Bunty

Bunty was a British comic for girls published by D. C. Thomson & Co. from 1958 to 2001. It consisted of a collection of many small strips, the stories typically being three to five pages long. In contrast to earlier and contemporary comics, it was aimed primarily at working-class readers under the age of 14, and contained mostly fictional stories. Well-known regular strips from Bunty include The Four Marys , Bunty — A Girl Like You, Moira Kent, Lorna Drake, Luv, Lisa, The Comp , and Penny's Place.
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== Links to Peel ==
During his earlier career Peel had from time to time appeared in magazines read by teenage girls, such as Petticoat, but he may have been surprised when, as he mentions on the show of 22 August 1983, the Pig called him and said he was in an issue of Bunty, which was seen as one of the more old-fashioned children's comics. So far the issue has not been traced, so it's not clear if he appeared as a character in one of the regular comic strips or in a photograph.
Despite its image, Bunty also inspired a song by the Damned: ""‘Melody Lee’ which featured lyrics taken from actual text used in Bunty’s story ‘Melody Lee – a dancer she’ll be’. Written by The Damned member Captain Sensible, he also went on to pen an ode to Raddy, Simpy, Fieldy and Cotty: ‘The Four Marys Go Go Dance All Night At The Groovy Cellar' – something I’m not sure their parents would have been too pleased about." 
If Peel's wife Sheila read Bunty in her childhood, she was one of many who did so, including a contributor to Peel's show Home Truths: 
Being sent off on errands could be tiresome at times, but they did give Lorraine an opportunity to indulge in her favourite fantasies, "I read illicit comics such as Bunty and Princess - they were full of stories of riding schools, and ballet boarding schools where talented young girls would be found by the Royal Ballet" Lorraine lept and pranced along the route in the hope that someone would see her and whisk her away to fame and fortune.....
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Do You Remember?
*British Comics Database Wiki
Category:Periodicals