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'''''Jack and Jill''''' was a British children's comic published by the [[Amalgamated Press]], [[Fleetway]] and [[IPC]] between 27 February 1954 and 29 June 1985, a run of approximately 1,640 issues. "Jack and Jill of Buttercup Farm" was the cover strip for many years, originally drawn by [[Hugh McNeill]] and later by [[Antonio Lupatelli]]. The stories were told in rhyming couplets, although by the end of the 1970s the stories were written in normal prose form. Others were told in captions below the illustrations, a style of storytelling common to pre-war nursery comics such as ''[[Puck]]'' and ''[[The Rainbow]]''. |
'''''Jack and Jill''''' was a British children's comic published by the [[Amalgamated Press]], [[Fleetway]] and [[IPC]] between 27 February 1954 and 29 June 1985, a run of approximately 1,640 issues. "Jack and Jill of Buttercup Farm" was the cover strip for many years, originally drawn by [[Hugh McNeill]] and later by [[Antonio Lupatelli]]. The stories were told in rhyming couplets, although by the end of the 1970s the stories were written in normal prose form. Others were told in captions below the illustrations, a style of storytelling common to pre-war nursery comics such as ''[[Puck]]'' and ''[[The Rainbow]]''. |
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Revision as of 14:35, 28 September 2012
Jack and Jill was a British children's comic published by the Amalgamated Press, Fleetway and IPC between 27 February 1954 and 29 June 1985, a run of approximately 1,640 issues. "Jack and Jill of Buttercup Farm" was the cover strip for many years, originally drawn by Hugh McNeill and later by Antonio Lupatelli. The stories were told in rhyming couplets, although by the end of the 1970s the stories were written in normal prose form. Others were told in captions below the illustrations, a style of storytelling common to pre-war nursery comics such as Puck and The Rainbow.
Strips included:
- Harold Hare
- Teddy and Cuddly
- Fun in Toyland
- Flipper the Skipper / Flipper the Jolly Penguin
- Freddie Frog
- Jerry, Don and Snooker
- Pixie Pip
- Gregory Grasshopper
- Chalky the Blackboard Boy
- Katie Country Mouse
- Tiger Tim and the Bruin Boys
- Fliptail the Otter, by Bernard Long
- Douglas Dachshund
- Joe, based on the BBC TV series
- The Wombles, based on the BBC TV series
- The Enchanted House
- Snuggles the Koala Bear
- Linda and Her Magic Bubble Mixture
- Little Miss, based on the characters created by Roger Hargreaves