Krazy (comics)

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::summary British comic book magazine ::

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Field	Value
title	Krazy
image	Krazy Comic cover 1976.jpg
imagesize
caption	Cover of the 1st issue, dated 16 October 1976
schedule	Weekly
ongoing	y
Humor	y
publisher	Fleetway and IPC
date	16 October 1976 – 15 April 1978
issues	79
subcat	Fleetway and IPC Comics
sort	Krazy (comics)
nonUS	y
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Stories

Krazy was noted for its rich content of small humorous jokes and illustrations positioned at random places among the comic strips and features. The central storyline of the comic centred around the exploits of a group of children called the Krazy Gang who lived in Krazy Town, featured in a comic strip drawn by cartoonist Ian Knox. The Krazy Gang also spawned spin-off stories within the same publication: Pongalongapongo, featuring Pongo Snodgrass, the unhygienic, bullying antagonist; and ello, It's Cheeky, a mischievous buck-toothed prankster and Krazy Gang member, drawn by Frank McDiarmid. Cheeky's popularity outgrew the spin-off strip, and after a few months the character featured in his own publication, Cheeky Weekly, launched in October 1977.

Other strip artists included Robert Nixon and Terry Bave.

Regular Krazy comic strips included:

• ello, It's Cheeky
• Big Game Hunter (comic strip)|Big Game Hunter
• Birdman and Chicken
• Detective Fumbly's (Nut) Case Book, a text story usually with one illustration, rather than a conventional strip
• Fit Fred and Sick Sid
• Handy Andy
• Hit Kid
• Kid Comic
• The Krazy Gang
• Micky Mimic
• Paws
• Pongalongapongo
• Ray Presto
• Over-Helpful Helen, a story about a well-meaning young lady that is always poking her nose into other people's business
• Scaredy Cat
• The 12½p Buytonic Boy

References

References

1. "Fleetway Street - The Krazy Gang".
2. Diamond, Frazer. (2006). "Pongalongapongo". Toonhound: Fleetway Street.
3. "Fleetway Street: Cheeky's Week".

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