Dandy The Dandy The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics and Il Giornalino...  strip
Corporal Clott
First artist	David Law David Law David "Davey" Law was a Scottish cartoonist best known for creating Dennis the Menace and Beryl the Peril for Dundee publishers D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd ....
Current/last artist	Nigel Auchterlounie Nigel Auchterlounie Nigel Auchterlounie is a British comics artist and cartoonist. His graphic novel, Spleenal, was published by Blank Slate Books in 2009. He also works for The Dandy,, drawing Jibber & Steve, Twitter, The Bogies, Professor Dandy's World of Facts, Clive 5, The Gleeks and My Freaky Family.He drew...
First appearance	1960
Last appearance	Finished
Regular characters	Corporal Clott, Colonel Grumbly

Corporal Clott was a strip in the British comic The Dandy

The Dandy

The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics and Il Giornalino...

. It started in the issued dated 12th November 1960 (issue 990) and was drawn by Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace (UK)

Dennis the Menace, later called Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and now Dennis and Gnasher, is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by D. C...

 artist David Law

David Law

David "Davey" Law was a Scottish cartoonist best known for creating Dennis the Menace and Beryl the Peril for Dundee publishers D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd ....

. The strip was drawn by David Law until issue 1496 dated 25th July 1970. The strip continued after David Law lef it with these strips being drawn by Bully Beef and Chips

Bully Beef and Chips

Bully Beef and Chips were fictional characters who had their own strip in the UK comic The Dandy. It started in the 1960s and originally continued until 1997. The strip told the story of two warring boys - a tall, ugly thug called Bully Beef and a softer, more cunning lad called Chips...

 artist Jimmy Hughes

Jimmy Hughes

James "Jimmy" Hughes was an English footballer.-Career:Hughes was a regular in the Army and served in the Second Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers...

. Jimmy Hughes version of the strip ended in the 1970s however the strip was revived in 1987 by Steve Bright and later dropped again. The character was also featured in a few Dandy Comic Libraries devoted entirely to him. The strip reappeared in the 2012 Dandy Annual

The Dandy Annual

The Dandy Annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1938, to tie in with the children's comic The Dandy. there have been 74 editions, with another presumably to follow in 2012. The annuals are traditionally published in August, in time for Christmas, and...

, drawn by Nigel Auchterlounie

Nigel Auchterlounie

Nigel Auchterlounie is a British comics artist and cartoonist. His graphic novel, Spleenal, was published by Blank Slate Books in 2009. He also works for The Dandy,, drawing Jibber & Steve, Twitter, The Bogies, Professor Dandy's World of Facts, Clive 5, The Gleeks and My Freaky Family.He drew...

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The tales revolved around Corporal Clott's bungling exploits, which often brought the entire Army to its knees: or at least, to the vast base that he resided in. His 'superior', the bulky, beefy Colonel Grumbly was an agressive, dominant authority figure who often bore the brunt of Clott's innocent-but-chaotic misdemeanours. Most of the action centred in the Army camp itself, and rarely ventured into the outside world. The accident-prone Private was often seen driving an Army Jeep

Jeep

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, with the oft-viewed ICU2 number-plate.

External Links

• A blog post about the strip with examples http://petergraycartoonsandcomics.blogspot.com/2008/04/picture-from-philcom55-thanks-for-great.html

• Corporal Clott article on the British Comics Wiki http://britishcomics.wikia.com/wiki/Corporal_Clott