Khyrunnisa A's comic book character 'Butterfingers" first appeared in a children's magazine originally owned by what company?
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Khyrunnisa A Khyrunnisa A. is a prize-winning Indian author of children’s fiction, speaker, academic and a columnist, who created the iconic popular comic book character 'Butterfingers. The character first appeared in a leading children’s magazine called "Tinkle". Thirteen-year-old Amar Kishen, aka Butterfingers, now features in the eponymous Butterfingers series of novels and short story collections published by Puffin, the children’s imprint of Penguin Books India, currently Penguin Random House India.
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Tinkle Tinkle is an Indian fortnightly magazine, published mainly in India. Originally owned by the India Book House, the Tinkle brand was acquired by ACK Media in 2007. The magazine contains comics, stories, puzzles, quizzes, contests and other features targeted at school children, although its readership includes many adults as well. It is published in English and syndicated in many Indian languages like Malayalam, Assamese, etc.
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Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, a publisher of comic books and related media. In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Worldwide's parent company.
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The Learning Company The Learning Company (TLC, known briefly as Mattel Interactive) is an American educational software company, currently owned by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It produced a grade-based system of learning software and tools to improve productivity. Products for preschoolers through second graders include "Reader Rabbit", and software for more advanced students include "The ClueFinders". The company is also known for publishing licensed educational titles featuring characters such as Arthur, Scooby-Doo, "Zoboomafoo", and "Caillou".
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The Children's Friend (British magazine) The Children's Friend was a British journal for children, in monthly parts, first published in 1824. It was founded by Rev. William Carus Wilson (1791–1859), who was based near Kirkby Lonsdale where the journal was initially printed. Wilson is perhaps best known for being portrayed negatively as Mr Brocklehurst in Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" (1847).
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Supremo (comics) Supremo was a comic book character in the series "The Adventures of Amitabh Bachchan" (in Hindi, किस्से अमिताभ के), published in the 1980s. The series was based on the actor Amitabh Bachchan, with his approval, and ran for approximately two years. The comics occasionally carried messages from the actor to his fans.
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Keraleeyam Jagrathayude Keraleeyam, commonly known as Keraleeyam, is a monthly Malayalam-language general interest magazine published from Thrissur in Kerala state, India. It started publishing in November 1998 as a monthly newspaper, then changed to a biweekly and later on as a tabloid. Since 2005 "Keraleeyam" is being published as a monthly magazine. An initiative from 'Keraleeyam Koottayma', "Keraleeyam" presents basic issues of people such as agriculture, health, environment, human rights, education, gender-equality, dalit and adivasi issues etc. The magazine has been sympathetic to several people's struggles in Kerala.
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My Little Pony (Egmont comics) My Little Pony is a British tie-in comic books to the toys of the same name, published by Egmont under the license of Hasbro, during the so-called "Generation One" era. There were two publications: The first comic, simply known as "My Little Pony", ran from 1985 to 1993 and published 224 issues; The second comic, "My Little Pony and Friends", featuring the characters from the American television anthology series with the similar name, ran from 1987 to 1994 and featured 51 issues. Art was sent via fax to England from a Spanish art company, Selecciones Ilustradas. The comics were published by London Edition Magazines (renamed Fleetway Editions in 1992) and Egmont UK.
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1984 (magazine) 1984 is an American black and white science-fiction comic magazine published by Warren Publishing from 1978 to 1983. "1984" was edited by Bill Dubay. The title of the magazine was changed to "1994" starting with issue 11 in February, 1980 based on a request by the estate of George Orwell. The magazine ceased publication with issue 29 in February, 1983 due to the bankruptcy of Warren Publishing.
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The Children's Newspaper The Children's Newspaper was a long-running newspaper published by the Amalgamated Press (later Fleetway Publications) aimed at pre-teenage children founded by Arthur Mee in 1919. It ran for 2,397 weekly issues before being merged with "Look and Learn" in 1965.
