Maybe it's because none of the people who created them are left alive to interview. Maybe it's just because they're so ignorant they think comics began with the Beano, the way film fans think movies began with Star Wars.
Rupert, I think. I loved the way he used to tour the world with the aid of conjurors, imps and so forth - very rich fantasy stories, rather underappreciated. We didn't have the Express so I only saw the annuals, But I loved them. I'm too young to remember the stories by Mary Tourtel, who invented him, but the work of Alfred Bestall, who came along later, is superb.
Blimey I used to get the lot - Bunty , Judy , Diana , School Friend , Beezer , Beano , Dandy , the Topper plus occasional Buster. I always maintain they might seem frivolous but they are a great aid to learning to read.
I was too young for Film and Radio Fun at the time but have grown to love them as I've got older and have several of the annuals.