Comic: The Swots and the Blots
The Swots and the Blots was a
strip about warring factions at Riversdale School. According to Dennis
Gifford’s Encyclopedia of Comic Characters the ink-slinging saga opened
with the school’s annual prizegiving day, with their mortar-boarded teacher
(known as ‘Teach’ for short) awarded cups to Cyril Simper for neatness and
Penelope Prigg for spelling. The decision swiftly aroused the scruffier
schoolkids, and the scrimmage that ensued separated the pupils into Swots and
Blots for all time.
The strip started in Smash
comic in 1966 and ran until 1971. When Smash closed it moved to Valiant
for another year, before emerging in Cheeky Weekly.
Of course, the teachers not
only wore mortarboards and gowns they also swished their canes at every
opportunity.
Cheeky Weekly annual 1983
Smash
issue 7
Smash
issue 11
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