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FAQ:
- Where can I buy these comics?
- This is just a fansite I like to talk about these comics but I don’t sell comics on this site. There are a few places that you can find these comics, the big places are ebay and London shop 30th century comic. Check out their website here. There are a few other specialist shops, car boot sales and websites that you may get lucky with too.
- I’m looking for the name of a story?
- Happy to help if I can, but good to note the more detail you can give the better, even if its just when you would have read the story. For example “A talented girl that is mistreated by cruel relatives” could be the plot summary for many stories! The comics uk forum is also full of helpful people: http://comicsuk.co.uk/forum/index.php as well as facebook groups like “Girls Comics – UK”.
Thanks so much.
I think I have the same DVD as Mistyfan. Issues 166-171 and 173 have the half-page Bunty cut-out wardrobe. It is not in my few 1959 issues or any of my 1963 issues. Bunty’s Cut-Out Wardrobe does not show up again until mid 1964 (sometime between issue 336 and 346). It lasts a long time though. The last issue with the Bunty’s Cut-Out Wardrobe is issue #1549 (September 19, 1987). It was replaced with DESIGN-A-FASHION.
Hi, thanks for that, it’s really helpful. It narrows down my search to 1961. You mentioned 1963 and 1964 but do you know if there were any in 1962? Thanks
You have to be impressed with the longevity of the cut-out wardrobe feature. Taken together, that must be around 25 years. Helping it along was inviting readers to submit ideas, with prizes of course.
No, I don’t have any from 1962. However, the back of issue No. 262 (January 19, 1963) has “In Great-Great-Granny’s Day (No. 19) NEW THINGS” on it. The next issue has No. 20. I think this means that the last of 1962 had this instead of the Cut-Up-Wardrobe. My guess is the only issues before 1964 with the Cut-Out-Wardrobe would be the ones with the half-page School Badge Corner and half-page Bunty’s Cut-Out Wardrobe. I would look at 1961 for one. Also, in the mid 80’s they started putting some on these inside the Bunty in black and white instead of on the back cover. Not every issue had one in the last few issues.
The cut out wardrobe switched to black and white? That would have made it far less exciting.
Most of the Cut-Out-Wardrobes were on the back page as usual. However, some of the Bunty’s had an advertisement on the back page. Most of these did not have a cut-out wardrobe but some did. Some of them were in red and white and some were in black and white. Issue 1345 (October 22, 1983) for example has a black and white one inside. It says on the page “Use bright crayons or pencils to add a touch of color to these outfits”. I’m guessing they wanted the income from selling advertising on the back page.
Thanks to everyone that replied to my comments. You’ve all been really helpful.
I’m trying to place a story where a girl finds herself in a future world where everything is so polluted that everyone lives in dread of huge rats that are the size of cats or even bigger. She wakes up back in her own time and starts working against pollution in the hope that what she saw was an alternate future and not mainstream. Don’t think it was Bunty, but I might be wrong. Maybe Mandy, Debbie or Tracy. Artist might have been Tony Higham, but I’m not sure. Can anyone help, please?
Sounds like it could be Lucy and the Lost Ones from Tracy. I don’t have any issues myself of it to show sample though.http://girlscomicsofyesterday.com/2019/05/lucy-and-the-lost-ones/
Hi! I am looking for the name/a copy of a story that I think was published in Girl Magazine some time in the 1980s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_(UK_comics))
The story was about a girl who keeps seeing the reflection of a scary clown but later finds out that she used to have a small doll of a clown when she was younger (and possibly something about her parents having died in a car crash).
Any help with tracking it down would be greatly appreciated!
Was it a complete story or a serial? And do you remember if it was a photo story or a picture story? Girl II had both.
Hey! So sorry – don’t know how I missed this 🙁 It was a complete story and it was a picture story, as far as I remember.
Looking for a story title again, which from Dutch translates back as “The Time Hats” . Every time a girl (called Belinda in the translation) dons one of the hats from her father’s collection, she appears to travel (back) in time. Each time she gets into trouble and gets out of it again within a page or three.
