Category Archives: Bunty

Tanya From Tongo

Plot:

Just after Tanya Taylor was born on the lovely island of Tongo, her parent’s were killed. But their native nanny brought the girl up as if she were her own child until she was ten. Then Tanya went to England to be educated.

tanya from the tonga

Notes:

  • Art: Matías Alonso

Appeared:

  • Tanya from Tongo–  Bunty:  #1381 (30 June 1984) – #1395 (6 October  1984)

 

 

Margie’s Magic Aunt

Plot:

Margie Brown lived with her widowed mother, and didn’t know she had an aunt, until one Halloween, when Aunt Carla came to stay. Mrs. Brown wasn’t happy with her sister’s arrival, but Margie was delighted – especially when she discovered Aunt Carla was a witch!

margies magic aunt

Notes:

  • Art: Robert MacGillivray

Appeared:

  • Margie’s Magic Aunt – Bunty:  #1381 (30 June 1984) – #1396 (13 October 1984)
  • Margie’s Magic Aunt – Bunty #1443 (7 September 1985) – #1454 (23 November 1985)

Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances

  • Margie’s Magic Aunt – Bunty Annual 1987 [Art: Robert MacGillivray]

Summer Specials

  • Margie’s Magic Aunt – Bunty Summer Special 1987 [Art: Robert MacGillivray]

 

Steamboat Jo

Plot:

Jo Wiley had disguised herself as a boy and had run away from the Purdy Orphanage, in the deep south of America. She hoped she could find her father, who was working on a Mississippi mail-boat called “Queen of the Levee”.

steamboat jo

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Steamboat Jo –  Bunty:  #1382 (7 July 1984) – #1396 (13 October 1984)

 

Base-Line Barbie

Plot:

After injuring her leg in an accident, Barbie Mason is told she will never play tennis again. But Barbie was determined to become a tennis champion despite her damaged leg.

base line barbie

Notes:

  • Art: Ron Smith

Appeared:

  • Base-Line Barbie – Bunty:  #808 (7 July 1973) – #822 (13 October 1973)
  • Reprinted – Bunty:  #1382 (7 July 1984) – #1396 (13 October 1984)

 

Haggis

Plot:

A short humour strip that follows a  Scottie dog. At one time if you joined the Bunty Club, you would get a “Haggis” pin. From the first Bunty Annual in 1960 up to 1972 the covers featured a black Scottie dog in the corner of the frame, but it would be a long time that he got a strip in the weekly issues/annuals.

haggis

Notes:

  • Art: Bill Ritchie (?)

Appeared:

  • Haggis -First Appearance: Bunty #1131 (15 September 1979)

 

Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances

  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1981
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1982
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1983
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1984
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1985
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1986
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1987
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1988
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1989
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1990
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1991
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1992
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1993
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1994
  • Haggis – Bunty Annual 1996

Summer Specials

  • Haggis on Holiday – Bunty Summer Special 1981
  • Four Bits of Fun at the Seaside with Haggis – Bunty Summer Special 1982
  • Haggis – Bunty Summer Special 1983
  • Haggis – Bunty Summer Special 1984
  • Haggis – Bunty Summer Special 1985
  • Haggis – Bunty Summer Special 1987
  • Haggis – Bunty Summer Special 1991
  • Haggis – Bunty Summer Special 1992
  • Haggis – Bunty Summer Special 1993

 

No Place to Dance!

Plot:

Kate Miller and her best friend Suzy Durham, had started a Disco Dancing Formation Team at the exclusive St. Mead’s High School for Girls. It was difficult for them to practice, however, as dancing was not allowed at the school.

no place to dance

Notes:

  • Art: Rodney Sutton

Appeared:

  • No Place to Dance!–  Bunty:  #1379 (16 June 1984) – ?

 

The Girl From Seal Island

Plot:

Fern had lived all her life alone on Seal Island, where she learned the language of animals and plants. So a legend grew that she was half fish, half girl. Fern had left her island and was being hunted like an animal, but she had also made two friends Tom and his cousin Rachel.

girl from seal island

Notes:

  • Art: Andy Tew
  • Abridged version reprinted and translated into Dutch as Alleen met haar dieren (Alone with her animals) – Debbie Parade Album #41.

Appeared:

  • The Girl From Seal Island –  Bunty: #1359 (28 January 1984) – #1380 (23 June 1984)

 

 

Christie’s Children

Plot:

Christie Dove, who had been brought up in Ecclesfield Poorhouse, discovered that she was really Lady Christabel Deverel, heiress to a great fortune. Although she was taken to begin a new life at Deverel Hall with her Aunt Edith, she was determined to help the poor children she left behind, even if it meant doing it in secret.

christies children

Notes:

  • Art: John Woods

Appeared:

  • Christie’s Children–  Bunty: #1365 (10 March 1984) – #1380 (23 June 1984)

 

Sandra’s Search

Plot:

When  her archaeologist father became ill,  Sandra Small decided to take his place on an expedition into the South American jungle. It was 1950 and Mr. Small had hoped to find the fabulous stone of Solomon, a tablet as ancient as time itself. Sandra realised her task would not be easy.

Isandra's search

Notes:

  • Art: Manuel Cuyàs

Appeared:

  • Sandra’s Search –  Bunty: #1377 (02 June 1984) – #1389 (25 August 1984)