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Girls' Crystal
''Girls' Crystal'' (also known as ''The Crystal'', ''Girls' Crystal Weekly'' and ''Girls' Crystal and School Girl'' at various points) was a British weekly fictional anthology publication aimed at girls. Published by Amalgamated Press and later Fleetway Publications from 26 October 1935 to 18 May 1963. Uniquely for an Amalgamated Press title, ''Girls' Crystal'' began as a story paper before transforming into a picture comic between editions, with the new format debuting on 21 March 1953. It ran for a combined total of 1432 issues before merging with ''School Friend'' in 1963. Publishing history After audience research revealed that story papers such as ''The Magnet'' and ''The Gem'' had a sizeable female readership, Amalgamated Press took advantage of this audience by launching ''The School Friend'' in 1919, the first such paper aimed squarely at girls. It was a success, and was soon joined by sister title ''The Schoolgirl'' - not to mention numerous rivals launched by other p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story Paper
A story paper is a periodical publication similar to a literary magazine, but featuring illustrations and text stories, and aimed towards children and teenagers. Also known in Britain as "boys' weeklies", story papers were phenomenally popular before the outbreak of the Second World War. Among the most well-known British story papers was ''Boy's Own Paper'', which ran from 1879 to 1967. Beginnings The first known edition of what would later become known as a "story paper" was ''The Young Gentleman's Magazine'', published in 1777. The first story paper to really take off was ''The Boys' and Girls' Penny Magazine'', first published in September 1832. In 1866, Charles Stephens began selling ''Boys of England'' on the English streets for a penny—the first "penny dreadful". Story papers in this style minimized the expense of writing in order to produce an extremely cheap product. Strictly speaking, the "penny dreadful" died off by the turn of the century, but this term was stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl (British Comics)
''Girl'' was the name of two weekly comics magazines for girls in the United Kingdom. The first and more well-known volume was published from 1951 to 1964. It was launched by Hulton Press on 2 November 1951 as a sister paper to the ''Eagle'' ''Girl'' was very much an ''educational'' magazine whose heroines, including those who got into scrapes, became involved in tales that had a moral substance. A considerable number of pages were also dedicated to real-life tales of heroic women in various fields. A second volume of the series was published by IPC from 1981 to 1990, during which time ''Dreamer'' and '' Tammy'' were merged into it. Original series Like the ''Eagle'', ''Girl'' was founded by the Rev. Marcus Morris, with the close participation of Morris' fellow clergyman Chad Varah. The lead strip was originally '' Kitty Hawke and her All-Girl Air Crew'', drawn in full colour by Ray Bailey, about a group of women running a charter airline. The strip was not very popular — it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Establishments In The United Kingdom
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's Colonial empire, colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of . * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebellion Publishing
Rebellion Developments Limited is a British video game developer based in Oxford. Founded by Jason and Chris Kingsley in December 1992, the company is best known for ''Sniper Elite'' and multiple games in the '' Alien vs. Predator'' series. Sister company Rebellion Publishing has published comic books since 2000, when it purchased '' 2000 AD'', the publisher of characters such as Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper. In the 2010s the studio saw growth and success with their ''Sniper Elite'' series of games. The series has spanned 5 mainline installments and multiple spin-offs, including the '' Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army'' entries. Their latest title, ''Atomfall'', was released on March 27, 2025. History Origins (1992–1999) Rebellion was founded on 4 December 1992 by brothers Jason and Chris Kingsley in Oxford, England. The pair had just finished academic degrees at the University of Oxford, and had ambitions of starting doctorates. In their spare time, they did freelance work i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June (comics)
''June'' (also known as ''June and Poppet'', ''June and School Friend'' and ''June and Pixie'' at various points) was a British weekly girls' comic anthology published by Fleetway Publications and IPC Magazines from 18 March 1961 to 15 June 1974. Designed as a response to DC Thomson's hit ''Bunty'', ''June'' never quite eclipsed its Scottish rival but was nevertheless a success on its own terms, reaching 631 issues before being merged into '' Tammy'' in 1974. Creation As Amalgamated Press, Fleetway Publications had effectively created the British girls' comic with the million-selling ''School Friend'' in 1950, and the likes of Hulton Press' ''Girl'' and AP's own revamped ''Girls' Crystal'' soon cashed in on the market. However, the area turned out to be fast-moving and when Dundee publisher DC Thomson finally entered the market in 1958 with ''Bunty'', its fusion of girls staples with a healthy contingent of relatable waifs and strays saw it chime better with young female readers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Kerr
