Sweeny Toddler

Sweeny Toddler is a fictional character originally appearing in a comic strip (sometimes titled Help! It's Sweeny Toddler) in the UK comic Shiver and Shake, and later Whoopee!. The name is a play on Sweeney Todd.

Concept

Originally drawn by Leo Baxendale, Sweeny was a two-year-old 'toddler from hell'. With his pet dog Henry, he caused sheer havoc around town, the outcome of which would usually involve being caught by his parents and punished with the slipper. Tom Paterson took over from Baxendale quite early on, Paterson becoming easily the most famous and longest running artist to draw the strip.

Publication history

The character first appeared in issue 1 of Shiver and Shake, dated 10 March 1973 in the "Shiver" section. Always a popular character, Sweeny survived Shiver and Shake's merger with Whoopee! in 1974. The early 1980s saw Graham Exton become the writer, and in 1984 (issue dated 7 April) Sweeny became the cover star of Whoopee! for a second time (after being replaced by Snack-Man for a short period). When Whoopee merged with Whizzer and Chips in 1985, the first merged issue featured Sweeny hijacking several of the pages asking when his strip was going to appear. When it finally appeared on the back page, he said that "Rotten ol' Ed will pay for this", managing to work his way back onto the cover from the next issue, and becoming a Whizz-Kid.

Before the demise of Whizzer and Chips, Tom Paterson left Fleetway in favour of DC Thomson. Graham Exton would take over artistic duties as well as writing.

Sweeny also managed to survive the merger with Buster in 1990. The strip was drawn by Jimmy Hansen and Tom Paterson. As with all strips by the end, around this time it became a reprint, and continued being so until the comic's last issue at the beginning of 2000. As with several other Buster strips, it was included on the last page of the final issue (How It All Ends), drawn by Jack Edward Oliver. Explaining what eventually happened to all these characters, Sweeny was seen saying that he now likes everyone, and that "me going to be nice to everyone from now on".

Amalgamated Press/Fleetway/IPC/Rebellion comics

Comic strips	The 12½p Buytonic Boy Ace Trucking Co. Beat Your Neighbour Bessie Bunter Billy Bunter Billy's Boots Birdman and Chicken Bobby's Ghoul Bookworm The Bumpkin Billionaires Buster Capp Captain Hurricane Charley's War Charlie Peace Cliff Hanger Dan Dare Doomlord Ernie Faceache Fishboy Fuss Pot Ginger's Tum Grimly Feendish Harlem Heroes Hot Shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse The House of Dolmann Ivor Lott and Tony Broke Jet-Ace Logan Joe Soap Joker Judge Dredd Junior Rotter Kid Chameleon Lazy Bones The Leopard from Lime Street Luck of the Legion Master Mind Memory Banks Mustapha Million Odd Ball Richie Wraggs Rob Riley Robot Archie Rogan Gosh Roy of the Rovers School Belle Sexton Blake Sid's Snake Skid Kidd Spider The Steel Claw Store Wars The Suicide Six Sweeny Toddler Sweet Tooth Tharg the Mighty Tomboy Tom Thug Tricky Dicky Watch Out Beagle's About Whacky Wonder Wellies X-Ray Specs

Pre-War humorous comics	Comic Cuts Film Fun Film Picture Stories Funny Wonder Illustrated Chips Kinema Comic Knockout Picture Fun Radio Fun Top Spot

Post-War humorous comics	The Big One Buster Cheeky Weekly Cor!! Giggle Jackpot Knockout Krazy Monster Fun Nipper Oink! School Fun Shiver and Shake Whizzer and Chips Whoopee! Wow!

Power comics	Wham! Smash! Pow! Fantastic Terrific

Adventure comics	2000 AD Action Battle Picture Weekly Boys' World The Comet Crisis Dice Man Eagle Jag Jet Judge Dredd Megazine Lion Look and Learn M.A.S.K. Ranger Revolver Roy of the Rovers Scorcher Scream! Sonic the Comic Starlord Thriller Comics Tiger Tornado Valiant Vulcan War Picture Library

Girls comics	Girl Lindy Jinty Misty Penny Tammy

Pre-school comics	Jack and Jill Playhour

Notable artists	Leo Baxendale Massimo Belardinelli Eric Bradbury Sid Burgon Trevor Metcalfe Robert Nixon Lew Stringer Ken Reid

See also	Albion Egmont Toxic List of AP, Fleetway and IPC Comics publications List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications

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