''Birdman and Chicken'' was a British

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published in '' Krazy'' from 1977 until 1978 and drawn by

Trevor Metcalfe Trevor Metcalfe (born May 1939 in Brotton, Yorkshire) is a British illustrator and comic book artist. Known for his comic strips in IPC Magazines comics such as Sweet Tooth and Junior Rotter in ''Whizzer and Chips''. Influences include Leo ...

. It concerned the (mis)adventures of the

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'Birdman' and his not-so-bright sidekick 'Chicken', who was nicknamed 'The Boy Blunder'. The title and stories were a parody of ''

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''. 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. 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.

Rebellion revival

In September 2021 it was announced that

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, publishers of '' 2000 AD'' would be relaunching the ''

Monster Fun ''Monster Fun'' was originally a weekly British comic strip magazine for children aged seven to twelve. Published by IPC Media, it ran for 73 issues in 1975–1976, when it merged with '' Buster''.

'' comic in April 2022, "revived and reimagined for today's kids". 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. 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.

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