Faceache was a comic strip in, originally, the UK comic Jet, first appearing in issue 1, dated 1 May 1971. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.
Drawn by Ken Reid, Ricky Rubberneck' was a boy with a "bendable bonce" (head), his skin like stretch rubber. Ken Reid ( 18 December 1919 - 2 February 1987) was a British comic artist and writer At will, he could scrunch his face into anything. Several of the stories were set at Belmonte School, home to two other recurring characters - his friend Cyril, and the headmaster Mr. Headmaster redirects here For the type of Transformers please see Headmaster (Transformers. Snipe. The strip was retained when Jet merged with Buster later that year, the first merged issue dated 2 October 1971. Buster was a long-running British comic ( 28 May 1960 - 4 January 2000) which carried a mixture of humour and adventure Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule The word scrunch had been slowly overtaken by scrunge.
As the years went by, the name Ricky Rubberneck was dropped and the character was simply called Faceache. Also, his scrunges got more and more complex, with him able to appear identical to other people, and even scrunging his entire body into various monster-like shapes, rather than just his face. In one strip he becomes a grotesque mole-like creature and burrows under a smoke chimney, causing it to collapse. A chimney is a system for venting hot Flue gases or Smoke from a Boiler, Stove, Furnace or Fireplace to the outside
Reid continued drawing Faceache until his death in early 1987. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Frank McDiarmid took over from then on, until the strip ended in the issue dated 1 October 1988. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
An adult Faceache appears in the 2005 comic Albion, as one of a number of comic book characters who have been imprisoned by the British government. Albion is a six-issue Comic book Limited series plotted by Alan Moore, written by his daughter Leah Moore and her husband John Reppion In Albion Faceache's real name is said to be "Martin Hives".
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