Lastdodo says the artist is Geoff Jones.
Regards,
Ramon
In which Dutch title did The Time Hats appear, please, and what year?
It ran in Dutch Tina (Oberon, 1972 series) #31/1975 until 50/1975, but not in all issues in between.
Regards,
Ramon
Forgot to add that the Dutch title is: “De tijdhoeden”.
Regards,
Ramon
Thank you, Ramon.
I haven’t seen the artwork on this one, but the information about the artist might be wrong. It might be Rodney Sutton.
Ramon, the story you are looking for is titled “Belinda’s Bonnets”. It starts in Bunty #868 (August 31, 1974. I do not know when it ends, but it ends in either Bunty #875, 876 or 877 as it is not in #878 and continues past #874.
Great, Ronnie! Many thanks!
Regards,
Ramon
The answer to your query, Ramon, is that ‘Belinda’s Bonnets’ concludes in BUNTY 875 (19 October 1974).
Hello, we don’t seem to have an entry for Belinda’s Bonnets. Can anyone provide a brief plot description for an entry, please?
Thank you, Derek!
Regards,
Ramon
Belinda Boyd’s father is the curator of a small museum and is given some hats for his collection of period costumes. Each time Belinda puts one on her head she is transported back in time. She gets in trouble each time but manages to get out of it by the end of the story. She gets back to the present by removing her hat. Also, I noticed that there is no episode in number 873.
Thank you, Derek, Ronnie and Ramon. Entry is up now.
I’ve looked into your query, Ronnie, and the answer would seem to be that the editor needed the three pages normally required for an instalment of ‘Belinda’s Bonnets’ in order to include two advertisements, one page for “New Trebor Blobs” (the drawing suggests a long round tube), one page for “Bunty Club Corner” and two pages, numbers 22 and 23, for “Cosy Corner” and some other small ads. “Belinda’s Bonnets” returned in issue 874 and concluded in 875 (19 October 1974).
Two points, Lorraine.
1)’Destiny Calls Rosita’ runs in BUNTY 926 (11 October 1975) – 961 (12 June 1976).
2) In the last hour or so I have reached an agreement with Printer/Publisher T J Books in Padstow to print B&HS. It will be A4 size with a hard back and a colourful dustwrapper. They will determine the price and then get back to me. Their price won’t affect members of course as it will remain £60.
Hello,
I should be most interested in reading the sci-fi story “What happened to Hannah”, published in JUDY 326-334 (spring 1966)..
But as yet, I proved unable, either to locate on the net these ones… or to purchase the magazines themselves, on eBay or elsewhere…
Do you know if the story was reprinted later, on JUDY or some other title ?
Many thanks.
This morning I completed the list of serial stories that will appear in my next book BUNTY AND HER SISTERS -Their Great Stories. There are exactly 1687 stories in the list. In every case I will include the starting and ending issue numbers and their dates. The pages will be removed from my computer remotely by the firm that will print the book, which will probably be the firm in Stockport (Greater Manchester) that printed my previous book ‘THIS WAS THE WIZARD’. If everything goes to plan, I estimate that B&HS will be available for purchase by the middle of September. Watch this space!!
Hello. I hope you are well and having a good day.
My name is Holly Anne Crawford and I am a freelance journalist writing a piece about girls comics of yesterday. As such I would really appreciate the opportunity to speak to the founder to obtain a quote for my piece. If this is something you would like to do, please email me. Thanks for reading
How exactly are members to contact you by email if you don’t provide your email address?
Derek, as admin I can see email addresses in background of site if people enter it when putting comments. Also if you click on her name it brings you to her own website, which also has contact page.
Holly I’ll send you an email later today
Hi Lorraine,
I’m looking for a few pages from Emma #6, specifically the cover and story pages from Lynne Against Lareno. Do you or any of your readers have a copy for sale or are able to send me scans of those pages?
