Pony (magazine)

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Pony was a Bastei-Verlag magazine published from 1958 to 1960. It was specifically aimed at a young audience. The editor-in-chief was Eugen Hollerbach.

content

In addition to picture stories and text contributions, Pony also contained comics. The conception of Pony changed in the course of its publication history in such a way that children who were able to read should be addressed at the beginning, while later children from ten years of age were the target group. The proportion of comics also increased.

In addition to the adventures of the eponymous figure drawn by E. Lutz, European comics were also represented. In addition to Bessy from Studio Vandersteen and Marten Toonders Panda and Tom Puss, renamed Pussy Tom , with the adventures The Seven Crystal Balls and The Temple of the Sun , Hergés Tintin was also printed as a sequel story. Were also represented Liliane and Fred Funcken with an adventure of le Harald Viking , under the title Red Gold and rough sea has been published. In addition, the draftsmen Jean Graton and Raymond Reding were also represented with extensive contributions.

publication

From October 1958, Pony was published every fortnight in half the newspaper format on thin paper with the addition “the happy children's newspaper ”. From issue number 13, the paper, which was now thicker, was stapled . The comics included appeared in two-color printing. From issue number 32 onwards the booklet format was used. From issue number 33, the comics contained in the booklets were in four colors. With issue number 34, a weekly publication was changed, which was reversed with issue number 41.

Pony ended in July 1960 with issue number 49, ending all sequel stories. The Pony readers were referred to the Felix magazine, also published by Bastei-Verlag .

literature

  • Bernd Dolle-Weinkauff: Comics - History of a Popular Form of Literature in Germany since 1945 . Beltz Verlag, Weinheim and Basel 1990, ISBN 3-407-56521-6 , pp. 148-150.
  • Andreas C. Knigge : To be continued . Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main; Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-548-36523-X , pp. 170-172.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Pony on comicguide.de , accessed on November 17, 2013
  2. ↑ a b c Andreas C. Knigge: To be continued . Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main; Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-548-36523-X , p. 170.
  3. ↑ a b c Bernd Dolle-Weinkauff: Comics - History of a Popular Form of Literature in Germany since 1945 . Beltz Verlag, Weinheim and Basel 1990, ISBN 3-407-56521-6 , p. 148.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g Andreas C. Knigge: To be continued . Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main; Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-548-36523-X , p. 171.
  5. ↑ a b Andreas C. Knigge: To be continued . Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main; Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-548-36523-X , p. 172.