Rupert Bear Rupert Bear Rupert Bear is a children's comic strip character created by the English artist Mary Tourtel and first appearing in the "Daily Express" newspaper on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival "Daily Mail" and "Daily Mirror". In 1935, the mantle of Rupert artist and storyteller was taken over by Alfred Bestall, who was previously an illustrator for "Punch" and other glossy magazines. Bestall proved to be successful in the field of children's literature and worked on Rupert stories and artwork into his 90s. More recently, various other artists and writers have continued
Daily Express all the media titles in Desmond's Northern & Shell group, were excluded from the Press Complaints Commission after withholding payment. Lord Black, chairman of PressBof, the PCC's parent organisation, called this "a deeply regrettable decision". According to "Press Gazette", in December 2016 circulation figures showed gross sales of the "Daily Mail" were 1,491,264 compared to 391,626 for the "Daily Express". The full run of the "Daily Express" has been digitised and is available at UK Press Online. In September 2017, "Daily Mirror" publisher Trinity Mirror announced its interest in buying all of Express Newspapers from Desmond. The "Financial Times" called