Birdman and Chicken
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Birdman and Chicken was a British comic strip published in Krazy from 1977 until 1978 and drawn by Trevor Metcalfe. It concerned the (mis)adventures of the superhero 'Birdman' and his not-so-bright sidekick 'Chicken', who was nicknamed 'The Boy Blunder'. The title and stories were a parody of Batman.[1][2]
It ran in the issues of Krazy from 11 December 1976 to 25 June 1977 and 9 July 1977 to 15 April 1978, as well as the Krazy Annuals from 1978-1985.[3] The only edition which was not illustrated by Metcalfe was The Bookworm Browser two-parter (10, 17 December 1977), which was illustrated by Thomas Williams.[3]
Rebellion revival
[edit]In September 2021 it was announced that Rebellion, publishers of 2000 AD would be relaunching the Monster Fun comic in April 2022, "revived and reimagined for today's kids".[4]
A Monster Fun Halloween Special issue ("Halloween Spooktacular") was published in October 2021, which included a new Birdman & Chicken story (along with a new sidekick, Sparrow) entitled "The Lame Halloween", which was written by Doug Graves and drawn by Edward Whatley, with lettering by Pioro Dziob.[5]
It has not yet been confirmed that Birdman & Chicken will appear in the new bi-monthly Monster Fun when it starts being published in April 2022, although the strip was not present in the first issue.
References
[edit]- ^ "Birdman and Chicken," Toonhound.com
- ^ "Birdman and Chicken". Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ a b Birdman & Chicken: The Krazy Crusaders. Oxford: Rebellion Publishing. March 2022.
- ^ Tantimedh, Adi (20 September 2021). "Monster Fun: Rebellion Launches New British Kids' Comic in April 2022". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Monster Fun Halloween Spooktacular, no. 2021 (6 October 2021). Oxford, England: Rebellion Publishing.
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