So comics were a stretch for a food blog, but comics for girls in a food blog written by a male? They may be girl's comics, but they still link to memories of my childhood.
To memories of being at home when sick, tucked up on the sofa with a blanket and pillow, a bottle of squash, a bowl of soup, maybe a pasty, maybe some sweets or chocolate bar and surrounded by comics. Yes, even girl's ones if need be. If I was bored with reading mine, I would go and raid my sisters' rooms to see what they had to read. This si what they would have been reading ....
twinkle
This one was especially for 'little girls' probably the 6-9 year old bracket. It was filled with ponies, dress up ideas and pull out dress up dolls. It had sickly sweet stories about Goldilocks, My Baby Brother, Patsey Panda and the likes.
Free gifts were plastic bangles or earrings, 'diamond rings and all manner of little girls stuff.
The stories and articles were introduced by the main character 'Twinkle' as pictured here, which to me looks quite like one of the twins.
Twinkle was the comic of choice for my little sister; Donna.
bunty
While Donna was enthralled by all that was Twinkle, my eldest sister Michele, was otherwise engaged with the Bunty. One of the first comics for girls, the Bunty was let loose on the public in 1958 and was targeted at the early teenage girl like Michelle.
Interestingly, the back page was often a cut out doll that you stuck onto cardboard, and clothes for her that had tabs that you folded over the cardboard figure so as to dress her. But as teenage girls changed and matured earlier the back page gave way to posters of pop idols. I dare say these days, the same has happened with girl comics aimed at eight year olds.
Characters and stories included, the comic's namesake Bunty, the Four Marys, Bella the Bookworm and Carrie's magic Cookbook. Then there was features about boys and family, recipes, competitions, promotions etc
others
There were many of the Bunty genre; comics for young teenage females. The one's I remember seeing around included
- judy
- tammy
- diana
- wendy
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