How two of the best School Fun strips started and ended..E.T.T and Schoolditz

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Tammyfan

Post subject: School Fun Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:37 pm

Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:41 am Posts: 384

There does not seem to be a thread dedicated to School Fun here, so I shall create one. School Fun was another short-lived but fondly remembered funny comic. It was dedicated to funnies with school themes. It was launched on 15 October 1983, but only lasted for 33 issues before merging with Buster on 1 June 1984. While it lasted it produced some memorable strips such as Schoolditz and E.T.T. (Extra Terrestrial Teacher). The lineup for School Fun was: Junior Ed Softy Sir Coronation Street School Creepy Crawler Test Yourself Page Time Bus Walt Teaser B.Ware - Caretaker The School Team E.T.T. (Extra Terrestrial Teacher) Grange Hill Juniors Teachers United Ho-Ho Homework Schoolditz Young Arfur School Belle Later strips: Willy Wonty Slowcoach (started with Buster merger)

Tammyfan	Post subject: Re: School Fun Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:49 pm
Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:41 am Posts: 384	And here is the very first episode of Schoolditz. Most of their schemes to escape Schoolditz failed because the headmaster goofed up Gilligan-style. Last edited by Tammyfan on Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Tammyfan	Post subject: Re: School Fun Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:54 pm
Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:41 am Posts: 384	And here is the first episode of E.T.T.

Tammyfan	Post subject: Re: School Fun Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:26 am
Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:41 am Posts: 384	Here is the last School Fun:

Tammyfan	Post subject: Re: School Fun Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:33 am
Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:41 am Posts: 384	This is how ETT went home in the final issue:

Tammyfan	Post subject: Re: School Fun Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:36 am
Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:41 am Posts: 384	This is the final escape plan from Schoolditz:

Tammyfan

Post subject: Re: School Fun Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:45 am

Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:41 am Posts: 384

When School Fun merged with Buster: Buster strips  Ivor Lott and Tony Broke with Milly O'Naire and Penny Less Cliff Hanger Good Guy Chalky The Leopard from Lime Street It's a Nice Life Jack Pott Wonder Wellies X-Ray Specs Mummy's Boy Buster's Diary School Fun Strips The School Team Young Arfur (with Creepy Crawler) Test Yourself B. Ware Caretaker School Belle Teachers United Slowcoach (begins) Walt Teaser (with Softy Sir) The Winners

Thanks Tammyfan!!

*KAZOOP !!: A LOOK AT SHIVER & SHAKE STRIPS: CREEPY CAR

*KAZOOP !!: A LOOK AT SHIVER & SHAKE STRIPS: CREEPY CAR: Advertisement in SHIVER AND SHAKE No. 70 Creepy Car was a motor ghost and the spirit of an old car that was sent to the scrapyar...

Great to see the origin of this brilliant strip by Reg Parlett go to link to see for yourself...I never knew it started in Shiver and Shake!

Happy 75th Birthday The Beano 30th July 1938!

What a great line up of characters...The Beano has worked because of the strong characters and the unchanging quality of it..
The Beano editor thought in the 75th Birthday special £6.99 in WHSmiths or at the DC Thomson shop
https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/Product-The_Beano_75th_Birthday_Bookazine(20130101)-DCS(2)-B75BZ(3123).aspx

He would of liked to have shown this issue in the book But he decided to show the first appearances of characters...so I'd thought it would be fun to show it here...

Another nice thing about The Beano is the artist stayed with the character for years and years and years...it really is impressive...

So well done The Beano and hope you never change..and that is to make us laugh..

The Dragon Family a new cartoon series by me..

Its a bit different for me mixing acrylics and a big thick black pen...But the result is quicker to read jokes and really stands out...whether I can think up any more ideas..who knows..But here is 7 good gags by me..

You can buy them as cards and prints at my new website shop..
www.peterspetportraits.co.uk

The Topper comics -Beryl the Peril does The Avengers!

1966 Topper

Nice seeing this...

1961 Topper ghosted by Bill Ritchie! Its always fun seeing how well an artist can do different styles...this is a good Davy Law style...notice the horizon lines and different perspectives...Bill must of seen that in his work.

More Tom Paterson in Shiver and shake very early work in comics..

Thanks Kazoop..

http://kazoop.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/tom-patersons-cartoon-work-in-shiver.html

Tom Paterson's first published in a comic -.GRIMLY FEENDISH in Shiver and Shake

See Tom Paterson strip and the first one he drew for comics..

http://kazoop.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/a-look-at-shiver-shake-strips-grimly.html#comment-form


Thanks Kazoop!

The first Sparky People by Jim Petrie

See the first Sparky People by Jim Petrie..from of course Sparky comic..
follow link to see it..

http://comics.brucelaing.id.au/sparkypeople01/#comment-375

Beryl's Chatterbox Topper comic 1973-4

 I wonder if these are caricutures of the editor and writers? As a good guess they must be..also love this time in Topper comic where it laughs at itself as seen above saying the Splodge story will be the usual rubbish!! Love this type of silly fun humour.

Inspired by Kazoop's post on The Shiver Givers from Shiver and Shake comic

http://kazoop.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/a-look-at-shiver-shake-strips-shiver.html

The Sparky People was also another strip which had the characters from the comic making the actual comic!  

It is a great fun idea.

The Dandy did Office Hours which didn't quite work for me...as it didn't have any of the Dandy characters in it.

See Kazoop's blog post on Creepy Creations from Shiver and Shake

See Kazoop's blog post on Creepy Creations from Shiver and Shake a very useful index..and review..

http://kazoop.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/a-look-at-shiver-shake-strips-creepy_5.html