(1985)
Knockabout,
1980 Series
- Price
- 2.95 GBP
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- Barcode
- ?
Issue Notes
The theme of this issue is Fairytales.
Cakes And Bricks
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Witch; hermit
- Synopsis
- A witch and a hermit build adjacent houses from very similar loooking materials.
- Reprints
Henry And Gretchen
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Daddy; Mummy; Henry; Gretchen; V. Kedvitch
- Synopsis
- Rich kids Henry and Gretchen are left to fend for themselves after their parents have to leave the country.
Mother Guts
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Graham Higgins [as Pokkettz]
- Pencils
- Graham Higgins [as Pokkettz]
- Inks
- Graham Higgins [as Pokkettz]
- Letters
- Pokketz
- Genre
- humour; crime
- Characters
- Luke Carew; Granma; Lola The Shiv; Porko; Baconi
- Synopsis
- Hard-boiled detective Carew is on the case.
Indexer Notes
Higgins has restored the extra T is his alias.
[no title indexed]
Fat Freddy's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Too bad cats don't like to go to the beach
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fat Freddy; Fat Freddy's Cat
- Synopsis
- The cat doesn't feel he's missing out on the beach.
[no title indexed]
Fat Freddy's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Unemployed, eh?
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fat Freddy's Cat
- Synopsis
- What cats are into
Indexer Notes
As there's French involved in the gag, the strip title is LesAventures du Chat de Fat Freddy.
The Adventures Of Fat Freddy Himself
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Fat Freddy
- Synopsis
- Fat Freddy reads comics before bed.
How Hashish Got Its Name
Fat Freddy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Fat Freddy; Phineas; Freewheelin' Franklin
- Synopsis
- A tale from the dawn of time.
[no title indexed]
Fat Freddy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good afternoon Sir. I'm taking an opinion poll.
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Fat Freddy; Pollster
- Synopsis
- A pollster knocks on the door.
[no title indexed]
Fat Freddy's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why do humans insist on using spray enamel...
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fat Freddy's Cat
- Synopsis
- The cat sprays some graffiti.
[no title indexed]
Fat Freddy's Cat / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uncle F, why is that humans want to keep cats as pets?
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fat Freddy's cat
- Synopsis
- Why humans keep cats as pets.
[no title indexed]
Fat Freddy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Arrrrgh! I stepped in another pile of dog shit.
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Fat Freddy; Dog owner
- Synopsis
- How to keep a dog under control.
The Dentist
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Citymouth; Dr Godzilla
- Synopsis
- Citymouth goes to the dentist.
- Reprints
-
in Rapid Reflexes! (Knockabout, 1990 series) (1990) -
in Tegn (Tegn, 1986 series) #2/1990 (1990) - in Pyton (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #12/1992 ([november] 1992)
-
Curse Of The Big Red Beast
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humour; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Crinson Carver; Ezra; Fish
- Synopsis
- The fearsome Crimson Carver accepts a mission to steal a crystal.
Travellin' Light
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Eddie Campbell; Woodrow Phoenix
- Pencils
- Eddie Campbell; Woodrow Phoenix
- Inks
- Eddie Campbell; Woodrow Phoenix
- Letters
- Eddie Campbell; Woodrow Phoenix
- Genre
- biography; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Eddie Campbell; Trevs Phoenix; Stewardess
- Synopsis
- As he waits to board a lengthy flight to Australia Eddie Campbell contemplates what travel will be like in the future.
- Keywords
- autobiography
[no title indexed]
Calculus Cat / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Calculus Cat can't sleep.
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Calculus Cat; TV
- Synopsis
- Calculus Cat can't sleep.
- Reprints
- in Calculus Cat (Knockabout, 1987 series) (1987)
-
Little Pal
comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Nathan Mishkin; Waldo
- Synopsis
- Waldo takes a look at the imaginary friends of other sanitorium inhabitants.
- Reprints
-
from Snarf (Kitchen Sink Press, 1972 series) #9 (February 1981)
-
The Great Ajeeb, Chess Playing Automaton
Famous Frauds / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humour; biography
- Characters
- Ajeeb; Harry Nelson Pillsbury; Sam Gonotsky; Jesse B. Hanson; Bobby Fischer
- Synopsis
- The truth behind a chess playing automaton.
- Reprints
- from Arcade the Comics Revue (The Print Mint Inc, 1975 series) #5 (Spring 1976)
-
Final Fumble
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Krishna Horowitz; Quickso
- Synopsis
- In 2002 Krishna is getting old and incapable.
- Reprints
- From ?
Indexer Notes
This is definitely a reprint, most likely originally printed in 1973 as it's noted as being completed on December 31st 1972.
No Future
Peter Pank / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Francesco Capdevila [as Max]; Elias Garcia (English script)
- Pencils
- Francesco Capdevila [as Max]
- Inks
- Francesco Capdevila [as Max]
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Peter Pank; Peter's girlfriend; Carmela; Dr Zinc; George; Wendy; Tinkerbell
- Synopsis
- A visit to the fortune teller shows Peter has no future.
- Reprints
- From ?
Indexer Notes
This serialisation continues over the following four issues.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Cakes And Bricks
-
2.
Henry And Gretchen
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3.
Mother Guts
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4.
["Too bad cats don't like to go to the beach"]
Fat Freddy's Cat -
5.
["Unemployed, eh?"]
Fat Freddy's Cat -
6.
The Adventures Of Fat Freddy Himself
-
7.
How Hashish Got Its Name
Fat Freddy -
8.
["Good afternoon Sir. I'm taking an opinion poll."]
Fat Freddy -
9.
["Why do humans insist on using spray enamel..."]
Fat Freddy's Cat -
10.
["Uncle F, why is that humans want to keep cats as pets?"]
Fat Freddy's Cat -
11.
["Arrrrgh! I stepped in another pile of dog shit."]
Fat Freddy -
12.
The Dentist
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13.
Curse Of The Big Red Beast
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14.
Travellin' Light
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15.
["Calculus Cat can't sleep."]
Calculus Cat -
16.
Little Pal
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17.
The Great Ajeeb, Chess Playing Automaton
Famous Frauds -
18.
Final Fumble
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19.
No Future
Peter Pank
This issue was modified by, among others
- Doug Brain
- Mike Nielsen
- Frank Plowright
- Jim Van Dore
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