(Austin Bowen) Payne, it is the ongoing story of Pip the dog dad, Squeak the penguin mom, and Wilfred the bunny boy-child, who form a family and live in a magnificent mansion called The Grange.

Published in Britain’s Daily Mirror, written by Bertram Lamb (and signed as Uncle Dick) and elegantly drawn by A.B.

Kim assures me, after having a sniff, that he does indeed have the smell of nostalgia.) Pip has a vaguely, early Felix-y air here, I believe.īefore we get too far into this post let me outline the comic strip for you a bit. I cover this strange DIY opportunity in a post here Homemade Mickey. (The same seller is in fact selling a knitted version which may very well be newer – much to my shock patterns were sold for such things. Pip is in such good shape I think buyers might have wondered if he was a re-issue of some sort. Subsequently, I have bid on numerous versions of this toy and to my surprise I won this one and for a quite reasonable price. Nonetheless, it was a splendid Pip toy that lead me to discover the strip in the first place, although I was unable to purchase him. My post Pip Squeak and Wilfred Perform, based on a postcard purchase, examines the strip in depth and my more recent Close Quarters which kicks off with my acquisition lust for a piece of furniture based on one of these characters.

I have written on the subject of the (now obscure) British comicstrip which emerged post-WWI, Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.

Pam’s Pictorama Toy Post: It’s been quite a stretch without a toy post – mostly because I have not acquired any since my adventures in Shanghai, and that was more about the trip than the toy.

Download pip and squeak food