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Penny’s Place

Bunty, M&J, , ,

Plot:

Regular feature which centres on “Penny’s Place”, a cafe run by Penny Jordan and her family in Chesterford.  Stories revolved around the cafe, Penny’s school, and her schoolfriends (Gemma, Arlene, Donna, Sita and others). The villains of the piece were the school bullies, Fran Jacklin and Maxine Abbott.

Pennys Place

Notes:

  • Writer: Anthea Skiffington
  • Artist: Guy Peeters
  • Continued in Bunty after M&J was merged with it.

Appeared:

  • Penny’s Place – M&J: #93 (20 February 1993) – #315(24 May 1997)
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty: #2055 (31 May 19) – #2249(17 February 2001)

Other Appearances:

Annual Appeaances

  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 1995
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 1996
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 1997
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 1998
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 1999
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2000
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2001
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2002
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2003
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2004
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2005
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2006
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Annual 1999
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Annual 2000
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Annual 2001
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Annual 2002

Summer Specials

  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Holiday Special 1998
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Holiday Special 1999
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Holiday Special 2000

Picture Story Library

  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Picture Story Library: #189
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Picture Story Library: #216

Soap Suds

M&J, ,

Plot

Sally Gibson is staying with her relatives, the Brents. The Brents are so hooked on a TV soap, “The Avenue”, that they copy everything they see on it – even to the extent of using the characters’ names and calling Sally Miranda, the new character on the soap. Sally finds this fanaticism annoying.

Soap suds

Notes

  • Artist: Ron Lumsden

Appeared

  • Soap Suds – M&J: #297 (18 January 1997) – #306 (22 March 1997)

 

Stage School

M&J, , , , ,

Plot:

Two vacancies are going at The Madame Celeste Stage School. Nicky Carr wins one place. But the other place goes to Gavin Mellor, an arrogant boy Nicky crossed during the auditions. And so the stage is set for feuding between Nicky and Gavin.

It gets even worse when Gavin and Nicky are both chosen to star in a new TV soap. They have to pretend they are friends on screen, but their hatred keeps erupting into constant fighting. Eventually, the producers write their antagonism into the show.

Stage school

Notes:

  • Artist: Juliana Buch

Appeared:

  • Stage School – M&J: #152 (9 April 1994) – #160 (4 June 1994)
  • Stage School – M&J: #207 (29 April 1995) – #216 (01 July 1995)
  • Stage School – M&J: #239 (09 December 1995) – #241(23 December 1995)

Other Appearances:

  • Stage School – Mandy Annual 1995
  • Stage School – Mandy Annual 1997

 

Sara’s Secret Garden

M&J, ,

Plot

Sara Stanford is sent to stay with relatives when her parents go abroad. Sara finds it difficult living with a rowdy family because she is used to being on her own and needs some space. She finds it in restoring a rooftop garden on top of a disused department store.

Sara

Notes

  • Artist: Matías Alonso

Appeared

  • Sara’s Secret Garden– M&J #146 (26 February 1994) – #152 (9 April 1994)