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The Belles of St. Lemons | |
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Characters from The Beano | |
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Publication information | |
Stars of | The Belles of St. Lemons |
Author(s) | Uncredited |
Illustrator(s) | Gordon Bell |
First appearance |
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Last appearance | Issue 1552 (15 April 1972) |
Current status | Weekly; discontinued |
Characters | |
Type of group | School clique |
Members of group | Curli, Dizzi, Dozi, Dumpling, Kooki, Mina, Piggi, Poni, Prune, Swotti, Blondie, Suzie |
Other characters | The Belles, Miss Clump, Puddy |
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The Belles of St. Lemons was a British comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1495, [2] although the characters themselves had first been introduced in the 1968 edition of The Beano Annual. [1] It was drawn by Gordon Bell and ran from 1971 to 1972.
The title of the series was both a play on the nursery rhyme " Oranges and Lemons" and Ronald Searle's Belles of St. Trinians cartoons.
St. Lemons was essentially the girls' boarding-school equivalent of The Bash Street Kids – the "belles" all conforming to comic stereotypes (the fat one, the unintelligent one, the leader etc.). The headmistress of the school was Miss Clump (originally Miss Phit in the annuals). The weekly strip ended around 1972, although further episodes continued to appear in The Beano Annuals.
The Belles were:
Other characters featured in the strips included the rival St. Sniffles School (similar to Posh Street School, a rival of Bash Street School), and occasional cameos from The Bash Street Kids themselves.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (October 2021) |
The Belles of St. Lemons | |
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Characters from The Beano | |
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Publication information | |
Stars of | The Belles of St. Lemons |
Author(s) | Uncredited |
Illustrator(s) | Gordon Bell |
First appearance |
|
Last appearance | Issue 1552 (15 April 1972) |
Current status | Weekly; discontinued |
Characters | |
Type of group | School clique |
Members of group | Curli, Dizzi, Dozi, Dumpling, Kooki, Mina, Piggi, Poni, Prune, Swotti, Blondie, Suzie |
Other characters | The Belles, Miss Clump, Puddy |
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The Belles of St. Lemons was a British comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1495, [2] although the characters themselves had first been introduced in the 1968 edition of The Beano Annual. [1] It was drawn by Gordon Bell and ran from 1971 to 1972.
The title of the series was both a play on the nursery rhyme " Oranges and Lemons" and Ronald Searle's Belles of St. Trinians cartoons.
St. Lemons was essentially the girls' boarding-school equivalent of The Bash Street Kids – the "belles" all conforming to comic stereotypes (the fat one, the unintelligent one, the leader etc.). The headmistress of the school was Miss Clump (originally Miss Phit in the annuals). The weekly strip ended around 1972, although further episodes continued to appear in The Beano Annuals.
The Belles were:
Other characters featured in the strips included the rival St. Sniffles School (similar to Posh Street School, a rival of Bash Street School), and occasional cameos from The Bash Street Kids themselves.