School Fun

[Tammyfan]

There does not seem to be a thread dedicated to School Fun here, so I shall create one.

School Fun was another short-lived but fondly remembered funny comic. It was dedicated to funnies with school themes. It was launched on 15 October 1983, but only lasted for 33 issues before merging with Buster on 2 June 1984. While it lasted it produced some memorable strips such as Schoolditz and E.T.T. (Extra Terrestrial Teacher).

The lineup for School Fun was:
Junior Ed
Softy Sir
Coronation Street School
Creepy Crawler
Test Yourself Page
Time Bus
Walt Teaser
B.Ware - Caretaker
The School Team
E.T.T. (Extra Terrestrial Teacher)
Grange Hill Juniors
Teachers United
Ho-Ho Homework
Schoolditz
Young Arfur
School Belle


Later strips:
Willy Wonty
Slowcoach (started with Buster merger)

[Tammyfan]

And here is the very first episode of Schoolditz. Most of their schemes to escape Schoolditz failed because the headmaster goofed up Gilligan-style.

[Tammyfan]

And here is the first episode of E.T.T.

[Tammyfan]

Here is the last School Fun:

[Tammyfan]

This is how ETT went home in the final issue:

[Tammyfan]

This is the final escape plan from Schoolditz:

[Tammyfan]

When School Fun merged with Buster:


Buster strips
Ivor Lott and Tony Broke with Milly O'Naire and Penny Less
Cliff Hanger
Good Guy
Chalky
The Leopard from Lime Street
It's a Nice Life
Jack Pott
Top of the Class
Wonder Wellies
X-Ray Specs
Mummy's Boy
The Winners
Buster's Diary


School Fun Strips
The School Team
Young Arfur (with Creepy Crawler)
Test Yourself
B. Ware Caretaker
School Belle
Teachers United
Slowcoach (begins)
Walt Teaser (with Softy Sir)

[George Shiers]

I wrote a post about the first issue of School Fun, including a bit of info on it as well. Here it is:

http://www.wackycomics.com/2013/07/back ... nched.html

[Peter Gray]

I also liked Time Bus...did that have an ending?

I've done a blog post on this topic to bring in people to comicsuk forum..

[Raven]

I remember thinking at the time that School Fun wouldn't last long, as what kid would want to read a title wholly devoted to school? A comic with School in the title wasn't exactly courting popularity!

But these scans do make the comic seem worth revisiting.

[Tammyfan]

@George Shiers: thank you for your blog post.

@Raven: I liked Time Bus too. It did not have an ending, but I can get the last episode up later.

[Raven]

@Raven: I liked Time Bus too. It did not have an ending, but I can get the last episode up later.

That was Peter, but I'm intrigued to see Time Bus myself!

[Tammyfan]

@Raven: I wonder if the reason readers voted in Willy Wonty out of six potential candidates was because he did not have a school theme? He was a boy who could never make up his mind.

[Tammyfan]

I remember thinking at the time that School Fun wouldn't last long, as what kid would want to read a title wholly devoted to school? A comic with School in the title wasn't exactly courting popularity!

But these scans do make the comic seem worth revisiting.

I remember that it was the advertising for ETT and Schoolditz that drew me to School Fun.

[Tammyfan]

The first appearance of School Belle in Buster. "The first, unforgettable time" seems appropriate because Belle went on to become the longest-running School Fun character in Buster.