coudrill

This project is dedicated to the late Francis Coudrill, and his creation 'Hank The Cowboy'.

This project was going to set out on 3 pages.. oops!.. no such luck! Most images depicted on the subsequent
20 pages you will not have seen anywhere else on the World Wide Web, or probably anywhere else.

Please note that any comics, etc, that are in stock for sale, are listed elsewhere on this site.
Please refer to the site Contents or Index page.

This weekly comic commenced in November 1951, and survived until 1984, although it did have to endure several of that habitual British comic tradition along the way ~ mergers! Publishing began with the News of the World Ltd, then Beaverbrook Publications Ltd, ending with Polystyle Publications Ltd.

As well as featuring cartoon characters such as Popeye, the Pink Panther, Foo Foo, and other assortments, popular television programmes that were in vogue were the main attraction: Hank, Muffin The Mule, Mr. Turnip, Sooty, Mr. Pastry, Roy Rogers, Four Feather Falls, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Telegoons, The Avengers, Dr Who (later issues were reprints), Adam Adamant, Dad's Army, etc.; these too all being in cartoon strip form within this comic.

In retrospective, most individual issues of TV COMIC were not good value, due to lack of pages. However, being a television comic had it's appeal. In fact, yours truly was a loyal reader up until the launch of TV Century 21 !

A 'BETTERBOOK' ~ published by the "NEWS of the WORLD" LTD
The weekly publication 'TV COMIC' began in November 1951.
The first 'T.V. COMIC ANNUAL' published was 1954.

T.V. COMIC ANNUAL 1954

Front cover drawn by Hugh Gladwish. Contents include
MR. SCHLIP-SCHLOP & CHARLEY PARKIN, COLONEL
CROCK, MUFFIN THE MULE (with all 3 written by
Annette Mills), and a 5-page story of HANK by F. C.

T.V. COMIC ANNUAL 1955

Front cover drawn by Hugh Gladwish. Contents include
PRUDENCE KITTEN, PUFFER DOG, COLONEL CROCK
MUFFIN THE MULE ( with all 4 written by Annette Mills),
SOOTY drawn by Tony Hart, MR. TURNIP,
and a 5-page story of HANK by F. C.

T.V. COMIC ANNUAL 1956 Front cover drawn by Ron Murdoch & Graeme Phillips. Contents include RED RAY (Roland Davies art), SOOTY (Tony Hart art), FELIX THE T.V. CAT, MUFFIN THE MULE (Neville Main art in all annuals ~ see also Dalek info elsewhere), 4 pages of a Hank comic strip story = drawn and written by RON MURDOCH and PHILLIPS (not Francis Coudrill )	T.V. COMIC ANNUAL 1957 Front cover drawn by Ron Murdoch & Graeme Phillips. Contents include RED RAY (Roland Davies art), SOOTY (Tony Hart art), FELIX THE T.V. CAT, MUFFIN THE MULE, MR. PASTRY, JIMMY, 4 pages of a Hank comic strip story = drawn and written by RON MURDOCH and PHILLIPS (not Francis Coudrill )

HANK also featured on the front cover and within of T.V. COMIC ANNUAL 1958 and WHIRLIGIG publication

T.V. MINI-BOOK No. 2

Publishes by NEWS Of The WORLD LTD * 6.7 x 3.3" (17cm x 8.5cm)
32 pages "HANK AND MEXICAN PETE'S VEGETABLE MARROW"
Note: Drawn and told by RON MURDOCH and PHILLIPS (not Francis Coudrill )

'HANK GOES CAMPING'

A TWIRLY BOOK * Publicity Products Ltd * Purnell and Sons Ltd * 7" x 8"
A story about Hank of the Children's Television programme 'Whirligig'
Written and drawn by Francis Coudrill.
Front cover has a rotating disc, revealing various characters.
Another title in this series was produced : 'Porterhouse Takes A Lucky Dip'

'HANK'S CAMERA CAPERS''

A COLOUR PHOTO BOOK * Publicity Products Ltd * 8" x 10.5" (20cmx 27cm)
This book combines Coudrill art with photographs of his puppet characters
HANK, CASSY, SILVER, FREDDIE, PETE, and LITTLE INDIAN BOY.