Nutty was a British comic magazine that ran for 292 issues from 16 February 1980 to 14 September 1985, when it merged with The Dandy. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, Nutty was an attempt to create a more lively and chaotic comic compared to many on sale at the time.
Strips
Nutty's strips included:
- Bananaman was its main strip, and by far its most popular. Drawn by John Geering, it survived the merger with The Dandy and that comic's eventual closure in the 2010s, moving to The Beano.
- Big 'n Bud was a double-act style comic strip: they observed various scenarios, and then made jokes based upon what they observed. They appeared in the first edition.
- Blubba and the Bear, an Eskimo in conflict with a polar bear trying to steal his fish, who later appeared in the Dandy as reprints from number 3408 but ended when Dandy Xtreme started.
- Cannonball Kid, "He's Football Crazy", similar to a Beano strip called Ball Boy, later reprinted as The Dandy's Owen Goal.
- Cuddles, a naughty baby. The strip was drawn by Barrie Appleby and later moved to Hoot before joining Dimples in The Dandy.