Comic: Knight School

 

I suppose the comic strip Knight School may have begun as a pun and developed from there. Four schoolboys are so fearsome that masters quit their jobs rather than teach them. The school inspector tears his hair out – what can he do? He travels the length and breadth of the kingdom until by chance he discovers Knight School “Founded in ye olden days by King Arthur. Fully equipped to handle ye naughty boys of ye land.” The teacher is a knight in armour (who sometimes seems to take on the characteristics of a robot.)

It ran in Whizzer and Chips in the early 1970s. Whizzer and Chips was itself a weekly British comic that ran from October 1969 to October 1990. It was actually two comics, one inside the other. It ran during a period of intense competition in the comics market and a number of other comics merged into it during this time. Eventually, in 1990, it itself merged into Buster. At the same time many comic strips were being moved from title to title, so it became quite confusing to keep track of everything.

In Knight School, Sir Knight takes on the Fearsome four – and always wins. A recurring drawing is of all four touching toes while the schoolmaster knight whacks the cane with some relish.

31 July 1971

10 April 1971

13 May 1972

 In this example the tables are turned (slightly) and Sir Knight is on the receiving end of a beating.

16 October 1971

 

Picture credits: Fleetway and International Publishing Corporation. 

 

You can find more of Knight School on the British Comics Compilation website.

 

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