Over the years the Beano

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...

 has had many different strips ranging from comic strips to adventure strips to prose stories. However eventually the Beano changed from having all these different types of strips to having only comic stips. Prose stories were the first to go being phased out in 1955. Adventure Strips were phased out in 1975 with the last adventure stip being General Jumbo

General Jumbo

General Jumbo was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan....

 however there have been unsuccessful attempts to reintroduce adventure strips with new series of Billy the Cat and Katie

Billy the Cat and Katie

Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...

 in 2003, 2005 and 2009. The longest running strip in the Beano is Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace (UK)

Dennis the Menace, later called Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and now Dennis and Gnasher, is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by D. C...

 which has been running for over sixty years. Lord Snooty

Lord Snooty

Lord Snooty was a fictional character in a 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...

 which first appeared in the first issue of the Beano and after having been discontinued and then brought back thrice currently exists as Lord Snooty the Third is another long-running comic strip. Other long-running strips include Biffo the Bear

Biffo the Bear

Biffo the Bear was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the British comic The Beano. Biffo was an anthropomorphic bear resembling Mickey Mouse who gained the front cover of the comic starting from issue 327, dated January 24, 1948, replacing Big Eggo...

, 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...

, 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...

, The Bash Street Kids

The Bash Street Kids

The Bash Street Kids is an ongoing comic strip featuring in the British comic The Beano. The strip was created by Leo Baxendale under the title When the Bell Rings, and first appeared in The Beano in issue 604, dated 13 February 1954. It became The Bash Street Kids in 1956 and since then, it has...

, Little Plum

Little Plum

Little Plum is a fictional character in the UK comic The Beano.The eponymous hero and his friends Chiefy, Pimple and Hole-in-um-Head are members of the "Smellyfeet" American Indian tribe, who spend much of their time clashing with their rivals the "Puttyfeet" tribe. Other characters include Dr...

 and 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...

. Currently the Beano has been home to 338 different strips with a further seventeen strips appearing in Comic Idol

Comic Idol

Comic Idol is a competition held in The Beano every few years. In it, 3 to 6 new strips , run as guest strips in Beano for a few weeks, and the most popular, determined by votes, gets a permanent place in the Beano . See below for a full list of winners and the losing strips...

 competitions and not later appearing in the comic. This list only features strips in the weekly comic and does not list Strips which only appeared once. It also includes information about the Comic Idol

Comic Idol

Comic Idol is a competition held in The Beano every few years. In it, 3 to 6 new strips , run as guest strips in Beano for a few weeks, and the most popular, determined by votes, gets a permanent place in the Beano . See below for a full list of winners and the losing strips...

 winners, from 1995 to 2010.

List of Beano Comic Strips

Originally the Beano consisted of Comic Strips, Adventure strips and Prose stories however by 1975 only comic strips remained. There have currently been 193 different comic strips in The Beano since the comic began in 1938. During the days where adventure strips coexisted in the Beano alongside Comic strips a number of strips blurred the lines between the two genres.

