Comic Idol
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Comic Idol is a competition held in The Beano
every few years. In it, 3 to 6 new strips (or old strips brought back), run as guest strips in Beano for a few weeks, and the most popular, determined by votes, gets a permanent place in the Beano (although often not lasting forever). See below for a full list of winners and the losing strips.
/Joe Jitsu
(Duncan Scott and Wayne Thompson)
The Beano
The Beano is a British children's comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co and is arguably their most successful.The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. During the Second World War,The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks because of paper and ink...
every few years. In it, 3 to 6 new strips (or old strips brought back), run as guest strips in Beano for a few weeks, and the most popular, determined by votes, gets a permanent place in the Beano (although often not lasting forever). See below for a full list of winners and the losing strips.
- Winners
- 1995: Vic VolcanoVic VolcanoVic Volcano was a short lived fictional comic character in The Beano. The comic strip was about a boy with a literally fiery temper. He was a character that was easily offended and easy to make angry. Whenever he had such a temper, smoke would come out of his ears and fire would come out of his...
(Robert Nixon/Trevor Metcalfe) - 1997: Tim TravellerTim TravellerTim Traveller was a fictional character and comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. He first appeared in issue 2862, dated 24 May 1997, as part of a continuing set of six new comic strips where the one with the most votes would be voted into the comic by readers.The first strip featured Tim looking...
/Crazy for DaisyCrazy for DaisyCrazy for Daisy was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. First appearing in issue 2865, dated 14 June 1997, it was part of an ongoing selection of six comic strips that were to be voted into the comic by readers. This strip was the winner, beating Camp Cosmos, Have a Go Jo, Sydd and Trash Can...
(Vic Neill/Keith Reynolds and Nick Brennan) - 1999: The Three BearsThe Three Bears"The Story of the Three Bears" is a fairy tale first recorded in narrative form by British author and poet Robert Southey, and first published anonymously in a volume of his writings in 1837...
(Mike Pearse/Chris McGhie) - 2002: Freddie FearFreddie FearFreddie Fear is a fictional character who has his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, the tagline being Son of a Witch.Freddie Fear is a normal boy, but he lives with his mother, a witch. Each week they show adventures, mainly Freddie trying to do something normal and then his mum comes...
(Dave Eastbury) - 2004: Colin the Vet
/Joe Jitsu
Joe Jitsu
-The Beano:One Joe Jitsu was the title character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, and was voted into the comic by Beano readers in early 2004, along with Colin the Vet...
(Duncan Scott and Wayne Thompson)
- 2005: Zap ZodiacZap ZodiacZap Zodiac was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. Drawn by Steve Horrocks, it first appeared in issue 3259, dated 1 January 2005, as part of Comic Idol- a selection of three comic strips to be voted in by Beano readers...
(Steve Horrocks) - 2006: Nicky NutjobNicky NutjobNicky Nutjob is a cartoon character and winner of The Beano's Comic Idol 2006 reader poll, drawn by artist Eddie Savino. He became a regular character in May 2006. The premise of the story is that Nicky's dad is an eccentric inventor, but his gadgets always go wrong, causing mayhem for Nutjob Jnr...
(Kelly Dyson/Wayne Thompson/Nick Brennan) - 2010: Meebo and ZukyMeebo and ZukyMeebo and Zuky is a comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano. It was introduced as one of three new strips in the Beano's Comic Idol competition, in June 2010, where the winner gets a permanent place in the comic. It was up against Home Invasion, about green aliens who want to invade...
(Laura Howell) - Loser
- 1995: S.O.S Squad/Minder Bird (Robert Nixon and Terry Willers)
- 1997: Camp CosmosCamp CosmosCamp Cosmos was a comic strip for a short time in the UK comic The Beano. It made its first appearance in issue 2859, dated 3 May 1997. In that first strip, Bert Spontlin, scrap merchant and sausage knotter, got his wife to fire a lorry into the sky with him in it to collect the space debris...
/S.Y.D.D/Trash Can Alley/Have-a-go-Jo (John Geering and David Mostyn) - 1999: Tricky DickyTricky DickyTricky Dicky may refer to one of the following:*Richard Nixon, as a derogatory nickname.**A song about Richard Nixon by Country Joe and the Fish.*Dick Cheney...
/Gordon BennettGordon Bennett-People:*Gordon Bennett , Australian artist*Gordon Bennett , US Roman Catholic priest*Gordon Bennett , UK football coach*Gordon Bennett , Australian soldier...
/Inspector Horse and Jockey (John Dallas, Jimmy Hansen/Robert Leighton and Terry Bave) - 2002: Space KidetteSpace KidetteSpace Kidette was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It only appeared in one issue, that being issue 3103, dated 5 January 2002....
/Phone-a-Fiend (Robert Nixon and Wayne Thompson) - 2004: Dean's Dino (Geoff Waterhouse) *2005: Hugh DunnitHugh DunnitHugh Dunnit was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in issue 3259, dated 1 January 2005, as part of Comic Idol- a selection of three comic strips to be voted in by Beano readers...
/Christmas CaroleChristmas CaroleChristmas Carole was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, and previously The Beezer Annuals when the Beezer Comic became defunct...
(David Mostyn and Keith Page) *2006: Scammin' Sam/Mia Starr (Steve Horrocks and Duncan Scott) - 2010: Home InvasionHome InvasionHome Invasion is the fifth solo album by Ice-T. Released in 1993, the album Home Invasion is the fifth solo album by Ice-T. Released in 1993, the album Home Invasion is the fifth solo album by Ice-T. Released in 1993, the album (which was originally set to be released in 1992 under the deal with...
/Uh, Oh, Si Co! (Dave Sutherland and Nigel Parkinson) Category:The Beano