A little background first and on research I discovered that ‘The Daily Express’ Newspaper in Britain put in a little bear to appeal to children in a form of a short cartoon strip and this was how ‘Rupert the Bear’ was born, drawn by Mary Tourtel. A little known fact is that Rupert used to wear blue and white before he changed to red and yellow. Mary Tourtel stopped illustrating Rupert in the 1930’s and other illustrators carried on from then.
Another famous comic strip that I still love today is ‘Peanut’s. I am sure people of a certain age can recall at least a few characters from Peanuts, drawn by illustrator Charles Schultz. Who could forget Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Woodstock, Lucy, Linus and Peppermint Patty. Can You remember anymore characters?
I started out with ‘Twinkle’, ‘the picture paper especially for little girls’ published from 1968 to 1999. It came out weekly. The feature I remember was Nurse Nancy and the toy hospital. It was from this comic that I decided to have a dolls hospital and my grandma fixed mine and my friends dolls and teddies.
I was not a trendy child but I did buy ‘Look In’. I do remember it had Worzel Gummidge, Dangermouse, Super Gran and the A-Team in it, oh and, by the end of when I was reading, a lot of Bros!! ‘When will I be famous?’.
Once I got a little older then ‘Jackie’ was a teenagers bible if you lived in the 70’s and 80’s era. It was a weekly magazine, first published in 1964
I am sure I read many more comics and I would love it if you can remind me of any to try and awake my memories!!
I so look forward to hearing from you.
Sparkle Hugs and Glitter Kisses xxx
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