Strip Title	Notes	Original Artist	Other Notable Artists	Start Date	End Date
Big Eggo Big Eggo Big Eggo was an ostrich and fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. He first appeared in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the first ever cover star. His first words in the strip were 'Somebody's taken my egg again!' It was drawn throughout by Reg Carter.Eggo remained on...	First Series	Reg Carter		1938	1949
Ping the Elastic Man Ping the Elastic Man Ping the Elastic Man was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. His first appearance was in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938. Ping was an elastic man who could stretch everywhere, the only one in the world...	First Series	Hugh McNeill		1938	1940
Brave Captain Kipper Brave Captain Kipper Brave Captain Kipper was a fictional character who had his own comic strip starting from the very first issue of the UK comic The Beano. The strip revolved around the title character, an elderly sailor who was the 'diehard of the Seven Seas'....	First Series	Torelli Bros		1938	1939
Lord Snooty Lord Snooty Lord Snooty was a fictional character in a 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...	First Series	Dudley Watkins		1938	1949
Whoopee Hank	First Series	Roland Davies		1938	1939
Hooky's Magic Bowler Hat	First Series	Charles Gordon		1938	1940
Wee Peem Wee Peem Wee Peem was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in Beano issue 1, dated 30 July 1938 and ran until issue 89, dated 6 April 1940. The central character "Wee Peem" was a young boy who gets up to various forms of mischief in a similar way to later Beano strips such as Dennis...	First Series	James Jewell James Jewell James Jewell was an American radio actor, producer and director at radio station WXYZ, Detroit, Michigan.-WXYZ:In June 1932, George Trendle, the owner of radio station WXYZ, decided to drop network affiliation and produce his own radio programs. Jim Jewell was hired as the dramatic director for...		1938	1940
Little Dead Eye Dick	First Series	Charles Holt		1938	1938
Hairy Dan Hairy Dan Hairy Dan was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in Beano issue 1, dated 30 July 1938 and ran until issue 297, dated 16 November 1946....	First Series	Basil Blackaller		1938	1946
Contrary Mary	First Series	Roland Davies		1938	1940
Smiler the Sweeper	First Series	Steve Perkins		1938	1938
Helpful Henry Helpful Henry Helpful Henry was a comic strip appearing in both the UK and the USA. They were two different comic strips created by two different cartoonists.- UK :...	First Series	Eric Roberts Eric Roberts Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...		1938	1939
Big Fat Joe	First Series	Allan Morley Allan Morley Allan Morley was a British comic artist. He first worked for DC Thomson in 1925, drawing a number of comic strips for the Sunday Post and for DC Thomson's story papers including The Wizard, where he drew Nero and Zero. He also drew a number of strips for both The Beano and The Dandy from the late...		1938	1939
Rip Van Wink Rip Van Wink Rip Van Wink was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in Beano issue 1, dated 30 July 1938.The central idea behind the character of Rip Van Wink is that he has been asleep for 700 years - he went to sleep in 1238, and did not wake up until 1938...	First Series	Eric Roberts Eric Roberts Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...		1938	1948
Uncle Windbag	First Series	Charles Holt		1938	1938
Monkey Tricks	First Series	Reg Carter		1938	1938
Tin Can Tommy Tin-Can Tommy Tin-Can Tommy was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, featuring Tommy, the clockwork 'son' of Professor Lee and his wife. It first appeared on the back page of issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, where we learn that it was built due to the death of their own son a year earlier...	First Series	Torelli Bros		1938	1947
Hicky the Hare	First Series	Torelli Bros		1938	1939
Good King Coke	First Series	Eric Roberts Eric Roberts Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...		1938	1942
Frosty McNab	First Series	Sam Fair		1938	1941
Pansy Potter Pansy Potter Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter was a comic strip in The Beano, featuring Pansy Potter, a really strong girl. First appearing in the issue dated 17 December 1938. Around 1949 Jimmy Clark took up drawing the Strip, and it became known as Pansy Potter in Wonderland...	First Series	Hugh McNeil	Basil Blackaller, Sam Fair	1938	1947
Boney the Brave	First Series	Roland Davies		1939	1939
Puffing Billy	First Series	Hugh McNeill		1939	1940
Tricky Dicky Ant	First Series	Torelli Bros		1939	1939
The Pranks of Peanut	First Series	Charles Gordon		1939	1939
Deep Down Daddy Neptune	First Series	Basil Blackaller		1939	1940
Wily Willie Winkie	First Series	Unknown		1939	1940
Laddie Longlegs	First Series	Unknown		1939	1939
Cocky Dick	First Series	Allan Morley Allan Morley Allan Morley was a British comic artist. He first worked for DC Thomson in 1925, drawing a number of comic strips for the Sunday Post and for DC Thomson's story papers including The Wizard, where he drew Nero and Zero. He also drew a number of strips for both The Beano and The Dandy from the late...		1939	1947
Winken and Blinken	First Series	Sam Fair		1940	1941
Doubting Thomas	First Series	James Crighton		1940	1942
Cinderella Cinderella "Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...  and the Ugly Sisters	First Series	Basil Blackaller		1940	1941
Big Heep	First Series	Basil Blackaller		1940	1942
Musso the Wop	First Series	Sam Fair		1940	1943
The Magic Lollipops The Magic Lollipops 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. It ran from the 1940s to early 1950s, and was drawn by Allan Morley....	First Series	Allan Morley Allan Morley Allan Morley was a British comic artist. He first worked for DC Thomson in 1925, drawing a number of comic strips for the Sunday Post and for DC Thomson's story papers including The Wizard, where he drew Nero and Zero. He also drew a number of strips for both The Beano and The Dandy from the late...		1941	1947
Handy Sandy	First Series	Arthur Jackson		1942	1943
Handy Sandy	Second Series	Arthur Jackson		1944	1945
Smart Alec	First Series	Basil Blackaller		1945	1945
Good King Coke	Second Series	Eric Roberts Eric Roberts Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...		1945	1946
Polly Wolly Doodle Polly Wolly Doodle "Polly Wolly Doodle" is a song first published in a Harvard student songbook in 1880."Polly Wolly Doodle" appears in the existing manuscript for Laura Ingalls Wilder's These Happy Golden Years exactly as it is used in the published version. It was not mentioned in any of the Pioneer Girl...  and her Great Big Poodle	First Series	George Drysdale		1946	1947
