Who wrote the Billy Bunter books?
Billy Bunter appearing in anthology-style collections in Dutch until the end of the 20th century. "Billie Turf" comic strip albums were published from 1963 onwards, and have continued into the 21st century. Three Billie Turf movies were made between 1978 and 1983, mostly spelling the name of the main character as "Billy Turf". Billy Bunter William George "Billy" Bunter is a fictional schoolboy created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards. He features in stories set at Greyfriars School, originally published in the boys' weekly story paper "The Magnet" from 1908 to 1940. Subsequently, Bunter has appeared in novels, on
Billy Bunter Bunter is particularly close to his mother, Mrs Amelia Bunter, a kindly lady who appears only briefly in seven stories. Billy's cousin Walter Gilbert (Wally) Bunter was introduced in Magnet No. 333 "The Dark Horse" (1914) and appears in a further 32 "Magnet" stories. He is Billy's exact double, excepting only for his spectacles, but is his opposite in every other respect. Other members of the Bunter family to appear briefly over the years include Billy Bunter's uncles James, George and Claude, his aunts Prudence and Claribel, his great-aunt Eliza Judith and (in a one-off story) Sir Foulkes Bunter and