";s:4:"text";s:1245:"But unlike most kids in Australia, instead of avidly following the adventures of Spiderman and Batman, I gravitated mainly to British comic books that celebrated a very idiosyncratic type of English humour.
Gen. The title character, Cheeky (drawn by Frank McDiarmid, who actually drew much of the comic), was an established IPC character who had previously been a member of the Krazy Gang in Krazy Comic.Cheeky Weekly had an unusual format; instead of simply random, disconnected one or two page strips, each issue had a kind of … Forums. Cheeky Weekly was launched by IPC Magazines on October 22nd 1977. Discussion; Bug Reporting; Delete/Combine Pages 'Cheeky Weekly' Comic Covers Gallery: Cheeky Weekly No.1 - 22nd October 1977: Cheeky Weekly - 28th January 1978: Cheeky Weekly - 25th February 1978: Cheeky Weekly - 22nd April 1978 Cheeky Weekly was a British comic published every Monday by IPC Magazines Ltd. New Comics.
Cheeky Weekly first issue (image via cheekyweekly.blogspot.com) Like most kids, I got into comics in a big way growing up.