On this day, 30 April 1983: Wow!
Shipwreck School: Mike Lacey (artist)
On this day, 30 April 1983 … Wow!, what a month it’s been, GNFARpals, and to round it off here’s a lovely copy of this fun-packed comic from the early 1980s – eventual merger-fodder for Whoopee!, but before that a bold and fast-paced publication in its own right. Shipwreck School was the regular cover story, following the desert-island disasters of a castaway class and their hapless mortar board-wearing teacher, while other notable stories included Adam and his Ants, Creepy Comix, Boy Boss, KBR Kids’ Band Radio, Penny Dreadful, Spare-part Kit and Kid Comic.
Bleep: Jim Barker (artist); Ossie: Robert Nixon (artist)
Adam and his Ants: Sid Burgon (artist)
Creepy Comix: Dick Millington (artist)
Creepy Comix: The Monster Maze: Mitch (artist)
Boy Boss: Frank McDiarmid (artist)
Team Mates: Tom Paterson (artist)
TV Quiz Kids: Jack Edward Oliver (artist)
TV Quiz Kids: Jack Edward Oliver (artist)
KBR Kids’ Band Radio: David Mostyn (artist)
Gulliver’s Troubles: Norman Mansbridge (artist)
Barney’s Badges: Terry Bave (artist)
The Upper Crusts and the Lazy Loafers: Reg Parlett (artist)
Spare-part Kit: Robert Nixon (artist)
Kid Comic: Martin Baxendale (artist)
