Sunday, January 20, 2013

Sunday Stamps - cartoon drawings

it is time for some Sunday funnies over at Viridian's

the first Finnish comic book was created in 1911 and in November 2011 a sheet  of stamps celebrating the first six decades was designed by Ville Tietäväinen.
For the 1950s, the stamp features Kili ja Possu, written by Olavi Vikainen (1915-2005), who specialized in animal characters in children's comics that were published in a number of Finnish and Swedish papers.

 I am not sure why the google translations insist on referring to the comics of  Bunny, Kili and Poss (pig) as "psychopathic" and until now, they were new to me

this character, I am a little more familiar with
one of a set of six stamps for Nijntje "veilig en wel" which translates in English to Miffy, safe and well.
Nijntje is a rabbit (the name is a diminutive of the Dutch for little rabbit: konijntje)
she was created by Dick Bruna in 1955 as a story he told his young son about a rabbit they had seen while on holiday. there are now over 30 picture books featuring the minimalist drawn Miffy for 4-8 year olds


and who does not love Winnie-the-Pooh?

this one of the set, designed for the Europa 2010 theme of children's books, features Pooh and Tigger enjoying their honey and is rated for international airmail





I think we can all agree that E H Shepherd's drawings are far superior to the insidious Disney version.......
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13 comments:

  1. jabblogJanuary 20, 2013 at 8:46 AM

    Delightful! I remember Miffy in various adventures and Disney's depictions of Pooh and Friends were far inferior to the original.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2013 at 9:02 AM

    I vaguely recall Miffy but Winnie is my hands down favouriet...the old Winnie of course.

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  3. Bob ScotneyJanuary 20, 2013 at 9:42 AM

    I have always regretted missing out on the Pooh stamps when they were issued.

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  4. viridianJanuary 20, 2013 at 1:09 PM

    miffy is so cute! Thanks for sharing a few characters I did not know. And thanks for participating.

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  5. agiJanuary 20, 2013 at 3:42 PM

    ahh winnie the pooh stamps...i wish i had them...they sell out quickly, cute as they are.

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  6. Four-eyed-missyJanuary 20, 2013 at 8:12 PM

    How adorable are those piggy cartoon characters! I agree, I like the original illustrations of Winnie. The Disney version is just, well, very Disney.

    Postcards Crossing

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  7. HelenJanuary 21, 2013 at 4:10 AM

    The Winnie the Pooh stamp is my favourite. I love tigger, but Eeyore was my favourite character! Great stamp.

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  8. SueannJanuary 21, 2013 at 7:20 AM

    Love the stamps...and I agree!! Far richer
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  9. JoyJanuary 21, 2013 at 3:09 PM

    Psychopathic pigs and looks so cute, although the Shaun the Sheep pigs are quite evil and the Animal Farm ones went of the rails so who knows:-) I love Miffi and of course Winnie the Pooh. Couldn't agree more with the last comment.

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  10. AnaJanuary 21, 2013 at 4:45 PM

    Ive seen the Dutch and the British stamps, but not the Finnish one, neither ive heard of the comic. Except for Winnie the Pooh, the first time I heard about Miffy as well was due to the stamps and postcards...

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  11. Secret Agent WomanJanuary 21, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    I like all of those, but especially Pooh.

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  12. KateJanuary 22, 2013 at 4:21 AM

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  13. KateJanuary 22, 2013 at 4:22 AM

    Lovely post! I once did a project about Bruna and Miffy. I seem to recall that he was influenced by Mondrian (the colours) and the pared-down simple designs of Matisse.

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