Playhour Stories by Eduardo Teixeira Coelho

 

     

POWERFUL Portuguese artist Eduardo Teixeira Coelho (1919-2005) — who made the comic strip series “Ragnar le Viking” — illustrated five stories for the British children’s comic Playhour in 1956-57. Records show a sixth, “Green Butterfly,” was sketched and paid for but never published. The majority of strips were written by Playhour’s assistant editor David Roberts.

1956 [2] Nos. 82-87. The Story of the Sleeping Beauty.

1956 [3] Nos. 100-105. The Story of Aladdin.

1956 [4] Nos. 106-111. The Story of Puss-in-Boots.

1957 [5] Nos. 134-137. The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk.

1957 [6] Nos. 141-147. The Story of Tom Thumb.

The Golden Harp: Ragnar le Viking HERE.

See also Ron Embleton’s First Painted Strips HERE.

The Waterbabies HERE.
David Roberts HERE.

Thanks to John Wigmans

     

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