Enid Blyton's The Naughtiest Girl in the School: The Beginning (THREE pages) (Originals)

Artist: Tony Higham
Medium: Gouaches on Board
Size: 13" x 17" (330mm x 440mm)
Date: 1972
Code: HighamNGS101

These are the unique original Gouache paintings by Tony Higham.

The first ever comic adaptation of Enid Blyton's 'The Naughtiest Girl in the School' was published in Pixie No 1 and was an incredibly popular feature.

Illustrated by Tony Higham, Blyton tells the story of Elizabeth, the daughter of a well to do family who is sent to boarding school after she continually wreaks havoc in the family home. Playing awful pranks on the housekeeper Miss Scott, such as filling her bed with earwigs and pouring glue into her shoes. The Boarding school chosen by Elizabeth's parents is 'Whyteleafe', an uncompromising school for boys and girls.

Higham's fabulous illustrations paired with Blyton's popular tale, set the scene for mischief and shenanigans of all kinds. We follow Elizabeth and watch as she struggles to control her emotions in this heartfelt tale of growing up.

This is a rare chance to own the very first three page episode which appeared in the first ever Pixie Magazine, published June 24th 1972.

• Artist Biography

  Tony Higham (Known active 1970s and 1980s)
  Surprisingly little is written about this prolific British comic strip artist, whose work regularly featured in Tammy (Monumental Detective, 1976; Everything in the Garden, 1980), Jinty and Pixie comics.