One Little White Bear
Posted by Mink (Rod O’Riley) on Sun 8 Nov 2020 - 02:41 — Edited as of 02:45
Rupert the Bear first appeared in the British newspaper the Daily Express on November 8th of 1920 in a comic strip called Little Lost Bear, written and illustrated by Mary Tourtel. Since then he has gone on to become a world-wide symbol of childhood through the eyes of the U.K. — much like another well-known little British bear. Well now in celebration of Rupert’s 100th birthday (he looks young for his age!), Great Britain has released a whole new line of Rupert-themed stamps. We stumbled across an article from the BBC (thanks Twitter!) that has a lot more information about Rupert in general and the stamps in particular.
image c. 2020 Royal Mail
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Mink (Rod O’Riley) — read stories — contact (login required)a Mink from Garden Grove, California, interested in music
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I remember seeing a TV show of Rupert on PBS (I think) and it’s amazing he started out on a newspaper in the 1920’s.
It’s too bad the Daily Express is now a hotbed of scaremongering and fake news.
From what I've heard from British friends, it always has been, unfortunately. Rupert was just kind of a little bright spot of sunshine amidst the fog.
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