Publisher: IPC
Publication Dates: 22nd October 1977 – 2nd February 1980
Number of Issues Published: 117 (#1 – #117)
Color: Colour
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Information thanks to the Grand Comics Database
Cheeky Weekly was a British comic published every Monday by IPC Magazines Ltd. It ran for 117 issues from (issues dates) 22 October 1977 to 2 February 1980, failing to be published for 3 weeks in December 1978 due to an industrial dispute. It merged with stable-mate Whoopee!, initially as a 16-page pull-out section. The title character originated in an earlier comic called Krazy as a character in the strip The Krazy Gang and also the star of the ‘Ello, It’s Cheeky feature, and proved popular enough to get his own comic, which managed to outlive Krazy itself. The first issue came with a free “Red Jet Rattler” (a build-it-yourself model aeroplane).
Strips included…
“Calculator Kid”
“Fangs of Fear”
“Paddywack”
“The Skateboard Squad!”
“Tub”
“Walter Wurx”
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Cheeky Weekly 1977-10-22
Cheeky Weekly 1977-10-29
Cheeky Weekly 1977-11-05
Cheeky Weekly 1977-11-12
Cheeky Weekly 1977-11-19
Cheeky Weekly 1977-11-26
Cheeky Weekly 1977-12-03
Cheeky Weekly 1977-12-10
Cheeky Weekly 1977-12-17
Cheeky Weekly 1977-12-24
Cheeky Weekly 1977-12-31
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No issues were produced on 16 December 1978, 23 December 1978 and 30 December 1978 due to industrial action by the printers.
Cheeky Weekly 1978-01-07
Cheeky Weekly 1978-01-14
Cheeky Weekly 1978-01-21
Cheeky Weekly 1978-01-28
Cheeky Weekly 1978-02-04
Cheeky Weekly 1978-02-11
Cheeky Weekly 1978-02-18
Cheeky Weekly 1978-02-25
Cheeky Weekly 1978-03-04
Cheeky Weekly 1978-03-11
Cheeky Weekly 1978-03-18
Cheeky Weekly 1978-03-25
Cheeky Weekly 1978-04-01
Cheeky Weekly 1978-04-08
Cheeky Weekly 1978-04-15
Cheeky Weekly 1978-04-22
Cheeky Weekly 1978-04-29
Cheeky Weekly 1978-05-06
Cheeky Weekly 1978-05-13
Cheeky Weekly 1978-05-20
Cheeky Weekly 1978-05-27
Cheeky Weekly 1978-06-03
Cheeky Weekly 1978-06-10
Cheeky Weekly 1978-06-17
Cheeky Weekly 1978-06-24
Cheeky Weekly 1978-07-01
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Cheeky Weekly 1978-07-15
Cheeky Weekly 1978-07-22
Cheeky Weekly 1978-07-29
Cheeky Weekly 1978-08-05
Cheeky Weekly 1978-08-12
Cheeky Weekly 1978-08-19
Cheeky Weekly 1978-08-26
Cheeky Weekly 1978-09-02
Cheeky Weekly 1978-09-09
Cheeky Weekly 1978-09-16
Cheeky Weekly 1978-09-23
Cheeky Weekly 1978-09-30
Cheeky Weekly 1978-10-07
Cheeky Weekly 1978-10-14
Cheeky Weekly 1978-10-21
Cheeky Weekly 1978-10-28
Cheeky Weekly 1978-11-04
Cheeky Weekly 1978-11-11
Cheeky Weekly 1978-11-18
Cheeky Weekly 1978-11-25
Cheeky Weekly 1978-12-02
Cheeky Weekly 1978-12-09
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1979 1979 1979 1979 1979
