The Whoopee Years - The Cheeky Section

As I mentioned in my earlier diatribe, the merge which resulted in the amalgamated publication styling itself Whoopee! and Cheeky was an unusual one, as the incoming features from the toothy funster's comic were corralled into the central pages for the first 30 issues of the combined title. There follows a quick flick through each of the Cheeky Sections...

Whoopee! and Cheeky 09-FEB-1980: Cheeky Section 1 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	Who Wants a Free Badge?
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
12	4	FriscoDiscos to be won
13	5	Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Fib Card Game
17	9	Fib Card Game
18	10	It's Cheeky - Art Mike Lacey
19	11	It's Cheeky - Art Mike Lacey
20	12	It's Cheeky - Art Mike Lacey
21	13	It's Cheeky - Art Mike Lacey
22	14	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
23	15	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

As announced on the cover of the first combined issue, the 'Cheeky Comic' within Whoopee! amounted to 16 pages (although one page was given over to the competition to win FriscoDisco battery-powered record players, and a further two carried the cut-out Fib card game elements). Thus the Cheeky Section (as I'm going to refer to it or, when I'm feeling lazy, CS) occupied pages 9 to 24 in the 32-page amalgamated title. The cover of the CS (I'm feeling lazy already) carries our grinning pal's tooth-packed fizzog alongside an announcement that 2000 Friend of Cheeky badges are up for grabs. To secure a free badge readers must send a stamped addressed envelope to the Whoopee and Cheeky office

Further within the CS, Cheeky is allocated a gratifying 4 pages within which to commit his usual round of jests and japes.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 16-FEB-1980: Cheeky Section 2 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid
10	2	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
11	3	Ad: IPC 'Shoot'\Ad: Pepsi
12	4	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
13	5	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Fib Card Game
17	9	Fib Card Game
18	10	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
23	15	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

MISSING - Paddywack

The first appearance in Whoopee! and Cheeky of the What a Cheek feature (Frank McDiarmid's first contribution to the CS) which will appear on the front of all but 2 of the remaining 28 Cheeky Sections (although will be absent from only one). What a Cheek was of course the title of Cheeky Weekly's cover strip for 41 issues.

Frank also takes up the artwork duties on It's Cheeky following last week's Mike Lacey pages.

Paddywack is bumped from the Cheeky Section (and, indeed, the whole comic) due to the presence of the card game, a page devoted to ads and the unwelcome (to me, anyway) arrival of the strip whose name is not to be mentioned, which gets a banner announcement atop the CS front page.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 23-FEB-1980: Cheeky Section 3 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Frank McDiarmid
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
12	4	Whoopee Chit-Chat
13	5	Whoopee Chit-Chat\Ad: IPC 'Order Whoopee and Cheeky-Don't Hang About' - Art Tom Williams
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
17	9	Fib Card Game
18	10	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
23	15	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

MISSING - Paddywack

Snail commences his strip on the front cover of the Cheeky Section, in a single row of panels that harks back to Snail of the Century.The untitled strip featuring the toothy funster's slithering sidekick will from now on always accompany What a Cheek.

Paddywack is again ousted from the entire comic - the card game is reduced to a single page but readers' letters feature Whoopee Chit-Chat appears in the Cheeky Section for the first time.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 01-MAR-1980: Cheeky Section 4 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Frank McDiarmid
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: IPC 'Ticklish Allsorts promotion next week'\Top Ten voting coupon
13	5	Whoopee Chit-Chat
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Fib Card Game
17	9	Fib Card Game
18	10	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
23	15	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

MISSING - Chip

C**p is shunted across the conceptual border to page 25 of Whoopee! and thus gets marked absent from this week's CS.

Whoopee!'s regular reader-opinion-soliciting Top Ten voting coupon appears in the CS for the first of 2 occasions.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 08-MAR-1980: Cheeky Section 5 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Frank McDiarmid
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: IPC 'Speed issue 3'Ad: 'Order Whoopee and Cheeky-Put A Smile On Your Face' - Art Tom Williams
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	It's Cheeky - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave
22	14	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' - Art John K. Geering
23	15	Ticklish Allsports Booklet
24	16	Ticklish Allsports Booklet - Art Jack Clayton

No absentees again, and all present within the 16 page limitation despite 2 pages being occupied by the first instalment of the Ticklish Allsports cut-out-and-keep booklet . However, It's Cheeky is reduced to 3 pages and there is a surprise inclusion of Whoopee! stalwart Ivor Swap. This is the only occasion on which a character from the Whoopee! section will appear in a strip within the CS, although Toy Boy and Bookworm will intrude in different roles. Whoopee Chit-Chat moves back into Whoopee!

