After a litter had been born to one of the Logan’s sheep dogs, Kay Logan begged to keep the smallest pup which her father wanted to put down. Kay called the dog Spark but as he grew older and showed no inclination to train as a sheepdog, her father decided it was time for him to go. Kay found a home for him with old Peg and was secretly training him to become a dog show jumper.
Mary Beamish and her family wee on holidays n Glendrochan in Scotland. She was convinced that their dog Hamish was being haunted but her family laughed at her suspicions.
After her father’s death in what everyone thought was a hit-and-run accident while he was guarding the sheep against rustlers, Helga Whitleaf ran their farm with her Aunt Jessie. Her German Shepherd dog, Wolf, attacked Charlie Norman, a wealthy neighbouring farmer, and Helga began to suspect that the man had had a hand in her father’s death. While searching for proof at the Norman farm, she was seen leaving. Next morning, the village heard that the rustlers had struck again, and that a lamb had been found savaged to death. The villagers thought Wolf had done it.
Brand of the Wolf – Judy: #1226 (09 July 1983) – #1236 (17 September 1983)
A peaceful loch-side had been horrifically interrupted when mysterious killers staged an “accident”, from which the only survivors were a girl who had lost her memory and the dog she relied on to protect her. Now the girl and her dog were walking down a shadowy street in a northern city.
One Girl and her Dog – Judy: #1217 (07 May 1983) – #1225 (02 July 1983)
In 1940 with her father lying in hospital injured after a German air-raid, Lindy Lewis is searching London for Goldie, her pet cocker spaniel, who has run away. Goldie is due to have pups any day. Lindy is living temporarily with Betty Tripp and her family. Betty’s sister, Mary, has lost the power of speech after an air-raid. Mary takes Lindy to a bomb site where she saw a stray spaniel. With the help of Rags, a mongrel Lindy has befriended, she recovers a spaniel puppy from a hide-out under some debris.
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A humour strip, usually three panels, narrated by a dog. It usually appeared in the Mini Mag section.
Dog – Judy and Tracy: #1306 (19 Jan. 1985) – (?)
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The adventures of a dog named Harvey. In the first story, A New Home for Harvey, after being abandoned, Harvey finds a new home with Pat and her family but then they have to move to an apartment complex that doesn’t allow pets. The family try and find a new home but Harvey is determined to stay with Pat.
In Here’s Harvey, Harvey is trying to help Pat find her sister, Sara, a boyfriend, though it is proving more difficult than they thought.
In A Holiday for Harvey, him and Pat go to work at Sandhill Holiday Camp and Lucy the owner’s grandchild gets quite attached to Harvey.
In Harvey’s Hotel – Harvey and his owner Pat are helping Pat’s sister, Sara, and her husband, Greg, at the hotel they run.
In Harvey – Go Home!, Harvey is dognapped, he escapes but needs to find his way home to Pat. He gets in many adventures on the way.
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Judy had a number of short humour cartoon strips over the years. While they had a long runs, they could also appear quite sporadically and many had reprints in later years. Some were full length pages, others were shorter. Note some long running strips are in seperate posts:
The rest of the humour strips are listed below
A humour strip with a girl Janie B. Quick and as the title suggests, she is very fast. She has problems slowing down to anything which usually ends in her upsetting a lot of people. Initially she stared as a 1 page strip but later was reduced to half a page.
(Art: George Martin [2] )
Young Polly Perkins often helps her mother by taking baby out in the pram. Baby ends up causing trouble along the way. Notably there were two distinct artist for this strip.
(Polly and her Pram – 1964)
(Polly and her Pram – 1968, Art: Gordon Bell)
A humour strip about a rough and naughty schoolgirl Dotty. This had a short run, but later Judy would have a longer run with a humour strip called “Naughty Dottie“, this was drawn by a different artist but she wore a similar uniform to Dotty, so perhaps it was a reworking of this earlier strip.
A humour strip about a girl Daisy, who tries to avoid work or anything that would require effort. Although often her quick solutions end up being more work.
A humour strip about a girl Cora and her attempts to get a boyfriend. The character also appeared in the Make and Do features in Judy.
A humour strip, usually three panels, narrated by a dog. It usually appeared in the Mini Mag section.
Short humour strip about a young girl, usually appeared in the Mini Mag section of Judy. It was later reprinted in M&J when that comic had a cartoon section, that featured different 3 panel humour strips, this included a Little Sister strip.
A humour strip that usually took up half a page. Nothing ever seems to go right for Jinxy!
Dinah wants a dog but her father is determined not to have a pet.
Aunt Tess tended to let her imagination run away with her when telling stories of her past.
A humour strip about a horses and horse riding, sometimes with helpful tips about owning horse.
Appeared for short period in the 1970s, no relation to the famous Andrew Wilson story.
Ann always has problems with her brother Dave. This started as a strip on the back cover then moved into the mini-mag in the centre pages. It had a short run.
Adventures of a witch named Zsa Zsa.
3 panel strip about a young girl.
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A spin off from Luv, Lisa, this one page text story is told by Lisa’s dog, Jeff. Labelled as ‘Doggie Talk From Lisa Codd’s Loveable Pet’ in the first episode.
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Thirteen year old Sally Downes lived at Bridge House Children’s Home where she liked helping out with the younger children. When an injured dog wandered into the grounds, Sally took care of him, and he bacame a firm favourite with the children, who named him Doctor Fido.
A different version turns up in a Bunty Picture Story Library book. Nurse Jill Elliot gets a job at Endervale Children’s Home and brings her dog Fido, who she’s owned since he was a pup. The Matron isn’t too happy but the children beg her to let the dog stay and they nickname him Doctor Fido.
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