Mummy's Boy

Mummy's Boy

The term "Mummy's Boy! was in use in the 1960s. It was used to describe, typically, a teenage boy who's mother still treated him like a child. The teenage boys at the time the term was considered very insulting. However, times have changed and over protective mothers have now become the norm, even for young men in their 20s.

"Mummy's Boy" was originally a comic strip in the British comic "Monster Fun". It made its first appearance in issue 2, dated 20 June 1975. The strip was about a boy, who, despite being a teenager, was always treated like a baby by his mother, who dressed him in baby clothes and carried him around in a pram. It was drawn by Norman Mansbridge throughout, and joined "Buster" in 1976 after "Monster Fun" merged with it. It stayed in "Buster" until the issue dated 12 September 1987.


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