This little topsy-turvy knockabout farce is the reductio ad absurdum of the Candidamaniacs. Adventure is a gaff rigged knockabout schooner. He has the same knockabout whimsy careering into keen lament. This knockabout style of comedy led to accusations of child abuse, and occasionally, arrest. The Blanchard Junior Knockabout is the mainstay of CWB's rental fleet. It was described by Dave Thompson of AllMusic as a "gorgeous knockabout" of a song. It is published by Palmano Bennett in association with Knockabout. Higgins' association with comics began with independent publishers Birmingham's Ar-Zak Press and Knockabout Comics. In the 1980s 13 issues of the eponymous "Knockabout" anthology were produced. The playing field is used during the week for training, and knockabout sessions. Around 1978 or 1979 the company changed its name to Knockabout Comics. In February 1900, "The Rudder" magazine published plans, by William Hand Jr, of a "knockabout". Other work has appeared in "Punch", "Knockabout", "Fox Comics" and "Power Rangers". He was brought up in a "tough working-class family" who offered him a "knockabout upbringing". Knockabout Comics is a UK publisher and distributor of underground and alternative books and comics.