Under a banner announcing the inclusion of a
'super cut-out catalogue of knock-knock jokes', Barrie Appleby
provides this week's cover art. Surprisingly, in view of the subject
matter, Gunga Jim doesn't chip in his 'curry, curry, hot stuff'
catchphrase. Snail however seems mighty pleased with his 'thinks'
gag. Did Barrie make a booboo when lettering Snail's thought balloon?
Maybe he referred to the disastrous dinner lady as Aunt Daisy,
necessitating the addition of a hasty 'ie'.
Over the page, Frank McDiarmid depicts Cheeky's
usual Sunday paper-and-pun round.
Three readers are £2 better off as a result of
their jokes being featured on Paddywack's page. I wonder if they
received their prize money before or after the jokes were published.
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| Art: Jack Clayton |
With
the festive season rapidly approaching What's New, Kids offers some
products that kids might like to add to their Christmas lists,
including 2 electronic games (they'll never become popular). This
is the final appearance of What's New, Kids.
Cheeky's comments on page 9 suggest that this week's cut-out joke book is the first in a series. Ominous.
There are further intimations of approaching doom for Cheeky Weekly as a 'new' strip begins a couple of pages later
although Soggy the Sea Monster, culled from Shiver and Shake,
appeared in the 1979 Cheeky Annual published in the latter part of
1978. The strip chosen to kick off Soggy's Cheeky Weekly reprint run
is one of the two episodes from his original outing drawn by Terry
Bave. Soggy was the final cartoon strip to join the roster of Cheeky Weekly features as the comic wound down towards cancellation.
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| Art: Terry Bave |
The Comedy Catalogue of Knock-knock Door Jokes
is located on pages 13 and 14. It seems to me that this is a way to cheaply fill a couple of pages, which could otherwise carry more comic
strips.
I'd previously thought that this Mustapha Million episode was drawn by Joe McCaffrey but now I'm thinking that
it's by Colin Whittock, who last week deputised for Jimmy Hansen on Speed Squad. John Geering stood in for Joe McCaffrey on Mustapha Million 2 weeks ago.
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| Art: Colin Whittock |
Further ghosting of artwork occurs in Elephant on the Run, where Vic Neill stands in for regular artist Robert Nixon. Vic last subbed for Robert on the strip in the 06 October 1979 edition.
On the Chit-Chat page, Cheeky continues to give us some limited background info on the creative team behind his comic, and this week 'big' John Geering is the subject.
On the Chit-Chat page, Cheeky continues to give us some limited background info on the creative team behind his comic, and this week 'big' John Geering is the subject.
Friday sees the toothy funster's homework dodge
backfire.
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| Art: Frank McDiarmid |
On Saturday Cheeky is ejected from his house as mum is undertaking a
thorough cleaning of the premises, forcing the toothy funster to wander
the streets exchanging gags with his pals. No change there, then.
Despite his Friday ruse being foiled by
Teacher, our grinning pal is seen devising a new homework-avoiding
plan at the commencement of this week's back cover strip, Snail of the Century.
With hindsight it's clear that this issue, with its introduction of yet another reprint and instigation of the joke booklet fillers, signals the impending demise of the toothy funster's comic. But on the plus side, Frank McDiarmid draws the whole of Cheeky's Week!
With hindsight it's clear that this issue, with its introduction of yet another reprint and instigation of the joke booklet fillers, signals the impending demise of the toothy funster's comic. But on the plus side, Frank McDiarmid draws the whole of Cheeky's Week!
| Cheeky Weekly | Cover Date: 17-Nov-1979, Issue 106 of 117 |
| Page | Details |
| 1 | Cover Feature 'Gunga Jim' 4 of 5 - Art Barrie Appleby (single art on feature) |
| 2 | Sunday - Art Frank McDiarmid |
| 3 | Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave |
| 4 | Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton |
| 5 | Monday - Art Frank McDiarmid |
| 6 | Stage School - Art Robert Nixon |
| 7 | Stage School - Art Robert Nixon |
| 8 | What's New, Kids (final appearance) |
| 9 | Booklet instructions (single appearance)\Ad: IPC 'Jackpot' 7 of 7 |
| 10 | Tuesday - Art Frank McDiarmid |
| 11 | Soggy the Sea Monster (first appearance) reprint from Shiver and Shake - Art Terry Bave (single art on feature) |
| 12 | Disaster Des - Art Mike Lacey |
| 13 | Cheeky's Cut-Out Comedy Catalogue (first appearance) 'Knock-Knock Door Jokes' |
| 14 | Cheeky's Cut-Out Comedy Catalogue (first appearance) 'Knock-Knock Door Jokes' |
| 15 | Wednesday - Art Frank McDiarmid |
| 16 | Mustapha Million - Art Colin Whittock (single art on feature) |
| 17 | Mustapha Million - Art Colin Whittock (single art on feature) |
| 18 | The Gang reprint from Whizzer and Chips - Art Robert MacGillivray |
| 19 | The Gang reprint from Whizzer and Chips - Art Robert MacGillivray |
| 20 | Thursday - Art Frank McDiarmid |
| 21 | Tub - Art Nigel Edwards |
| 22 | Joke-Box Jury |
| 23 | Elephant On The Run - Art Vic Neill |
| 24 | 6 Million Dollar Gran - Art Ian Knox |
| 25 | 6 Million Dollar Gran - Art Ian Knox |
| 26 | Friday - Art Frank McDiarmid |
| 27 | Ad: IPC 'Cheeky Annual' 5 of 6 \Ad: Pop-A-Points |
| 28 | Speed Squad - Art Jimmy Hansen |
| 29 | Chit-Chat |
| 30 | Saturday - Art Frank McDiarmid |
| 31 | Saturday - Art Frank McDiarmid |
| 32 | Snail of the Century - Art Frank McDiarmid |
Looks like Colin Whittock slipped up and drew (presumably Muslim) Mustapha eating bacon, but the colourist tried making it black to hide the mistake!
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