Wendy (magazine)

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Wendy

description Horse magazine for children
language German
publishing company Egmont Ehapa Verlag GmbH
First edition 1986
Frequency of publication 3 weekly
Sold edition 43,455 copies
( IVW 2/2020)
Widespread edition 43,741 copies
( IVW 2/2020)
Editor-in-chief Peter Höpfner
Web link wendy.de

The Wendy is a horse magazine for children (especially girls) of about seven to eleven years. The magazine appeared for the first time in Germany in June 1986 with a circulation of 41,000 copies. In the meantime it was published weekly by Egmont Ehapa Verlag GmbH at a price of mostly 2 euros (previously 3 DM). From 1989 it was published every 14 days, from 1996 weekly, from 2009 again every 14 days and since 2016 it has been published every three weeks and costs 4.20 euros. Every time the booklet comes with extras such as pen sets, jewelry, stickers, accessories or posters. The magazine has developed steadily, in the early years the editorial focus was clearly on riding and horses. In the mid-1990s, other topics such as other animal species and active animal welfare were added. The magazine can now also be understood as a lifestyle magazine for young, horse-loving girls. Stories with the main character Wendy are also published as radio plays , computer games and TV series. A film was made in 2017.

content

Most of the magazine consists of the Wendy comic . There, the heroine Wendy Thorsteeg experiences numerous adventures with her horses. At the beginning of the issue, a self-contained comic was published each time; the Wendy Thorsteeg comic, which is continued in each issue, has only appeared since the early 1990s. The photo story also makes up a larger part of the magazine. Mostly it's about love, friendship and adventure. Of course, there are also numerous horses every time. There are also information pages for readers, for example horse breeds are presented here.

history

The series started in 1986 with seven issues. In 1987 and 1988 the magazine appeared monthly, from 1989 biweekly. In 1996 the frequency was changed to a weekly publication, from 2009 onwards Wendy appeared again every two weeks; since 2016 it has been available every three weeks. Initially, the main comics in each issue were independent. Occasionally a little story from the Ulmenhorst riding stables appeared as a page filler.

In 1991 the character of Wendy Thorsteeg was introduced, which appeared in every second edition until 1995. Since the end of 1995 there have only been stories with Wendy.

Wendy Thorsteeg is a 15 year old girl. She owns a Hanoverian mare , Penny , whose foal is Dorinka , a Hanoverian stallion named Domino , who she had to give up when the care of three horses became too much for her, and a western mare, Miss Dixie . The horses are at Rosenborg Stud, which belongs to Wendy's father Gunnar and her mother Heike. Before Gunnar Rosenborg opened, he owned Lindenhöhe. But this stud burned down in a fire. Later, a western ranch is built on the site of the burned down stud.

The last page

There's a comic strip on the last page. At first Kalle Kohldampf could be seen here, later Racker with his pranks. Since the beginning of the 1990s you can read about Lord and the tousled Lauser, sometimes also about the Shetland pony Rocki and the cold-blooded Strato.

Extras

The magazine always comes with a little surprise. In the past, for example, there was an iron-on image, stationery, a template or a hair clip, but sometimes there was also a special issue with an extra comic: Bille and Zottel and others.

Protagonists

main characters

Surname horse parents Others Radio play speaker
Wendy Hanoverian mare Penny and pinto mare Miss Dixie Lives at Rosenborg Stud Ranja Bonalana
Bianca Württemberg gelding Prinz and earlier the gelding Tropic Father is a cop Wendy's best friend Julia digit
Tanja Mare Ruby Father is the school principal Vanessa's stepsister Ghadah Al-Akel
Vanessa Arabian stallion Tarik Mother runs a beauty farm Wendy's cousin Melanie Hinze
Robin Gelding Amigo formerly Oldenburg Wallach Tex Father is the school principal Tanja's twin brother Robin Kahnmeyer
Jerry Gelding Bajan formerly Gelding Apollo Father ran a stud farm Wendy's ex-boyfriend
Oliver Gelding Navaro Prankster, Sarah's friend Björn Schalla
Sarah Geldings Rufus and Lino Was blind; can only see again through an operation
Sina Gelding Pablo and Gelding Floris Wendy's younger adoptive sister Oona Plany
Gunnar Holstein stallion Onyx Wendy's father Jürgen Kluckert
Heike Wendy's mother Marianne Gross
Hertha Fjord horse Sternje Wendy's grandma Christel Merian
Alexa Whenever she comes to visit, she always rides a different horse Wendy's older sister Sabine Jaeger
Florian Alexa's husband
Flavio Lucky Stable boy Frank Schaff
Juana Fjord horse Sternje Sina's best friend
Julia Ravenna Temporarily tends Stefanie's horse with the help of Wendy; she gets it for free, however S. caps
Stefanie earlier Ravenna (until she moved away) Tatjana Gessner

Previous characters

Surname horse Function / role Others
Marc Riding instructor Wendy had a crush on him; English, went back to England
Wiebke Riding instructor Married teachers, left the yard
Annika Stable boy Flavio's ex-girlfriend
Monika Stable boy good friend of Wendy's

Further spread

The Wendy world has been expanding steadily since the early 1990s:

  • Books
  • TV Shows:
    • Wendy (OT: Riding High ; live series, 65 episodes, New Zealand, 1995–96; appeared on video)
    • Wendy (animated series, 26 episodes, UK / Germany / France, 2013)
  • PC and console games
  • Toys, model horses from Revell and GeeGeefriends
  • Wendy - Der Film (feature film, Germany 2017)
  • Wendy 2 - Friendship Forever (Movie, Germany 2018)

There is also a variety of merchandising , for example clothing.

