Tammy was a weekly girls' comic published by IPC Magazines that ran from 1971 to 1984. Its first editor was Gerry Finley-Day.
The comic was conceived to breathe new life into the genre of girls' comics; writer Pat Mills summed up the publication's ethos as "hard, gutsy stories that don't have to have a happy ending...combined with a strong camp quality, very clever plotting, ingenious ideas and totally over the top but still realistic concepts."[1]
A number of comics merged into Tammy over theyears: Sally in 1971, Sandie the following year, June in 1974, Misty in 1980, Jinty in 1981[2] and Princess in 1984.[3] Later that year Tammy itself merged into another comic, Girl.[4] Or rather, it should have merged into Girl but was instead dropped after a strike.
Features[]
Amongst the strips that ran in Tammy were:
- "Alison All Alone"
- "Becky Never Saw the Ball", written by Joe Collins (first appeared 1974)
- "Bella at the Bar", drawn by John Armstrong, written by Jenny McDade, Primrose Cumming
- "The Camp on Candy Island", written by Gerry Finley-Day
- "Cassie's Coach", written by Alison Christie
- "Come Back, Bindi", written by Jenny McDade
- "Cuckoo in the Nest", written by Ian Mennell
- "Ella on Easy Street", written by Gerry Finley-Day
- "E.T. Estate", written by Malcolm Shaw
- "The Fairground of Fear"
- "The Four Friends at Spartan School", written by Terence Magee
- "The Girls of Liberty Lodge"
- "Glen - Lonely Dog on a Quest", drawn by Jim Baikie
- "Glenda's Glossy Pages", written by Pat Mills
- "A Gran for the Gregorys", written by Alison Christie
- "Katie on Thin Ice"
- "Namby Pamby", written by Ian Mennell
- "No Tears for Molly", written by Maureen Spurgeon
- "Olympia Jones, written by Anne Digby
- "Our Janie"
- "Pam of Pond Hill", written by Jay Over
- "Sarah in the Shadows"
- "The Shadow in Shona's Life"
- "Slave of the Clock", written by Jay Over
- "Slaves of War Orphan Farm"
- "Star Struck Sister", written by Jenny McDade
- "The Strange Story"
- "Thursday's Child", written by Pat Mills
- "Tomorrow Town", written by Benita Brown
References[]
- ↑ Kibble-White, Graham (2005). Ultimate Book of British Comics. London: Alison & Busby. p.228. ISBN 0-74908-211-9
- ↑ Kibble-White, Graham (2005). Ultimate Book of British Comics. London: Alison & Busby. p.229. ISBN 0-74908-211-9
- ↑ Kibble-White, Graham (2005). Ultimate Book of British Comics. London: Alison & Busby. pp.230. ISBN 0-74908-211-9
- ↑ Kibble-White, Graham (2005). Ultimate Book of British Comics. London: Alison & Busby. p.230. ISBN 0-74908-211-9