Sammy Shrinko	First Series	Allan Morley Allan Morley Allan Morley was a British comic artist. He first worked for DC Thomson in 1925, drawing a number of comic strips for the Sunday Post and for DC Thomson's story papers including The Wizard, where he drew Nero and Zero. He also drew a number of strips for both The Beano and The Dandy from the late...		1946	1948
Sticky Willie	First Series	Unknown		1946	1947
Wavy Davy and his Navy	First Series	Dudley Watkins		1947	1947
Alf Wit Alf Wit Alf Wit is a fictional character in a defunct comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, starting in 1947.Concerning the adventures of a caveman of the same name, his name being a play on the word halfwit, it is notable for being the first published work of artist Bill Holroyd, who would go on to...  the Ancient Brit	First Series	Bill Holroyd		1947	1947
Freddy Flipperfeet	First Series	Reg Carter		1947	1948
Maxy's Taxi Maxy's Taxi Maxy's Taxi was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It ran during the 1940s to early 1950s, taking a third of a page. The strip focused on an antiquated red taxicab, driven by a man called Maxy....	First Series	George Drysdale		1947	1951
Winnie the witch Winnie the Witch Winnie The Witch is a series of eleven picture books, written by Valerie Thomas and illustrated by Korky Paul. According to Oxford University Press more than two million books have been sold of this series....	First Series	James Clark		1948	1948
Peter Penguin	First Series	Reg Carter		1948	1949
Biffo the Bear Biffo the Bear Biffo the Bear was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the British comic The Beano. Biffo was an anthropomorphic bear resembling Mickey Mouse who gained the front cover of the comic starting from issue 327, dated January 24, 1948, replacing Big Eggo...	First Series	Dudley Watkins	David Sutherland, Jimmy Glen	1948	1986
Cocky Jock	First Series	George Drysdale		1948	1949
Swanky Lanky Liz	First Series	Charles Holt		1948	1949
Smarty Smokum	First Series	Allan Morley Allan Morley Allan Morley was a British comic artist. He first worked for DC Thomson in 1925, drawing a number of comic strips for the Sunday Post and for DC Thomson's story papers including The Wizard, where he drew Nero and Zero. He also drew a number of strips for both The Beano and The Dandy from the late...		1948	1949
Hairy Hugh and his Cockatoo	First Series	Basil Blackaller		1948	1949
The Magic Lollipops The Magic Lollipops 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. It ran from the 1940s to early 1950s, and was drawn by Allan Morley....	Second Series	Allan Morley Allan Morley Allan Morley was a British comic artist. He first worked for DC Thomson in 1925, drawing a number of comic strips for the Sunday Post and for DC Thomson's story papers including The Wizard, where he drew Nero and Zero. He also drew a number of strips for both The Beano and The Dandy from the late...		1948	1951
Have-A-Go Joe	First Series	Bill Holroyd		1949	1951
Tricky Dicky Ant	Second series	James Clark	Allan Morley Allan Morley Allan Morley was a British comic artist. He first worked for DC Thomson in 1925, drawing a number of comic strips for the Sunday Post and for DC Thomson's story papers including The Wizard, where he drew Nero and Zero. He also drew a number of strips for both The Beano and The Dandy from the late...	1949	1949
Skinny Flint the Meanest Uncle in the World	First Series	James Walker		1949	1949
Wandering Willie	First Series	Bill Holroyd		1949	1949
Little Dead Eye Dick	Second Series	Charles Holt		1949	1949
Ding-Dong Belle	First Series	Bill Holroyd		1949	1951
Pansy Potter Pansy Potter Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter was a comic strip in The Beano, featuring Pansy Potter, a really strong girl. First appearing in the issue dated 17 December 1938. Around 1949 Jimmy Clark took up drawing the Strip, and it became known as Pansy Potter in Wonderland...  in Wonderland	Second series	James Clark		1949	1955
Little Dead-Eye Dick	Third series	Charles Holt		1949	1950
Danger! Len at Work	First Series	Bill Holroyd		1949	1950
Sammy's Super Rubber	First Series	Allan Morley Allan Morley Allan Morley was a British comic artist. He first worked for DC Thomson in 1925, drawing a number of comic strips for the Sunday Post and for DC Thomson's story papers including The Wizard, where he drew Nero and Zero. He also drew a number of strips for both The Beano and The Dandy from the late...		1950	1951
Lord Snooty Lord Snooty Lord Snooty was a fictional character in a 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...	Second Series	Dudley Watkins	Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips Little Plum , Minnie the Minx , The Bash Street Kids and The Three Bears .Leo Baxendale was at the end of his National Service days in the RAF, when he decided he...	1950	1958
Dennis the Menace Dennis the Menace (UK) Dennis the Menace, later called Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and now Dennis and Gnasher, is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by D. C...	First Series	David Law David Law David "Davey" Law was a Scottish cartoonist best known for creating Dennis the Menace and Beryl the Peril for Dundee publishers D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd ....	David Sutherland, David Parkins David Parkins David Parkins is a British cartoonist and illustrator who has worked for D.C. Thomson, publisher of The Beano and The Dandy. Now based in Canada, he illustrates children's picture books.... , Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.-Biography:... , Jimmy Hansen, Tom Paterson Tom Paterson Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:...  Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for The Beano since the 1970s. He has also drawn Cuddles and Dimples for The Dandy, as well as strips for Nutty, Hoot, Monster Fun and...	1951	Present
Skinny Flint	First Series	Basil Blackaller		1951	1951
Bucktooth Bucktooth Bucktooth is one of the modern servers for Internet Gopher written by Cameron Kaiser. Instead of using the .link and .cap files found in the University of Minnesota gopherd, bucktooth uses the gophermap format....  the Boy who Lives in a Barrel	First Series	Bill Holroyd		1951	1951
The Beano Cinema	Second Series of Have-A-Go Joe	Bill Holroyd		1951	1951
Willie's Wonder Gun	First Series	James Clark		1951	1952
Wee Peem Wee Peem Wee Peem was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in Beano issue 1, dated 30 July 1938 and ran until issue 89, dated 6 April 1940. The central character "Wee Peem" was a young boy who gets up to various forms of mischief in a similar way to later Beano strips such as Dennis... 's Magic Pills	Second Series	Charles Griggs		1951	1952
