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I've decided to break my silence over one of the most alarming issues in current affairs. I hadn't heard about it until my cousin, Melissa who is living in the UK, sent me a newspaper clipping and a letter, informing me of the whole controversy. Rupert the Bear has been given a makeover by Entertainment Rights, a cartoon firm who also owns the rights to Postman pat.
For those of you who don't know, Rupert Bear was drawn first by Mary Tourtel in the Daily Express as a comic on November 8 1920.This is Mary Tourtel's original Rupert.
From 1935-1973, Albert Bestall took over the comic and the popularity of Rupert took off.
As you can see, Albert's version of Rupert wasn't all that different from Mary's, apart from the colour.
When Bestall retied in 1973, John Harolld took over.
As you can see, none of the three illustrators have really differed a great deal. Wait until you see the newest Rupert tho, it's a travesty.
I first came across Rupert as the cartoon which began in 1993, the series running for 39 episodes. But Rupert's significance comes from the argument that My cousin and I had eleven years ago when we were staying in Alexandra Headlands in Queensland. Neither of us can recall exactly what the argument was about, but it always seems to come up again. So when an article about rupert came up in a British tabloid, Missy cut it out and sent it over, feeling it was pretty important to inform me of what Entertainment Rights have done to poor Rupert.
The article, which was on the front page of the newspaper, and the letter from Missy.
The New Rupert
In the makeover, Rupert has had his ears moved, eyebrows added, a nose and mouth replaced, two fingers amputated and 'trendy trainers' added. I feel that the 'commercialisation' of Rupert costs him his charm.
On a happier note, my HL Chem and SL Maths exams are over, leaving me with HL English and HL Physics. I will be all done by Friday week. Looking forward to that!
Good luck to everyone with their exams and I look forward to seeing you at the Grad Ball!
[ posted by Tom @ 5:09 pm ]