Thanks,
Sean
Hi Sean, I can send you scans of those pages.
Thanks!
Please note that this is a message to Lorraine Nolan (lorrsadmin).
a) A few weeks ago I posted to you at your new Edinburgh address, which you kindly sent to me in case I needed to contact you, a complete list of the serial stories for girls (with the story paper title in which they appeared) that will eventually be published in my third book ‘BUNTY AND HER SISTERS’ with summaries and their starting and ending issue numbers and dates, asking you for your comments (for example, are there any serials that are in the list that you don’t consider worthy of a place, or are there any that I have not included that in your opinion, which I value, should be included.
b) To date I have not had a reply to the letter requesting a reply that I included with the list. Is there any reason why you have not replied? I have been thinking that perhaps you had gone on a family holiday, but after considering that thought, I decided that such was very unlikely given that you would have had to withdraw your daughter, Ruby, from her primary school, which would almost certainly not have been acceptable to her head teacher.
c) Please reply to this message with your thoughts as promptly as possible, and definitely by a week today (15 July 2022).
Derek Marsden (darsym press)
Hi Derek, I did reply in email to the first papers you sent me with summaries of the first entries of your book, I hope you received that.
The 2nd sheets you sent me did arrive, thank you, but other life things have gotten in the way of me replying promptly. I have a busy work period in June and then unfortunately caught covid, luckily mild but it did tire me out for a while. I have recovered enough that I am now in Ireland visiting my parents. I’ll be back by end of next week and will reply to you as soon as I can after that.
Thank you for your reply, Lorraine, which I have now read. However, I had assumed that you would reply on this platform, and consequently it didn’t occur to me to seek it elsewhere. The number of emails that I receive in any one year are in single figures so given that your posts are invariably on GCOY, I simply assumed that you hadn’t replied to mine. Perhaps in future you could alert me if you send a message on any platform other than this one? I would certainly appreciate it. I very much look forward to resuming our online conversations when you feel fit enough to do so, which I hope will be very soon.
Best regards,
Derek (darsym press)
Hi Derek, thanks I am luckily recovered now, but had to catch up on other things that had been put aside when I was sick, everything back on track now. Glad you have ow received my message, in future if I send you a private message I’ll notify you here too, so you know to check our email.
All the best
Lorraine
Hi Lorraine,
Thank you for your best wishes. I’m glad that you have recovered from Covid-19, which is a nasty illness. As my elder son, Andrew, has had it twice, my advice to you today is to take care as I do by wearing a face covering (mask) whenever you go into enclosed spaces such as ASDA and other smaller shops, ignoring the statements in the press that Covid has been defeated due to the vaccinations, because variants are constantly appearing such as the two Omicron ones that scientists discovered last week.
Best regards as always,
Derek (darsym press)
Yes, I reckon Covid’s got more mutations than the X-Men. After two years of evading it, I have finally joined the Covid Club with you guys. At least it’s a mild version.
Wish you speedy recovery mistyfan, take plenty of time to rest up!
Hope you’re soon recovered, Mistyfan.
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I was looking for Bunty The Seeker and Mandy Chill Out. Has anyone got these and could maybe scan and email them to me?
I’d gladly pay for your time and effort.
Hi Lucy, I have a copy of Chill Out but it’s somewhere in my parents house. I’ll have a root around next time I’m home but that probably won’t be til next year. I think I have The Seeker in my current house, so I’ll double check when I have spare time this week.
Thank you 🙂
I’d be really grateful!
Hello! I’ve just stumbled across this lovely website after doing a quick search for ‘Bunty Computakid’ in the vain hope of perhaps finding an image of one of the strips online.
My name is Steve Bright, and I’ve been in the comic industry now for 45 years, stretching back to the six years I spent as a sub editor in the Courier Building (Beano for the first 18 months, then the remainder on Nutty comic) from 77-83, before leaving to become a freelance cartoonist, working on those same publications and many others over the decades to this day, where I’m currently drawing Desperate Dan for next year’s Dandy Annual.
