Judy Annual For Girls 1979

Well it is quite easy to know what British boys wanted from their comic book annuals (at least up until the 1980s) : war, spaceships, sport and more war. What about the girls? Lets take a look at the 1979 annual of the Judy girls comic. Of course there was no reason why boys couldn't read this just as no reason why girls couldn't read Battle but lets face it... few did.

A shame of course as the stories are interesting and a bit more varied than you often found in boy's comics. Take "The Summer House" which is a delightful little tale of evil spirits and gypsy curses! We also have stories about singing contests, a nurse, snow ball fights and a schoolgirl vet. All very innocent and maybe a bit twee these days and a bit stereotyped (naturally ponies crop up a few times) but thats fine in the grand scheme of things.

There does seem a rather overt moral tone behind some of the stories too, it probably is too late for me.