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Birdman and Chicken was a Britishcomic strip published inKrazy from 1977 until 1978 and drawn byTrevor Metcalfe. It concerned the (mis)adventures of thesuperhero 'Birdman' and his not-so-bright sidekick 'Chicken', who was nicknamed 'The Boy Blunder'. The title and stories were a parody ofBatman.[1][2]
It ran in the issues ofKrazy from 11 December 1976 to 25 June 1977 and 9 July 1977 to 15 April 1978, as well as theKrazy Annuals from 1978-1985.[3] The only edition which was not illustrated by Metcalfe wasThe Bookworm Browser two-parter (10, 17 December 1977), which was illustrated byThomas Williams.[3]
In September 2021 it was announced thatRebellion, publishers of2000 AD would be relaunching theMonster Fun comic in April 2022, "revived and reimagined for today's kids".[4]
AMonster Fun Halloween Special issue ("Halloween Spooktacular") was published in October 2021, which included a newBirdman & Chicken story (along with a new sidekick,Sparrow) entitled "The Lame Halloween", which was written byDoug Graves and drawn byEdward Whatley, with lettering byPioro Dziob.[5]
It has not yet been confirmed that Birdman & Chicken will appear in the new bi-monthlyMonster Fun when it starts being published in April 2022, although the strip was not present in the first issue.