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Cheeky Weekly 1979-01-06
Cheeky Weekly 1979-01-13
Cheeky Weekly 1979-01-20
Cheeky Weekly 1979-01-27
Cheeky Weekly 1979-02-03
Cheeky Weekly 1979-02-10
Cheeky Weekly 1979-02-17
Cheeky Weekly 1979-02-24
Cheeky Weekly 1979-03-03
Cheeky Weekly 1979-03-10
Cheeky Weekly 1979-03-17
Cheeky Weekly 1979-03-24
Cheeky Weekly 1979-03-31
Cheeky Weekly 1979-04-07
Cheeky Weekly 1979-04-14
Cheeky Weekly 1979-04-21
Cheeky Weekly 1979-04-28
Cheeky Weekly 1979-05-05
Cheeky Weekly 1979-05-12
Cheeky Weekly 1979-05-19
Cheeky Weekly 1979-05-26
Cheeky Weekly 1979-06-02
Cheeky Weekly 1979-06-09
Cheeky Weekly 1979-06-16
Cheeky Weekly 1979-06-23
Cheeky Weekly 1979-06-30
Cheeky Weekly 1979-07-07
Cheeky Weekly 1979-07-14
Cheeky Weekly 1979-07-21
Cheeky Weekly 1979-07-28
Cheeky Weekly 1979-08-04
Cheeky Weekly 1979-08-11
Cheeky Weekly 1979-08-18
Cheeky Weekly 1979-08-25
Cheeky Weekly 1979-09-01
Cheeky Weekly 1979-09-08
Cheeky Weekly 1979-09-15
Cheeky Weekly 1979-09-22
Cheeky Weekly 1979-09-29
Cheeky Weekly 1979-10-06
Cheeky Weekly 1979-10-13
Cheeky Weekly 1979-10-20
Cheeky Weekly 1979-10-27
Cheeky Weekly 1979-11-03
Cheeky Weekly 1979-11-10
Cheeky Weekly 1979-11-17
Cheeky Weekly 1979-11-24
Cheeky Weekly 1979-12-01
Cheeky Weekly 1979-12-08
Cheeky Weekly 1979-12-15
Cheeky Weekly 1979-12-22
Cheeky Weekly 1979-12-29
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1980 1980 1980 1980 1980
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Cheeky Weekly 1980-01-05
Cheeky Weekly 1980-01-12
Cheeky Weekly 1980-01-19
Cheeky Weekly 1980-01-26
Cheeky Weekly 1980-02-02
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ANNUALS ANNUALS ANNUALS
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Cheeky Weekly Annual 1979
Cheeky Weekly Annual 1980
Cheeky Weekly Annual 1981
Cheeky Weekly Annual 1982
Cheeky Weekly Annual 1983
Cheeky Weekly Annual 1984
Cheeky Weekly Annual 1985
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SPECIALS SPECIALS SPECIALS
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Cheeky Weekly Summer Special 1978
Cheeky Weekly Summer Special 1979
Cheeky Weekly Holiday Special 1980
Cheeky Weekly Summer Special 1981
Cheeky Weekly Summer Special 1982
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QUALITY UPGRADES
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Cheeky Weekly 1977-10-29
Cheeky Weekly 1977-12-03
Cheeky Weekly 1977-12-10
Cheeky Weekly 1977-12-24
Cheeky Weekly 1977-12-31
Cheeky Weekly 1978-05-06
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Amongst the Characters that Cheeky will meet as he cracked one-liner jokes, etc were as follows :
Cheeky’s Week, a comic strip featuring the title character meeting various regular characters with much joke-telling. This strip was drawn by Frank McDiarmid.
