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I'm not totally certain, but I think it was Jose Ariza.

On their way to you.

I don't know if you are still looking for these, but I've recently acquired a run of Tammys, and could now supply scans of all these episodes bar 29 December. Please let me know if they're still of interest.

I've updated the last list (18/7/21 above) to include a bit more detail on his work for June.

Afraid I don't have the Tammys, but I do have the Girl PL reprint, and am happy to provide scans of any parts of it if that would help. Don't know how heavily the reprint may be cut.

Thanks for the link, Richard, very useful for Belinda fans. For those who don't already know, there is another book of Belinda reissues in the cheaply produced series of newspaper strip reprints sold by Amazon. Contents are: The Secret of Stranger's Farm F82 - F189 Falling Star F190 - F255 Bad Girl ...

Thanks for the link, Tammyfan. However, wasn't "Only Time Will Tell" her first piece for Tammy? Or have I got that wrong on the list? I don't have that issue of Tammy to check.

Thank you for offering to send me scans of “Waves of Fear”. To be honest though, I’m very reluctant to put you to all that trouble for a story that I don’t think I could ever relate to. We know that girls’ comic stories feed off extremes of injustice inflicted on heroines - this was what readers wan...

Yes, I noticed the use of the past tense “I blamed”, but didn’t read this as necessarily meaning “I blamed myself but don’t now” as this would imply a pretty abrupt change of heart at this point. It could be so, however. The problem is that, having brought the consequences of the accident to a resol...

Yes, it’s hard to pin down the exact moment when Shirley changes her mind about truth-telling. It seemed to me that the nearest we get to a turning point is while she is sitting by Trisha’s bed soon after she's admitted to hospital. She is still blaming herself for the accident at this point, but se...

Yes, I agree that the story could have given more emphasis to Shirley’s realisation that she was wrong to make a fetish out of truth-telling, but I think I can perhaps guess why this didn’t happen. Shirley’s problems arise from her decision never to tell a lie, but what caused that decision? The cru...

Same here! I didn’t know that anybody else liked Donna Ducks Out! I think her art is at its best in this story, with a lot of “finish” and some very atmospheric lighting effects. I love the night scene where Donna burgles the Winters’ houseboat to “borrow” the duck and ends up being stalked by duck ...

Thanks Tammyfan, amendments noted. Revised list below. I still find it strange that I can't find more of her work. David Roach mentions in his recent book that she worked for June from the late 60's, but I've found no sign of this in the Junes I've seen. I think The Waxworks Mystery may well be a re...

This is something I’ve been thinking of trying for some time. Diane Gabbott (sometimes spelt Gabbot) is not considered one of the comic art greats and is now virtually unknown except to girls’ comic fans, but for me she was one of the best. Not a specialist in any genre, she had a highly original, s...

Thanks, Tammyfan. As we've started a new page, I may as well post a new copy of the list: