''Jack and Jill'' was a British children's comics magazine published by

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/ IPC between 27 February 1954 and 29 June 1985, a run of approximately 1,640 issues. In 1955, ''Jack and Jill'' absorbed the fellow Amalgamated Press title ''Playbox'' (launched in 1925). The title of the magazine was derived from the

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of the same title but the characters ''Jack and Jill of Buttercup Farm'' were otherwise unrelated. ''Jack and Jill of Buttercup Farm'' was the cover strip for many years, originally drawn by

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and later by Antonio Lupatelli. The stories of ''Jack and Jill'' were related in rhyming couplets, as were a number of other early stories, although by the end of the 1970s the stories were written in normal prose form. Others were told in captions below the illustrations or

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, a style of storytelling common to pre-

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nursery comics such as '' Puck'' (published 1904–1940) and ''

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'' (published 1914–1956).

Strips and text comics

* ''Chalky the Blackboard Boy'' * ''Douglas Dachshund'' * ''The Enchanted House'' * ''Flipper the Skipper'' / ''Flipper the Jolly Penguin'' * ''Fliptail the Otter'', by Bernard Long * ''Freddie Frog'' * ''Fun in Toyland'' * ''Gregory Grasshopper'' * ''Harold Hare'' * ''Jack and Jill of Buttercup Farm'' * ''Jerry, Don and Snooker'' * ''

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'', based on the BBC TV series * ''Katie Country Mouse'' * ''Linda and Her Magic Bubble Mixture'' * ''

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'', based on the TV series * ''

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'', based on the characters created by

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* ''Moonie'' * ''

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'', based on the TV series * ''Pixie Pip'' * ''

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'' * '' Teddy and Cuddly'' * ''Tiger Tim and the Bruin Boys'' * ''

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'', based on ''

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'' story * ''Tommy Trouble'' * ''Walter Hottle-Bottle'' * ''

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'', based on the BBC TV series

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jack and Jill (comics) 1954 comics debuts 1985 comics endings

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Defunct British comics Magazines established in 1954 Magazines disestablished in 1985 Comic strip duos Comics characters introduced in 1954 Child characters in comics British comics characters Comics about women