A LOOK AT COR!! STRIPS: JELLY BABY

Jelly Baby was about a naughty baby girl who could stretch her limbs and other body parts like jelly. The feature began in COR!! issue dated 27th May, 1972 (No. 104) and lasted until the last issue of the paper. Jelly Baby made four front cover appearances in issues dated 26th May 1973, 28th July 1973, 3rd November 1973 and 25th May 1974 (Nos. 156, 165, 179 and 208). The majority of episodes were in black and white, with the odd one in full colour. Illustrated by Mike Lacey.

Frm COR!! issue dated 21st April, 1973 (No. 151)

FOOTBALL THEME IN BRITISH HUMOUR COMICS TO CELEBRATE EURO 2012 (FINAL DAY)

I will conclude this series of blogposts with two Buster stories by Nadal and a busy three-pager from Smash! 1969 annual. I hope you have enjoyed reading the various football strips over the last 3+ weeks, just as I have enjoyed searching for them! I may repeat this exercise in the future, if I find an interesting theme :) 

FOOTBALL THEME IN BRITISH HUMOUR COMICS TO CELEBRATE EURO 2012 (DAY 23)

Here’s the second batch of examples of football strips by Ken Reid.

From SCORCHER dated 14th March, 1970

From SCORCHER dated 17th October, 1970

From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 4th November, 1972

From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 9th December, 1972

From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 27th October, 1973

From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 17th August, 1974

From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 21st September, 1974

From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 29th July, 1972

A LOOK AT COR!! STRIPS: CHIP

Chip was another reprint strip in COR!! about a mischievous naughty little kid desperate to have some fun in his life. The feature was drawn by Graham Allen and originally appeared under the name of Kicks in POW! some five years prior. COR!! reprints started in the issue with the cover date of 15th April, 1972 (No. 98). A total of 22 episodes of the original series were reprinted with some long intervals, the last one appearing in the issue of 15th September, 1973 (No. 172)

From COR!! issue dated 14th July, 1973 (No. 163)

FOOTBALL THEME IN BRITISH HUMOUR COMICS TO CELEBRATE EURO 2012 (DAY 22)

Flag flies half-mast over my house because the team that I supported dropped out yesterday. Next time maybe... Hats off to super-Balotelli!

The next two football posts will be dedicated solely to those rarely-seen and nearly forgotten Ken Reid footy strips from SCORCHER (and later SCORCHER AND SCORE) in the period from 1970 until 1974 - Sub, Football Forum, Manager Matt, Hugh Fowler, The Soccernauts, Harry Hammertoe, Jimmy Jinks and Triptoe Triers.

From SCORCHER dated 31st January, 1970

From SCORCHER dated 22nd August, 1970

From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 24th June, 1972

From SCORCHER AND ASCORE dated 30th September, 1972

From SCORCEHR AND SCORE dated 28th October, 1972

From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 13th October, 1973

From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 20th October, 1973

From SCORCHER AND SCORE dated 24th August, 1974

FOOTBALL THEME IN BRITISH HUMOUR COMICS TO CELEBRATE EURO 2012 (DAY 21)

Having won their fortune in the football pools, Bumpkin Billionaires were great fans of the game, willing to pay any price to see their favourite team. Followed by another two nice examples of the Match of the Week from SHIVER AND SHAKE. All by Mike Lacey. The bottom one is particularly interesting because the opponents are Mirth Shaking Inventions and Creepy Creations. Both were reader participation features in Shiver and Shake. The former were humorous inventions drawn to readers’ ideas, and the latter were comical monster creatures drawn by Ken Reid based on sketches submitted by the young readers.

From SHIVER AND SHAKE dated 8th September, 1973 (No. 27)

From SHIVER AND SHAKE dated 23rd February, 1974 (No. 51)

A LOOK AT COR!! STRIPS: LUCKY CHARMER

Lucky Charmer was about a girl by the name of Lucy, better known to her friends and family as Lucky. She was a strong believer in horoscopes, lucky numbers, charms and all sorts of superstitions and they usually did her good. Lucky had a horse-shoe knitted on her jersey and her bed cover was decorated in a horseshoe pattern. Lucy’s parents never thought much of her silly superstitions but Lucy usually was the winner in the end.

The feature was launched in the New Year issue of 1972 dated January 1st (No. 83) and had a short run of 30 episodes until the issue dated 22nd July, 1972 (No. 112). The main artist was the same who illustrated Football Madd and the Chumpions. Unconfirmed information says it was Peter Davidson. Other artists stepped in on several occasions.

From COR!! issue dated 20th May, 1972  (No. 103)

From COR!! issue dated 22nd July, 1973 (No. 112) - last episode