One day
Adrian was on a boring tour of an old stately home and accidentally knocked
down a wall that turned out to be haunted by a cavalier who was bricked-up
inside umpteen years ago. Adrian and the Wall became pals and the Wall followed
the boy everywhere he went. A square of brickwork with a pair of legs, Adrian’s
Wall was a very peculiar character. The comedy of the strip derived
from the Wall’s ability to walk, talk and appear in places where others didn’t
expect it to be.
20 weeks
down the line the cavalier declared he was fed up walking around in a
hundredweight of bricks. Adrian grabbed a chisel and freed the ghost who then
stayed in the park as a statue:
Adrian’s
Wall ran in SHIVER AND SHAKE issues 1 – 22 and missed issue No. 9. I
am not sure who the illustrator was, although the style looks familiar. Peter
Davidson illustrated one episode in issue No. 16
As you say an odd strip..didn't quite work..like Evil eye or the Hand..it was too limiting..
ReplyDeleteI remember the wall at the fairground and blocking the helter skelter! OUCH!
What a strange strip. What I don't understand is why the cavalier didn't want to get released from his wall earlier!
ReplyDeleteBecause then the strp would have lost its weird twist :)
DeleteOoh, no, Peter - Evil Eye was fantastic, one of Reg Parlett's great '70s strips!
ReplyDeleteI used to like the oddness of Adrian's Wall. Why on earth *would* a boy choose to become mates with a wall? It was something different!