Ollie Fliptrik is a fictional character

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 who has his own comic strip

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 in the UK

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 comic

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 The Dandy

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. He first appeared in issue # 3138, dated 12 January 2002. The strip catalogues the crazy adventures of Ollie, a spikey-haired skateboarder

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, and his friends dopey Doug, Smudger and Anna, also enthusiastic skateboarders. Ollie is not a pro skater, but more and more people think he should be. The character was created and drawn by Karl Dixon

Karl Dixon

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, who also drew Beryl the Peril

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for the comic, from 1999 until 2006.

For a while Ollie also had his own fan club which readers could join, called Ollie Fliptrik's Dandy Club.

He was dropped at some point during the Dandy's Xtreme era (2007-2010).