The reason for my search was following a discussion this evening with friends where the Bunty was mentioned. It’s the only girl’s comic I was ever asked to draw for, and that was indeed the short-lived ‘Computakid’. I can’t recall how many there were exactly, but its short lifespan probably owed more to the fact that I knew absolutely nothing about computers back then, which certainly didn’t help the cause. Very odd, and more than a little ironic that I now draw directly onto a screen and my work is entirely digitally produced from start to finish these days (and for the past 13 years).
We didn’t get to sign our work back then, and no original artwork was ever returned to the artists. I wasn’t expecting to find any information or even mention of ‘Computakid’ anywhere, so I was delighted to see it mentioned on your list of Bunty stories. I have fond memories of visiting many offices at the Courier Building (I lived just down the River Tay, in Perth), including the Bunty office. There was always a warm welcome from editor Ian Munro and his staff.
Sadly, the strip didn’t last, but I’m very proud to have been a tiny part of Bunty history, and always remember to include it in my verbal CV whenever I’m asked who I’ve worked for over the years.
That’s it, really. I just wanted to pop my head in and say hello. Thank you for your indulgence, and this site. I know very well how comics play a huge part in the lives of those who cherished them over the decades, and the nostalgia they evoke is second to none. They’ve played a key role in my life since my earliest years until this very day, and hopefully many more to come.
Very best wishes you and all who visit here.
Steve
Thanks in any case for saying hello, Steve. And this is coming from a Dutch editor of 45 years experience. Take care and enjoy as much the work can offer you.
Cheers,
Meerten Welleman
Thanks for commenting Steve, always great to hear from creators. I did some rooting around and found the strip in one of the issues I have (the only one I have of it as I have large gaps in my collection) I’ve been able to add a little post with it now here: http://girlscomicsofyesterday.com/2022/08/computakid/
So nice that you could contribute to Bunty and that you are still working on strips for the Dandy, what a long career you’ve had!
Hi, Lorraine–
My name is Ron Harris. I’m a USA-based comic artist / history buff. I found this (wonderful!) site while searching for information about Doris “Dee” White and her agency Link Studios, with the aim of writing a piece about the shop for the Scottish fanzine “Sequential.” I see that you have been in touch with Jim Eldridge and Mike Lacey, who started out at Link. Is it possible one or both would be willing to answer a few questions about their time there? I’d love to know something about studio life and about Dee White, who seems to have been an interesting lady. So many years have passed that it’s hard to find folks who experienced the studio firsthand. I’d be most grateful for any leads you might have. Thanks!
Hi Ron, It’s been a few years since I talked to Jim Eldridge, but as far as I know him and Mike Lacey are still working with Beehive illustrations, so you can message over there for more direct contact: https://www.beehiveillustration.com/illustrators
Thanks! I will.
Hello, I’m looking for a story about a girl who worked as a gift wrapper in a department store. All the things she wrapped magically solved the problems or made the recipient’s dreams come true. It was in British girls comic after around 1966 I think, as I can remember reading it by myself. I wanted to be that girl SO much! I still do to be honest. I was very fortunate to have weekly comics an loved them. This is the story I’ve always remembered.
Sounds like a fun story! I was thinking Powder Potts (http://girlscomicsofyesterday.com/2014/04/powder-potts/) from Bunty might be it as I remembered it ha a department store girl with a magical item, but in that case it was powder that gave her more confidence! I’ll see if I can find other possibilities or maybe someone else has an idea of story?
I am interested in Bunty PSL #146 “They All Hate Hetty!”, particularly in why they hate Hetty. Can anyone provide details or a copy, please?
