Tricky Dicky (Topper) Tricky Dicky (Topper) Tricky Dicky was a British comic strip which debuted in the magazine "Topper" in 1977 and was drawn by John Dallas. From 1979 to 1986 he was the cover star of the comic, succeeding Danny's Tranny and preceding Beryl the Peril. The comic strip was a gag-a-day strip starring a young boy named Dicky, who plays practical jokes on people, but they usually managed to get the last laugh. From 1999 to 2000 he re-appeared as a 'Guest Star' in "The Beano", again drawn by Dallas, running against The Three Bears, Inspector Horse and Jocky and Gordon
In Time of Peril In Time of Peril In Time of Peril is a painting by the English painter Edmund Leighton. The subject does not appear to represent any specific historical subject, but an invented incident from the Middle Ages where a young boy and a baby are in flight with their mother, a soldier or father, and chests and bundles of treasures, and arrive at a monastery. "In Time of Peril" was exhibited in the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1897. It was later bought by the Mackelvie Trust, and placed in the Auckland Art Gallery, where it quickly became one of the most