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Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is an American sports media franchise owned by Time Inc. Its self-titled magazine has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million people each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twice. Its swimsuit issue, which has been published since 1964, is now an annual publishing event that generates its own television shows, videos and calendars.
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Oink! (comics) Oink! was a British comic book magazine for children which was published from 3 May 1986 to 22 October 1988. It set out to be deliberately anarchic, reminiscent of "Viz" but for children. The creators also cited "Mad" magazine as a major influence.
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Amazing Heroes Amazing Heroes was a magazine about the comic book medium published by American company Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to 1992. Unlike its companion title, "The Comics Journal", "Amazing Heroes" was a hobbyist magazine rather than an analytical journal.
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Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine was first published in November 1882 by C. J. Longman, publisher of Longmans, Green & Co. of London. It superseded "Fraser's Magazine" (published 1830 to 1882). A total of 276 monthly issues had been published when the last number came out in October 1905.
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Strawberry Shortcake Strawberry Shortcake is a brand character currently owned by the Canadian children's television company DHX Media and American brand management company, the Iconix Brand Group. She was originally used in greeting cards, but was later expanded to include dolls, posters, and other products. The Strawberry Shortcake properties also include a toy line of the character's friends and pets. In addition, the franchise has spawned television specials, animated television series, and films.
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Comic Cuts Comic Cuts was a British comic book magazine. It was created by the reporter Alfred Harmsworth through his company Amalgamated Press (AP). It was published from 1890 to 1953, lasting 3006 issues, and in its early days inspired other publishers to produce rival comics. Its first issue was an assortment of reprints from American publications. During its lifetime, the comic merged with many others including "Golden Penny" (1928), "Jolly Comic" (1939) and "Larks" (1940). Comic Cuts finally disappeared in September 1953 when it was merged with "Knockout". "Comic Cuts" held the record for the most issues of a British weekly comic for 46 years, until "The Dandy" overtook it in 1999.
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Płomyczek Płomyczek (meaning "Little flame" in English) is a Polish children's magazine published since 1917. It was created to accompany "Płomyk", a magazine for older children and teens (defunct since 1991). The headquarters of "Płomyczek" is in Warsaw.
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Fix and Foxi Fix und Foxi, created by the comic book editor Rolf Kauka, is one of the most successful and best known German comic series. The weekly magazine, taking its name from the two fox protagonists, was published for more than 40 years between 1953 and 1994. Re-christened "Fix & Foxi", it was relaunched as a monthly magazine in 2000, 2005 and 2010 respectively. Since the end of 2010 publication has once again ceased.
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Magazine Enterprises Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes. It was founded by Vin Sullivan, an editor at Columbia Comics and before that the editor at National Allied Publications, the future DC Comics.
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Ollimania Ollimania is the mother company of Olli and other cartoon characters. Ollimania writes, illustrate and publishes children's books, creates toys and is active in charity. Hein Mevissen and Diederiekje Bok are the founders of Ollimania.
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Earth Star Entertainment Earth Star Entertainment (Japanese: 株式会社アース・スター エンターテイメント , Hepburn: Kabushiki Gaisha Āsu Sutā Entāteimento ) is a Japanese publisher based on Shibuya, Tokyo. Accounted by the equity method of Culture Convenience Club, it was founded on June 5, 2006. In addition to publishing magazines and photobooks, the company also produces and sells home videos and music. It also deals with management of "tarento" and publishes the monthly manga magazine "Comic Earth Star", and releases the manga under the Earth Star Comics line.
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Jingle Jangle Comics Jingle Jangle Comics was a ten-cent, bimonthly, 42-issue, 68-page (later reduced to 52-page) children’s-oriented American comic book magazine published by Eastern Color under the Famous Funnies, Inc. imprint between February 1942 and December 1949. The series featured mixes of human and funny animal material. The series was edited by Steven Douglas with George L. Carlson as principal artist.