Comments on: Toots and Sidney http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:49:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Admin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243468 Admin Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:00:59 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243468 ha ha, i remember the title "Luncheon Vulture" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_(comic) ha ha, i remember the title “Luncheon Vulture”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_(comic)

]]> By: Admin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243457 Admin Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:31:06 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243457 I had the Plug comic too - i remember the free gifts from the first run of issues. I don't think it was all sport themed was it?? I had the Plug comic too - i remember the free gifts from the first run of issues. I don’t think it was all sport themed was it??

]]> By: Stevie http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243399 Stevie Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:51:27 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243399 Actually now I think of it, Plug got his own spin-off comic - probably around the same time that Cheeky span off from Krazy and directly inspired by its success. It was all sport-themed: a team of footballing insects - Antchester Utd, a distance running hound - Henry Bono etc etc DYS? Actually now I think of it, Plug got his own spin-off comic - probably around the same time that Cheeky span off from Krazy and directly inspired by its success. It was all sport-themed: a team of footballing insects - Antchester Utd, a distance running hound - Henry Bono etc etc DYS?

]]> By: Stevie http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243398 Stevie Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:49:03 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243398 Are you thinking of Sweeney Toddler on Whoopee!? Are you thinking of Sweeney Toddler on Whoopee!?

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243391 Tom Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:34:46 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243391 Hmm well as I say I read the article years ago! Ah well, wasn't LB then. I'm sure he did do a similar strip to Cheeky tho. Hmm well as I say I read the article years ago! Ah well, wasn’t LB then. I’m sure he did do a similar strip to Cheeky tho.

]]> By: Alan http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243389 Alan Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:30:58 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243389 If Cheeky is the same Cheeky I'm thinking of it wasn't Baxendale that did the art for the main strip, but Frank McDiarmid. It had something of LB's anarchy. http://www.toonhound.com/cheeky.htm If Cheeky is the same Cheeky I’m thinking of it wasn’t Baxendale that did the art for the main strip, but Frank McDiarmid. It had something of LB’s anarchy. http://www.toonhound.com/cheeky.htm

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243374 Tom Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:59:21 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243374 http://www.reaper.co.uk/main.htm Leo Baxendale's website. http://www.reaper.co.uk/main.htm

Leo Baxendale’s website.

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243372 Tom Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:57:29 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243372 Baxendale got a lot more freedom on his work for Fleetway/IPC - he was constantly at loggerheads with the DC Thomson editors over content: despite this (or maybe because of it), it's his DC Thomson creations that are probably most famous. The great lost Baxendale work is apparently <i>Cheeky</i>, a short-lived IPC comic which he was some kind of content director on - he did the lead strip, and the whole thing was particularly anarchic. I read an article on it years ago though have only dim memories of the characters, who got swallowed up by Whizzer And Chips I think. Baxendale got a lot more freedom on his work for Fleetway/IPC - he was constantly at loggerheads with the DC Thomson editors over content: despite this (or maybe because of it), it’s his DC Thomson creations that are probably most famous.

The great lost Baxendale work is apparently Cheeky, a short-lived IPC comic which he was some kind of content director on - he did the lead strip, and the whole thing was particularly anarchic. I read an article on it years ago though have only dim memories of the characters, who got swallowed up by Whizzer And Chips I think.

]]> By: jeff w http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243371 jeff w Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:54:29 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243371 For some reason, I always found The Beano repellent* even when I was the target age. However, I loved Leo Baxendale's work for <i>Monster Fun</i> comic, especially the blot art and The Bad Time Bed Time Story Books. I never made the connection (i.e. that Baxendale also drew the Bash Street Kids and Minnie the Minx) until FT&LOP pointed it out yesterday. D'oh! *I wonder if this was a class thing, i.e. Beano = for working class kids, Monster Fun = for kids of aspiring middle class families? For some reason, I always found The Beano repellent* even when I was the target age. However, I loved Leo Baxendale’s work for Monster Fun comic, especially the blot art and The Bad Time Bed Time Story Books. I never made the connection (i.e. that Baxendale also drew the Bash Street Kids and Minnie the Minx) until FT&LOP pointed it out yesterday. D’oh!

*I wonder if this was a class thing, i.e. Beano = for working class kids, Monster Fun = for kids of aspiring middle class families?

]]> By: pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243364 pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:25:12 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243364 haha this sentence in the wiki entry: "The characters were inspired by the view overlooking the D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd office windows, from the playground at Dundee High School." ?? haha this sentence in the wiki entry: “The characters were inspired by the view overlooking the D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd office windows, from the playground at Dundee High School.”

??

]]> By: pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243363 pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:19:22 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243363 note to self: must read title of post before post itself note to self: must read title of post before post itself

]]> By: pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243362 pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:17:31 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/03/toots-and-sidney/#comment-243362 as per pic, toots is the twin of the one in the bottom right corner whose name i can never remember -- danny is one the cap visible at the lower edge erbert is the small specky one w.too small clothes, the one with too-big-jumper (but not too long arms) is either called enry or wilfred as per pic, toots is the twin of the one in the bottom right corner whose name i can never remember — danny is one the cap visible at the lower edge

erbert is the small specky one w.too small clothes, the one with too-big-jumper (but not too long arms) is either called enry or wilfred

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