The last of the brilliant Cheeky Movie Masterpieces...Whoopee!! 4th October 1980

Very roughly based on M.*A*S*H tv program

So started 8th March 1980 ended 4th October 1980 very worth collecting them all...I will..

Jock the Rapper by Tom Paterson Dandy 1996.

A mad scientist with pink hair!! Love Tom's work..

A bit of a one off...

Gordon Bell's version of The Wild Rovers normally drawn by Ken H Harrison from Nutty comic 1982

There's less detail and less dogs..though great expressions..But its interesting to see...you can see Gordon preferred drawing dogs with short legs like in Pup Parade...and maybe he had to draw it fast for a deadline?

Ken sure does a lot of detail and more panels...they are both good in different ways...

Cheeky's Movie Masterpiece How it began...

 Whoopee and Cheeky 8th March 1980..The Vicar has a twin Brother!!

Love the WC gag!!!

I just love Frank's work and the Movie Masterpieces he does are brilliant...a real highlight..

Introducing Cheeky's people in Whoopee!!

The first combined issue...

Drawn by Mike Lacey this time...

Cheeky is a great character...and I'm know has cheeky myself...;0)

UPDATED!!!! A funny look at Beanotown The Beano Book 1974 by Robert Nixon

Recently Beanotown map was shown in the free giveaway Beano in the Mail on Sunday.
Heres the Beanotown drawn in great wonderful detail by Robert.

I like Dennis and Gnasher's house best!!

This picture inspired me as a kid to make my own Beanopoly (Monopoly) and making the cards. Great fun to do..

From the Daily Mail the free sample Beano ...the Beanotown was shown better in the 75th Beano.

Looking at this I don't think this is Robert Nixons work... 

you can see traces of the 1974 version. The cage is not for Biffo this time (Biffo lives in a cave!) But Baby-Face..

Little Plum now lives in a wigwam in the distance...

Love the end pages at the back of the 1993 Beano book at night time..its all very well done..

Thanks TwoHeadedBoy for the reminder of this gem..

Whoopee!! at Easter 1978!

 A very unSweeny Toddler ending...well it is Easter!

 Love Mike's drawings...

This appeared for a short time before Bookworm started..not sure if this is a reprint from Whizzer and chips or new for Whoopee!!

 nothing to do with Easter But here it is by Ken Reid...good creepy bats!!

 A very funny story...and a new Easter custom!!!

 The newsagent man is not scared of them anymore!

 Rolling eggs down a hill...when did it start?

 A great poster by Terry Bave of the current Whoopee!! characters...

Hope you enjoyed your Easter!!

Retro Beano wrapping paper...

I've seen this page as wrapping paper so I'd thought you'd like to see the back page as well..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beano-Cover-Gift-Wrap-Wild/dp/B003FF1916/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398018433&sr=8-1&keywords=retro+Beano+wrapping+paper

I always liked the Menace gang v's the Softy gang...

In the same issue the name Gnipper is mentioned...before there was a real Gnipper later on mid 80's...

Early 1955 Harold hare by Hugh McNeill Jack and Jill comic

Its fun seeing this early version of Harold Hare..He is more cuter and shorter...Harold Hare is such a great fun character no wonder he got his own comic later on...

My new art...

Eastbourne pier...

Might do some more landscapes as they are popular...I like doing seasides!! The needles in Cornwall might be next to paint..
In art you can change the persepctive so for me the pier was important so its a lot bigger than it should be..

lion cub

My email is thejeep2000@yahoo.co.uk
join me on facebook under Peter Gray artist

*KAZOOP !!: A LOOK AT MONSTER FUN STRIPS: X-RAY SPECS (he could also read minds!)

*KAZOOP !!: A LOOK AT MONSTER FUN STRIPS: X-RAY SPECS: Ray was as an ordinary boy until a mystery optician (I.Squint) gave him a pair of specs with x-ray vision. From then on he became one ...
Heres my advert for Kazoop it shows all the different things X Ray specs can do..see link above..

This is the last Christmas X Ray Specs Mike Lacey drew Dec 1991 it ended in Feb 1992 becoming reprints (sadly!).... and at this time his X Ray specs could read minds!! 

I love the ending of this strip..;0)

Mike could of if he wanted to work for DC Thomson..

Mike still drew very well indeed!

*KAZOOP !!: A LOOK AT MONSTER FUN STRIPS: KID KONG see also the later Kid Kong by Rob Lee and his version of an origin!

Kid Kong in Buster was a one pager 17th Jan 1981...thought this page was funny so had to show it..

Then in 21st March 1981 it became two pages with a new origin based on the old...also Gran was brought back to her original self without glasses and hearing aid...which kind of works...

Rob Lee's art is nice to see and has a bit of Robert Nixon style about it..

Now go to the link to see Monster Fun's Kid Kong by the great Robert Nixon at Kazoop...

*KAZOOP !!: A LOOK AT MONSTER FUN STRIPS: KID KONG: As we know from the introductory three-pager, Kid Kong was ‘the biggest gorilla in the World and son of the famous King Kong’. ..