OUT NOW: Sweeny Toddler
24th July 2019
There are few more influential creators in British comics than Leo Baxendale, and few more memorable characters than Sweeny Toddler, the demon baby!
Sweeny Toddler was Leo Baxendale’s greatest creation for IPC – a two-year-old terror who manages to cause mayhem from beyond his pram and cot! The first complete collection is the absolute must have all-ages book for the summer!
This collection bring together all of Baxendale’s Sweeny Toddler strips from Shiver and Shake and Whoopee, with an introduction from Martin Baxendale. One of the most highly-regarded cartoonists in British comics, Baxendale has been responsible for creating many beloved classic strips, including Minnie the Minx and The Bash Street Kids.
The edition includes six colour pages completely re-mastered from the original work and re-instated in this luxury format. Perfect for Beano and Dandy annual collectors, classic humour strip nostalgists, fans of Calvin and Hobbes, as well as previous Treasury humour titles Creepy Creations and Faceache! It also includes six colour pages completely re-mastered from the original work and re-instated in this luxury format.
Later drawn by Tom Paterson and Keith Reynolds, amongst others, Sweeney first appeared in Shiver and Shake in March 1973, then moved to the pages of Whoopee! in October 1974, Whizzer and Chips in 1985 and finally Buster in 1990.
