Talk:Sparky (comics)

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Don't you think something should be mentioned about the name?
I say this with all due respect as someone who was a reader since day one (I'm old enough to remember the free 'banger' made of paper and cardboard that came with one of the early issues) - don't you think it's important to point out that the name of the comic and the front-page character - a stereotyped African native boy in classic "Gollywog" style - was implicitly "Sparky the Darkie" - although not spelled out, it was obvious to its audience at the time. The downfall of the comic was as much about the name and changing attitudes to racism as it was about content.

As a five or six year old at the time it never occurred to me that there was anything wrong with it - which is exactly what was wrong with it and why "Sparky" had to go. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.124.38.160 (talk) 21:46, 11 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Do you have any sources about this? I never thought of it as a darkie rhyme. The racist sparky character was dropped long before the comic ended, and Sparky was still being reprinted in Classics from the Comics up until 2010. Basically the comic's name became disassociated from that character quite early on. The comic had to go because of the decline in comics in general not because of a mostly forgotten racist character. But this article doesnt really make any mention about the character being golliwog style/blackface. I will amend that. Eopsid (talk) 09:55, 14 April 2022 (UTC)