The Belles of St. Lemons

The Belles of St. Lemons
Characters from The Beano
Publication information
Stars ofThe Belles of St. Lemons
Author(s)Uncredited
Illustrator(s)Gordon Bell
First appearance
  • Issue 1495
  • (13 March 1971)
Last appearanceIssue 1552
(15 April 1972)
Current statusWeekly; discontinued
Characters
Type of groupSchool clique
Members of groupCurli, Dizzi, Dozi, Dumpling, Kooki, Mina, Piggi, Poni, Prune, Swotti, Blondie, Suzie
Other charactersThe Belles, Miss Clump, Puddy
[1]

The Belles of St. Lemons was a British comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1495,[2] although the characters themselves had first been introduced in the 1968 edition of The Beano Annual.[1] It was drawn by Gordon Bell and ran from 1971 to 1972.

The title of the series was both a play on the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons" and Ronald Searle's Belles of St. Trinians cartoons.

  1. ^ a b Cramond, Harold, ed. (September 1967). The Belles of St. Lemons. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Cramond, Harold, ed. (13 March 1971). "The Belles of St. Lemons". The Beano. No. 1495. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.