Editing Tricky Dicky (Cor!!)

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'''''Tricky Dicky''''' was a British comic strip which originally ran in the British comics magazine ''[[Cor!!]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kibble-White |first=Graham |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Ultimate_Book_of_British_Comics/os8bAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22tricky%20dicky%22%20%22cor!!%22%20%22british%22 |title=The Ultimate Book of British Comics |date=2005 |publisher=Allison & Busby |isbn=9780749082116}}</ref>  It debuted in 1970, drawn by Cyril Gwyn Price (1905-1970). It ran until September 29, 1973. After Price's death other comic strip artists continued the series.

==Concept==
Similar to [[Roger the Dodger]] in ''[[The Beano]]'', the strip was about a boy of the same name (Dicky), who would 'trick' his way out of things like washing the car or carrying heavy cases.<ref name=":0" /> His motto was, "I can get out of anything".<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Dixon |first=Bob |url=https://archive.org/details/catchingthemyoun0000dixo/page/10/mode/2up?q=%22tricky+dicky%22+ |title=Catching Them Young |date=1977 |publisher=Pluto Press |isbn=9780904383508 |location=London |pages=10}}</ref>

Unlike Roger, however, his schemes would usually backfire on him. Dicky was a blond boy with a large quiff, who was a teenage boy during his first appearances, but gradually was remodelled into a younger boy as the series went on.

==Similarities with other comics==

There is another British comic strip called ''[[Tricky Dicky (comics)|Tricky Dicky]]''. It also features a young British boy who enjoys playing tricks on others that backfire on him, but it is a completely different character. This particular boy has black spiky hair.

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[[Category:Gag-a-day comics]]
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