Jippo (magazine)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jippo logo from 1977, there were also other color variants
Lettering by Jippo, later also used as a logo without the capital J, approx. 1978–1982

Jippo was a Finnish comic magazine from the late 1970s and early 1980s. It appeared as a magazine for children and young people. A toy was attached to the magazine and there was a comic series along with a variety of themed pages. The magazine also contained an article dealing with topics such as bicycle service, gyroscopes or a historical person. Often times these articles are attached in some way related as a jippoon . Airplanes were mainly used as handicraft sheets. The magazine also appeared in Sweden and Denmark.

history

Jippo originally went back to the French comic magazine Pif Gadget , which had been published since 1969. The magazine began publishing in Finland in 1977 and it was published by Journalists Ltd., of which Olavi Lake was editor-in-chief. According to the magazine, there was always one of the Jippo who put together a toy or a widget related to the experimental sciences or magic. These toys were made in Finland by Pori Bär Plastic Ltd. produced. The German offshoot of Pif Gadget was the magazine Yps mit Gimmick , which appeared from 1975. Similar to the early Jippo editions, a kangaroo was the title hero at Yps .

In 1980 the magazine was revised. Jippo stopped its publication in 1982, the original magazine Pif Gadget was published until 1993.

Jippocomics

Jippo Magazine also published a number of comic strips, some of them by the end of the publication.

  • Jeppe ja Kolli ( Pif (comic) , Pif and Herkules), whose draftsmen were Arnal, NADAUD, Cance, Yanniek and Motti, is about a dog and a cat who sometimes got into each other and were sometimes best friends. The dog Jeppe appeared on the magazine cover. The Jippo readers' letter column ran for a while under the title Kollin kassipostia .
  • Urho Tulitukka ( Rahan ) by authors André Chéret and Roger Lécureux was a realistic adventure series, the protagonist of which was the only survivor of his tribe. He was an adventurer in the Stone Age world who worked with a variety of tribes, as well as making a variety of inventions, such as accidental telescopes. The series was not realistic, because men appeared in the cave next to mammoths and dinosaurs, and even a giant spider.
  • Aave Artturi ( Arthur the ghost , Arthur le Fantôme justicier ), Jean Cézardin created a humorous series whose protagonist was a bit like the ghost Casper, a small but powerful ghost.
  • Jippo-jengi ( Quentin Gentil ), conceived by French Greg , best known for his Achille Talon series , was also a humorous series that tells the adventures of a gang of boys.
  • Dr. Contrast ( Tohtori Vastaisku ) from comic book authors Ollivier & Marcello, was more realistic. The series protagonist was a doctor who went to the World Health Organization to help people around the world. With the 1980 reform, the comic was removed from the magazine.
  • Letti, merirosvojen kauhu ( Alix the pirate's daughter or Mandarine ) drawn and written by P. Tranchard F. Corteggiant, came into the magazine in the 1980s. The main character was a young girl and it was set in pirate times.
  • Ville Viksu by the comic book authors Crespi & Moallic, was about the detective Ville. The reader had to solve the question of who the culprit was.
  • 'Poke Pokkus' by the comic book authors Mousseron & Das. It was about a magician who explained a simple magic trick. These comics were only half a page in size.
  • Lantti, linnan velmu yleismies by the artist Kamb was a one-page comic series that took place in a medieval castle.
  • Vaakku ja Raakku is a comic strip from Kambi.
  • Hirnu von Poirier is set in the Wild West. The main character was a talking horse.

Dutch magazine

A Dutch comic magazine of the same name existed from 1974 to 1984. But not this based on Pif, but was besides Taptoe an offshoot of the Catholic magazine Okki ( O nze K leash K atholieke I llustratie) for a younger audience.

Web links