This is a “descendant of a witch” story. Hetty and her family have just moved to a village where her great-grandmother used to live. Her father is taken into hospital and her mother moves into lodgings nearby, so Hetty is left alone. She finds that her great-grandmother was thought to be a witch, and rumours soon begin to circulate that Hetty has inherited her powers. As usual in these stories, there is a deliberate ambiguity over whether or not she does have special powers – things happen to people who attack her, although all these incidents all turn out to have rational explanations. In the end, Hetty is trapped in her great-grandmother’s house when she tries to rescue a boy who is caught inside it when he tries to burn it down, but they are both saved by her great-grandmother’s ghost. The villagers then have to acknowledge that her great-grandmother was never a witch – and neither is she.
Art by Capaldi. Happy to provide some scans if you’d like to see something of the story.
Thank you, Goof! I would love to have some scans! Hopefully I will find a copy of the PSL later on. Right now, 30th Century Comics doesn’t have it.
Yes, there seems to be a bit of a shortage of new girls’ comics material at 30th Century at the moment, and on eBay, so it may be some time before this turns up. So I’ve scanned the whole story, and will send it tonight/tomorrow.
Oh, thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
I am also looking for Bunty PSL #324, “My Brilliant Friend”. Copies are on eBay, I know, but postage costs are a bit prohibitive for me, and 30th Century Comics does not have it. Can anyone help with a copy, please? Many thanks if anyone can help.
Hello all,
Hat in hand again, hoping to find the British original to a Dutch translation. The story backtranslates as “A Kite for Mischa” (Mischa is probably too Dutch a name, so the original may have been Kate or Katy or Cathy or something).
The story goes: a young orphaned girl is taken in by a family, where three older siblings and the mother make her life miserable. Basically, she is cleaning and looking after a toddler all day. She only finds comfort when she finds a lost kite in the park. Of course, the siblings find out and take it from her.
It was published in the first half of 1984 in Dutch Tina. I am fairly positive the art is by Carlos Freixas.
Does it ring a bell?
Regards,
Ramon
I’ve no idea about this one, but I was intrigued and looked it up. Here is a link to vlieger voor Mischa (A Kite for Mischa). Maybe a visual will help jog something.
https://www.lastdodo.com/en/items/77150-1984-nummer-8
Marckie has now identified “Een vlieger voor Mischa” (A Kite for Mischa) as “Fly-away Fay”, Penny 1979, issues 12-23.
Thank you, Marckie!
Thank you, indeed! I have updated the listings at GCD (comics.org) to reflect this.
Regards,
Ramon
Carlos Freixas is een pretty good choice, Ramon.
The original didn’t appear in Tammy or Jinty.
Thank you Mistyfan. That narrows it down a bit.
Regards,
Ramon
Not one I’ve come across either, possibly Diana, Mandy or Bunty story as those are the comics I have my most gaps in I think can rule out the other DCT comics.
I looked at the last half of 1983 and the first half of 1984 and it is not in Bunty. It is not in Mandy between November 1983 and March 1984. I do not have any Mandy’s between April 1984 and January 1985, so I don’t know about those issues. Could it have been published in earlier issues?
I haven’t seen this one either, but it does look like the kind of thing that June might have published towards the end of its run. Freixas did a lot of stories for June in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s.
I don’t have a great run of June, but no luck with what I had.
I know we can rule out Princess II and Lindy as well. But is it possible the story appeared in Girl (second series)? Girl II ran picture serials alongside Patty’s World, photo stories and complete stories, and some of the completes were drawn by Carlos Freixas. Another possibility might be Sandie.
Hi. I have vague memory of a story set in the civil war to do with lace… I was born 1973 but no idea when or why I remember it.
Stumbled on this site as I swear in about 1984 I bought princess magazine and it had pics of princess Di every week. I took one of those pics to hairdresser for my first ever short hair cut… now I wonder if I’m imagining it. Xx
I have just picked up Commando #4085, “Traitor’s War”. The artwork is by Janek Matysiak and the style is reminiscent of our friend David Matysiak. Some relation, do you think?
He’s David’s son.
Thank you for the information, Goof.