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School Friend
''School Friend'' was the name of two different British weekly publications marketed toward girls, both of which were pioneering in their respective categories. The first ''School Friend'', published from 1919 to 1929, was the first story paper marketed exclusively to girls. The second ''School Friend'', published from 1950 to 1965, is considered the first British girls' comic. Although both published by Amalgamated Press, and both marketed toward girls, the content of the two publications was not directly related. Story paper ''School Friend'' the story paper focused on the Cliff House School for Girls, a fictional school first introduced ten years earlier in the boys' story paper ''The Magnet''. With the success of Amalgamated Press (AP)'s boys' story papers like ''The Magnet'' and '' The Gem'', the publisher was seeking to expand into new markets. AP editor Reg Eves, impressed by the letters he received from female readers of ''The Magnet'', launched ''School Friend'' in 1 ... [...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 still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Redpath
Frank Redpath (1927–1990) was a Hull poet. He taught at Hull College of Further Education, after a period writing for children's comics (including ''School Friend'') in London. He features in Douglas Dunn's 1982 anthology of Hull poets ''A Rumoured City'', alongside Sean O’Brien, Douglas Houston and Peter Didsbury. Fellow Hull poet Philip Larkin contributed a preface to the anthology. Writing to Redpath, Larkin declared "Yours are the only poems in the book I would have been glad to have written." Redpath forms the subject of Sean O’Brien's elegy "To the Unknown God of Hull and Holderness". His collections are ''To the Village and Other Poems'' (Sonus Press, 1986) and ''How It Turned Out: Selected Poems'' (Rialto, 1996). In 2015 his poem "In and Out" was published in the ''Times Literary Supplement'', mistakenly presented as a newly discovered poem by Philip Larkin, a mistake that resulted in Redpath trending on Twitter. Lines from a poem of Redpath's are inscribed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enid Blyton
Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been translated into 90 languages. As of June 2019, Blyton held 4th place for the most translated author. She wrote on a wide range of topics, including education, natural history, fantasy, mystery, and biblical narratives. She is best remembered today for her '' Noddy'', '' Famous Five'', '' Secret Seven'', the '' Five Find-Outers'', and '' Malory Towers'' books, although she also wrote many others including the '' St Clare's'', '' The Naughtiest Girl'' and '' The Faraway Tree'' series. Her first book, ''Child Whispers'', a 24-page collection of poems, was published in 1922. Following the commercial success of her early novels, such as '' Adventures of the Wishing-Chair'' (1937) and '' The Enchanted Wood'' (1939), Blyton went on to build a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambiek
Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (, – Bussum, ), though since 2007, his son Boris Kousemaker is the current owner. From 1968 to 2015, it was located in the Kerkstraat, but in November 2015, the store moved to the Koningsstraat 27. As of 2018, Lambiek is the oldest comics store in Europe, and the oldest worldwide still in existence. The name "Lambiek" originated as a misspelling of the name of the comics character Lambik, from the popular Suske & Wiske comic book series created by Belgian artist Willy Vandersteen. The logo of the shop is an image from the ''Suske en Wiske'' album ''Prinses Zagemeel'' (''Princess Sawdust''). History Only two earlier comic bookstores are known to have opened their doors on the North-American continent (or anywhere else on the world for that matter) prior to the one founded by Kousemaker; George Henderson's Canadian, Toronto-based Memory Lane Books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June (comics)
''June'' was a weekly British girls' comic published from 18 March 1961 to 15 June 1974 by Fleetway Publications, when it merged into the fellow Fleetway title '' Tammy'' (along the way, ''June'' absorbed three other titles). ''June'' featured a mix of text serials (with spot illustrations) and comic strips. The problem page was called ''Angela Replies...'' (written by Angela Barrie) and the letter column was called ''Pick of the Post'' and then later ''Tell Us about It!''. By the early 1970s, the popular fashion doll Sindy appeared in ''June'' in ''Sindy's Scene: Her Diary and Club Page'' and the strip ''Sindy and Her Friends'', drawn by Phil Townsend. Publication history ''June'' launched 18 March 1961. The character of June herself, a blond schoolgirl with a headband, often appeared on the cover, sometimes with her dog Jiffy. After 174 issues, ''June'' absorbed the short-lived title ''Poppet'' with the issue of 18 July 1964. The merged title, ''June and Poppet'', published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prefect
Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area. A prefect's office, department, or area of control is called a prefecture, but in various post-Roman empire cases there is a prefect without a prefecture or ''vice versa''. The words "prefect" and "prefecture" are also used, more or less conventionally, to render analogous words in other languages, especially Romance languages. Ancient Rome ''Praefectus'' was the formal title of many, fairly low to high-ranking officials in ancient Rome, whose authority was not embodied in their person (as it was with elected Magistrates) but conferred by delegation from a higher authority. They did have some authority in their prefecture such as controlling prisons and in civil administration. Feudal times Especially in Medieval Latin, ''præfectus'' was used to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Society
