Exhibit E1
Little Sparks. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 9 (new series). 17 July 1920.
This cover-page, four-colour illustration of animal antics at Funland Farm was drawn by S. J. Cash (his initials are to be found in panel 6). more
Exhibit E2
Little Sparks. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 103 (new series). 6 May 1922.
The series “Polly and Pat”, which first saw print in 1920 as a back-cover strip, had supplanted “Funland Farm” more
Exhibit E3
Chuckles. London: Amalgamated Press. Vol. 8, no. 456. 30 September 1922.
The full-colour, page-one strip, “The Adventures of Pongo, Breezy Ben, and the Merry Playmates”, was drawn by Tom Wilkinson. more
Exhibit E4
Chuckles. Grand Fireworks Number. London: Amalgamated Press. Vol. 8, no. 461. 4 November 1922.
Typical of the squashed centre pages in comics of this era, this double-page spread here celebrates Guy Fawkes Day (5th November). more
Exhibit E5
Playtime. London: Amalgamated Press. Vol. 6, no. 132. 1 October 1921.
Harry Rountree drew Micky (without an “e”) Mouse for Playtime from 1919 to 1928. more
Exhibit E6
Playtime Annual 1934. [London]: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1933].
The highway robbery scene on the front cover was drawn and signed by Frederick Parker. more
Exhibit E7
Playtime Annual 1934. [London]: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1933].
Naughty boys Jeff and Juff, “The Boys on Stilts”, turn out to be good boys at heart more
Exhibit E8
Tiger Tim’s Weekly. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 228. 27 March 1926.
One of the longest-running characters in children’s fiction, Tiger Tim was originally created by Julius Stafford Baker more
Exhibit E9
Tiger Tim’s Annual 1923. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1922].
On the coloured cover of this annual: Tiger Tim (his face, as so often, displaying what seems to be a herbally induced grin) more
Exhibit E10
Tiger Tim’s Annual 1923. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1922].
Two pages from a three-page strip, “The Little Cabin-Boy”, about abused cabin boy Jack, his trusty dog Rover, more
Exhibit E11
Puck. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 1475. 5 November 1932.
Cover-page strip “Jingle’s Jolly Circus” drawn by Walter Booth, an artist best remembered for his adventure-strip artwork more
Exhibit E12
Puck Annual 1928. London: Amalgamated Press. [1927].
This Puck Annual displays the variety of content that made the annuals so attractive and popular: stories, short strips, both humorous and adventure more
Exhibit E13
Puck Annual 1928. London: Amalgamated Press. [1927].
This annual includes four Rob the Rover strips, each four pages long, drawn by pioneering adventure strip artist Walter Booth more
Exhibit E14
The Rainbow. London: Amalgamated Press. Vol.22, no. 1093. 26 January 1935.
The Bruin Boys drawn in Foxwell-style, but not by Herbert Foxwell himself, more
Exhibit E15
The Rainbow Annual 1927. London: Amalgamated Press. [1926].
The cover of this annual presents all of the Rainbow characters congregating on and around an Indian elephant more
Exhibit E16
The Rainbow Annual 1927. London: Amalgamated Press. [1926].
A two-page Little Goose-Girl picture story (no connection with the Grimm Brothers’ Goose Girl) more
Exhibit E17
The Playbox. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 5, no. 207. 2 February 1929.
The cover illustration, “The Chummy Boys Visit the Toy-Shop”, is signed “HSF” more
Exhibit E18
Playbox Annual 1934. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1933].
On the cover of this annual, the Merry Chummy Boys receive advance notice of a visit by Tiger Tim more
Exhibit E19
Playbox Annual 1934. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1933].
The Chummy Boys again, two pages from a three-page set by Herbert S. Foxwell, more
Exhibit E20
Bubbles. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 21, no. 521. 11 April 1931.
Mrs. Bunty’s Boys – Snowball (Eskimo), Ching (Chinese), Pompey (African), Hans (Dutch), more
Exhibit E21
Bubbles Annual 1937. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1936].
In the large soap bubble, the carolling Bunty Boys are rewarded by Mrs. Bunty and Mabs. more
Exhibit E22
Bubbles Annual 1937. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1936].
“Yo Ho Ho! For the Bunty Pirate Crew!” – a comic strip that has to be read across the two-page spread. more
Exhibit E23
The Sunbeam. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 262 (new series). 17 February 1931
“Best for Stories, Pictures and Picture-Stories!” On page 1, a humorous strip featuring The Merry Mischiefs, more
Exhibit E24
The Sunbeam Annual. Uncle Jack’s Joy-Book of Pictures, Stories and Tricks. 1935. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1934].
Features characters from the comic Sunbeam, plus the usual mix of adventure strips, stories, poems, full-page colour plates, more
Exhibit E25
The Sunbeam Annual. Uncle Jack’s Joy-Book of Pictures, Stories and Tricks. 1935. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1934].
Two pages (pp. 58–59) of an adventure strip presenting a tale about how an act of kindness opens up friendship more
Exhibit E26
The Chicks’ Own. London: Amalgamated Press. Vol. 6, no. 145. 30 June 1923.
The hyphenated comic The Chicks’ Own (“the jol-li-est week-ly pa-per that comes out ev-ery Tues-day”) more
Exhibit E27
The Chicks’ Own Annual 1936. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1935].
A large-format, large-print, hyphenated annual for the nursery. more
Exhibit E28
The Chicks’ Own Annual 1936. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. [1935].
“Dreamy David”, an 8-panel hyphenated strip (as a rule, names were not hyphenated in The Chick’s Own) by an unknown artist. more
