Bunty was a British comic for young girls published from 1958 until 2001. It consisted of a collection of many small strips, typically the stories themselves being three to five pages long. As well as the weekly comic, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd also published Christmas and summer annuals. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Two Tamil girls in Tiruvannamalai. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... D. C. Thomson & Co. ... Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a traditional Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus with both religious and secular aspects, commonly observed on 25 December. ... For other senses of this word, see summer (disambiguation). ... An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. ...

Regular Stories

The Four Marys

An ongoing story of Mary Cotter (Cotty), Mary Simpson (Simpy), Mary Radleigh (Raddy) and Mary Field (Fieldy)- four young girls who lived in a St Elmo's, a girls only boarding school in Elmbury, and often had problems with studying, being bored, or helping (and being hindered by) the other girls or teachers within the school. The Four Marys appeared to be about 14 in age, although it was never concrete- the only hint given is that they are over 12, but under 17.

Luv Lisa

This story was written out as a diary, with pictures to accompany it. The pictures took the form of photographs, being the only regular comic to do so (although regularly 'one-time' comics also took the form of being shown in photographs). Regularly her stories would consist of her whining about people, boyfriends and situations she was in with her friends- although sometimes she would have a "story" set about her, with an adventure such as finding good christmas cards. Her friend's names changed from issue to issue, the only regular characters being her slightly-older (or even twin?) dim-witted brother and her middle-lower class mother. Lisa was definitely aged 16, which raises questions about her brother (too stupid to go on to non-compulsory education, but 16 is the age that non-compulsory education finishes, so he couldn't possibly be older (like it says) and still go to her school). A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e. ... Fraternal twin boys in the tub Twins in animal biology is a case of multiple birth in which the mother gives birth to two offspring from the same pregnancy Human twins are two individuals who have shared the uterus during a single pregnancy and are usually, but not necessarily, born...

The Comp

A comic drawn very much in the same way as The Four Marys, this was set around a more 'real life' situation, inside a mixed-sex school. Regular characters included-

Ross A Red haired, intelligent girl- who had a keen sense of adventure and often got the girls in trouble with their teachers.

Laura A sporty blonde-haired girl who encouraged the others to take up sports such as (regularly) tennis or field hockey. She was, regardless, a very girly girl. Tennis ball This article is about the sport. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... Girly girl is a slang term for a girl or woman who chooses to dress and behave in a traditionally feminine style, such as wearing pink or floral dresses, blouses and skirts, wearing make-up, talking about relationships and other activities which are associated with the traditional gender role of...

The Twins Two brown haired identical twins (although one kept their hair very short, and the other very long)- one terribly unfit, and the other one a tomboy. They often took background roles, and had very little real attitude about them- simply there to make up numbers.

Amy and Aisha Amy, a fat, adopted girl who got the best marks at school and Aisha, a Chinese looking girl who upheld the rules and had a great deal of common sense, were also regular characters, although not part of the main group. Aisha had a good fan base at the time of her creation, as back in 1958 there were few British comics that included a character who was not British herself. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mark and Hodge Mark and Hodge were the regular boys of the series, often sarcastic and slightly mean to the girls, they were often put straight by Laura and the Tomboy twin when they were beaten at sports of their own choosing. Hodge dated Laura for almost all of the series.

Fanzines

In recent years, a community of fanzines has grown up that hark back in a gently ironic fashion to the "Golden Age" of girls' comics - these include Pony School, Sunny For Girls (part of the Solar Wind group of comics) and Misty. All of these titles reference Bunty as an inspiration, and even run pastiches of well-known Bunty strips. The Golden Age by Pietro da Cortona. ... Penny Ryder in battle scene Pony School is a British fanzine that recreates girls comics of the 1960s and 70s, edited, written and drawn largely by Edward Berridge and Bryan Coyle, and published under their Death Camp Jones Productions imprint. ... Solar Wind is a British small press comicbook. ...