Adaptations

Books

First series of books

In the 1990s, the first books in the Wendy series were published by Franz Schneider Verlag . The 20th and final book in the book series was published in March 2007. HG Francis wrote the first 12 books. From the 13th volume onwards, the books were written by Katharina Lahn , Christiane Wittenburg and Carola von Kessel .

  1. The Horsemen's Paradise (HG Francis)
  2. A foal for Rodna (HG Francis)
  3. Out and about with horses (HG Francis)
  4. The ride by the sea (HG Francis)
  5. Refuge at Lindenhöhe (HG Francis)
  6. Horse theft in the pasture (HG Francis)
  7. Horses in Need (HG Francis)
  8. The Horse Lover (HG Francis)
  9. Footsteps in the forest (HG Francis)
  10. Four great friends (HG Francis)
  11. Saskia doesn't give up (HG Francis)
  12. Oliver Comes Back (HG Francis)
  13. Danger in the quarry (Katharina Lahn)
  14. Summer with Karoline (Katharina Lahn)
  15. Save the ponies (Katharina Lahn)
  16. A bad suspicion (Katharina Lahn)
  17. Bianca's new friend (Katharina Lahn)
  18. The strange horse (Christiane Wittenburg)
  19. The Horse Healer (Carola von Kessel)
  20. Fire on the horse ranch (Carola von Kessel)
Books on the TV series

From 1996 to 1998, 9 Wendy books on the New Zealand television series were published by Franz Schneider Verlag .

  1. Friends in the saddle
  2. Secret about Miss Dixie
  3. Vanessa is playing wrong
  4. Adventure on Rosenborg
  5. Bianca and Prince
  6. Vanessa changes saddles
  7. Vortex around Alexa
  8. The big surprise
  9. Bianca's dream
Reading guide

From 2007 to 2008, Nelson Reading Guide published four books for the third reading level. These books serve to promote reading for children of primary school age.

  1. Horse summer
  2. Exciting ride
  3. Tournament with obstacles
  4. Concern for Kira
New series

From 2009 to 2010 a new series of books was published by Franz Schneider Verlag . The authors were Almut Schmidt and Christiane Wittenburg . The first three volumes also appeared in the anthology Horse Summer on Rosenborg .

  1. Haunted forest
  2. The missing stallion
  3. Rescue for Pepito
  4. Wrong game at the tournament
Mini books

Six Wendy mini-books on the animation series were released from 2014 to 2015. These were written by Carola von Kessel. The first three stories also appeared in the anthology Wendy - Full Commitment for Dixie: Learning to Read with Stories of Horses . The other three appeared in the anthology Wendy - Rescue in the Last Second: Learning to Read with Horse Tales .

  1. Full commitment to Dixie
  2. Overdressed
  3. The ghost hunt
  4. Last second rescue
  5. The horse steal
  6. The western riding show
Books about the movies

Two books on the films were published in 2016 and 2018.

  1. Wendy, The Book for the Film (Carolin Hecht)
  2. Wendy 2 - Friendship Forever (Mark Stichler)

radio play

In the radio plays, which appear on CD and cassette, Wendy is an approx. 15-year-old girl who, like in the comics, lives on a beautiful horse farm on the Baltic Sea, which is called Rosenborg (formerly Lindenhöhe). She has many adventures with her friends. Her cousin Vanessa usually takes on the role of her friends from the comics, but sometimes she becomes a competitor.

Awards

Television series

The television series Wendy (OT: Riding High) is a New Zealand adaptation that was first broadcast in Germany in 1996 on RTL II .

Animation series

In the animated series Wendy , as in magazines, books and radio plays, Wendy experiences adventures with her friends. It ran for the first time in 2013 in KiKa and contains 26 episodes. However, some of the content does not match the information found in magazines, books and radio plays about Wendy, her friends, family and the horses.

Play

Helge Schneider wrote a play as a parody, Mendy - the wusical .

Movies

In 2017, Wendy - The Movie was released , followed in 2018 by Wendy 2 - Friendship Forever . The main role of Wendy was played by Jule Hermann .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 20 years of "Wendy": The horse magazine for girls is celebrating its birthday. Egmont Ehapa Verlag GmbH, May 8, 2006, archived from the original on May 23, 2009 ; Retrieved December 5, 2013 .
  2. ^ Egmont Ehapa Media GmbH: Wendy - The film. In: www.wendy.de. Retrieved April 6, 2016 .
  3. ↑ fernsehserien.de: Wendy (real series, 1990s), Wendy (animation series, 2010s)
  4. ^ Egmont Ehapa Media GmbH: Wendy - The film. In: www.wendy.de. Retrieved April 6, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Wendy books in the correct order. Retrieved August 18, 2020 .
  6. ↑ www.musikindustrie.de , accessed on July 16, 2015

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