Cheeky Weekly cover date 27 October 1979

Art: Frank McDiarmid






Manhole Man returns to the front page for the 26th time, sharing this delightfully surreal cover image with our chirpy chum and a Caledonian choo-choo.












 
On the Sunday page, the vulture circling above Jogging Jeremy puts me in mind of The Gobbles from The Beezer, and is that Roger the Dodger's Joe the Crow flying alongside?


Frank again

It's 6 Million Dollar Gran versus 1 Million Pound Octopus...

Art: Nigel Edwards



 
...but the sum lost as a result of Disaster Des becoming embroiled in a grommet sales drive is far in excess of the cost of the aged automaton and her synthetic squid adversary...

Art: Mike Lacey

On the Chit-Chat page, Cheeky lifts the lid (although not very far) on the letterers...



...UPDATE - Andy's comment below enlightens us as to the the surnames of the folk referred to above.
 
There's a shockingly violent conclusion to this week's episode of The Gang, but thankfully it seems everyone escapes unscathed (physically, at least).

Art: Robert MacGillivray


The colouring of the rodent-related Why, Dad, Why? is at variance with the dialogue...

Art: John Geering


Cheeky's tailor chum Ah Sew makes his debut on the Thursday page. Ah Sew was the final addition to the Cheeky's Week supporting cast.

More Frank

Our toothy pal's friends find that the museum offers no refuge against his corny gags as Cheeky pays a visit on Saturday. As has become the custom, the comic concludes with the back garden antics of Snail.

This issue features an all-Frank-McDiarmid Cheeky's Week, a month since the last one, with Frank this time delivering nine pages packed with striped-jerseyed jocularity.

Cheeky Weekly Cover Date: 27-Oct-1979, Issue 103 of 117
PageDetails
1Cover Feature 'Manhole Man' 6 of 7 - Art Frank McDiarmid
2Sunday - Art Frank McDiarmid
36 Million Dollar Gran - Art Nigel Edwards
46 Million Dollar Gran - Art Nigel Edwards
56 Million Dollar Gran - Art Nigel Edwards
6Monday - Art Frank McDiarmid
7Joke-Box Jury\Ad: IPC 'Knockout Annual' 3 of 3
8Chit-Chat
9Chit-Chat\Tub - Art Nigel Edwards
10Tuesday - Art Frank McDiarmid
11Disaster Des - Art Mike Lacey
12The Gang reprint from Whizzer and Chips - Art Robert MacGillivray
13The Gang reprint from Whizzer and Chips - Art Robert MacGillivray
14Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
15Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
16Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave
17Why, Dad, Why? - Art John K. Geering
18Wednesday - Art Frank McDiarmid
19Elephant On The Run - Art Robert Nixon
20Joke-Box Jury
21Joke-Box Jury
22Thursday - Art Frank McDiarmid
23Speed Squad - Art Jimmy Hansen
24Stage School - Art Barry Glennard
25Stage School - Art Barry Glennard
26Friday - Art Frank McDiarmid
27What's New, Kids
28Ad: Palitoy 'Star Wars Collection' 2 of 3 - Art Brian Bolland (final art on feature)
29Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
30Saturday - Art Frank McDiarmid
31Saturday - Art Frank McDiarmid
32Snail of the Century - Art Frank McDiarmid

4 comments:

  1. Could you tell us what it said about the letterers on the Letters page? :)

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    1. Hi Andy - I've updated the post to include the relevant section.

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    2. Knight, Potter, Aldrich and Frame :) Thanks very much, I was curious after seeing the next post.

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    3. No problem - thanks for the surnames.

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