Colonel Pewter
Encyclopedia
Colonel Pewter was a fictional character
who was the star of a long-running newspaper strip
published in Britain
and Australia
, which was authored by Arthur Horner
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
who was the star of a long-running newspaper strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
published in Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, which was authored by Arthur Horner
Arthur Horner (cartoonist)
Arthur Horner was an Australian cartoonist. His major creations were the serialised adventures of Colonel Pewter, which ran from 1952 to 1970, in England and Australia, and The Uriel Report Melbourne Age, early '80s....
Collections
- Colonel Pewter in Ironicus by Arthur Horner, with an introduction by Christopher Fry. London: Pall Mall Press Limited, 1957
- Sirius Dog Star: a brace of Col. Pewter stories by Arthur Horner (Dog Star and Come Back, Sirius). Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, 1972. ISBN 0-7153-5715-8
- The Penguin Colonel Pewter: three Whimshire stories by Arthur Horner (Greenfingers, Outward Ho!, Special Attraction). Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books Ltd., 1978 (strips originally from 1965, 1966, 1967). ISBN 0-14-070074-9
- The Book of Uriel as transcribed by Arthur Horner ; and introduced by Terry Lane. Contains "Flying Visit," a Colonel Pewter story featuring Uriel along with most of the regular cast (from 1967, 1968), along with a compilation of The Uriel Report from the late '70s. Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin Books, 1979. ISBN 0-14-070080-3