Teacher’s
Pet was a long-running series in COR!! about an
annoying school-girl named Patsy and her never-ending attempts to get into her
teacher’s (Miss’) good books. Patsy’s efforts usually backfired and infuriated
the teacher, besides she often suffered at the hands of her classmates for
being a sneak. Miss’ real name was Miss Fortune and according to the piece of
information shared in the Postbag section by the Editor, she’d been trying to
change it ever since Patsy joined her class. The strip enjoyed full-colour treatment
and often occupied the prime slot on the back of the paper, especially in the
early months. It didn’t miss a single week and made 3 front cover appearances
in COR!! issues dated 15th December 1973, 9th February 1974 and 11th May, 1974 (Nos.
185, 193 and 206). The artist was Norman Mansbridge but there was also another
illustrator who stepped in quite frequently. I don’t know the name but he also
drew Boney in Knockout and Whizzer
and Chips.
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| Episode drawn by Norman Mansbridge from COR!! issue dated 12th December, 1970 (No. 28) |
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| Episode by another artist from COR!! issue dated 23rd February, 1974 (No. 195) |
This
post covers the last feature that appeared in the first issue of COR!! The
total number of different strips over the relatively short lifetime of COR!!
came to sixty, not counting reader participation features, “guest star”
appearances, “cor-medy choice” features and a few series that only appeared in COR!!
annuals and specials that I hope to cover in due course. Teacher’s Pet was No. 27 so less than half of the strips have been
covered so far.
This is quite an epic blog...
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Thanks for the compliments, Peter. Lots of other exciting strips are waiting to be covered in the coming weeks :)
ReplyDeleteI’ve often wondered why Patsy was allowed not to wear a school uniform; it’s not like she’d have made a Fuss Pot-style fuss about it. She wasn’t a pest that way, more of an ingratiating nuisance. I’m aware that her mode of dress usually indicated someone was stuck-up or offish. Wouldn’t catch ME in bows and a frilly dress!
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