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| Art: Frank McDiarmid |
If you're getting a sensation of deja chuckle
from this cover it's because the visuals are constructed from
previously-published artwork. The image of Uncle Hamish originally
appeared in Cheeky Weekly dated 21 July 1979, and the drawing of a
newspaper-delivery-bag-toting Cheeky is sourced from the cover of the
07 July 1979 edition.
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| Cheeky Weekly 21 July 1979 Art: Frank McDiarmid |
Cheeky's Week proper starts over the page with a Sunday rendered by Barrie Appleby, following which we get to see what Batman looks like when drawn by Terry Bave (and which of us hasn't pondered that at some time or other?).
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| Art: Terry Bave |
It's very rare to find oneself disappointed by Terry Bave's artwork, but I must admit I feel we've been a bit short-changed as regards the TV-related fancy dress costumes on display above. Apart from the caped crusader and Kojak (and Charlie's inadvertent Doctor), there are no other identifiable characters on view, unless those are two Monster Muncheers in panel 3, row 3. I would have expected a dustbin-based Dalek at the very least.
This week's 6 Million Dollar Gran story is her
final 3-pager.
Elephant on The Run recognises an old friend
this week but it would seem that our amnesiac pachyderm pal doesn't
appreciate the significance of this recovered memory and so fails to
question The Great Mysto about who he (Elephant) is and how he came to be in his
current peripatetic predicament.
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| Art: Robert Nixon |
Barrie
Appleby draws Cheeky's Week up to and including Wednesday, after
which Bob Hill takes up the pen to furnish the remainder of our
grinning pal's seven day gagfest. This
was the only time that Bob drew Cheeky's Week (though his association
with the toothy funster goes back to the 10 September 1977 issue of
Krazy wherein he took over the artwork on The Krazy Gang from Ian
Knox), and Barrie's work on this issue was the final time he
contributed to the daily pages of Cheeky's Week, although his final
Cheeky Weekly art was on the cover of the 17 November 1979 edition.
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| Art: Bob Hill I like the Rodin reference |
As he has done for the previous 2 issues, Cheeky uses his column on the Chit-Chat page to enlighten us (although not very extensively) as to the Cheeky Weekly creators, this time focusing on Robert Nixon...
Colin Whittock stands in for Jimmy Hansen as
the Speed Squad artist...
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| Art: Colin Whittock |
Cheeky's Saturday is devoted to a visit to the
newspaper offices courtesy of Rex Press. The big news is that a
number of the toothy funster's pals are there and the jokes flow like
newsprint off the presses.
For the second week, Snail of the Century is
absent so the comic concludes with an ad for Mr Bellamy's Amazing
Liquorice Novelties
As mentioned above, Bob Hill and Barrie Appleby share the Cheeky's Week artwork duties in this issue while Frank McDiarmid's recycled renderings grace the cover.
Cheeky's Week Artists Cover Date 10-Nov-1979
| Artist | Elements |
| Bob Hill | 4 |
| Barrie Appleby | 4 |
| Cheeky Weekly | Cover Date: 10-Nov-1979, Issue 105 of 117 |
| Page | Details |
| 1 | Cover Feature 'Uncle Hamish' - Art Frank McDiarmid |
| 2 | Sunday - Art Barrie Appleby (final art on feature) |
| 3 | Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave |
| 4 | 6 Million Dollar Gran - Art Ian Knox |
| 5 | 6 Million Dollar Gran - Art Ian Knox |
| 6 | 6 Million Dollar Gran - Art Ian Knox |
| 7 | Monday - Art Barrie Appleby (final art on feature) |
| 8 | Ad: Pocket Popamatics (single appearance) |
| 9 | Joke-Box Jury |
| 10 | Tuesday - Art Barrie Appleby (final art on feature) |
| 11 | Disaster Des - Art Mike Lacey |
| 12 | The Gang reprint from Whizzer and Chips - Art Robert MacGillivray |
| 13 | The Gang reprint from Whizzer and Chips - Art Robert MacGillivray |
| 14 | Elephant On The Run - Art Robert Nixon |
| 15 | Wednesday - Art Barrie Appleby (final art on feature) |
| 16 | Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey |
| 17 | Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey |
| 18 | Ad: Weetabix 'DC Comics promotion' 1 of 2 |
| 19 | Thursday - Art Bob Hill (single art on feature) |
| 20 | Chit-Chat |
| 21 | Chit-Chat\Tub - Art Nigel Edwards |
| 22 | Why, Dad, Why? - Art John K. Geering |
| 23 | Speed Squad - Art Colin Whittock (first art on feature) |
| 24 | Stage School - Art Robert Nixon |
| 25 | Stage School - Art Robert Nixon |
| 26 | Friday - Art Bob Hill (single art on feature) |
| 27 | Ad: IPC 'Jackpot' 6 of 7 Ad: 'Cheeky Weekly: Knock-Knock Jokes Booklet next week' |
| 28 | Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton |
| 29 | Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton |
| 30 | Saturday - Art Bob Hill (single art on feature) |
| 31 | Saturday - Art Bob Hill (single art on feature) |
| 32 | Ad: Mr Bellamy's (final appearance) |
the poor kid shaved his head and he still lost!!
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was one of those rubbery bald wig things.
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