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 15-MAR-1980: Cheeky Section 6 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	Bungles in the Jungle inside - Art Frank McDiarmid
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Cheeky Film Productions 'Bungles in the Jungle' - Art Frank McDiarmid
13	5	Cheeky Film Productions 'Bungles in the Jungle' - Art Frank McDiarmid
14	6	Cheeky Film Productions 'Bungles in the Jungle' - Art Frank McDiarmid
15	7	Ticklish Allsports Booklet - Art Jack Clayton
16	8	Ticklish Allsports Booklet
17	9	Ticklish Allsports Booklet
18	10	Ticklish Allsports Booklet - Art Jack Clayton - Art Dicky Howett
19	11	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
20	12	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
21	13	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
22	14	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
23	15	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

The It's Cheeky strip which has run for the past 5 weeks has been dropped, and replaced with a feature titled Cheeky Film Productions, this week spoofing jungle adventure films. This new Cheeky vehicle sees his allocation of pages reduced from 4 to 3, but that's due to 4 pages being hogged by the second instalment of the Ticklish Allsports booklet. The CS front cover is taken up with the announcement of Bungles in the Jungle, so there is no What a Cheek or Snail this issue.

Frank's cover is reminiscent of scenes he drew for the Saturday morning picture show.


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Whoopee! and Cheeky 22-MAR-1980: Cheeky Section 7 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Frank McDiarmid
10	2	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
11	3	Ticklish Allsports Booklet - Art Jack Clayton - Art Barrie Appleby
12	4	Ticklish Allsports Booklet - Art Barrie Appleby
13	5	Ad: IPC 'Speed'Ad: 'Tammy and Misty'
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Cave Raves' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Cave Raves' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Cave Raves' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Cave Raves' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
23	15	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

It seems the Cheeky Film Productions title for the film spoofs has been dropped in favour of the more alliterative Cheeky Movie Masterpiece. This week our toothy pal and his animal-skin-bedecked Krazy Town chums are riffing on big screen blockbusters set in prehistoric times. The feature sees Cheeky allocated a full 4 pages once again.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 29-MAR-1980: Cheeky Section 8 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Top Class Comics Competition Winners
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
12	4	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
13	5	Ad: IPC 'Roy of the Rovers'Ad: 'Tammy and Misty'
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Space Between Your Ears' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Space Between Your Ears' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Space Between Your Ears' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Space Between Your Ears' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave
23	15	Ticklish Allsports Booklet - Art Barrie Appleby
24	16	Ticklish Allsports Booklet

MISSING - Paddywack

Bit of an upheaval this week due to the presence of the Sports Spectacular competition on Whoopee! page 8. The competition, and the decision to locate the Top Class Comics competition results within the Cheeky Section together with the Ticklish Allsports booklet, has resulted in a single-page Stage School, and seen Paddywack bumped into Whoopee! territory on page 28. C**p remains smugly in situ.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 05-APR-1980: Cheeky Section 9 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: Palitoy 'Star Wars Figures'
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'King of the Castle' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'King of the Castle' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'King of the Castle' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'King of the Castle' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Ad: IPC '4 Papers Boots Competition next week'
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

All present, if not correct (yes, that is a reference to the un-nameable feature). The ad for this year's Cheeky Holiday Special is the first to appear in the Cheeky Section (an ad for the Special appeared last week in Whoopee! on page 31). Whoopee Chit-Chat returns to the CS, albeit a single page.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 12-APR-1980: Cheeky Section 10 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
12	4	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
13	5	4 Papers Boots Competition
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Ad: IPC 'Cheeky Holiday Special'Ad: 'Free Trebor Mummies'
19	11	Cheeky's Easter - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky's Easter - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky's Easter - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Cheeky's Easter - Art Frank McDiarmid
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

