Nutty
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Nutty was a British comic that ran for 292 issues from 16 February 1980 to 14 September 1985, when it merged with The Dandy. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, it was an attempt to create a more lively and chaotic comic compared to many on sale at the time. Its strips included:
- Bananaman as its main strip and by far its most popular. Drawn by John Geering, survived Dandy merger
- Blubba and the Bear, an eskimo in conflict with a polar bear trying to steal his fish
- Cannonball Kid, "He's Football Crazy", similar to a Beano strip called Ball Boy
- Cuddles, a naughty baby. Drawn by Barry Appleby and later moved to Hoot
- Dick Turban, Desert Highwayman, a boy desert raider who rode a camel
- Doodlebug, a slightly surreal tale of a hamster in a comic book world who could draw and remove things with a magic pencil. Drawn by Gordon Bell
- Ethel Red, a Viking girl
- Horace Cope, a boy of the same name who enlisted help from his grandmother Madame Zsa Zsa, an astrologer
- Jay R. Hood, "He's Anything But Good", a junior version of J.R. Ewing. Drawn by George Martin
- Micro Dot, a girl who consulted her BBC Micro for advice. Drawn by Gordon Bell
- Mitey Joe, about a small boy and his wish to be taller. Drawn by John Geering
- Nip and Rrip, a boy with a violent cat which bore a remarkable similarity to Gnasher. Drawn by George Martin
- Peter Pest, a boy who constantly interrupted his sister's attempt to be alone with her boyfriends. Survived Dandy merger
- Pig Tales, a family of pigs, similar to a Beano strip called The Three Bears
- Ron Brown's Schooldays, the adventures of a group of schoolkids. The title was a play on Tom Brown's Schooldays
- Samuel Creeps, a school swot who outwitted bullies
- Scoopy, "The Runaround Hound With a Nose For News", a dog journalist. Drawn by Gordon Bell
- The Snobbs and the Slobbs, a rich-family-versus-poor-family strip. Drawn by John Geering, survived Dandy merger
- Snoozer, similar to Whizzer and Chips' Lazy Bones at the time, this strip concerned a boy who kept falling asleep. Drawn by Gordon Bell
- Stevie Starr, a young TV star whom we saw making, or starring in, a different show each week
- Whoops-A-Daisy, a mischievous girl. Drawn by Barry Appleby
- The Wild Rovers, a group of dogs who had comedy adventures