Characters:
[1] Ah Sew
[2] Auntie Daisy The School’s Meal Lady
[3] Auntie Daisy’s Ancestor
[4] Baby Burpo
[5] Baker’s Boy
[6] Bubblegum Boy
[7] Bump-Bump Bernie
[8] Bump-Bump Bernie’s Dad
[9] Burpo’s Mum and Dad
[10] Calculator Kid
[11] Cheeky’s Dad
[12] Cheeky’s Mum
[13] Colonel Balderdash
[14] Commissionaire
[15] Commissionaire’s Grandson
[16] Constable Chuckle
[17] Crunching Chris
[18] Crystal Belle
[19] Dan-Dan the Lavender Man
[20] Ding-Dong Debbie
[21] Disco Kid
[22] Dismal Daisy [Cousin of Gloomy Glad]
[23] Doctor Braincell
[24] Do-Good Dora
[25] Don the Dustman
[26] Doodle Doug
[27] Farmer Giles
[28] Fish-Face
[29] Flash Harry
[30] Gloomy Glad
[31] Goalie Cat
[32] Granny Gumdrop
[33] Great Uncle Daniel [Cheeky’s Uncle]
[34] Gunga Jim
[35] Herman the Traffic Warden
[36] Hid Kid
[37 & 38] Hymn and Her [Children of the Vicar]
[39] Hypno Tessa
[40] Jimmy
[41] Jogging Jeremy
[42] Knock-Knock Door
[43] Libby
[44] Lily Pop
[45] Little Stitch
[46] Louise
[47] Mad Scientist
[48] Manhole Man
[49] Mike the Mechanic
[50] Milkie
[51] Milkie’s Assistant
[52] Mr Haddock
[53] Nosy Nora
[54] Oscar
[55] Paddywack
[56] Parachutist
[57] PC Fuzzfoot
[58] Petula
[59] Phone Box
[60] Posh Claude
[61] Postie
[62] Presto the Magic Rabbit
[63] Rex Press
[64] Sherlock
[65] Sid the Street-Sweeper
[66] Six-Gun Sam
[67] Skateboard Squad [Speed Squad]
[68] Slurping Sophie [Sister of Crunching Chris]
[69] Snail [Snail of the Century]
[70] Snoozin’ Susan
[71] Spiv
[72] Square Eyes
[73] Station Porter
[74] Teacher
[75] Telephone Pole Man
[76] Uncle Hamish
[77] Ursula the Usherette
[78] Vicar
[79] Walter Wurx
[80] Yikky-Boo
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The original story in the office at Ipc Magazines Ltd, of how Yikky-Boo was created, is
that when Andy tried to frighten different Cartoon Artist to shout only Boo, he had a bit of an Itchy throat, so as he cough and shout Boo, it came out YIKKY-BOO, so Frank decided without Andy permission to create the Character Yikky-Boo based on him as a Kid of 13 years old, back in the year 1978. Andy was also bribed by many Cartoon artists to give them many ideas for characters for the comics, as a Kid, by giving him comics six weeks ahead before they came into the shops. That went on for 4 years, every six weeks Andy visiting Ipc Magazines Ltd, at Stamford Street, Kings Reach Tower, getting free comics, 12 different titles six weeks in advance. This made Andy popular at School, all his school friends, never understood how Andy got comics before they came to the shops, but many of these school friends became the basis for many of the comic characters, that Andy shared ideas with the different cartoonists. Eventually, despite the bribes, it did pay off in the end, in Andygetting a career as a cartoonist, editor and writer.
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Yikky-Boo, a kid with a disproportionately large head, elongated tongue and robust lungs whose usual contribution to Cheeky’s week was to bellow YIKKY-BOO! at an unsuspecting member of the cast (most frequently Cheeky) with the intention of inducing a shock.
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Walter Wurx suffered from an affliction that today’s advertisers are describing as overactive bladder. Whenever Walter was around, Cheeky would delight in spouting (pardon the pun) mischievous double entendres that reminded master Wurx of his urgent need to visit the little boy’s room. Walter would then depart in haste, seeking the nearest comfort station.
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Even the mighty Frank McDiarmid couldn’t be expected to deliver a whole Cheeky’s Week every issue so, as we have seen, a number of other artists stood in from time to time.
While Frank was drawing Cheeky’s escapades in Cheeky Weekly, he also drew 44 Cheeky pages in Krazy comic during the 26 weeks that Cheeky Weekly and Krazy shared space on the newsagents’ shelves.
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I once had a friend who was a Painter and he had disappeared! Gone! In fact you
can say he VARNISHED without a trace. He did’nt have a STAIN on his Character!
That is a Joke that Frank Mcdiarmid told me. Ha ha!
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Talking of Krazy, frank Mcdiarmid is driving me mad as usual with all his jokes.
I really do not understand how he can be so funny all the time.