MISSING - Paddywack

The Movie Masterpieces are suspended for a week to allow Cheeky and pals to indulge in Easter badinage. Paddwack is absent from the entire issue.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 19-APR-1980: Cheeky Section 11 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton\Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
12	4	Ad: IPC 'Shoot'Ad: 'Cheeky Holiday Special'
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Mike Lacey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Mike Lacey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Fooling all Cops' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Fooling all Cops' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Fooling all Cops' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Fooling all Cops' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

A full complement of comic characters. The positioning of Paddywack's single-row strip is a bit odd - at the top of notional page 3 above the continuation of this week's Stage School story. This is the final time an ad for this year's Cheeky Holiday Special will appear in either the CS or Whoopee!
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Whoopee! and Cheeky 26-APR-1980: Cheeky Section 12 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: IPC 'Buster'Ad: 'Shoot'
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Ho-Ho Seven to the Rescue' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Ho-Ho Seven to the Rescue' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Ho-Ho Seven to the Rescue' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Ho-Ho Seven to the Rescue' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

None missing, despite the presence of a full, 2-page Whoopee Chit-Chat and a page of IPC ads.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 03-MAY-1980: Cheeky Section 13 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
11	3	Ad: IPC 'Shoot'Ad: 'Frankie Stein Holiday Special'
12	4	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
13	5	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Monster from the Deep' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Monster from the Deep' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Monster from the Deep' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Monster from the Deep' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

Stage School gets shunted forward to Whoopee! page 9, and What a Cheek/Snail (normally on the front page of the Cheeky Section) find themselves on CS notional page 5. What a Cheek and Snail are printed in colour as usual - why the colour printing of one page is relocated this week from page 9 to page 13 is a puzzle (Calculator Kid is in colour on page 24 as expected),

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 10-MAY-1980: Cheeky Section 14 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
11	3	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
12	4	Jumbo X-Word\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
15	7	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Potty Pix
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Big Shot' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Big Shot' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Big Shot' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Big Shot' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

The What a Cheek/Snail combo is back on page 1 of the CS. A Jumbo X-Word, devised by reader Clare Marshall from Ascot, shares notional page 4 with Paddywack. The relocation of the bumbling buffoon from his usual position at the foot of the second Stage School page necessitates the insertion of the reader-participation Potty Pix, normally an occasional Whoopee! feature, in his usual haunt.


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Publication of Whoopee! and Cheeky was then suspended for 4 weeks due to an industrial dispute.
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Whoopee! and Cheeky 14-JUN-1980: Cheeky Section 15 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: Palitoy 'Pippa'
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Ad: Twister\Ad: Drolly & Flippy Flyer
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Escape' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Escape' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Escape' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Escape' - Art Frank McDiarmid
23	15	Ad: Remus Play-Kits - Art Frank McDiarmid
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

For the first time since 29 March 1980, Whoopee Chit-Chat has been relocated to Whoopee!


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Whoopee! and Cheeky 21 - 28-JUN-1980: Cheeky Section 16 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: IPC 'Angler's Mail'Ad: 'Krazy Holiday Special'
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Castle Caper' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Castle Caper' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Castle Caper' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Castle Caper' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat\Ad: IPC 'Frankie Stein Holiday Special'
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

This issue of Whoopee! and Cheeky is cover-dated 21st-28th June 1980, although it contains the usual 32 pages.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 05-JUL-1980: Cheeky Section 17 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: IPC 'Whizzer and Chips Holiday Special'\Ad: Barratt 'Fountains Pen Pal competition'
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Planet of the Japes' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Planet of the Japes' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Planet of the Japes' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Planet of the Japes' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

Settling in to a familiar pattern now.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 12-JUL-1980: Cheeky Section 18 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: Twister\Ad: Barratt 'Fountains Pen Pal competition'
13	5	Chip - Art Mike Lacey
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Necks Please' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Necks Please' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Necks Please' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Necks Please' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

Mike Lacey stands in for Trevor Metcalfe on C**p this week.