Multy the Millionare	First Series	Richard Cox		1952	1953
Bucktooth Bucktooth Bucktooth is one of the modern servers for Internet Gopher written by Cameron Kaiser. Instead of using the .link and .cap files found in the University of Minnesota gopherd, bucktooth uses the gophermap format....  The Boy who lives in a Barrel	Second Series	Bill Holroyd		1952	1952
Wee Davie	First Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....		1952	1952
Ali Ha Ha Ali Baba Ali Baba is a fictional character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves...  and the Potty Thieves	First Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....		1952	1952
Kat and Kanary	First Series	Charles Grigg Charles Grigg Charles Grigg is a former comic artist for DC Thomson. He was the artist of The Dandy cover strip Korky The Cat. He also did Desperate Dan after the original artist, Dudley Watkins, died. In The Topper comic he drew Splodge! and Willy Nilly....	Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips Little Plum , Minnie the Minx , The Bash Street Kids and The Three Bears .Leo Baxendale was at the end of his National Service days in the RAF, when he decided he...	1952	1956
Nobby The Enchanted Bobby	First Series	Bill Holroyd		1952	1953
The Nippers	First Series	Richard Cox		1952	1953
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...	First Series	Ken Reid	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...	1953	1960
Wee Davie	Second Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....		1953	1953
Big Hugh and You	First Series	Bill Holroyd		1953	1953
Uncle Windbag	Second Series	Charles Grigg Charles Grigg Charles Grigg is a former comic artist for DC Thomson. He was the artist of The Dandy cover strip Korky The Cat. He also did Desperate Dan after the original artist, Dudley Watkins, died. In The Topper comic he drew Splodge! and Willy Nilly....		1953	1953
Matt Hatter	First Series	George Drysdale		1953	1955
Little Plum Little Plum Little Plum is a fictional character in the UK comic The Beano.The eponymous hero and his friends Chiefy, Pimple and Hole-in-um-Head are members of the "Smellyfeet" American Indian tribe, who spend much of their time clashing with their rivals the "Puttyfeet" tribe. Other characters include Dr...	First Series	Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips Little Plum , Minnie the Minx , The Bash Street Kids and The Three Bears .Leo Baxendale was at the end of his National Service days in the RAF, when he decided he...	Ron Spencer Ron Spencer Ron Spencer is an illustrator whose most famous work has been for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.- Early life :Ron Spencer grew up on a farm in Aurora, Nebraska. As a child, his reading material included such Marvel Comics as Conan the Barbarian.- Artwork :Spencer is primarily...	1953	1986
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...	First Series	Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips Little Plum , Minnie the Minx , The Bash Street Kids and The Three Bears .Leo Baxendale was at the end of his National Service days in the RAF, when he decided he...	Jim Petrie Jim Petrie Jim Petrie was a British comic artist. He is most notable for drawing 2,000 episodes of Minnie the Minx, a comic strip featured in The Beano, after taking over from the strips original artist Leo Baxendale in 1961... , Tom Paterson Tom Paterson Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:... , Ken Harrison Ken H. Harrison Ken H. Harrison is an artist at DC Thomson, who drew Robbie Rebel, Big Brad Wolf and Lord Snooty for The Beano, The Hoot Squad for Hoot , The Broons and Oor Wullie for the Sunday Post, Skookum Skool, Spookum Skool and The Snookums for Buzz and Cracker comics.He drew Desperate Dan for The Dandy... , Laura Howell Laura Howell Laura Howell is a British-born comic strip artist. She is the first female artist in the history of The Beano comic, and responsible for "Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green", "Les Pretend" and Beano Manga. She also drew Billy the Cat in the Special 70 Years Beano, and two Minnie the Minx strips... , Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.-Biography:...	1953	Present
Nobby The Enchanted Bobby	Second Series	Bill Holroyd		1953	1954
When the Bell Rings name changed to The Bash Street Kids The Bash Street Kids The Bash Street Kids is an ongoing comic strip featuring in the British comic The Beano. The strip was created by Leo Baxendale under the title When the Bell Rings, and first appeared in The Beano in issue 604, dated 13 February 1954. It became The Bash Street Kids in 1956 and since then, it has...  in 1956	First Series	Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips Little Plum , Minnie the Minx , The Bash Street Kids and The Three Bears .Leo Baxendale was at the end of his National Service days in the RAF, when he decided he...	David Sutherland	1954	Present
Wee Davie	Third Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....		1954	1954
Wee Davie	Fourth Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....		1954	1954
Smarty Smokey	Fourth Series	James Clark		1954	1954
Jenny Penny	First Series	Jimmy Thompson		1954	1955
Dick on the Draw	First Series	Jimmy Thompson		1955	1955
Clumsy Claude-The Blunder Boy	First Series	Bill Ritchie Bill Ritchie Bill Ritchie was a Scottish cartoonist. He is known for work on comics published by D. C. Thomson.-Biography:...		1955	1955
Wee Davie	Fifth Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....		1955	1955
Prince Whoopee	First Series	Charles Grigg Charles Grigg Charles Grigg is a former comic artist for DC Thomson. He was the artist of The Dandy cover strip Korky The Cat. He also did Desperate Dan after the original artist, Dudley Watkins, died. In The Topper comic he drew Splodge! and Willy Nilly....		1955	1957
Wee Davie and King Willie	Sixth Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....		1955	1956
Scrapper Lord Snooty Lord Snooty was a fictional character in a 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...	First Series	George Drysdale/Albert Holroyd		1955	1957
Grandpa	First Series	Ken Reid		1955	1957
Our Ned	First Series	Albert Holroyd		1956	1958
Daniel the Spaniel	First Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....		1956	1956
Johnny on the Hop (He brings the Beano from the Shop)	First Series	George Drysdale		1956	1956
Wee Peem Wee Peem Wee Peem was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in Beano issue 1, dated 30 July 1938 and ran until issue 89, dated 6 April 1940. The central character "Wee Peem" was a young boy who gets up to various forms of mischief in a similar way to later Beano strips such as Dennis...	Third Series	Hugh Morren		1956	1957
