School Fun
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School Fun was a British comic book
that ran from the issues dated 15 October 1983 to 26 May 1984, when it merged with Buster
. As the name implies, the comic's "gimmick" was that every strip revolved around school
.
Its strips included:
School Fun ran for 33 Issues and had one annual.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
that ran from the issues dated 15 October 1983 to 26 May 1984, when it merged with Buster
Buster (comic)
Buster was a long-running British comic which carried a mixture of humour and adventure strips, although the former increasingly replaced the latter...
. As the name implies, the comic's "gimmick" was that every strip revolved around school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
.
Its strips included:
- B.Ware Caretaker - a highly antagonistic caretakerProperty caretakerA Property caretaker is a person, group or organization that cares for real estate for trade or financial compensation, and sometimes as a barter for rent-free living accommodations...
, extremely irritated by mess, and trying to prevent schoolchildren's enjoyment at every turn. - Coronation Street School - a class where the pupils resembled popular Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
characters. - Creepy Crawler - a tell-tale and sycophantic teacher's pet who tends to end up irritating rather than helping his teacher. Creep joined Young Arfur after School Fun merged with Buster.
- E.T.T. - a strip based on the contemporary E.T.E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote...
movie, involving an alien teacher stranded on Earth and deciding to teach at a local school. - Grange Hill Juniors - a strip containing various Grange Hill characters.
- Junior Ed
- Schoolditz - a class captured by the NazisNazismNazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
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and trying to escape from a ColditzColditzColditz is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, near Leipzig, located on the banks of the river Mulde. The town has a population of 5,188 ....
-style prison. Their plans founder because the headmaster often goofs up GilliganGilligan's IslandGilligan's Island is an American television series created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz and originally produced by United Artists Television. The situation comedy series featured Bob Denver; Alan Hale, Jr.; Jim Backus; Natalie Schafer; Tina Louise; Russell Johnson; and Dawn Wells. It aired for...
-style. The headmaster redeems himself by saving the day in the final episode. A retro gaming mashupMashup (digital)A digital mashup usually is in reference to:1. Digital media content containing any or all of text, graphics, audio, video and animation drawn from pre-existing sources, to create a new derivative work...
incorporating the ZX SpectrumZX SpectrumThe ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
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with elements from Schoolditz is reportedly under development by Mal Franks. - School Belle - featuring a highly egotistical schoolgirl who over-rated her attractiveness, continually failing to manipulate schoolboys into doing her bidding
- School Team - who are appointed to win trophies to fill the empty trophy cupboard.
- Slowcoach (from Whizzer and ChipsWhizzer and ChipsWhizzer and Chips was a British comic magazine that ran from 18 October 1969 to 27 October 1990, when it merged with the comic Buster. As with most comics of the time, Whizzer and Chips was dated one week ahead....
) Slowcoach is always guaranteed to be late and have an incredible excuse - such as being chased by tigers or falling into a printing press on the way. - Softy Sir - featuring a teacher presented as a complete wimp similar to Walter The Softy, whilst his class runs riot around him. Softy Sir joined Walt Teaser after the merger.
- Teachers United - a strip presenting all teachers as members of an extremely organised force bordering on a conspiracyCabalA cabal is a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views and/or interests in a church, state, or other community, often by intrigue...
against their schoolchildren, complete with a high-tech underground headquarters accessed via a staff cupboard. - Time Bus - a school bus that travelled through timeTime travelTime travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or forward to the future of that point without the...
before each school day. - Walt Teaser - a schoolboy who would make fun at his classmates or anyone who catches his attention - but they always end up with the last laugh.
- Willy Wonty (added after a vote by readers upon six sample strips) - who can never make up his mind about anything.
- Young Arfur - a strip featuring an enterprising Arthur Daley-like character, who always came up with dodges to get what he wanted - most often, worming his way out of schoolwork or helping his classmates to do so.
School Fun ran for 33 Issues and had one annual.