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Whoopee! and Cheeky 19-JUL-1980: Cheeky Section 19 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: Remus Play-Kits
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Dr Doodle-Little' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Dr Doodle-Little' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Dr Doodle-Little' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Dr Doodle-Little' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Ad: Palitoy 'Action Man Space Ranger competition' - Art Ron Smith
23	15	Picture the Editor\Ad: IPC 'Action Man Space Ranger competition'
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

A new reader participation feature is launched on notional page 15. Readers are invited to imagine what the Whoopee! and Cheeky head honcho looks like and send in their drawings to Picture the Editor. The first batch of reader renditions of the Ed were printed in Whoopee! and Cheeky dated 29 November 1980, by which time the Cheeky Section concept had been abandoned.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 26-JUL-1980: Cheeky Section 20 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
13	5	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
14	6	Ad: Remus Play-Kits
15	7	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Alfred-The-Not-Too-Bad' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Alfred-The-Not-Too-Bad' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Alfred-The-Not-Too-Bad' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Alfred-The-Not-Too-Bad' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat\Top Ten voting coupon
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

The Top Ten voting coupon makes its second and final appearance in the CS.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 02-AUG-1980: Cheeky Section 21 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Toy Boy's Toy Talk\Ad: IPC 'Whizzer and Chips Holiday Special'
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Racing Stars' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Racing Stars' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Racing Stars' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Racing Stars' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

New advertorial feature Toy Boy's Toy Talk is launched in the CS, the first of 2 occasions on which it will appear in the toothy funster's part of the comic.


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Whoopee! and Cheeky 09-AUG-1980: Cheeky Section 22 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: IPC 'Junior Puzzles'Ad: 'Cor Summer Special'
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Robinson Ho-Ho' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Robinson Ho-Ho' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Robinson Ho-Ho' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Robinson Ho-Ho' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

Bog-standard arrangement again.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 16-AUG-1980: Cheeky Section 23 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Draw Guy Fawkes Competition
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Taking A Dive' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Taking A Dive' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Taking A Dive' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Taking A Dive' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat\Bookworm's Bookshelf
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat\Friscodisco competition winners
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

Whoopee! annually included a cut-out Guy Fawkes mask in the centre pages of the issue published just before bonfire night. Notional page 4 carries an invitation to readers to send in their mask designs - the winning submission will not only be printed in this year's Guy Fawkes issue, but the artist will receive a £50 prize! The winners of the FriscoDisco competition, announced on page 15, might feel a little short-changed in view of the big prize on offer for the mask. Another advertorial, Bookworm's Bookshelf, presented by Whoopee!'s resident bibliophile, appears on page 14.


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Whoopee! and Cheeky 23-AUG-1980: Cheeky Section 24 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: Weetabix 'Lego Promotion'
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Sand Castle' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Sand Castle' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Sand Castle' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'The Sand Castle' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Ad: IPC 'Krazy Holiday Special'\Toy Boy's Toy Talk
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

Toy Boy's Toy Talk appears in the CS for the second and final time.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 30-AUG-1980: Cheeky Section 25 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Boots Competition Winners
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Mobs Rule OK' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Mobs Rule OK' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Mobs Rule OK' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Mobs Rule OK' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat\Ad: IPC 'Four Papers Funny Feet Competition Next Week'
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

For the first time the Snail strip is printed in red and white instead of full colour. Possibly feedback from readers indicated there was confusion resulting from the lack of a title for the weekly dose of mollusc mirth, so the new colouration may have been introduced in order to more clearly delineate the junction between Cheeky chuckles and gastropod gags. This chromatic distinction will remain in effect for the remainder of the CS issues.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 06-SEP-1980: Cheeky Section 26 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: Superbazooka 'Raleigh Bikes Competition'
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Ad: Department of Transport 'Green X Man - Stan Shows Some Sense' - Art Ron Smith
17	9	Ad: Department of Transport 'Green X Man - Stan Shows Some Sense' - Art Ron Smith
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Young Dick Turnip' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Young Dick Turnip' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Young Dick Turnip' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Young Dick Turnip' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
23	15	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

The centre pages of the CS are given over to the long-running Green Cross Code road safety campaign featuring Green Cross Man, who would on occasion materialise on the exhaust fume-swept streets of the UK just in time to prevent a traffic tragedy. This outing bestows upon the veteran road-safety-promulgating superhero a funky rebranding as Green X Man, referencing the symbol emblazoned across his mighty, though particulate-clogged, chest. He won't be there when you cross the road.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 13-SEP-1980: Cheeky Section 27 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
12	4	Ad: Remus Play-Kits
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Goodbye Sailor' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Goodbye Sailor' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Goodbye Sailor' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Goodbye Sailor' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Ad: IPC 'Angler's Mail'\Ad: Barratt 'Star Chews Space Shuttle Competition'
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