Uncle Windbag	Third Series	Bill Ritchie Bill Ritchie Bill Ritchie was a Scottish cartoonist. He is known for work on comics published by D. C. Thomson.-Biography:...		1956	1957
Wee Davie and King Willie	Seventh Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....		1957	1957
Pooch	First Series	Bill Ritchie Bill Ritchie Bill Ritchie was a Scottish cartoonist. He is known for work on comics published by D. C. Thomson.-Biography:...		1957	1957
Parachute Reg	First Series	Albert Holroyd		1957	1957
Kat and Kanary	Second Series	Albert Holroyd		1957	1957
Wizards at War	First Series	Charles Grigg Charles Grigg Charles Grigg is a former comic artist for DC Thomson. He was the artist of The Dandy cover strip Korky The Cat. He also did Desperate Dan after the original artist, Dudley Watkins, died. In The Topper comic he drew Splodge! and Willy Nilly....		1957	1957
Dippy the Diver	First Series	Hugh Morren		1957	1957
Prince Whoopee	Second Series	George Drysdale		1957	1958
Fusspot Annie	First Series	Jimmy Thompson		1957	1958
Bringing up Dennis Dennis the Menace Dennis the Menace (UK) Dennis the Menace, later called Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and now Dennis and Gnasher, is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by D. C...  spinoff with Dennis as a baby	First Series	Ken Wilkins		1957	1958
Quick An' Slick	First Series	Frank MacDarmiad		1957	1958
Pansy Potter Pansy Potter Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter was a comic strip in The Beano, featuring Pansy Potter, a really strong girl. First appearing in the issue dated 17 December 1938. Around 1949 Jimmy Clark took up drawing the Strip, and it became known as Pansy Potter in Wonderland...	Third Series	Charles Grigg Charles Grigg Charles Grigg is a former comic artist for DC Thomson. He was the artist of The Dandy cover strip Korky The Cat. He also did Desperate Dan after the original artist, Dudley Watkins, died. In The Topper comic he drew Splodge! and Willy Nilly.... /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...		1958	1958
Pom-Pom (The Boy who Brightens Darkest Africa)	First Series	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...		1958	1958
Jonah Jonah (comics) Jonah was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, drawn by Ken Reid. It first appeared in issue 817, dated 15 March 1958. The title character- a sailor and a skinny, gormless, chinless wonder- was feared by all other mariners because he would sink every ship he sailed on...	First Series	Ken Reid		1958	1963
Kat and Kanary	Third Series	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...		1958	1958
Cookie Cookie In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat, baked treat, usually containing fat, flour, eggs and sugar. In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the most common word for this is biscuit; in many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have...	First Series	Ken Wilkins		1958	1958
Betty's Grandad	First Series	Hugh Morren		1958	1958
Sparky's Space Helmet	First Series	Albert Holroyd		1958	1959
Dashalong Dot	First Series	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...		1958	1959
Rip Van Wink Rip Van Wink Rip Van Wink was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in Beano issue 1, dated 30 July 1938.The central idea behind the character of Rip Van Wink is that he has been asleep for 700 years - he went to sleep in 1238, and did not wake up until 1938...	Second series	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...		1958	1959
Joe for Champ	First Series	Hugh Morren		1959	1959
Scrapper Lord Snooty Lord Snooty was a fictional character in a 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...	Second Series	Albert Holroyd		1959	1959
The Three Bears	First Series	Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips Little Plum , Minnie the Minx , The Bash Street Kids and The Three Bears .Leo Baxendale was at the end of his National Service days in the RAF, when he decided he...		1959	1959
Lord Snooty Lord Snooty Lord Snooty was a fictional character in a 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...	Third Series	Dudley Watkins	Robert Nixon Robert Nixon (artist) Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally... , Jimmy Glen, Ken Harrison Ken H. Harrison Ken H. Harrison is an artist at DC Thomson, who drew Robbie Rebel, Big Brad Wolf and Lord Snooty for The Beano, The Hoot Squad for Hoot , The Broons and Oor Wullie for the Sunday Post, Skookum Skool, Spookum Skool and The Snookums for Buzz and Cracker comics.He drew Desperate Dan for The Dandy...	1959	1991
Lazy Jones Lazy Jones Lazy Jones is a computer game for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX and Tatung Einstein. It was written by David Whittaker and released by Terminal Software in 1984. The Spectrum version was ported by Simon Cobb....	First Series	Hugh Morren		1960	1960
Wonder Boy Wonder Boy is a series of video games published by SEGA and developed by Westone Bit Entertainment .The series itself consists of the main Wonder Boy series, and the Monster World sub-series. Games may be part of one, the other, or both. This has resulted in a sometimes confusing naming structure resulting in...	First Series	Bob McGrath Bob McGrath Robert Emmet "Bob" McGrath is an American singer and actor best known for playing the human character Bob on Sesame Street. He was born in Ottawa, Illinois. McGrath was named for Irish patriot Robert Emmet....		1960	1961
The Three Bears	Second Series	Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips Little Plum , Minnie the Minx , The Bash Street Kids and The Three Bears .Leo Baxendale was at the end of his National Service days in the RAF, when he decided he...	Bob McGrath Bob McGrath Robert Emmet "Bob" McGrath is an American singer and actor best known for playing the human character Bob on Sesame Street. He was born in Ottawa, Illinois. McGrath was named for Irish patriot Robert Emmet....	1960	1985
Colonel Crackpot's Circus	First Series	Malcolm Judge Malcolm Judge Malcolm Judge was a British cartoonist, best known for his contributions to DC Thomson's range of comics. He was married, had one daughter, and lived in Bishopbriggs near Glasgow....		1960	1963
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...	Second Series	Bob McGrath Bob McGrath Robert Emmet "Bob" McGrath is an American singer and actor best known for playing the human character Bob on Sesame Street. He was born in Ottawa, Illinois. McGrath was named for Irish patriot Robert Emmet....	Ken Reid, Robert Nixon Robert Nixon (artist) Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally... , Tom Lavery Tom Lavery Thomas Patrick Lavery was a South African athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Scotland and died in Germiston.... , Frank MacDiarmid, Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for The Beano since the 1970s. He has also drawn Cuddles and Dimples for The Dandy, as well as strips for Nutty, Hoot, Monster Fun and...	1961	Present
