Original Cover Art - 16th April 1988

Here's some awesome original cover art by Tom Paterson for issue dated 16th April 1988. This particular artwork is in the latest Compal Comics auction at lot #156, with an estimate of £60 - £80.

http://www.compalcomics.com/catalogue/lot156.htm

Also in the auction are some early comics with free gifts. I might try and buy these so I can share them with you here, but time will tell... (and I already have some images of them on 'The History' page).

1971 Annual

I've uploaded information and pages from the 1971 annual onto the History page, and hopefully other annuals will follow soon. 

I might list the full contents, I'll see if I can get round to it shortly!

Terry Bave Talks About Whizzer And Chips

If you haven't yet picked up a copy of Cartoons and Comic Strips by cartoonist Terry Bave, then be sure to do so as an entire chapter is dedicated to Whizzer and Chips! he talks about the launch, advert and strips he drew for it, most interesting for me was Scribbler - a character who was ended because he was TOO popular!

Go grab a copy now!

http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-bave/cartoons-and-comic-strips/paperback/product-20625272.html

A Very Late New Years Resolution

Well, last year I wrote only 23 posts on this site, which really isn't very many - and theres a lot to cover! So for 2013 my resolution is to update this site more often! Look - I've written one already and we're only 21 days in!

Stay tuned for Whizzer and Chips fun!

Merry Christmas!

Thanks Benny! I couldn't have put it better myself!

A very Merry Christmas to all readers of this site!

Steve Beckett's Whizzer and Chips

Here are two recent sketches by Dandy artist Steve Beckett, one of Sid and Slippy and one of Shiner! The characters live on!

Footsie the Clown in Chips

From 28th January 1978

Footsie the Clown is a well-known character who appeared in full colour on the back page of Wham! in the mid 60's. But did you know he also appeared in Whizzer and Chips in the 1970's?

Originally he appeared in black and white and the strip just looked out of place in the comic, the lines were so much thinner than other strips. It did look a bit better when blue was added (blue because he was in the Chips section), but for some reason the character never really seemed to fit in.

From 4th Feburary 1978

In Denis Gifford's Catalouge of Comic Characters, he states that Footsie only appeared in Whizzer and Chips in 1975, however both the above examples are from 1978.