The Sludgemouth Sloggers was a team of human freaks assembled by
the town of Sludgemouth to enter the world-wide ‘What-A-Lark’ competition (the
Whacky World Cup for Holiday Resorts) with a noble mission of winning a prize
of 50 thousand quid in order to build a dam and save the tourism industry of
their town. The team required some special skills to tackle the various stunts and
weird sports used in the contest. The strip is not much of a help in
illustrating modern Olympic sports but it is another nice example of a story
centered around a tough athletic competition with cheering crowds and extensive media coverage.
But the main reason why I chose to include The Sludgemouth Sloggers in my series of Olympic blogposts is
this particular 6-page set. All weekly installments in JET and later the
combined BUSTER AND JET were illustrated by Douglas Maxted, but the episode from the rarely-seen 1972 Birthday
Book For Boys was by the ever-excellent Joe
Colquhoun:
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