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You should look very closely at these two sites, knowing them back to front and upside down:  

http://www.beanotown.com/  

http://www.dandy.com/cover.htm  

As far as other material goes, this is the best site.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/comics/features/  

It’s a history of British comics with links to: Girls’ Comics  

Boys’ Comics You must read both. Be warned, it doesn’t print out very well so you’re better reading it on screen.  

If you’re struggling to get hold of some comics to analyse, you should look at this page:  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/comics/funnystrips/ Each link takes you through to actual pages, and they would be good to analyse, refer to….etc.  

One of the big issues to consider is why the old style girls comics have now entirely disappeared. ‘Bunty’ was the last to close down in 2001. This article is good: ‘Why did Bunty and Jackie have to die?’ at: http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/postgraduate/story/0,,890158,00.html  

You could also listen to this excellent sound file of a radio discussion of the issue at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2002_08_wed_04.shtml  

 If you have time, take a quick look at good old Scott McCloud’s site: http://www.scottmccloud.com/index.html  

In particular, take a look at some of the hi-tech developments that show how comics might develop in the future: http://www.scottmccloud.com/links/links.html#Anchor-Reinventing-35882