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Rupert was originally drawn as a brown bear but was changed to white to reduce printing costs, although is brown on the covers of the annuals. Mary designed many of Rupert’s chums, too, including Bill Badger, Podgy Pig and Edward Trunk and dreamt up the strange, almost surreal world of Nutwood which featured people in medieval dress wandering amongst a mix of incongruities such as clothed animals (who often kept unclothed animals as pets), ‘normal’ humans, and weird scientific inventions.

There are also a few human characters in the stories, such as the Professor (who lives in a castle with his servant, Bodkin), Tiger Lily (a Chinese girl), her father "the Conjuror," and several less frequently occurring characters such as Sailor Sam, Gaffer Jarge, Captain Binnacle, the Sage of Um (who is seen travelling in a magical upside down umbrella) and Rollo, the Gypsy boy. There is also a recurring Merboy. Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A-Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp.32–35. ISBN 1903111277. newspaper. Rupert and his friends, Bill Badger, Algy Pug and Pong Ping gained a loyal following. When Tourtel retired in 1935, Punch illustrator Alfred Bestall took over, creating 270 adventures during the next 35 years.At 100 years old Rupert Bear is the longest-running children’s comic strip in the world. Publication even continued through the Second World War as it was feared that stopping would damage national morale. On assuming responsibility for Rupert, he immediately sought to modify the character he had just inherited. The bear was already 15 years old by then, having been brought to life in 1920 by Mary Tourtrel in The Adventures of the Little Lost Bear. According to Bestall she followed the Brothers Grimm rather than Hans Christian Andersen, "having no humour and showing an occasional streak of cruelty in her treatment of Rupert". Her husband (who wrote the verse captions) restrained her "tendency towards the horrific" but, after he died, "not unnaturally widowhood and failing sight gradually caused Mary's stories to be even less sympathetic..." Rupert is a comic strip bear who was born on November 8, 1920 in the Daily Express newspaper under the guidance of English artist Mary Tourtel. Rupert continued to appear under the tutelage of artist and storyteller Alfred Bestall who worked on Rupert’s career beginning in 1935 when Tourtel had to give Rupert up due to failing eyesight. And out of respect for Tourtel, Bestall didn’t sign his stories until after Tortell’s death in 1948. It is therefore difficult to determine exactly how many comic strips he actually wrote and illustrated. Bestall’s work served as a model for those artists who followed him. Rupert's Holiday Adventure (and Rupert's Message to Father Christmas and Rupert's New Year's Eve Party) (1932)

Rupert is considerate, smart, resourceful, brave, trusty, good spirited white bear who is extremely popular with all the residents in Nutwood. Over the years, Rupert has appeared in many guises, from glove puppets to slippers, and from lamp-shades to ceramics. His red and yellow clothes are bright and cheerful, lending themselves well to all kinds of medium. Probably, though, the most popular Ruperts of all, apart from the books, are the soft toys which are not only ideal as teddy comforters for small children, but lend themselves equally well to a more decorative role in a teen bedroom. It is no surprise to discover that Bestall, Rupert's chief illustrator and author of the storylines for nearly 40 years, was a benevolent, twinkle-eyed sort, with an essentially optimistic view of the world. What is a little surprising is quite how seriously he took his work. When he took over in 1935 he was already over 40, with 20 years of successful work as an illustrator behind him, much of it for Punch and Tatler (the "big shinies" as he called them), and some of it quite racy. He drew, he painted in water-colours, he did oils. At first he took on the new job simply as a further challenge to his versatility. But the scale of what he was embarking on soon hit him. He was, he said, suddenly "conscious of my appalling responsibility... the thought of Rupert being in people's homes and in so many children's heads was a perpetual anxiety to me..." He brooded on the matter deeply and came to a surprising conclusion: "I realised it might be the most important job in Fleet Street." The Rupert Annual for 1960 contained a story called Rupert and the Diamond Leaf, in which he visits "Coon Island", whose inhabitants are little " Coons". [6] The Coons previously appeared on the cover of The New Rupert: The Daily Express Annual, 1954 and in the interior story Rupert and the Castaway. [7] The first appearance was in the 1946 soft cover summer special Rupert on Coon Island.The New Adventures of Rupert, 1936 2. More Adventures of Rupert, 1937 3. The New Rupert Book, 1938 4. The Adventures of Rupert, 1939 5. Rupert's Adventure Book, 1940 6. The Rupert Book, 1941 7. More Adventures of Rupert, 1942 8. More Rupert Adventures, 1943 9. Rupert in More Adventures, 1944 10. A New Rupert Book, 1945 11. The New Rupert Book, 1946 12. More Adventures of Rupert, 1947 13. The Rupert Book, 1948 14. Rupert, 1949 15. Adventures of Rupert, 1950 16. The New Rupert Book, 1951 17. More Rupert Adventures, 1952 18. More Adventures of Rupert, 1953 19. The New Rupert, 1954 20. Rupert, 1955 21. The Rupert Book, 1956 22. Rupert, 1957 23. Rupert, 1958 24. Rupert, 1959 25. Rupert, 1960* 26. Rupert, 1961* 27. Rupert, 1962* 28. Rupert, 1963* 29. Rupert, 1964* 30. Rupert, 1965* 31. Rupert, 1966* 32. Rupert, 1967* 33. Rupert, 1968* 34. Rupert, 1969 35. Rupert, 1970 36. Rupert, 1971 37. Rupert, 1972 38. Rupert, 1973 39. Rupert, 1974 40. Rupert, 1975 41. Rupert, 1976 42. Rupert, 1977 43. Rupert, 1978 44. Rupert, 1979 45. Rupert, 1980 46. Rupert, 1981 47. Rupert, 1982 48. Rupert, 1983 49. Rupert, 1984 50. Rupert: The 50th Daily Express Annual, 1985 51. Rupert, 1986 52. Rupert, 1987 53. Rupert, 1988 54. Rupert, 1989 55. Rupert, 1990 56. Rupert, 1991 57. Rupert, 1992 58. Rupert, 1993 59. Rupert, 1994 60. The Rupert Annual: 75th Anniversary Edition, 1995 61. The Rupert Annual, 1996 62. The Rupert Annual, 1997 63. The Rupert Annual, 1998 64. The Rupert Annual, 1999 65. The Rupert Annual, 2000 66. The Rupert Annual, 2001 67. The Rupert Annual, 2002 68. The Rupert Annual, 2003 69. The Rupert Annual, 2004 70. The Rupert Annual, 2005 71. The Rupert Annual, 2006 72. The Rupert Annual, 2007 73. The Rupert Annual, 2008 74. The Rupert Annual, 2009 75. The 75th Rupert Annual, 2010 76. The Rupert Annual, 2011 77. The Rupert Annual, 2012 78. The Rupert Annual, 2013 79. The Rupert Annual, 2014 80. The 80th Rupert Annual, 2015 81. The Rupert Annual, 2016 82. The Rupert Annual, 2017 83. The Rupert Annual, 2018 84. The Rupert Annual, 2019 85. The Rupert Annual, 2020 86. The Rupert Annual, 2021 87. The Rupert Annual, 2022 88. The Rupert Annual, 2023 89. The Rupert Annual, 2024 The comic strip is published daily in the Daily Express, with many of these stories later being printed in books, and every year since 1936 a Rupert annual has also been released. Rupert Bear is a part of children's culture in the United Kingdom, and appears in several television series based on the character.