MISSING - Paddywack

Paddywack is absent from the entire comic.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 20-SEP-1980: Cheeky Section 28 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: Superbazooka 'Raleigh Bikes Competition'
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Gulliver's Troubles' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Gulliver's Troubles' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Gulliver's Troubles' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Gulliver's Troubles' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat\Ad: IPC 'Jackpot - Free Gift Next Week'
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

All present in another standard-layout issue.

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Whoopee! and Cheeky 27-SEP-1980: Cheeky Section 29 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon\Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
12	4	Ad: IPC 'Whizzer and Chips - Free Sweets Next Week'\Ad: Oxfam
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Beware of the Jellymen' - Art Frank McDiarmid
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Beware of the Jellymen' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Beware of the Jellymen' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'Beware of the Jellymen' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Whoopee Chit-Chat
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat\Bookworm's Bookshelf
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

Bookworm's Bookshelf makes its second and final appearance in the CS.


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Whoopee! and Cheeky 04-OCT-1980: Cheeky Section 30 of 30

Page	Notional Page	Detail
9	1	What a Cheek - Art Frank McDiarmid\Snail - Art Unknown
10	2	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
11	3	Stage School - Art Robert Nixon
12	4	Ad: Remus Play-Kits
13	5	Chip - Art Trevor Metcalfe
14	6	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
15	7	$6000,000 Gran - Art Ian Knox
16	8	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
17	9	Mustapha Million - Art Joe McCaffrey
18	10	Ad: IPC 'Whizzer and Chips - Free Sweets'
19	11	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'M*A*T*H' - Art Frank McDiarmid
20	12	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'M*A*T*H' - Art Frank McDiarmid
21	13	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'M*A*T*H' - Art Frank McDiarmid
22	14	Cheeky Movie Masterpiece 'M*A*T*H' - Art Frank McDiarmid
23	15	Whoopee Chit-Chat
24	16	Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave

MISSING - Paddywack

This is the final Cheeky Section (see below for more information on what makes this the final CS). The next issue will see the first instalment of Terry Bave's How To Draw Comic Strips booklet occupy pages 9 to 12. Despite the forthcoming abandonment of the Cheeky Section concept, most of the strips previously contained within the toothy funster's comic-within-comic will continue to appear. What a Cheek and the untitled Snail strip will be dropped, as will the Cheeky Movie Masterpieces. However Cheeky will continue to appear, along with all the Cheeky Weekly survivors.

Paddywack escapes the confines of the CS for a second time (see 29 March 1980), as this week he fetches up on Whoopee! page 31.

Why was the 04 October 1980 edition the final Cheeky Section?

My belief that the Cheeky Comic within Whoopee came to an end in the 04 October 1980 issue is based on a number of factors, the main one being the references (or lack thereof) to the 'Cheeky Comic' on Whoopee's front covers. Mentions of the 'Cheeky Comic inside', usually in the form of a banner at the top of the Whoopee front cover, appeared on the front page of 24 of the 30 issues published between 09 February 1980 (the first merged Whoopee! and Cheeky) and 04 October 1980 (the final issue to contain a Cheeky Section), with the exception of the 29 March, 12 April, 16 August and 06 September editions, all the covers of which carried announcements of prize competitions inside, and the 20 September issue which promoted the reader participation features inside.  Although the 04 October Whoopee contained the final Cheeky Section, the cover didn't mention the Cheeky Comic inside - where that banner would normally have been was an announcement of the commencement of Terry Bave's How to Draw Comics booklet (the feature which brought the Cheeky Comic to an end) the following week. There were no further mentions of the Cheeky Comic.

