Monday, November 07, 2011

It's Judge Sweeny Toddler!

Back in 1985 IPC indulged in a rare moment of self-parody in the comics departments when the cover of their humour weekly Whoopee! spoofed 2000AD. For one week only the popular bad baby strip Sweeny Toddler became Judge Sweeny Toddler in a homage to Judge Dredd. Even the logo for that issue was redesigned to mimic the then-current 2000AD masthead.

Script by Graham Exton, artwork by Tom Paterson. Anyone found not laughing will be sentenced to 30 days in an iso-cube.
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4 comments:

  1. John ThomasMonday, 7 November 2011 at 18:42:00 GMT

    that was brilliant but dont you mean intra-company parody because if wikipedia is correct whoopee and 2000AD were both owned by IPC in 1985.

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  2. Lew StringerMonday, 7 November 2011 at 21:20:00 GMT

    Actually I thought I'd typed "internal company" but that would have been just as confusing. I've changed it now.

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  3. AnonymousMonday, 7 November 2011 at 23:30:00 GMT

    The plucked chicken on the "Toddlers" shoulder is a touch of manic class :) -McScotty

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  4. AnonymousSunday, 8 January 2012 at 15:11:00 GMT

    I got Whoopee! every week from about 1980 until it closed, but I don't remember this! I shall have to go a-hunting through my mum's attic...

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