The Beano
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The Beano is a British children's comic book published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee, Scotland, which was first issued on 26 July 1938 (dated 30 July). Euan Kerr (editor was editor from 1984 until he handed over to Alan Digby in early 2006. Alan had been Beano Chief Sub Editor when Euan first became editor, and later edited The Beezer. Currently the comic costs 99p.
There have been several long-running strips over the years. The longest-running strip in the comic as of 2006 is Dennis and Gnasher (overtaking Lord Snooty), which first appeared (under the name Dennis the Menace) in 1951. Other famous strips include The Bash Street Kids, Minnie the Minx, and Roger the Dodger. Lord Snooty appeared in the very first issue, but disappeared from the comic in 1990.
There are frequent fictional crossovers between the strips, with most of the characters living in the fictional town of Beanotown. Also, because many strips in The Dandy are drawn by the same artists, crossovers between the two comics also occur occasionally. As well as this, the comics develop a friendly rivalry. (e.g. "I quit! The Dandy is much safer" "This would never happen in The Beano!")
A first issue of The Beano sold for £ 12,100 on 16 March 2004, which was at the time the highest price ever paid for a British comic at an auction. The current highest price is £20,350 which was paid for the first issue of The Dandy on 7 September 2004.
The Beano is also the second longest running comic, the first being The Dandy which is also made by D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
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[edit] List of Beano comic strips
[edit] Current strips
- Ollaf the Madlander (reprints from The Topper and The Beezer. Originally called Adrian the Barbarian
- Ball Boy drawn by Dave Eastbury
- The Bash Street Kids drawn by David Sutherland
- Bash Street Kids - Singled Out drawn by Tom Paterson, Nigel Parkinson and Mike Pearse.
- Bea drawn by Nigel Parkinson
- Billy Whizz drawn by David Parkins
- Dennis the Menace and Gnasher drawn by Tom Paterson, Nigel Parkinson or Jimmy Hughes
- Derek the Sheep (occasionally) drawn by Gary Northfield
- Fred's Bed (reprints from the Topper and the Beezer) drawn by David Parkin or Tom Paterson and Lew Stringer
- Freddie Fear Son of a Witch drawn by Dave Eastbury
- Ivy the Terrible drawn by Robert Nixon and Tony O'Donnel reprints
- Lord Snooty the Third drawn by Nigel Parkinson
- Minnie the Minx drawn by Ken H. Harrison
- Ratz drawn by Hunt Emerson and Laura Howell
- Tales of Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green drawn by Laura Howell
- The Numskulls (from The Beezer) drawn by Barry Glennard and Tom Paterson
- Roger the Dodger drawn by Barrie Appleby
- The Riot Squad (reprints of the Hoot Squad) drawn by Ken H. Harrison
- Pirates of the Caribeano drawn by Barrie Appleby
Extra-long comics featuring all of the current characters sometimes appear, usually based around some theme (i.e. the Queen's Birthday, Dennis' 65th year in the Beano).
[edit] Past strips
- 2-Gun Tony The King Street Cowboy
- Alf Wit The Ancient Brit
- Baby Face Finlayson The Cutest Bandit in the West!/The Cutest Bandit Around
- The Beano All Stars
- The Belles of St. Lemons
- Biffo the Bear (later abbreviated to "Biffo")
- Big Eggo
- Big Fat Joe
- Billy the Cat and Katie (originally just "Billy the Cat")
- Black Bun
- Brave Captain Kipper
- Camp Cosmos
- Chip the Stone Age Boy
- Cocky Dick He's Smart and Slick
- Colonel Crackpot's Circus
- Come to Beanotown
- The Country Cuzzins - a group of hillbillys, similar to The Bash Street Kids, plus a goat
- Christmas Carole
- Danny on a Dolphin
- Danny's Nanny
- Dean's Dino
- Ding-Dong Belle
- Dog's Breakfast T.V.
- Dr Beastly's Tales of the Slightly Unpleasant
- Emlyn the Gremlin
- Even Steven He's Out for Revenge
- The Fix-It Twins
- Freddy Flipper-Feet
- General Jumbo ("Admiral Jumbo" for a while)
- The Germs with Ill Will
- Gnasher's Tale
- Go, Granny, Go!
- Good King Coke He's Stoney Broke
- Gordon Benett
- Gordon Gnome
- Grandpa
- Hairy Dan
- Handy Sandy
- Hard-Nut the Nigger
- Have a Go Jo
- Helpful Henry
- Hot Foot
- Hugh Dunnit
- Inspector Horse and Jocky
- The Iron Fish
- Jack Flash
- Jacky Daw with Maw and Paw
- Jimmy and his Magic Patch
- Jinx - a boarding school girl who jinxes everything she is involved in, similarly to Jonah
- Joe Jitsu
- Joe King
- Johnny Hawk
- Jonah
- Karate Sid
- Kat and Kanary
- Little Larry
- Little Monkey
- Little Nell and Peter Pell
- London B4 12
- Lord Snooty
- The Magic Lollipops
- Matt Hatter
- Maxy's Taxi
- The McTickles
- Minder Bird
- Multy the Millionaire
- Nicky Nutjob
- The Nibblers
- Number 13
- Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter
- Peter the Penguin
- Phone-a-Fiend
- Ping the Elastic Man
- Polly Wolly Doodle And Her Great Big Poodle
- Prince Whoopee
- Punch and Jimmy - two warring brothers
- Pup Parade
- The Q-Bikes
- Rasher
- Richard the Lion
- Ricky Grainger He Laughs at Danger
- Rip Van Wink He's 700 years old!
- Robbie Rebel Nobody tells him what to do!
- Sammy Shrinko
- The Shipwrecked Circus
- Simply Smiffy
- Smart Alec
- Smudge
- The Sort Out Squad
- Space Kidette
- Splodge The Naughtiest, Cleverest (he thinks) Goblin in Beanotown Woods (from The Topper)
- Sticky Willie
- Swanky Lanky Liz
- Sweet Sue
- Sydd
- Tim Traveller
- Tin-Can Tommy The Clockwork Boy
- Tom, Dick and Sally
- Trash Can Ally
- Tricky Dicky (from The Topper)
- Trouble Ahead!
- Uncle Windbag He Tells Tall Tales
- Vic Volcano
- Watch Out! (the Bash Street Kids)
- Wavy Davy and his Navy
- Wee Ben Nevis
- Wee Peem
- Whoopee Hank The Slap-Dash Sheriff
- Winnie the Witch
- The Yeti with Betty
- Zap Zodiac
[edit] Trivia
- The Beano comic takes its name from the English English word beano which can be loosely interpreted as a fun time. For further discussion of the origin of this word, see The Meaning Of Beano.
- Private Eye refers to The Spectator as "The Hasbeano", with the Spectator's editor Boris Johnson becoming "Boris the Menace".
- The Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton album from the John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers band, is called "The Beano Album" by Eric Clapton fans, because on the album cover photo he is reading a Beano comic.
- Reece Shearsmith, known for being in The League of Gentlemen once wrote into The Beano, saying that he had lost his current copy. It ended up as the star prize.
- A Beano Poster Comic was printed in the 1990s.
[edit] See also
- The Beano Annual
- Plug
- The Dandy
- Leo Baxendale
- Dudley D. Watkins
- List of DC Thomson publications
- List of magazines published in Scotland
- British comics
- Comics
