Chalky was a British

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character from ''

Cor!! ''Cor!!'', a British comic book, was launched in June 1970 by IPC (International Publishing Corporation), their sixth new comic in just over a year. ''Cor!!'' was edited by Bob Paynter. The comic had 32 pages and included a full colour center ...

'', and from 22 June 1974 when the publications were merged, ''Buster'', both published by IPC. ''Chalky'' was created and first drawn by Terry Bave in the 24 July 1971 issue of ''Cor!''. He was more regularly drawn by Dick Millington and Gordon Hill. A talented and super fast artist, Chalky would use his chalks on all surfaces, including walls, fences, pavements, planks, and even glass. In the early issues, he is a very good character, but by the 1990s his character has become more mischievous. Many issues featured his mum and dad. Around 1981 Chalky was voted, by the readers to be more popular than Buster and featured on the front cover for that issue.Peter Gray
Peter Gray's Comics
12 November 2009

The last few years of ''Buster'' were reprint material only, ''Chalky'''s longevity continuing until ''Buster'''s end at the beginning of 2000 The very last page of this last ''Buster'' features Chalky being arrested for

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, acknowledging his wrongdoing, and asking for 92,487 further cases to be taken into consideration.

Back story

Chalky is the son of another well-known Chalky, Chalky (or Chalkie) White. Chalky senior is a friend of

Andy Capp ''Andy Capp'' is a British comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe, seen in the ''Daily Mirror'' and the ''Sunday Mirror'' newspapers since 5 August 1957. Originally a single-panel cartoon, it was later expanded to four panels. The st ...

, the eponymous layabout character from the cartoon strip featured in the ''

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''.Victor E. Neuburg, ''The Popular Press Companion to Popular Literature''
p.20
Popular Press, 1983 .

References

Fleetway and IPC Comics Comics characters introduced in 1971 {{comic-strip-stub