Rupert Bear Bundle

Fabulous bundle of Rupert books

This bundle of Rupert books includes:

x1 Rupert 1958 Annual (Limited Edition Facsimile Edition)

x1 Rupert 1959 Annual (Limited Edition Facsimile Edition) (Wrapped)

x1 Rupert 2005 Calendar: Featuring 13 printed illustrations of Rupert with captions.

x2 Nutwood Newsletters: #54 (Winter 2004) & #60 (Summer 2006)

x1 Nutwood Special Issue: The Bestall Reprints #9

x1 Nutwood Christmas Special: The Tourtel Reprints #5

The fans of Rupert Bear, known as the Followers of Rupert have published numerous books and specials issues which have, until now, only been available to Followers.

Most Rupert stories from the Daily Express have later appeared in Rupert annuals but there are a number of stories that have appeared nowhere other than in the newspaper itself. The Followers draw on this bank of stories to produce for Members publications that contain these stories - a unique opportunity to access these otherwise inaccessible stories.

In 1991 the Followers published the first of a series of reprints of Alfred Bestall stories that had not appeared anywhere other than the Daily Express. They were laid out as they would have been had they appeared in an annual, but in black and white, as in the newspaper. Later Nutwood Specials produced stories in full colour for the first time.

In 1999, the Followers published the first of a number of Tourtel reprints. As with the Bestall reprints, these were laid out as they would have been in an annual but this time most of them were coloured by the Rupert colourist, Gina Hart, who also provided the covers' artwork for some of the issues. Most of these booklets are laid out in the same format as the traditional Rupert Annual, which makes them a great addition to any Rupert collection.

Rupert Bear is an English children's comic strip character and franchise created by Herbert Tourtel and illustrated by his wife, the artist Mary Tourtel, first appearing in the Daily Express newspaper on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival Daily Mail and Daily Mirror.

In 1935, the stories were taken over by Alfred Bestall, who was previously an illustrator for Punch and other glossy magazines. Bestall proved to be successful in the field of children's literature and worked on Rupert stories and artwork into his nineties.

Author: Alfred Bestall
Artist: Alfred Bestall
Publisher: The London Express Newspaper Ltd, 1958+
Number of pages: NA
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 8" x 12" (210mm x 300mm)
Condition: As New
Code: RUPERTBUNDLE01