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Back in my childhood I remember Rupert Bear from the British, French and Canadian animated television series "Rupert" (1991–1997) from Nelvana.
The books and comic strip have never ever been published in Norway.
But the character Rupert Bears has been well known in the animated adaptions.

And I like Paul McCartney's song and his animated 13-minute film"Rupert and the Frog Song" from 1984.
Fantastic animated film and amazing song!

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Rupert Bear is a children's comic strip character created by the English artist Mary Tourtel and first appearing in the Daily Express newspaper on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival Daily Mail and Daily Mirror. In 1935, the mantle of Rupert artist and storyteller was taken over by Alfred Bestall, who was previously an illustrator for Punch and other glossy magazines. Bestall proved to be successful in the field of children's literature and worked on Rupert stories and artwork into his 90s. More recently, various other artists and writers have continued the series. About 50 million copies have been sold worldwide.

The comic strip was, and still 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 has become a well-known character in children's culture in the United Kingdom, and the success of the Rupert stories has led to the creation of several television series based on the character. The character also has a large fan following, with such groups as The Followers of Rupert.

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Mary Tourtel (born as Mary Caldwell on January 28, 1874 – die on March 15, 1948) was an English artist and creator of comic strip Rupert Bear. According to the BBC News, her works go from 50 million copies sold around the world.

Tourtel was born as Mary Caldwell and raised in an artistic family, youngest child of a Samuel Caldwell, a stained-glass artist and stonemason, and his wife Sarah. She studied art under Thomas Sidney Cooper at the Sidney Cooper School of Art in Canterbury (now the University for the Creative Arts), and became a children's book illustrator. In 1900 she married an assistant editor of The Daily Express newspaper, Herbert Bird Tourtel at Eton.

Plaque in Ivy Lane, Canterbury, marking the place where Mary Tourtel spent her final years
Rupert Bear was created in 1920, at a time when the Express was in competition with The Daily Mail and its then popular comic strip Teddy Tail, as well as the strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred in The Daily Mirror. The then news editor of the Express, Herbert Tourtel, was approached with the task of producing a new comic strip to rival those of the Mail and Mirror and immediately thought of his wife Mary: already an established author and artist. Rupert Bear was the result and was first published as a nameless character in a strip titled Little Lost Bear on 8 November 1920. The early strips were illustrated by Mary and captioned by her husband, Herbert, and were published as two cartoons a day with a short story underneath. Rupert was originally cast as a brown bear until the Express cut inking expenses giving him his iconic and characteristic white colour.

In 1931 Herbert Tourtel died in a German sanatorium, and Mary herself retired four years later in 1935 after her eyesight and general health deteriorated, and the Rupert Bear strips were continued by a Punch illustrator, Alfred Bestall.

Mary Tourtel died on 15 March 1948, aged 74, at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital and was buried with her husband at St Martin's Church, Canterbury; they had no children. Tourtel, left a huge heritage in cultural and literary value to the United Kingdom, being considered one of the great names of the British Literature. In 2003, the Canterbury Heritage Museum opened a special wing dedicated to her iconic and most important creation, Rupert Bear, in homage and recognition to the works of Mary Tourtel.

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Description
Back in my childhood I remember Rupert Bear from the British, French and Canadian animated television series "Rupert" (1991–1997) from Nelvana.
The books and comic strip have never ever been published in Norway.
But the character Rupert Bears has been well known in the animated adaptions.

And I like Paul McCartney's song and his animated 13-minute film"Rupert and the Frog Song" from 1984.
Fantastic animated film and amazing song!

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Rupert Bear is a children's comic strip character created by the English artist Mary Tourtel and first appearing in the Daily Express newspaper on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival Daily Mail and Daily Mirror. In 1935, the mantle of Rupert artist and storyteller was taken over by Alfred Bestall, who was previously an illustrator for Punch and other glossy magazines. Bestall proved to be successful in the field of children's literature and worked on Rupert stories and artwork into his 90s. More recently, various other artists and writers have continued the series. About 50 million copies have been sold worldwide.

The comic strip was, and still 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 has become a well-known character in children's culture in the United Kingdom, and the success of the Rupert stories has led to the creation of several television series based on the character. The character also has a large fan following, with such groups as The Followers of Rupert.

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Mary Tourtel (born as Mary Caldwell on January 28, 1874 – die on March 15, 1948) was an English artist and creator of comic strip Rupert Bear. According to the BBC News, her works go from 50 million copies sold around the world.

Tourtel was born as Mary Caldwell and raised in an artistic family, youngest child of a Samuel Caldwell, a stained-glass artist and stonemason, and his wife Sarah. She studied art under Thomas Sidney Cooper at the Sidney Cooper School of Art in Canterbury (now the University for the Creative Arts), and became a children's book illustrator. In 1900 she married an assistant editor of The Daily Express newspaper, Herbert Bird Tourtel at Eton.

Plaque in Ivy Lane, Canterbury, marking the place where Mary Tourtel spent her final years
Rupert Bear was created in 1920, at a time when the Express was in competition with The Daily Mail and its then popular comic strip Teddy Tail, as well as the strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred in The Daily Mirror. The then news editor of the Express, Herbert Tourtel, was approached with the task of producing a new comic strip to rival those of the Mail and Mirror and immediately thought of his wife Mary: already an established author and artist. Rupert Bear was the result and was first published as a nameless character in a strip titled Little Lost Bear on 8 November 1920. The early strips were illustrated by Mary and captioned by her husband, Herbert, and were published as two cartoons a day with a short story underneath. Rupert was originally cast as a brown bear until the Express cut inking expenses giving him his iconic and characteristic white colour.

In 1931 Herbert Tourtel died in a German sanatorium, and Mary herself retired four years later in 1935 after her eyesight and general health deteriorated, and the Rupert Bear strips were continued by a Punch illustrator, Alfred Bestall.

Mary Tourtel died on 15 March 1948, aged 74, at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital and was buried with her husband at St Martin's Church, Canterbury; they had no children. Tourtel, left a huge heritage in cultural and literary value to the United Kingdom, being considered one of the great names of the British Literature. In 2003, the Canterbury Heritage Museum opened a special wing dedicated to her iconic and most important creation, Rupert Bear, in homage and recognition to the works of Mary Tourtel.

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