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The Beano is a long running British children's comic, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee, Scotland in the United Kingdom. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links The current (as of 2005) Beano logo, using a modified version of a design introduced in 1977. ... Beano can refer to: The Beano, a British childrens comic. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... D. C. Thomson & Co. ... For other uses, see Dundee (disambiguation). ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I...

The comic first appeared in 1938 and it has continued weekly ever since. It continues as of 2007, having published over 3000 issues^[1]. 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Its iconic characters have become known to generations of British children, including Dennis the Menance, Minnie the Minx, and The Bash Street Kids. Earlier generations will remember Lord Snooty, but he stopped appearing in 1990. Fond memories have led to collectors paying high prices, over £12000 for the first issue^[2].

Strips

A number of strips in the comic have run for a very long time. The longest-running strip in the comic as of 2006 is Dennis and Gnasher. Dennis first appeared in 1951, where he was billed "The World's Wildest Boy"^[3]. The previous holder of this title was Lord Snooty, drawn by Dudley D Watkins, which appeared in the very first issue, but disappeared from the comic in 1990. Other famous strips include The Bash Street Kids created by Leo Baxendale, and Minnie the Minx, and Roger the Dodger created by Ken Reid. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... For the American comic strip of the same name, see Dennis the Menace (US). ... Lord Snooty (or Lord Snooty and his Pals) was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the longest running strip in the comic until Dennis the Menace and Gnasher overtook it. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... The Bash Street Kids is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, and is often seen as respresentative of the comic, rivalling Dennis the Menace. ... Minnie the Minx is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... Roger the Dodger is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ...

There are frequent fictionale crossovers between The Beano and Dennis and Gnasher, with most of the characters living in the fictional Beanotown. Many of the comic strips in The Dandy are drawn by the same artists, and crossovers between the two comics and The Beano also occur occasionally. A fictional crossover occurs when two or more otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media meet and interact with each other. ... FicTioNaL is a Gaming Legend. ... Beanotown is a fictional town, somewhere in the United Kingdom, which is the setting for many of the comic strips in D. C. Thomsons Beano comic, and the Dennis and Gnasher animated series. ... The Dandy is a British childrens comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. ...

Publication information

The Beano comic takes its name from the English word beano which can be loosely interpreted as a fun time^[4]. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The first edition of The Beano was dated 30 July 1938^[1], and the 3000th issue was published in January 2000^[3]. It continues as of 2007. There are only 12 known copies of the first issue in existence, and only 5 known copies of the second issue (not including facsimiles). July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A copy of this first issue sold for £12,100 on 16 March 2004 , which was at the time thought to be the highest price ever paid for a British comic at an auction^[2]. The current highest price is £20,350 which was paid for the first issue of The Dandy on 7 September 2004.^{[citation needed]} The Beano is also the second longest running comic, the first being: The Dandy, which is also published by D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... D. C. Thomson & Co. ...

Editors

Euan Kerr 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. As of July 2006, the comic costs 85p. This article is about the comic. ... The Beezer (called The Beezer and Topper for the last 3 years of publication) was a British comic that ran from (issues dates) 21 January 1956 to 21 August 1993, when it unofficially merged with The Beano. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sister comics

Since 1982 the comic, along with The Dandy, has also run "Comic Library" titles. Released monthly, these titles are a feature length (usually about 64 page) adventure, featuring a character from the comic itself. They are available in A5 size only. The comic also ran A4-sized "Beano Specials" in the early 1990s, which later were renamed "Beano Superstars". These were similar to the Comic Library series. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Dandy is a British childrens comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. ...

A Beano Poster Comic series was printed in the early 1990s.

On 15 February 2007, the first issue of a monthly sister comic entitled BeanoMAX was published. The sister comic many of the characters off this comic, however the stories in the sister comics are written in a longer format aimed for 8-13 year olds. The first issue was a Comic Relief special featuring assorted celebrity guests. February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. ... Megastar redirects here. ...

List of Beano comic strips

Current strips

• Ball Boy
• The Bash Street Kids drawn by David Sutherland and Nigel Parkinson
• Bash Street Kids - Singled Out by Mike Pearse
• Bash Street Kids Adventures by Kev F Sutherland
• Bea
• Billy Whizz
• Calamity James by Tom Paterson
• Colin the Vet
• Crazy for Daisy
• Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
• Derek the Sheep by Gary Northfield
• Freddie Fear Son of a Witch
• Gnasher and Gnipper
• Ivy the Terrible
• Joe Jitsu(occasionally)
• Les Pretend He's Round the Bend/The Little Kid with the BIG Imagination (occasionally)
• Little Plum by Hunt Emerson
• Minnie the Minx
• Ratz by Hunt Emerson
• The Numskulls (from The Beezer)
• Robbie Rebel Nobody Tells Him What to Do!
• Roger the Dodger
• The Three Bears
• Pirates of the Carabeano (occasionally)

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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 (though more recently seen in two extra long strips in the Beano)
• 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
• 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
• Dasher
• 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 Bennett
• 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 King
• Johnny Hawk
• Jonah
• Karate Sid
• Kat and Kanary
• Lazy Jones
• Little Larry
• Little Monkey
• Little Nell and Peter Pell
• Lord Snooty
• The Magic Lollipops
• Matt Hatter
• Maxy's Taxi
• The McTickles
• Minder Bird
• Multy the Millionaire
• The Nibblers
• Number 13
• Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter
• Pepper the Pony and Lucinda
• 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!
• 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)
• Uncle Windbag He Tells Tall Tales
• Vic Volcano
• 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