Punch and Jimmy	First Series	Dave Jenner		1962	1963
The Country Cuzzins The Country Cuzzins The Country Cuzzins was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano until issue 1139, dated 11 May 1964, when it was replaced by Billy Whizz. It was drawn by Hugh Morren. A reprint of one of their strips recently appeared in the Retro Beano section of The Beano, dated 24 May 2011...	First Series	Hugh Morren		1963	1964
Punch and Jimmy	Second Series	Dave Jenner		1963	1967
Jinx	First Series	Ken Reid		1963	1964
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...	First Series	Malcolm Judge Malcolm Judge Malcolm Judge was a British cartoonist, best known for his contributions to DC Thomson's range of comics. He was married, had one daughter, and lived in Bishopbriggs near Glasgow....	Steve Horrocks, David Parkins David Parkins David Parkins is a British cartoonist and illustrator who has worked for D.C. Thomson, publisher of The Beano and The Dandy. Now based in Canada, he illustrates children's picture books.... , Trevor Metcalfe Trevor Metcalfe Trevor Metcalfe born May 1939 in Brotton, Yorkshire is a British illustrator and comic book artist. Known for his comic strips in IPC Magazines comics such as Sweet Tooth and Junior Rotter in Whizzer and Chips.... , Vic Neill Vic Neill Vic Neill was a British cartoonist who drew for D.C. Thomson and I.P.C.'s comics. His first notable comic work was on Sparky strip Peter Piper. In 1969, he replaced Dudley Dexter Watkins on Topper cover star Mickey the Monkey after Watkins' sudden death. Neill was a big admirer of Watkins' artwork.... , Graeme Hall, Wayne Thompson, Nick Brennan Nick Brennan Nick Brennan is a British cartoonist who works mainly for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. He started drawing for the company in 1993, drawing a revival of Peter Piper From The Dandy, revived from The Magic Comic, but looking nothing like Watkins' creation, instead sporting an elvis-like hairdo and purple...	1964	Present
Pup Parade Pup Parade Pup Parade was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It centred around The Bash Street Kids' dogs, known as The Bash Street Pups, and their many adventures. It made its first appearance in issue 1326, dated 16 December 1967, and was drawn by Gordon Bell. The dogs were all anthropomorphic...	First Series	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...		1967	1988
The Nibblers The Nibblers The Nibblers were fictional characters who had their own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. The Nibblers were a community of mice who lived in a hole in the wall, and were always stealing food from Porky, the fat owner of the house. Porky and his cat Whiskers were repeatedly foiled in their...	First Series	John Sherwood/Ron Spencer Ron Spencer Ron Spencer is an illustrator whose most famous work has been for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.- Early life :Ron Spencer grew up on a farm in Aurora, Nebraska. As a child, his reading material included such Marvel Comics as Conan the Barbarian.- Artwork :Spencer is primarily...		1970	1974
The Belles of St. Lemons The Belles of St. Lemons The Belles of St. Lemons was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue #1495, dated March 13, 1971, although the characters themselves had first been introduced in the 1968 edition of The Beano Annual....	First Series	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...		1971	1972
Grandpa	Second Series	Robert Nixon Robert Nixon (artist) Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally...	Jimmy Glen	1971	1984
The McTickles The McTickles The McTickles was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. Drawn by Vic Neill, it ran from 1971 to 1974.Chief Jock and his highland clan fought a comic war of attrition against their rivals the McNasties, while avoiding the pranks played on them by the "McHaggises", small round animals, with a...	First Series	Vic Neill Vic Neill Vic Neill was a British cartoonist who drew for D.C. Thomson and I.P.C.'s comics. His first notable comic work was on Sparky strip Peter Piper. In 1969, he replaced Dudley Dexter Watkins on Topper cover star Mickey the Monkey after Watkins' sudden death. Neill was a big admirer of Watkins' artwork....		1971	1974
Says Smiffy	First Series	Jim Petrie Jim Petrie Jim Petrie was a British comic artist. He is most notable for drawing 2,000 episodes of Minnie the Minx, a comic strip featured in The Beano, after taking over from the strips original artist Leo Baxendale in 1961...		1971	1972
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...	First Series	Ron Spencer Ron Spencer Ron Spencer is an illustrator whose most famous work has been for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.- Early life :Ron Spencer grew up on a farm in Aurora, Nebraska. As a child, his reading material included such Marvel Comics as Conan the Barbarian.- Artwork :Spencer is primarily...		1972	1977
Wee Ben Nevis Wee Ben Nevis Wee Ben Nevis was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1678, dated 14 September 1974, and continuing until 7 May 1977. It was drawn by Vic Neill, and replaced The McTickles, another Scottish themed strip by the same artist.Wee Ben Nevis was a...	First Series	Vic Neill Vic Neill Vic Neill was a British cartoonist who drew for D.C. Thomson and I.P.C.'s comics. His first notable comic work was on Sparky strip Peter Piper. In 1969, he replaced Dudley Dexter Watkins on Topper cover star Mickey the Monkey after Watkins' sudden death. Neill was a big admirer of Watkins' artwork....		1974	1977
Richard the Lion Richard the Lion 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....	First Series	David Gudgeon		1974	1976
Ball Boy	First Series	Malcolm Judge Malcolm Judge Malcolm Judge was a British cartoonist, best known for his contributions to DC Thomson's range of comics. He was married, had one daughter, and lived in Bishopbriggs near Glasgow....	John Dallas, Dave Eastbury	1975	Present
Tom, Dick and Sally Tom, Dick and Sally Tom, Dick and Sally was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano between issue 1735 and 2305 . It was initially drawn by Dave Jenner, but Keith Reynolds drew it for much of its run. Robert Nixon is also known to have drawn a number of episodes...	First Series	Dave Jenner/Keith Reynolds		1975	1986
