Biffa Bacon is a cartoon character in the British comic magazine Viz. Biffa and his family—Mutha and Fatha—hail from the Tyneside region of North East England and speak in the Geordie dialect. They occupy a surreal world entirely governed by physical violence. Biffa appears to be a visual parody of the character Bully Beef from The Dandy. The characters were allegedly inspired by a real family observed by Viz contributor James Donald in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne city centre, where the son began an unprovoked assault on another boy; the parents, rather than intervene, began shouting encouragement to their child. As soon as it appeared the victim of the assault was able to defend himself the father joined in the attack that only ceased when police officers intervened. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Cover of Viz (issue 57) Viz is a popular British adult spoof comic magazine. ... Jump to: navigation, search Look up mother on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jump to: navigation, search A father is the male parent of a child. ... Tyneside is a conurbation in northern England, covering part of the area of Tyne and Wear. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Jump to: navigation, search Geordie refers to a person originating from Tyneside (England) and the adjacent former coal mining areas of northern County Durham or the dialect spoken by such people. ... Bully Beef and Chips were fictional characters who had their own strip in the UK comic The Dandy. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Dandy is a British childrens comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. ... James Donald (May 18, 1917 - August 3, 1993) was a Scottish actor who most notably played Major Clipton in The Bridge on the River Kwai. ... Jump to: navigation, search Newcastle upon Tyne, often shortened to Newcastle, is a city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ...

Generally speaking, the plot of a strip includes a flimsy pretext for Biffa to be violently attacked, and then, just when a reconciliation is in order, the reconciliation emerges as just another flimsy pretext for a violent attack. Often the violence is surreal or impossible – Mutha Bacon's foot flying out of a small handbag to kick Biffa in the teeth, after which she somehow climbs out of the handbag. In the earlier editions of Viz, Biffa's violence was directed against the weedy Cedric Soft, (a parody of Dennis The Menace's rivalry with Walter The Softy in The Beano but over the years the focus has changed and now the strip almost exclusively focuses on Biffa's abuse at the hands of his parents. Dennis the Menace is one of two cartoon characters. ... The Beano is a British childrens comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. ...

Some characters who have extended the Bacon family have appeared and only existed for one strip and then never mentioned again. These include Biffa gaining a new baby brother Basha, and owning a dog called Gnacker (a pun of Dennis The Menace's dog Gnasher and the slang word knacker). Dennis the Menace is one of two cartoon characters. ... Dennis the Menace (known as Dennis the Menace and Gnasher since the early 1970s) is a long-running comic strip featured in The Beano childrens comic in the United Kingdom. ... A knacker is a person in the trade of rendering animals that are unfit for human consumption, such as work horses that have died in harness or are too tired to work any more. ...

Nevertheless, Biffa and his parents invariably band together to assault against any outsiders who appear in the strip and, as with all Viz cartoons, a lot of the humour comes from putting the characters against the setting of "ordinary" people.