Pippin (comics)
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Pippin was a UK
children's comic
, published by Polystyle Publications
between 24.09.1966 and 26.09.1986, featuring characters from British pre-school television programmes. Stories were generally of four or eight numbered panels, with a short sentence below each illustration (similar to Rupert
), although some stories did appear in prose form.
Regular stories included The Pogles
(whose Pippin character gave the comic its name), Bizzy Lizzy
, Joe, The Woodentops
, Andy Pandy
, Bill and Ben
, Camberwick Green
, Trumpton
and Chigley
, Titch and Quackers, Toytown, Mary Mungo & Midge
, The Moonbeans, Tales of the Riverbank
, The Herbs
, Mr Benn
, Teddy Edward, Barnaby the Bear, Ivor the Engine
, Rubovia and Sooty
and Sweep. Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben also appeared regularly in Robin.
Each issue was around 16 pages in colour and black and white, and also featured a puzzle page, readers letters & photographs, and a bible story.
Each year a hardback annual was published, containing new stories and puzzles, and regular holiday specials. Around 1983 a special winter holiday edition reprinted some old strips from the past 15 years ("ask your older brothers or sisters").
A companion comic, Playland, was launched in 1968 and ran alongside Pippin until 1975 when the two titles were merged under the title "Pippin in Playland" - although each continued to issue separate annuals at Christmas. Several characters, such as Sooty, Andy Pandy, The Herbs and the Camberwick Green cast, appeared in both comics at one time or another.
First published 24 September 1966, final edition 26 September 1986 (absorbed into "Buttons"). Artists included Neville Main and Bill Melvin.
Pippin Ran for 1044 Issues.
Great Britain
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children's comic
Comics
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, published by Polystyle Publications
Polystyle Publications
Polystyle Publications were a British publisher of children's comics and books.Among the titles they published were:* BEEB * Buttons * Countdown/TV Action * I-Spy* Pippin * Playland * Read To Me...
between 24.09.1966 and 26.09.1986, featuring characters from British pre-school television programmes. Stories were generally of four or eight numbered panels, with a short sentence below each illustration (similar to Rupert
Rupert Bear
Rupert Bear is a children's comic strip character, who features in a series of books based around his adventures. The character was created by the English artist Mary Tourtel and first appeared in the Daily Express on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival...
), although some stories did appear in prose form.
Regular stories included The Pogles
Pogles' Wood
Pogles' Wood was an animated British Children's television series produced by Smallfilms between 1966 and 1967 and screened by the BBC between 1966 and 1968 as part of the Watch with Mother series. The Pogles were tiny country folk who lived in a tree...
(whose Pippin character gave the comic its name), Bizzy Lizzy
Bizzy Lizzy
Bizzy Lizzy was a British children's TV series from the 1960s. Bizzy Lizzy was a little girl whose dress had a magic flower. When she touched it her wishes came true - but if she made more than four wishes in a day, all her previous wishes were undone...
, Joe, The Woodentops
The Woodentops
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, Andy Pandy
Andy Pandy
Andy Pandy is a British children's television series that premiered on BBC TV in June or July 1950. The original series of programmes was shown until 1970, when a new series was made. A third series was made in 2002...
, Bill and Ben
Bill and Ben
The names Bill and Ben, when used together, may refer to:*Bill and Ben, The Flower Pot Men children's television show*Bill and Ben, locomotive characters from The Railway Series children's books by Rev. W...
, Camberwick Green
Camberwick Green
Camberwick Green is a British children's television series, originally seen on BBC One, featuring stop-motion puppets. It was one of the first British television series to be filmed in colour.-Background:...
, Trumpton
Trumpton
Trumpton is a stop-motion children's television show from the producers of Camberwick Green first shown on the BBC in the 1960s. The third and final series in the sequence was Chigley....
and Chigley
Chigley
Chigley is the third and final stop-motion children's television series in Gordon Murray's Trumptonshire sequence. Production details are identical to Camberwick Green....
, Titch and Quackers, Toytown, Mary Mungo & Midge
Mary Mungo & Midge
Mary, Mungo and Midge is a British animated children's television series, created by John Ryan and produced by the BBC in 1969.The show featured the adventures of a girl called Mary, her dog Mungo, and her pet mouse Midge, who lived in a tower block in a busy town. BBC newsreader Richard Baker...
, The Moonbeans, Tales of the Riverbank
Tales of the Riverbank
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, The Herbs
The Herbs
The Herbs is a television series for young children made for the BBC by Graham Clutterbuck's FilmFair company. It was written by Michael Bond , directed by Ivor Wood using 3D stop motion model animation and first transmitted from 12 February 1968 in the BBC1 Watch with Mother timeslot...
, Mr Benn
Mr Benn
Mr Benn is a character created by David McKee who appears in several children's books, and an animated television series of the same name transmitted by the BBC in 1971 and 1972. Whether in a book, or on television, Mr Benn's adventures take on a similar pattern...
, Teddy Edward, Barnaby the Bear, Ivor the Engine
Ivor the Engine
Ivor the Engine is a British children's animation by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It is a children's television series relating the adventures of a small green locomotive who lived in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" and worked for The Merioneth and Llantisilly Railway...
, Rubovia and Sooty
Sooty
Sooty is a British glove puppet bear and TV character popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. The children's television show which bears his name has continued in various forms since the 1950s and, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the...
and Sweep. Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben also appeared regularly in Robin.
Each issue was around 16 pages in colour and black and white, and also featured a puzzle page, readers letters & photographs, and a bible story.
Each year a hardback annual was published, containing new stories and puzzles, and regular holiday specials. Around 1983 a special winter holiday edition reprinted some old strips from the past 15 years ("ask your older brothers or sisters").
A companion comic, Playland, was launched in 1968 and ran alongside Pippin until 1975 when the two titles were merged under the title "Pippin in Playland" - although each continued to issue separate annuals at Christmas. Several characters, such as Sooty, Andy Pandy, The Herbs and the Camberwick Green cast, appeared in both comics at one time or another.
First published 24 September 1966, final edition 26 September 1986 (absorbed into "Buttons"). Artists included Neville Main and Bill Melvin.
Pippin Ran for 1044 Issues.