the Top 100 humour characters...UPDATED sorry;0)

[Peter Gray]

no particular order..

1) Sweeny Toddler has to be on the list and my favourite character...

2) Bumpkin Billionaires was such a rich strip and the stories were very creative...

3) Joker there were loads of different characters that came in to this strip always top of the charts in whizzer and chips..

why not name some for the list..

[Tammyfan]

Some I can think of, base on longevity

The Leopard from Lime Street
Galaxus
Jack Pott
Sweet Tooth
Class Wars aka Top of the Class
Clever Dick
Fuss Pot
Junior Rotter
Calculator Kid
Cliff Hanger
Ivor Lott and Tony Broke
Mummy's Boy
It's a Nice Life
School Belle
Tom Thug
X Ray Specs
Stage School
Ricky Rainbow
Face Ache
Lolly Pop
Sid's Snake
Mustafa Million

And there was one about a live ball. Don't remember the title.

[Tammyfan]

One I really like is Kid's Court. The one where a court is run by kids who dispense justice to grown ups.

More of my personal favourites:
The Kids of Stalag 41
Schoolditz (School Fun)
Extra Terrestrial Teacher (School Fun)

[colcool007]

Are we sticking with the funnies or are we including the adventure papers as well?

[starscape]

And there was one about a live ball. Don't remember the title.

Presumably Odd-Ball

[Phoenix]

As Fleetway is just a later name for The Amalgamated Press, I can offer the following for consideration.

Sexton Blake
Nipper
Jemima Carstairs
Betty Barton
Billy Bunter
Mr Quelch
Hurree Jamset Ram Singh
Rockfist Rogan
Fireworks Flynn
Hurry Scurry
Colwyn Dane
Adam Eterno
Skid Solo
Robot Archie
Battler Britton
Steel Claw
Johnny Cougar
Captain Hurricane
Ginger Nutt
Judge Dredd
Dan Dare
The Mekon
Roy Race
Hot-Shot Hamish
Captain Justice

[Tammyfan]

Are we sticking with the funnies or are we including the adventure papers as well?

I've read that Buster was originally an adventure comic, with funnies as light relief. Eventually it became an all-funnies comic. So maybe yes - include the adventure titles.

[Tammyfan]

And there was one about a live ball. Don't remember the title.

Presumably Odd-Ball

Yes, that sounds like it. Thanks.

[Tammyfan]

Are we ranking entries in the list or putting them in alphabetical order?

[philcom55]

I can't help feeling that the current header might be a bit too wide-ranging, potentially mixing chalk with gorgonzola (Tiger Tim vs Buster vs Captain Hurricane vs Lucky's Living Doll vs Judge Dredd?) - especially if it includes all the publishers that eventually came under the IPC banner. Maybe it would be better to limit it to humorous characters? That would then leave the option of future polls like IPC Funnies vs DC Thomson Funnies, Top Ten Real-Life Animal Strips, !00 Best Boys Serials, Best Nursery Characters, Best Adventure Heroes, Best Sporting Heroes, Best War Strips, Best British Super Heroes, Best SF Strips, Best TV Adaptations, etc....

- Phil Rushton

[Lew Stringer]

Are we sticking with the funnies or are we including the adventure papers as well?

I've read that Buster was originally an adventure comic, with funnies as light relief. Eventually it became an all-funnies comic. So maybe yes - include the adventure titles.

Buster had a balance of humour and adventure under Fleetway. After IPC took over, and various comics merged into it, Buster edged closer and closer to its final form as an all-humour title.

[Phoenix]

I can't help feeling that the current header might be a bit too wide-ranging, potentially mixing chalk with gorgonzola (Tiger Tim vs Buster vs Captain Hurricane vs Lucky's Living Doll vs Judge Dredd?) - especially if it includes all the publishers that eventually came under the IPC banner.

Once opened, Pandora's box is impossible to close, Phil.

especially if it includes all the publishers that eventually came under the IPC banner.

As it must. It simply means that all the characters that members recommend will have to fight that much harder to justify their place in the Top 100. Peter's thread is a good one, but we must learn from the mistake we made at the very beginning of the creation of Tammyfan's Top 100 Girls' Serials, which was not making clear the terms we needed to use to judge them individually, and to compare one with another, and let's remember that every single one of the serials in all the girls' papers, whoever published them, was a candidate.

[Peter Gray]

-Sorry my thought for not making the poll idea clear...

We'll make this humour characters..

I'll start a new one for adventure strips now...

[Peter Gray]

-Our Ernie from Knockout...always home for tea..

Buster's Mastermind by Jack...very hard puzzles even for adults sometimes!! Also liked Bones..zzzzzzz

[Tammyfan]

-Sorry my thought for not making the poll idea clear...

We'll make this humour characters..

I'll start a new one for adventure strips now...

Ok. I reckon Judge Dredd, Dan Dare and Leopard from Lime Street are cinches for that adventure list.