A secret society is a club or an organization whose activities, events, inner functioning, or membership are concealed. The society may or may not attempt to conceal its existence. The term usually excludes covert groups, such as intelligence agencies or guerrilla warfare insurgencies, that hide their activities and memberships but maintain a public presence. Definitions The exact qualifications for labeling a group a secret society are disputed, but definitions generally rely on the degree to which the organization insists on secrecy, and might involve the retention and transmission of secret knowledge, the denial of membership or knowledge of the group, the creation of personal bonds between members of the organization, and the use of secret rites or rituals which solidify members of the group. Anthropologically and historically, secret societies have been deeply interlinked with the concept of the Männerbund, the all-male "warrior-band" or "warrior-society" of pre-modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gravett
Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981. He is the founder of '' Escape Magazine'', and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appearing in the UK magazine '' Comics International'', together with a monthly column for '' ArtReview''. He has written for various periodicals including ''The Guardian'', ''The Comics Journal'', ''Comic Art'', ''Comics International'', ''Time Out'', ''Blueprint'', ''Neo'', ''The Bookseller'', ''The Daily Telegraph,'' and '' Dazed & Confused''. Biography His career began in 1981, as he managed the Fast Fiction table at bi-monthly Comic Marts held in Westminster Hall. Gravett invited artists to send him their homemade comics, which he would sell from the Fast Fiction table with all proceeds going to the creator. His role in the British indie comics scene is depicted in Eddie Campbell's '' Alec'' comics, in which Gravett is called "The Man at the Crossroads." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Parker (illustrator)
Eric Robert Parker (7 September 1898 – 21 March 1974) was a prolific British illustrator and comics artist best known for illustrating the adventures of Sexton Blake in various periodicals. Born at Stoke Newington, North London, on 7 September 1898,Norman Wright and David Ashford, ''Masters of Fun and Thrills: The British Comic Artists Vol 1'', Norman Wright (pub.), 2008, pp. 131–144 he was awarded a special scholarship to the Central School of Arts and Crafts at the age of 15. A photo of him appeared in the ''Boy's Own Paper'' celebrating his achievement.W. O. G. LoftsThe Eric Parker Story ''Collectors Digest'' Vol. 37 issues 437-440, 1983, formerly presented on the Blakiana website, via Internet Archive During the First World War he served with the Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars and in military intelligence MI 7b alongside Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, producing propaganda directed at the Home Front - See "MI 7b - the discovery of a lost propaganda archive from the Great ... [...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 Comic'' (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''. IPC planned a comic strip character called ''Captain Britain'' which was to be drawn by Kerr during the early 1970s. Marvel lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Hargreaves (cartoonist)
Harry Hargreaves (9 February 1922, in Manchester – 12 November 2004, in Yeovil, Somerset) was an English cartoonist, best remembered for ''The Bird'', which he produced for ''Punch'', and for ''Hayseeds'' in the ''London Evening News''. Biography Born the son of a civil servant, Hargreaves was educated at Chorlton High School. Here he produced cartoons for the school magazine at the age of twelve, and two years later his first cartoon was published by the ''Manchester Evening News''. He was a choirboy at Manchester Cathedral in the years 1930–33. When his parents split up he left school at sixteen to work for Lorne & Howarth, an interior design company, studying architecture, mechanical drawing, and furniture design at Manchester School of Art in his spare time. This led to a 1938 position as trainee engineer, for companies which included Rolls-Royce, Ford and Kestrel Engines. 1939 found him working for the Manchester art agency Kayebon Press as assistant to Hugh McNeill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Flinders
Evelyn Betty Flinders (21 March 1910 – 31 October 1997) was a British comics artist who worked in girls' comics. She entered the Hornsey School of Art at the age of fifteen, and in 1928 got her first job with the Amalgamated Press, drawing for ''Schooldays''. By the time she was 21 she had drawn for virtually all of AP's girls' weekly publications. When '' School Friend'' relaunched in 1950, her strip '' The Silent Three'', written by Horace Boyten and Stewart Pride Stewart may refer to: People *Stewart (name), Scottish surname and given name *Clan Stewart, a Scottish clan *Clan Stewart of Appin, a Scottish clan Places Canada * Stewart, British Columbia *Stewart Township, Nipissing District, Ontario (histo ..., was the cover feature. Flinders retired in 1959. She died on 31 October 1997, at the age of 87. References External links June 2000 1910 births 1997 deaths 20th-century English women artists Alumni of Middlesex University British comics artists British f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