Jacky Daw with Maw and Paw Jacky Daw with Maw and Paw Jacky Daw with Maw and Paw was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano in the 1970s, drawn by David Gudgeon. Jacky Daw and his mother and father were jackdaws who lived in a nest in a tree. Jacky was the avian equivalent of an obnoxious teenager, who constantly resisted his parents' attempts to...	First Series	David Gudgeon		1976	1978
Two Gun Tony	First Series	Bill Ritchie Bill Ritchie Bill Ritchie was a Scottish cartoonist. He is known for work on comics published by D. C. Thomson.-Biography:...		1977	1978
The Nibblers The Nibblers The Nibblers were fictional characters who had their own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. The Nibblers were a community of mice who lived in a hole in the wall, and were always stealing food from Porky, the fat owner of the house. Porky and his cat Whiskers were repeatedly foiled in their...	Second Series	John Sherwood/Ron Spencer Ron Spencer Ron Spencer is an illustrator whose most famous work has been for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.- Early life :Ron Spencer grew up on a farm in Aurora, Nebraska. As a child, his reading material included such Marvel Comics as Conan the Barbarian.- Artwork :Spencer is primarily...		1977	1984
Gnasher's Tale name changed to Gnasher and Gnipper Gnasher and Gnipper Gnasher is the pet dog of Dennis the Menace in the British comic strip Dennis the Menace from The Beano. First introduced in 1968, in issue 1363 dated 31st August 1968 , seventeen years after Dennis the Menace started in The Beano...  in 1986	First Series	David Sutherland	Barry Glennard Barry Glennard Barry Glennard is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co.. He has drawn a number of strips for The Beano over the years including Pansy Potter, The Beano Birds, Gnasher and Gnipper and The Numskulls. Only one of these four currently remains in The Beano...	1977	2009
The Fix-It Twins The Fix-It Twins The Fix-It Twins was a comic strip that ran from 1978 to 1980 in the British weekly comic, The Beano. It was drawn by Ron Spencer. The strip concerned the adventures of two fraternal twins called Mo and Jo, with an obsession for making people's professed dreams come true. However, their attempts to...	First Series	Ron Spencer Ron Spencer Ron Spencer is an illustrator whose most famous work has been for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.- Early life :Ron Spencer grew up on a farm in Aurora, Nebraska. As a child, his reading material included such Marvel Comics as Conan the Barbarian.- Artwork :Spencer is primarily...		1978	1980
Sweet Sue	First Series	Bill Ritchie Bill Ritchie Bill Ritchie was a Scottish cartoonist. He is known for work on comics published by D. C. Thomson.-Biography:...		1978	1980
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...	Second Series	Ron Spencer Ron Spencer Ron Spencer is an illustrator whose most famous work has been for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.- Early life :Ron Spencer grew up on a farm in Aurora, Nebraska. As a child, his reading material included such Marvel Comics as Conan the Barbarian.- Artwork :Spencer is primarily...		1980	1987
Smudge Smudge (comics) Smudge was a comic strip appearing in the British comic The Beano, drawn by John Geering. The title character described himself as 'the scruffiest boy in town and proud of it', relishing any opportunity to get filthy. His main rival was the snooty Percival Primm...	First Series	John Geering John Geering John Keith Geering was a British cartoonist with a distinctive, occasionally flamboyant style, most famous for his work for DC Thomson comics including Sparky, The Topper, Cracker, Plug, Nutty, The Beano and The Dandy....		1980	1994
Rasher Rasher Rasher was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, featuring Dennis the Menace's pet pig Rasher. The strip also featured Rasher's family, like his brother Hamlet, his sister Virginia Ham, Uncle Crackling and Little Piglet, who were all introduced in the first strip...	First Series	David Sutherland		1984	1995
Pepper the Pony and Lucinda	First Series	Ron Spencer Ron Spencer Ron Spencer is an illustrator whose most famous work has been for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.- Early life :Ron Spencer grew up on a farm in Aurora, Nebraska. As a child, his reading material included such Marvel Comics as Conan the Barbarian.- Artwork :Spencer is primarily...		1984	1985
Ivy the Terrible Ivy the Terrible Ivy the Terrible is a fictional character featured in The Beano. The strip involves a four-year-old girl whose mischievous antics are a constant annoyance to her parents.-Introduction:...	First Series	Robert Nixon Robert Nixon (artist) Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally...	Tony O'Donnell Tony O'Donnell Tony O'Donnell, N.D. is an Irish naturopath certified in neurolinguistic programming. He is also a certified hypnotherapist and nutritionist. O'Donnell is the only naturopathic doctor in America who actually shows, on television, the therapeutic benefits of raw herbs...	1985	2008
Simply Smiffy Simply Smiffy Simply Smiffy was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 2254, dated 28 September 1985, and continuing for a year or so after that. It was drawn by Jerry Swaffield....	First Series	Jerry Swaffield		1985	1987
Foo-Foo Foo-Foo Foo-Foo is a fictional dog in The Muppet Show. She is a white poodle owned by Muppet diva Miss Piggy. She is very tender towards her, even to the point of sickly saccharine baby talk. In the first episode of Muppets Tonight, Piggy gets jealous of Michelle Pfeiffer and sics the poodle on her during... 's Fairy Story	First Series	Dave Sutherland		1986	1986
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... 's Dodge Clinic	First Series	Robert Nixon Robert Nixon (artist) Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally...		1986	1992
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...	First Series	Tom Paterson Tom Paterson Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:...	Steve Bright	1986	2007
Karate Sid Karate Sid Karate Sid was a strip that appeared in The Beano weekly and annuals from 1987 to 1988. Karate Sid was a boy who lived in Beanotown and was an expert in martial arts. His sworn enemies were the Dans...	First Series	Steve Bright		1987	1988
Little Monkey	First Series	Robert Nixon Robert Nixon (artist) Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally...	Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for The Beano since the 1970s. He has also drawn Cuddles and Dimples for The Dandy, as well as strips for Nutty, Hoot, Monster Fun and...	1987	1988
Number 13	First Series	John Geering John Geering John Keith Geering was a British cartoonist with a distinctive, occasionally flamboyant style, most famous for his work for DC Thomson comics including Sparky, The Topper, Cracker, Plug, Nutty, The Beano and The Dandy....		1987	1997
