Pippin

Pippin was a UK children's comic, published by Polystyle Publications between 1966 and 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 in the 1960s and 1970s included The Pogles (whose Pippin character gave the comic its name), Bizzy Lizzy, Joe, The Woodentops, Andy Pandy, Bill and Ben, Camberwick Green, Trumpton, Chigley, Tich 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 had also appeared regularly in Robin. Towards the end of the Pippin'''s run, programmes featured in the comic included SuperTed, The Adventures of Portland Bill, Munch Bunch and Morph. Each issue was around 16 pages in colour and black and white, and also featured a puzzle page, readers' letters and photographs, and a Bible story in which the characters were portrayed by children in costume.