Bully Beef and Chips
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Bully Beef and Chips were fictional character
s who had their own strip in the UK
comic The Dandy
. It started in the 1960s and originally continued until 1997. The strip told the story of two warring boys - a tall, ugly thug called Bully Beef and a softer, more cunning lad called Chips. The name "Bully Beef and Chips" comes from a quickly-prepared meal — corned beef
and chips
— with "Bully beef" being a phrase used for "corned beef".
Stories of these two were identically themed - Bully Beef (Beefy) would constantly play violent tricks on Chips, who would then get his climactic revenge in some way right at the end. Originally, Bully Beef's eyes were always covered up by his hair, but towards the end of the 1980s they became partly visible, and then entirely visible when original artist Jimmy Hughes retired and was replaced by Gordon Bell
and later Sid Burgon
. Burgon changed the characters' personalities a little, and made Chips just as much of a jerk as Beefy at times, occasionally resulting in Beefy coming out on top. It was revived in 2009 in Dandy Xtreme, drawn by Wayne Thompson, but this didn't last long. Beefy had made an appearance in both The Beano and The Beano Annual in the previous few months - specifically in a reprint Fred's Bed strip from around 1992, where Fred visited both Beanotown and Dandytown, and Beefy was among several characters he met. The annual appearance was in the Reservour Dodge story, as one of a gang of villains watching Baby Face Finlayson
attempt to drown Roger the Dodger
, Walter the Softy
, Minnie the Minx
, Billy Whizz
and Calamity James
.
The strip has been parodied in Viz as Biffa Bacon
.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
s who had their own strip in the UK
United Kingdom
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comic The Dandy
The Dandy
The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics and Il Giornalino...
. It started in the 1960s and originally continued until 1997. The strip told the story of two warring boys - a tall, ugly thug called Bully Beef and a softer, more cunning lad called Chips. The name "Bully Beef and Chips" comes from a quickly-prepared meal — corned beef
Corned beef
Corned beef is a type of salt-cured beef products present in many beef-eating cultures. The English term is used interchangeably in modernity to refer to three distinct types of cured beef:...
and chips
French fries
French fries , chips, fries, or French-fried potatoes are strips of deep-fried potato. North Americans tend to refer to any pieces of deep-fried potatoes as fries or French fries, while in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, long, thinly cut slices of deep-fried potatoes are...
— with "Bully beef" being a phrase used for "corned beef".
Stories of these two were identically themed - Bully Beef (Beefy) would constantly play violent tricks on Chips, who would then get his climactic revenge in some way right at the end. Originally, Bully Beef's eyes were always covered up by his hair, but towards the end of the 1980s they became partly visible, and then entirely visible when original artist Jimmy Hughes retired and was replaced by Gordon Bell
Gordon Bell (artist)
Gordon Bell is an artist who lives in the UK. From the 1960s onward he has worked extensively for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, publishers of The Beano and The Dandy comics . His sketchy, breezy cartoon style places the emphasis firmly on the foreground characters, with the backgrounds often consisting...
and later Sid Burgon
Sid Burgon
Sidney William Burgon better known as Sid Burgon was a British comics artist. After working as a Mechanic and drawing as a hobby he was encouraged by coworkers into furthering his artistic nature. He gave up his job in 1963 and became a freelance cartoonist with some of his early work being...
. Burgon changed the characters' personalities a little, and made Chips just as much of a jerk as Beefy at times, occasionally resulting in Beefy coming out on top. It was revived in 2009 in Dandy Xtreme, drawn by Wayne Thompson, but this didn't last long. Beefy had made an appearance in both The Beano and The Beano Annual in the previous few months - specifically in a reprint Fred's Bed strip from around 1992, where Fred visited both Beanotown and Dandytown, and Beefy was among several characters he met. The annual appearance was in the Reservour Dodge story, as one of a gang of villains watching Baby Face Finlayson
Baby Face Finlayson
Baby Face Finlayson was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1553, dated 22 April 1972...
attempt to drown Roger the Dodger
Roger the Dodger
This is the article for The Beano comic strip, for other uses please see Roger the Dodger Roger the Dodger is a fictional character featured regularly in the UK comic The Beano...
, Walter the Softy
Walter The Softy
Walter the Softy, or Softy Walter as he is sometimes called, is the fictional antagonist of Dennis the Menace in the British children's comic The Beano. He made his first appearance in the Beano in 1953. He is a prime target of Dennis and his friends...
, Minnie the Minx
Minnie the Minx
Minnie the Minx is a fictional character in the British comic The Beano. Created and originally drawn by Leo Baxendale, she first appeared in issue 596, dated 19 December 1953 making her the third longest running Beano character, behind only Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger...
, Billy Whizz
Billy Whizz
Billy Whizz is a fictional character featured in the British comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1139, dated 16 May 1964, when it replaced The Country Cuzzins. Billy, the title character, is a boy who can run extraordinarily fast. His speed often causes chaos yet at the same time his ability...
and Calamity James
Calamity James
Calamity James is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It is about a boy, named Calamity James, who has disastrous luck. He first appeared on November 1, 1986, in issue no. 2311. A copy of his first strip is viewable here. His strip replaced Biffo the Bear and Little Plum, which had both been...
.
The strip has been parodied in Viz as Biffa Bacon
Biffa Bacon
Biffa Bacon is a cartoon character in the British comic magazine Viz.- Overview :Biffa and his family—Mutha and Fatha —hail from the Tyneside region of North East England and speak in the Geordie dialect...
.