430
Views
3
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

What Bunty did next: exploring some of the ways in which the British girls' comic protagonists were revisited and revised in late twentieth-century comics and graphic novels

Pages 121-135 | Received 25 Mar 2010, Accepted 26 Apr 2010, Published online: 15 Dec 2010

References

  • Ahmed , K. 1998 . Bunty tries to spice up image . Guardian , 12 ( Jan ) : 7
  • Barker , M. 1989 . Comics: ideology, power and the critics , Manchester : Manchester University Press .
  • Cadogan , M. and Craig , P. 1986 . You're a brick, Angela! The girls' story 1839–1985 , London : Gollancz .
  • Camden Libraries and Arts . 1988 . Survey of comics and magazines for young people , London : Camden Libraries and Arts .
  • Carrie . 1976 . Film. Directed by Brian De Palma , USA : United Artists/Red Bank .
  • Gibson , M. 2000a . “ On British comics for girls and their readers ” . In Consuming for pleasure , Edited by: Moody , N. 210 – 227 . Liverpool : University of Liverpool John Moores Press .
  • Gibson , M. 2000b . Reading as rebellion: the case of the girls' comic in Britain . International Journal of Comic Art , 1 ( 2 ) : 135 – 151 .
  • Gibson , M. 2001 . Remembered reading: memory, comics and post-war constructions of British girlhood , Thesis (PhD). University of Sunderland .
  • Gibson , M. 2003 . ‘You can't read them, they're for boys!’ British girls, American superhero comics and identity . International Journal of Comic Art , 5 ( 1 ) : 305 – 324 .
  • Gibson , M. 2006 . “ Mehr als eine Heldin – das Motiv der Clique im britischen Mädchencomic von 1950 bis 1980 ” . In Szenarien des comic: Helden Und Historien Im Medium Der Schriftbildlichkeit , Edited by: Diekmann , S. and Schneider , M. Berlin : SuKuLTuR . 81–98.
  • Gibson , M. 2007 . “ What is this mango, anyway?’ Manga and younger readers in Ireland and Britain ” . In INIS. The magazine of Children's Books Ireland , Dublin : CBI .
  • Gibson , M. 2008a . From ‘Susan of St. Brides’ to ‘Heartbreak Hospital’. Nurses and nursing in the girls' comic from the 1950s to the 1980s . Journal of Children's Literature , : 104 – 126 .
  • Gibson , M. 2008b . Nobody, somebody, everybody: ballet, girlhood, class, femininity and comics in 1950s Britain . Girlhood Studies , 2 : 108 – 128 .
  • Gifford , D. 1987 . Encyclopedia of comic characters , Harlow : Longman .
  • Maiklem , L. and Russell , L. , eds. 2007 . More of the best of Jackie annual , London : Prion .
  • McRobbie , A. 1978 . Jackie: an ideology of adolescent femininity , Birmingham : Occasional Paper CCCS . CCCS. And In: B. Waites, T. Bennett and G. Martin, eds, 1982. Popular culture: past and present. Milton Keynes: OUP, 263–283. And In: A. McRobbie, 1991. Feminism and youth culture: from Jackie to Just 17. London: Macmillan, 81–134
  • Miller , L. 1999 . Witch , Brighton : Slab-O-Concrete .
  • Nyberg , A.K. 1995 . “ Comic books and women readers: trespassers in masculine territory? ” . In Gender in popular culture: images of men and women in literature, visual media and material culture , Edited by: Rollins , P.C. and Rollins , S.W. 205 – 225 . Cleveland, OK : Ridgemont Press .
  • 1998 . On These Days , Radio 4, 17 Jan
  • Rattray , F. 2000 . The strip girls . Independent on Sunday , : 21 – 23 . 4 June
  • Reynolds , R. 1992 . Superheroes: a modern mythology , London : Batsford .
  • Russell , L. , ed. 2005 . Best of Jackie , London : Prion .
  • Sabin , R. and Triggs , T. , eds. 2001 . Below critical radar fanzines and alternative comics from 1976 to now , Hove : Slab-O-Concrete .
  • Sweet , L. 1997 . Unskinny , London : Quartet .
  • Talbot , B. 1996 . The tale of one bad rat , London : Titan Books .
  • Varty , S. , ed. 1978 . Heroine , Birmingham, Ar:Zak : Birmingham Arts Lab .
  • Walkerdine , V. 1984 . “ Some day my prince will come: young girls and the preparation for adolescent sexuality ” . In Gender and generation , Edited by: McRobbie , A. and Nava , M. 162 – 184 . London : MacMillan . And In: Walkerdine, V., 1990. Schoolgirl fictions. London: Verso, 87–106
  • Walkerdine , V. 1997 . Daddy's girl: young girls and popular culture , London : Macmillan .
  • Whelehan , I. 2000 . Overloaded: popular culture and the future of feminism , London : Womens Press .
  • Winship , J. 1987 . Inside women's magazines , London : Pandora .

Comics and magazines

Specific stories

  • Cumming , P. and Armstrong , J. 1974–1984 . “ Bella at the bar ” . In Tammy , London : IPC .
  • Holly of hazard unit . 1978–1979 . Emma , Dundee : DC Thomson .
  • Holroyd , B. 1958–2001 . “ The four Marys ” . In Bunty , Dundee : DC Thomson .
  • Kay , P. 1955–1962 . “ Susan of St. Bride's ” . In Girl , London : Hulton Press. .
  • Outcast of the pony school . 1973–1974 . Bunty , Dundee : DC Thomson .
  • Price , S. 1968–1999 . “ Nancy the little nurse ” . In Twinkle , Dundee : DC Thomson .
  • Roland , B and Pout , D. 1958 . “ Angela, air hostess ” . In Girl , London : Hulton Press .
  • Smith , R. 1958–1964 . “ Dancing life of Moira Kent’ and ‘No more dancing for Moira Kent ” . In Bunty , Dundee : DC Thomson .
  • Collective , SP . 1987 . “ Heartbreak hospital ” . In Shocking Pink , 4 – 5 . SP Collective . Spring
  • Sweet , L. 1997 . “ John Travolta fixed my boiler. A true story (Honest) ” . In Unskinny , 100 – 104 . London : Quartet .
  • Slavey , Wee . 1964–1991 . Judy , Dundee : DC Thomson . Appeared at various points in the life of the title after 1964
  • Wynn , D. 1969–1982 . “ The return of Valda’, ‘The amazing Valda’ and ‘The truth about Valda ” . In Mandy , Dundee : DC Thomson .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.