Nutty – Nostalgia Central

Published by DC Thomson, Nutty was an attempt to create a livelier, more chaotic comic than many on sale at the time. 292 issues were published between February 1980 and September 1985, when the comic merged with The Dandy

Strips included:

• Bananaman – the main strip in Nutty. It survived the merger with The Dandy and eventually moved to The Beano.
• Big ‘n Bud – a double-act.
• Blubba and the Bear – an Eskimo in conflict with a polar bear trying to steal his fish.
• Cannonball Kid – “He’s Football Crazy”.
• Cuddles – a naughty baby.
• Dick Turban, Desert Highwayman – a boy desert raider who rode a camel.
• Doodlebug – a slightly surreal tale of a bug in a comic-book world who could draw and remove things with a magic pencil.
• Ethel Red – a Viking girl.
• General Jumbo – a new series of the former Beano character.
• Horace Cope
• Jay R. Hood – “He’s Anything But Good”, a junior version of J. R. Ewing.
• Micro Dot – a girl who consulted her BBC Micro for advice.
• Mitey Joe – a small boy who wished to be taller.
• Nip and Rrip – a boy with a violent cat that bore a remarkable similarity to Gnasher.
• Peter Pest – a boy who constantly interrupted his sister’s attempt to be alone with her boyfriends.
• Pig Tales – a family of pigs (obvs).
• Ron Brown’s Schooldays – the adventures of a group of schoolchildren.
• Samuel Creeps – a school swot who outwitted bullies.
• Scoopy – “The Runaround Hound With a Nose For News”, a dog journalist.
• The Snobbs and the Slobbs – rich-family-versus-poor-family
• Snoozer – a boy who kept falling asleep.
• Stevie Starr – a young television star appearing in a different show each week.
• Whoops-A-Daisy –  a mischievous girl.
• The Wild Rovers – a group of dogs who had comedy adventures.