My Top Nine Instagram photos of 2023 2023 was somewhat better than 2022. Despite catching a bullet I was trying to avoid over the past few years, a new issue with my physical health, ending a long-term friendship and a disappointing Christmas, I particularly enjoyed spending some quality time with family and existing friends, visiting … Continue reading 2023: A Year in Review
Neurodiversity Traits in Girls’ Comic and Annual Characters
FIRST DISCLAIMER: It is not known if any of the creators have confirmed that the characters mentioned have any form of neurodiversity or show any traits of it (apart from the slight hint of Neila from The New Girls! having learning difficulties). My findings of their traits are based on my own opinions as well … Continue reading Neurodiversity Traits in Girls’ Comic and Annual Characters
2022: A Year in Review
My nine most liked Instagram photos of 2022 2022 has been a whirlwind of a year. Despite issues with my physical and mental health as well as dealing with bereavement, I stayed with my parents more often this year than I did last year. Here are the peaks and troughs of 2022: January My purple … Continue reading 2022: A Year in Review
Review of the Features and Pin-Ups in the Bunty for Girls 1999 annual (Part 2)
(Continued from Part 1) Top Dogs (page 41) This page features photographs of dogs that Bunty readers had sent in. It’s funny how there is a photo of a dog in a wheelbarrow if it succeeds the pet pin-up on the previous page. The other dog on this page I really like is Crackers the … Continue reading Review of the Features and Pin-Ups in the Bunty for Girls 1999 annual (Part 2)
Review of the Features and Pin-Ups in the Bunty for Girls 1999 annual (Part 1)
Features were staples in Bunty annuals and comics throughout their runs. In the comics, these included letters from readers, Bunty's Cut-Out Wardrobe (which was replaced with celebrity posters in the late 1980s), puzzles, readers' fact files and celebrity interviews, particularly in the comic's later years. I can also recall one feature in an issue of … Continue reading Review of the Features and Pin-Ups in the Bunty for Girls 1999 annual (Part 1)
2021: A Year In Review
My nine most liked Instagram posts in 2021. 2021 was a somewhat better year than 2020 was. Even though the Coronavirus pandemic was still ongoing, there was the occasional moment where people online continued posting things I didn’t like (I have since unfollowed some of these people), I lost a family friend and I had … Continue reading 2021: A Year In Review
Review of the Text Stories in the Bunty for Girls 1999 Annual
Text stories appeared in Bunty comics and annuals besides picture stories and photo stories. Although I wasn’t as big a fan of the text stories in girls' comics and annuals as the more visual stories due to finding the latter types of stories easier to follow, some text stories in girls' comic annuals I particularly … Continue reading Review of the Text Stories in the Bunty for Girls 1999 Annual
Review of the Photo Stories in the Bunty for Girls 1999 Annual
Not only did Bunty include picture stories in its comics, annuals and summer specials, but these publications also included photo stories in their later years. The first known photo story to appear in a Bunty publication was Hector's Holiday in the 1983 Summer Special. Photo stories then began to appear in the annuals starting with … Continue reading Review of the Photo Stories in the Bunty for Girls 1999 Annual
Review of the Picture Stories in the Bunty for Girls 1999 Annual (Part 2)
(You can read Part 1 here) Here is what I think of the other picture stories in the Bunty for Girls 1999 annual (WARNING: Contains spoilers): The Comp (pp. 77 - 81) Artist: Peter Wilkes In this second instalment of The Comp in this annual, the pupils of Redvale Comprehensive School enter a float for … Continue reading Review of the Picture Stories in the Bunty for Girls 1999 Annual (Part 2)
Review of the Picture Stories in the Bunty for Girls 1999 Annual (Part 1)
For those of you who haven’t heard of Bunty, it was a weekly British girls' comic that ran from 1958 until 2001 although after this time, summer specials ran until 2004 and the annuals continued until the 2009 one. The first taster I got of Bunty was the 1999 annual that I received for Christmas … Continue reading Review of the Picture Stories in the Bunty for Girls 1999 Annual (Part 1)
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