1983: SCHOOL FUN House Ad Campaign (IPC)

15 October 1983

22 October 1983

29 October 1983

5 November 1983

These are the IPC House Ads that launched 1983's new humour weekly: SCHOOL FUN.  They petered out after the fourth issue...

1983: SCHOOL FUN Issue 1 (IPC)

It's back-to-school so, to mark the occasion, here's the first issue of IPC's ill-fated SCHOOL FUN, an October 1983 launch which tried to make - ahem - school fun.  It ran for 33 weeks, two holiday specials and one annual.

The Kings Reach Tower mandarins were smart enough to throw in a little star power: two of the strips were based on characters from CORONATION STREET and GRANGE HILL.

Swift failure can probably be attributed to kids not wishing to be reminded of school when they're not in it.  It merged, as so many comics did, with BUSTER in May 1984.