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Winker Watson is a rare breed for a kids comic, as his stories are often continuous from issue to issue, including the long-running saga of his uncle Arnold's arrival as Physical Training instructor and Winker's endless attempts to get rid of him. There have also been long-running stories over the unjust expulsion of Winker's younger brother Wally and the elder sibling's attempts to keep him in the school until the end of term so their parents would know nothing until he had been exonerated; and Mr Creep's own secret stowaway, his good-for-nothing twin brother John, who was on the run and needed somewhere to stay, forcing his brother to let him hide in his own quarters within the school.
Winker's best pal is a lad called Tim Trott (nicknamed 'Trotty' by Winker), though, apart from Winker's other friend Sandy, no other characters have emerged with any great regularity despite the number of boys within the school. The headmaster has made frequent appearances, but mainly with Creep rather than any of the boys. Also occasionally seen in the school cook, nicknamed Cookie. The strip was drawn by Eric Roberts until the early 1990s, when Terry Bave took over. For the first few years he drew in the style of his predecessor, but by 1994 he was drawing the strip in his own style. Bave continued drawing it until 2002, and the current artist is Stephen White.