''Sandie'' was a
British girls' comic
British girls' comics flourished in the United Kingdom from the 1950s through the 1970s, before beginning to decline in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. Publishers known for their girls' comics included DC Thomson and Fleetway Publications, Fleet ...
, published by
Fleetway
Fleetway Publications was a magazine publishing company based in London.
History
It was founded in 1959 when the Mirror Group acquired the Amalgamated Press, then based at Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London. It was one of the companies t ...
, which lasted for 89 weekly issues between 12 February 1972 and 20 October 1973 before being merged into ''
Tammy''. The editor of ''Sandie'' was
John Wagner.
[W. R. Logan]
Interview with John Wagner
, Class of '79 (undated)
Like many comics of its kind, the strips in ''Sandie'' focused on school, ballet, dogs and horses, and girl-next-door themes. Stories of girls confronting adversity predominated, with long-suffering heroines finally achieving happiness, while villainous relatives or girls who were liars, cheats, and bullies received their comeuppance.
The strips ''Wee Sue'' and ''Jeannie and Her Uncle "Meanie"'' moved to
Tammy with the merger of the two titles.
Strips
* ''Angela Angel Face''
* ''Anna and the Circus''
* ''Anna's Forbidden Friend''
* ''Barbara and the Ballet of the Beautiful''
* ''Bonnie's Butler''
* ''Brenda's Brownies'' — humor strip
* ''Captives of Terror Island''
* ''Cinderella Superstar''
* ''Connie Courageous''
* ''Dancing to Danger''
* ''Friends and Neighbours''
* ''Jeannie and Her Uncle "Meanie"'' — continued in ''Tammy''.
* ''Little Lady Nobody''
* ''Lorna's Lonely Days''
* ''Nat the Cat''
* ''No-One Cheers for Norah''
* ''Odd Mann Out''
* ''Our Big Secret''
* ''Sandra Must Dance''
* ''The School of No Escape''
* ''Silver is a Star''
* ''Slaves of the Eye''
* ''Slaves of the Trapeze''
* ''Wendy the Witch'' — humor strip
* ''Wee Sue'' — Sue Strong is the midget of Milltown, but what she lacks in height she more than makes up for in brains and generosity. Sue's brains are regularly called upon when it comes to dodging her grumpy, vain, bullying, slave-driving teacher Miss Bigger and the tons of homework she always dishes out. Continued in ''Tammy''.
References
Sources
*
Fleetway and IPC Comics titles
1972 comics debuts
1973 comics endings
British girls' comics
Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom
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