Tom Kerr was a British comic strip artist whose work has appeared in comics such as ''Look-in'', the ''Eagle'', '' Valiant'', and '' TV21''. He has also drawn for many annuals of the 1960s and 1970s, including the ''Monkees'' annuals, ''Look-in'' annuals, etc. He is not to be conflated with the Australian cartoonist of the same name, who was responsible for such creations as Daddles, an animated duck that would walk along the TV screen when a cricketer scored a duck. Career There is little known about Tom Kerr's life. Comic strips Strips include '' Boy Bandit'' in '' Jag'' (later ''Tiger'') 1968–1969 and the Tara King/'' The Avengers'' strip in '' TV Comic'' (1968). He also worked for comics such as ''Lion'', '' Buster'', ''Thunder'', '' The Eagle'', ''Knockout'', '' Valiant'', ''Princess'', '' TV21'', '' Lady Penelope'', ''Solo'', and '' Jet'' (including " The Dwarf"). IPC planned a comic strip character called ''Captain Britain'' which was to be drawn by Kerr during th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Bermejo (illustrator)
Luis Bermejo Rojo (12 August 1931 – 12 December 2015) was a Spanish illustrator and comics artist known for his work published in Spain, Italy, Great Britain, and the United States. He has illustrated a number of novels, and worked for a while with DC Comics. Biography Bermejo initially learned the trade as the assistant of Manuel Gago, before he began his comic book artist career in Britain in the late 1950s when through the agency A.L.I., he worked in the titles ''Girls' Crystal'' and ''Tarzan in comics, Tarzan Weekly''. He worked on ''Thriller Picture Library'', ''John Steel'', ''War'', ''Battle Picture Weekly, Battle Picture Libraries'', and ''Pike Mason'' in the early 1960s. In 1962 he started drawing the war-themed comic strip ''Mann of Battle'' for ''Eagle (British comics), The Eagle'', and drew the strip ''Heros the Spartan'' for that title in 1963. Later in the 1960s he drew the superhero ''Fantastic (comics), Johnny Future''. For much of the 1960s, Bermejo worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John M
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Resistance
The French Resistance ( ) was a collection of groups that fought the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Nazi occupation and the Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy#France, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy regime in France during the World War II, Second World War. Resistance Clandestine cell system, cells were small groups of armed men and women (called the Maquis (World War II), Maquis in rural areas) who conducted guerrilla warfare and published Underground press, underground newspapers. They also provided first-hand intelligence information, and escape networks that helped Allies of World War II, Allied soldiers and airmen trapped behind Axis powers, Axis lines. The Resistance's men and women came from many parts of French society, including émigrés, academics, students, aristocrats, conservative Catholic Church in France, Roman Catholics (including clergy), Protestantism in France, Protestants, History of the Jews in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (comics)
John Armstrong (died 28 August 2018) was a British comics artist, best known for his work in ''Misty'' and '' Tammy'', for which he drew the long-running strip ''Bella.''Comics Britannia Gallery page for John Armstrong BBC4 Image Gallery Other strips he has drawn include ''The Secret Gymnast'' in ''''. Biography Although one of the few acknowledged artistic pupils at his infant, junior and secondary schools, John Armstrong's first proper art lessons were whilst serving in the Army, in the Far East. "To keep us occupied, art lessons were started in a deserted palace outside Rangoon; local people in ethnic dress posed for us," he recalled in 2003. "I still ha ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunty
''Bunty'' was a British comics, British comic for girls published by D. C. Thomson & Co. from 1958 to 2001.Gibson (2003)p. 91/ref> It consisted of a collection of many small strips, the stories typically being three to five pages long. In contrast to earlier and contemporary comics, it was aimed primarily at working-class readers under the age of 14, and contained mostly fictional stories.Gibson (2003), pp. 91–92 Well-known regular strips from ''Bunty'' include ''The Four Marys'', ''Bunty — A Girl Like You'', ''Moira Kent'', ''Lorna Drake'', ''Luv, Lisa'', ''The Comp'', and ''Penny's Place''. Publication history ''Bunty'' debuted with the 18 January 1958 issue. Over the course of its history, Bunty absorbed three other DC Thomson girls' comics: ''Suzy'' (1987), ''Nikki (DC Thomson), Nikki for Girls'' (May 1989), and ''Mandy (comics), Mandy & Judy'' [''M & J''] (1997). With the issue of 28 March 1992 (issue #1785), ''Bunty'' covers switched from illustrated comics-style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Thomson
DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded by David Couper Thomson in 1905, it is best known for publishing ''The Courier (Dundee), The Courier'', ''Evening Telegraph (Dundee), The Evening Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Post'' newspapers, and the comics ''Oor Wullie'', ''The Broons'', ''The Beano'', ''The Dandy'' and ''Commando (comics), Commando''. It also owns the Aberdeen Journals, Aberdeen Journals Group which publishes the ''Press and Journal (Scotland), Press and Journal''. The company owns several websites, including Findmypast, and owned the now defunct social media site Friends Reunited. History The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business when William Thomson became the sole proprietor of Charles Alexander & Company, publishers of ''Dundee Courier and Daily Argus''. In 1884, David Couper Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as D.C. Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