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The Bash Street Kids is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, and is often seen as respresentative of the comic, rivalling Dennis the Menace. ... Christmas Carole was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... This strip in The Beano of the late 1980s was about a boy whose nanny has a wet nose, fur and a tail. ... Dasher running under Linux Dasher is a computer accessibility tool enabling users to enter text efficiently using a pointing device rather than a keyboard. ... The Fix-It Twins was a comic strip in the Beano childrens magazine that ran from 1978 to 1980. ... General Jumbo (called Admiral Jumbo for a brief period in the early 1970s) was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan. ... The Germs is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... Gnashers Tale was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano that the fictional character Gnasher used to star in. ... Go, Granny, Go! is a comic strip which used to be occasionally featured in the Beano. ... Gordon Bennett is a comic book character, who appears in The Beano, and is named after the exclamation Gordon Bennett! The character originally appeared between 1999 and 2000 as a Guest Star, but returned after a five-year hiatus, in issue 3281, dated 4 June 2005. ... Grandpa was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, about a mischievous old man with a beard (although he did not appear to be anybodys actual grandfather, as such). ... Hairy Dan was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... Hard-Nut the Nigger was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in the late 1930s. ... Helpful Henry was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... Hugh Dunnit was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... Inspector Horse and Jocky was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, drawn by Terry Bave. ... 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Lord Snooty (or Lord Snooty and his Pals) was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the longest running strip in the comic until Dennis the Menace and Gnasher overtook it. ... The Magic Lollipops was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, featuring a boy with lollipops, that if you licked them, they would turn into what you wanted. ... Maxys Taxi was a half-page comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... The McTickles was a comic strip drawn by Vic Neill, which appeared in The Beano during the early 1970s. ... The Nibblers were fictional characters who had their own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... Number 13 title Number 13 was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... Pansy Potter The Strongmans Daughter was a comic strip in the Beano, featuring Pansy Potter, a really strong girl. ... Phone-a-Fiend was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... Ping the Elastic Man was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Polly Wolly Doodle Polly Wolly Doodle was introduced by Daniel Decatur Emmetts Virginia Minstrels in the 1840s and is a popular childrens song today. ... Pup Parade is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... For the breakfast food see Rashers. ... Richard the Lion was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, starting in issue 1678, dated 14 September 1974, and continuing for another few years afterwards. ... Rip Van Wink was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... Simply Smiffy was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano that ran in the mid 1980s. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Smudge was a comic strip appearing in the British comic The Beano, drawn by John Geering. ... Space Kidette was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... 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Wee Ben Nevis was a comic strip in The Beano comic, drawn by Vic Neill. ... Wee Peem (Hes a Proper Scream) was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... Look up Sheriff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Yeti with Betty was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 2633, dated 2 January 1993, and drawn throughout by Robert Nixon. ... Zap Zodiac was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ...

Trivia

• Private Eye refers to The Spectator as "The Hasbeano", with the Spectator's former 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. That comic, No 1242 is extremely sought after by both collectors of the Beano Comic and Eric Clapton memorabilia, with issues sometimes exceeding UK£100 on eBay.
• Reece Shearsmith, known for being in The League of Gentlemen, once wrote in to The Beano, saying that he had lost his current copy. It ended up as the star prize.
• Big Eggo was replaced by Biffo the Bear as the cover star in 1948 as research showed that children identified more with characters that, like them, had 2 arms and 2 legs.
• British adult humour comic Viz has landed in trouble a number of times for parodies of Beano (and Dandy) characters including Desperately Unfunny Dan, and DC Thompson (he's a miserable sod)

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See also

• The Beano Annual
• Plug
• The Dandy
• The Magic Comic
• Leo Baxendale
• Dudley D. Watkins
• List of DC Thomson publications
• List of magazines published in Scotland
• British comics
• Comics
• The Beano Interactive DVD

The Beano Annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1939, to tie in with the childrens comic The Beano. ... Plug was a British comic that ran for 76 issues from 24 September 1977 until 24 February 1979, when it merged with the Beezer. ... The Dandy is a British childrens comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. ... The Magic comic was the ill fated third comic to The Beano and The Dandy, it was aimed at a younger audience with more emphasis on Picture Stories. ... Leo Baxendale (born October 27, 1930) is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips Minnie the Minx (1953) and The Bash Street Kids (1954), as well as Little Plum and The Three Bears. He left the Beano in 1962, and created the short-lived Wham... Dudley D. Watkins was born on February 27, 1907 in Manchester, England. ... These comics and magazines are or were published by D. C. Thomson & Co. ... List of magazines published in Scotland is an incomplete list of magazines and comics published in Scotland. ... British comics is the art form of comics as practiced within the United Kingdom. ... Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Issue dates of British comics, page retrieved 30 March 2007
2. ^ ^{a b} £12,000 Record Beano, page retrieved 30 March 2007
3. ^ ^{a b} the Menace by Mark Oliver. The Guardian, Wednesday March 14, 2001. Page retrieved 30 March 2007.
4. ^ For further discussion of the origin of this word, see The Meaning Of Beano

External links

• Official Beano site
• TheBeanoComic.com - for the real collectors
• Official Beano and Dandy Collectors Club
• Beano Fan site
• Comics UK: Beano