The cover of the first Cheeky Section consisted of the 'comic' title 'Cheeky' plus our grinning pal's tooth-packed fizzog together with an offer of free badges, but as of the second CS, the title of the What a Cheek strip appeared on the 'cover' below the Cheeky title. This set the pattern for the following Cheeky Sections, with the exception of the 15 March 1980 edition, where below the Cheeky 'comic' title was an illustration announcing the first episode of the toothy funster's new movie-spoof series - Bungles in the Jungle. However, in the 03 May 1980 issue the 'cover' combination of the Cheeky title and What a Cheek strip appeared on Whoopee page 13, making it page 5 of the Cheeky Section.

 As from the 11 October 1980 issue, week some of the strips originating in Cheeky Weekly, that had since the merge been limited (with a couple of exceptions) to Whoopee! and Cheeky's centre pages (page numbers 9-24 being the centre of a 32-page comic), slowly began to roam the title. I also feel that the redesigned Cheeky page which was introduced as of 11 October 1980 was no longer intended to represent the front page of a comic, and the 'Cheeky' title referred to the strip which appeared below since there was no other title in evidence, other that the 'in Rush For School' which was the newly-introduced episode title that would change each week.

New page design introduced as of 11 October 1980

In the 11 October 1980 issue, the first part of Terry Bave's How to Draw Comics booklet occupied pages 9 to 11 (what would have formerly been the first 4 pages of the Cheeky Section), and the first of that week's erstwhile Cheeky Section strips (the egregious interloper C**p) appeared on page 13, with $6,000,000 Gran on pages 14/15 and Mustapha Million on pages 16/17. Cheeky was shunted back to pages 18-21. Pages 22 -23 were home to the Bumpkin Billionaires (never previously included within the Cheeky Section) and this placing of the affable agrarians is to me a clear signal that the Cheeky Section concept was ended, because Stage School was shunted to pages 28 and 29, outside the central 16 pages and meaning the central section certainly no longer represented a 'stand-alone' title (since it's not possible to pull out a section finishing at page 29 - page 30, Scared-Stiff Sam, would have been on the back cover of that week's 'Cheeky Section' had the editor intended it to be so viewed, and Toy Boy would have been on the front!). Calculator Kid was placed on page 24 which would, under the former arrangements, have been the last Cheeky Section page.

A week later Cheeky's escapades began on page 9, but the Whoopee Chit-Chat letters page was on page 14 (admittedly Chit-Chat had intruded upon Cheeky's comic section in 21 of the 30 Cheeky Sections that I recognise) and, crucially, Lolly Pop (another Whoopee feature that was never previously allocated to a Cheeky Section) was to be found on pages 22 and 23.

In the 25 October edition, Bookworm, another Whoopee! stalwart never previously featured in the Cheeky Section, appeared on page 20.

Also, in the post-Cheeky-Section era week 4, our toothy pal's adventure commenced on page 25, putting it outside the central section. There then followed a further 7 weeks where Cheeky's strip commenced on page 9, maintaining what would have been the front cover of a 16 page pull-out. However, in the following week's Christmas issue, and the ensuing new year edition, Cheeky's strips again commenced outside the centre section, on page 8. Cheeky then returned to commencing on page 9 for a further 11 weeks, after which the grinning gagster was shunted back to page 25.

In the 08 November 1980 comic, Paddywack moved to Whoopee! and Cheeky's front page, clearly signalling the comic-within-a-comic era to be over, if the redesigned Cheeky page and intrusions into the centre pages hadn't already done so.

Crunch Time for Frank

Bruce has posted the first appearance of Frank McDiarmid's Cruncher strip.

May the 13th Be With You

Cheeky Weekly comes under the Great News For All Readers spotlight today.

Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 40

New readers start here... After Cheeky Weekly folded and was incorporated into Whoopee as of February 1980 six strips that had originated in the toothy funster's title survived the merge and continued to appear in the amalgamated comic. Whoopee itself foundered in March 1985 and was merged into Whizzer and Chips. Three of the surviving Cheeky Weekly strips successfully negotiated this second merge and went on to appear in the newly combined publication, rather inelegantly titled 'Whizzer and Chips now including Whoopee'. The survivors were Mustapha Million, Calculator Kid and (appearing only twice) Stage School. Cheeky continued to appear, but as a member of The Krazy Gang, who had moved into W&C when Krazy, the comic in which the Gang originated, expired in April 1978. However, the Krazy Gang's Whizzer and Chips run ended in the issue dated 08 February 1986. Calculator Kid survived a little longer, his run of reprints coming to an end in the 26 July 1986 edition and leaving Mustapha Million as the sole Cheeky Weekly survivor.

