The Nutters
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The Nutters was a two-page comic strip
in the UK
comic
Cracker
. It first appeared in issue 1, dated 18 January 1975. Percy Potters, railway man at Nether Wallop train station
, had a family of squirrel
s lodging in his garden. Annoyed by this, he forever tried to get rid of them, but never succeeded. They nicknamed him 'Wise Beard Man' Potters, due to his beard
. It ran until Cracker's final issue (87, dated 11 September 1976) and was drawn throughout by John Geering
.
The strip was later reprinted for about half a year in The Dandy
, from issue 3244 (dated 24 January 2004) onwards. The original art was reframed, computer
coloured, and new speech bubbles
were added. These changed Percy Potters' name to Wilfred Winterbottom (leading the squirrels to adopt a variety of new nicknames for him, such as 'Awesomebuttocks') and more cultural references were put in, such as email
s and Xbox
es.
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
comic
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
Cracker
Cracker (comic)
Cracker was a British comic printed by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd that ran from the issues dated 18 January 1975 to 11 September 1976 , when it merged with The Beezer...
. It first appeared in issue 1, dated 18 January 1975. Percy Potters, railway man at Nether Wallop train station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
, had a family of squirrel
Squirrel
Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots , flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. Squirrels are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa and have been introduced to Australia...
s lodging in his garden. Annoyed by this, he forever tried to get rid of them, but never succeeded. They nicknamed him 'Wise Beard Man' Potters, due to his beard
Beard
A beard is the collection of hair that grows on the chin, cheeks and neck of human beings. Usually, only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. However, women with hirsutism may develop a beard...
. It ran until Cracker's final issue (87, dated 11 September 1976) and was drawn throughout by John Geering
John Geering
John Keith Geering was a British cartoonist with a distinctive, occasionally flamboyant style, most famous for his work for DC Thomson comics including Sparky, The Topper, Cracker, Plug, Nutty, The Beano and The Dandy....
.
The strip was later reprinted for about half a year in The Dandy
The Dandy
The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics and Il Giornalino...
, from issue 3244 (dated 24 January 2004) onwards. The original art was reframed, computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
coloured, and new speech bubbles
Speech balloon
Speech balloons are a graphic convention used most commonly in comic books, comic strips and cartoons to allow words to be understood as representing the speech or thoughts of a given character in the comic...
were added. These changed Percy Potters' name to Wilfred Winterbottom (leading the squirrels to adopt a variety of new nicknames for him, such as 'Awesomebuttocks') and more cultural references were put in, such as email
Email
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
s and Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
es.