''Corporal Clott'' was a strip in the British comic ''

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''. It started in the issued dated 12 November 1960 (issue 990) and was drawn by Dennis the Menace artist David Law. The strip was drawn by David Law until issue 1496 dated 25 July 1970. The strip continued after David Law left it with these strips being drawn by

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devoted entirely to him. The strip reappeared in the 2012 ''Dandy Annual'', drawn by

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and later appeared in the comic in late 2012 again drawn by Nigel Auchterlounie. The tales revolved around Corporal Clott's bungling exploits, which often brought the entire Army to its knees: or at least, the vast base that he resided at. His superior, the bulky, beefy Colonel Grumbly was an aggressive, dominant authority figure who often bore the brunt of Clott's innocent-but-chaotic misdemeanours. Most of the action centred in the Army camp itself, and rarely ventured into the outside world. The accident-prone Corporal was often seen driving an Army Jeep, with the oft-viewed ICU2 number-plate.

In popular culture

Music

* on The Damned's 1980 LP, '' The Black Album'', Corporal Clott is mentioned alongside

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and Adam Chase in the song " The History of the World, Part 1", which was also released as a single. They also mention him in their song from the album Phantasmagoria, " Edward The Bear".

References

External links

A blog post about the strip with examples
Dandy strips Humor comics Comics characters introduced in 1960 Fictional corporals 1960 comics debuts 2012 comics endings British comics characters Military comics Male characters in comics {{comic-strip-stub