A week after Mustapha intruded upon Sweet-Tooth, our moneyed mate was subject to a Whizz-Kid intruder. Scroll down to discover the identity of the interloper.

Whizzer and Chips 19 September 1987
Art: Barry Glennard

Yes, it's the rubbery rascal Odd-Ball, making his 3rd raid on Mustapha. We might have guessed the sneaky sphere wouldn't be far away when the strip concerned a load of balls. Odd-Ball had been intruded upon by Mustapha on 2 previous occasions.

More raiding fun soon!

Whizzer and Chips Cover Date	Raider	Raided
06 April 1985	Mustapha Million	Super Steve
04 May 1985	Bloggs (Store Wars)	Mustapha Million
11 May 1985	Joker	The Krazy Gang (Cheeky)
18 May 1985	Calculator Kid & Calc	Odd-Ball
01 June 1985	Animalad Mustapha Million	The Krazy Gang (Cheeky) Boy Boss
08 June 1985	Odd-Ball	Calculator Kid
06 July 1985	Toy Boy	Calculator Kid
13 July 1985	Pa Bumpkin	The Krazy Gang (Cheeky)
27 July 1985	Joker	Mustapha Million
24 August 1985	Cheeky	Sid's Snake
14 September 1985	Odd-Ball Calculator Kid	Calculator Kid Store Wars
05 October 1985	Mustapha Million	Animalad
19 October 1985	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
23 November 1985	Sweeny Toddler Sweeny Toddler Sweeny Toddler	Calculator Kid The Krazy Gang (Cheeky) Mustapha Million
18 January 1986	Mustapha Million	Super Steve
25 January 1986	Odd-Ball Cheeky	Mustapha Million Odd-Ball
08 February 1986 The Krazy Gang ends this issue	Animalad	Mustapha Million
15 February 1986	Lazy Bones	Calculator Kid
15 March 1986	Odd-Ball	Calculator Kid
29 March 1986	Calculator Kid	Master P Brain
05 April 1986	Bumpkin Billionaires	Mustapha Million
12 April 1986	Animalad	Calculator Kid
31 May 1986	Lazy Bones	Calculator Kid
07 June 1986	Mustapha Million	Joker
28 June 1986	Sweet Tooth	Mustapha Million
26 July 1986 Calculator Kid ends this issue	No Cheeky-related raid this issue	No Cheeky-related raid this issue
16 August 1986	Mustapha Million	Joker
23 August 1986	Sweet Tooth	Mustapha Million
18 October 1986	Winnie the Royal Nag	Mustapha Million
06 December 1986	Toy Boy	Mustapha Million
13 December 1986	Mustapha Million	Odd-Ball
17 January 1987	Sid	Mustapha Million
14 February 1987	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
11 April 1987	Pa Bumpkin	Mustapha Million
25 April 1987	Mustapha Million	Odd-Ball
20 June 1987	Toy Boy	Mustapha Million
27 June 1987	Mustapha Million	Memory Banks
25 July 1987	Lazy Bones	Mustapha Million
22 August 1987	Winnie the Royal Nag	Mustapha Million
12 September 1987	Mustapha Million	Sweet Tooth
19 September 1987	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million

May the Cheek be With You

Today's date is usually associated with Han Skyvader and his space-faring chums, but this year it's also Free Comic Book Day. Among the freebies being distributed by certain comic shops is Rebellion's Funny Pages, which was previewed a few days ago on Lew Stringer's blog.

There are no comic shops near where I live, and I didn't relish a long and probably fruitless trek in search of a copy. However, Lew's helpful post indicates that Cheeky, who is among the comic superstars adorning the Funny Pages front cover, is not featured in any of the strips inside. His role appears to be as a gag-cracking filler, along with other classic japesters from the IPC corral, at the foot of the pages, the otherwise-blank space presumably resulting from the different width-to-height ratio of the new comic pages compared to those of yore.

I followed the link on Lew's blog that suggests a digital version of Funny Pages is available but I couldn't see it anywhere.

Congratulations to anyone who managed to secure a copy.