''Winnie the Witch'' was originally a
DC Thomson
DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded by David Couper Thomson in 1905, it is best known for publishing ''The Dundee Courier'', '' The Evening Telegraph'' and '' The Sunday Post'' newspapers, and the comics ''Oor W ...
comic strip in ''
The Beano
''The Beano'' (formerly ''The Beano Comic'', also known as ''Beano'') is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938, and it became the world's longest-run ...
'' in 1948 and later on in ''
Sparky'' from 1965 to 1967, featuring a witch named Winnie. The strip was first drawn in the ''Beano'' by Jimmy Clark, and in ''Sparky'' by Bernard Greenbaum.
Synopsis
Winnie is a novice witch who would sometimes play mischievous tricks which mostly backfired. Also when trying to be helpful her poor mastery of magic gave undesired results, and she would often get into trouble with her boss the 'Chief Witch'.
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specimen strip
Beano strips
DC Thomson Comics strips
Comics about magic
British comics characters
1948 comics debuts
1967 comics endings
Comics characters introduced in 1948
Comics characters who use magic
Comics about women
Gag-a-day comics
Humor comics
Fictional witches
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