It is a Disaster Des at work again through Frank.
Doodle Doo Doodle Dum !
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When Walter Wurx heard Cheeky say he read a Comic once called TWINKLE ! it reminded him of his urgent need to visit the little boy’s room.
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No.1 is the dummy copy with different art to James Bold! – the normal no.1 doesn’t seem to have been included (yet).
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Thanks, i will search for the regular one.
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Actually I didn’t mean dummy copy (I got mixed up with that 200AD dummy no.1) – it looks like an alternative version that was printed and sold or pulped – very unusual.
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For the first Whoopee! merged issue, Cheeky had the middle 16 pages (half the comic). Cheeky himself had 4 pages. Six Million Dollar Gran, renamed “Robot Granny” had 2 pages. Calculator Kid had 1 page. Stage School also had 2 pages. Paddywack had half a page. The letters page was renamed “Whoopee Chit-Chat” and usually occupied one and a half pages (the prize was £2 plus a Whoopee! logo’d T-shirt. Mustapha Million had 2 pages, though in 1981 many of these were reprints. On the 16 February 1980 issue a brand new single page comic strip Chip began. The other pages had advertising.
The last issue of Whoopee! to feature the Cheeky logo on the cover was dated 25 July 1981. The Whoopee! dated 5 September 1981 was the last to feature a 4-page Cheeky story and hereafter the Cheeky’s comic strips were distributed throughout the comic (rather than the 16 central pages).
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G. Nius says:
May 26, 2018 at 5:28 pm
No.1 is the dummy copy with different art to James Bold! – the normal no.1 doesn’t seem to have been included (yet).
boutje777 says:
May 27, 2018 at 8:42 am
Thanks, i will search for the regular one.
In reply to both these comments, apart from the James Bold story being different artwork, which is true as the Dummy comic, there also other differences as well, like Dummy Page of What’s, New, Kids and also page 2 welcome page.
Anyway the good news I have the Original comic, so I will upload that when I get a chance, then you can compare them both !
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Thanks, that would be great.
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Thanks.
Also the story from this is what Cheeky Read is different + the original copy has the Red Jet Raddler Free Gift page and there are some more colours on some pages.
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Your Welcome!
Glad you got the original comic. Glad you noticed the differences.
It took a lot of work to clean up the comic, which is why it has more colours on some pages.
The gift is called Red Jet Rattler [not Raddler]. Ha ha!
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Cheeky Weekly 001 [1977-10-22] [32 Pages] [Original Copy]
Now ready.
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Yikky-Boo went Bowling with Walter Wurx, also with the rest of our Team of Cartoon Artists.
We had great fun, with surprising results. We had a tournament of 11 competitors in ten pin bowling, with the result, that Yikky-Boo being the ultimate winner!
It is not surprising, with his blood-curdling cry, that he frightened the bejabbers out of everyone.
Walter wurx was affected very badly, by the whole experience of ten pin Bowling, which is not surprising, considering, when there was a SPLIT in the game it remind him to split and go to the little room, also when there was a STRIKE, it reminded him to strike to run to you know where, also the same with a SPARE, he was reminded he cannot spare a moment to go do a tinkle, also when there was a GUTTER Ball, it remind him he had GUTTER [Go to] the Loo.
As for Gunga Jim and Emma Bunton, sparks flied between them, over the copyright of the expression ”SPICE UP YOUR LIFE”, Gunga Jim keep insisting that ”Spice up your Life”, originated from India with Herbs and Spices in Curry, he kept saying ; ”Curry, Curry Hot Stuff, it will SPICE UP YOUR LIFE.”
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Walter Wurx still needs to learn how to control his plumbing and Walter Problems, but he always Wurx a way around it somehow.
It is a Disaster Des at work again through Walter Wurx.
Doodle Doo Doodle Dum !
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Yikky-Boo, a kid with a disproportionately large head, elongated tongue and robust lungs whose usual contribution to bellow YIKKY-BOO! at an unsuspecting member of staff workers on our team is another example of Disaster Des at work again through Yikky-Boo!
Doodle Doo Doodle Dum !
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