The Germs The Germs (comics) The Germs is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in issue 2374, dated 16 January 1988.The strip was about a boy called Will who had three germs inside him , and they were constantly making Will ill, requiring many visits to the doctor...	First Series	Dave Sutherland	Vic Neill Vic Neill Vic Neill was a British cartoonist who drew for D.C. Thomson and I.P.C.'s comics. His first notable comic work was on Sparky strip Peter Piper. In 1969, he replaced Dudley Dexter Watkins on Topper cover star Mickey the Monkey after Watkins' sudden death. Neill was a big admirer of Watkins' artwork....	1987	2004
The Three Bears	Third Series	Bob Dewar	David Parkins David Parkins David Parkins is a British cartoonist and illustrator who has worked for D.C. Thomson, publisher of The Beano and The Dandy. Now based in Canada, he illustrates children's picture books....	1988	1995
Gordon Gnome	First Series	Eric Wilkinson		1988	1989
Danny's Nanny Danny's Nanny Danny's Nanny was a comic strip in The Beano drawn by David Mostyn, featuring the young toddler and his nanny, a dog which bore some resemblance to a sheep with a very long coat....	First Series	David Mostyn		1988	1994
Proctor Doolittle	First Series	Ron Spencer Ron Spencer Ron Spencer is an illustrator whose most famous work has been for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.- Early life :Ron Spencer grew up on a farm in Aurora, Nebraska. As a child, his reading material included such Marvel Comics as Conan the Barbarian.- Artwork :Spencer is primarily...		1988	1989
Fatty Fudge Fatty Fudge Fatty Fudge is a cartoon character in The Beano Comic. As his name suggests he is a big fat boy with an addiction to unhealthy food and in particular confectionary. He is very greedy and would do anything for food, which Minnie often uses to her advantage...	First Series	Jim Petrie Jim Petrie Jim Petrie was a British comic artist. He is most notable for drawing 2,000 episodes of Minnie the Minx, a comic strip featured in The Beano, after taking over from the strips original artist Leo Baxendale in 1961...		1989	1991
Biffo the Bear Biffo the Bear Biffo the Bear was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the British comic The Beano. Biffo was an anthropomorphic bear resembling Mickey Mouse who gained the front cover of the comic starting from issue 327, dated January 24, 1948, replacing Big Eggo...	Second Series	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...		1989	1999
Emlyn the Gremlin	First Series	Bob Dewar		1989	1990
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...	Third Series	Ron Spencer Ron Spencer Ron Spencer is an illustrator whose most famous work has been for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.- Early life :Ron Spencer grew up on a farm in Aurora, Nebraska. As a child, his reading material included such Marvel Comics as Conan the Barbarian.- Artwork :Spencer is primarily...		1989	1992
Little Larry	First Series	Tom Paterson Tom Paterson Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:...		1989	1992
Pansy Potter Pansy Potter Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter was a comic strip in The Beano, featuring Pansy Potter, a really strong girl. First appearing in the issue dated 17 December 1938. Around 1949 Jimmy Clark took up drawing the Strip, and it became known as Pansy Potter in Wonderland...	Fourth Series	Barry Glennard Barry Glennard Barry Glennard is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co.. He has drawn a number of strips for The Beano over the years including Pansy Potter, The Beano Birds, Gnasher and Gnipper and The Numskulls. Only one of these four currently remains in The Beano...		1989	1993
Les Pretend Les Pretend Lesley Presley Pretend is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. Originally drawn by John Sherwood, he first appeared in issue 2493, dated 28 April 1990. In each issue, Les pretends to be something and dresses up like it, beginning with a martian in his debut...	First Series	John Sherwood	Trevor Metcalfe Trevor Metcalfe Trevor Metcalfe born May 1939 in Brotton, Yorkshire is a British illustrator and comic book artist. Known for his comic strips in IPC Magazines comics such as Sweet Tooth and Junior Rotter in Whizzer and Chips.... , Laura Howell Laura Howell Laura Howell is a British-born comic strip artist. She is the first female artist in the history of The Beano comic, and responsible for "Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green", "Les Pretend" and Beano Manga. She also drew Billy the Cat in the Special 70 Years Beano, and two Minnie the Minx strips...	1990	2005
Lee's Fleas	First Series	Bob Dewar		1990	1991
Henry Burrows Henry Burrows Henry Burrows was an English amateur cricketer.-Career:...	First Series	Trevor Metcalfe Trevor Metcalfe Trevor Metcalfe born May 1939 in Brotton, Yorkshire is a British illustrator and comic book artist. Known for his comic strips in IPC Magazines comics such as Sweet Tooth and Junior Rotter in Whizzer and Chips....		1992	1992
Merboy	First Series	Emilios Hatjoulis		1992	1992
Son of Jonah	First Series	Jerry Swaffield		1992	1993
The Great Geraldoes	First Series	Terry Brave		1992	1993
The Beano Birds	First Series	Barry Glennard Barry Glennard Barry Glennard is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co.. He has drawn a number of strips for The Beano over the years including Pansy Potter, The Beano Birds, Gnasher and Gnipper and The Numskulls. Only one of these four currently remains in The Beano...		1992	1993
Go, Granny, Go	First Series	Brian Walker		1992	1998
Oscar Knight-Child Actor Child actor The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...	First Series	David Sutherland		1992	1993
The Yeti with Betty The Yeti with Betty 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....	First Series	Robert Nixon Robert Nixon (artist) Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally...		1993	1994
The Numskulls The Numskulls The Numskulls is a comic strip in The Beano, a UK comic. The strip is about some tiny human like creatures that live inside the head of Edd Case , a boy, and control his actions.The Numskulls are:...	First Series	Tom Paterson Tom Paterson Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:...	Barry Glennard Barry Glennard Barry Glennard is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co.. He has drawn a number of strips for The Beano over the years including Pansy Potter, The Beano Birds, Gnasher and Gnipper and The Numskulls. Only one of these four currently remains in The Beano...	1993	Present
Vic Volcano Vic Volcano Vic 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...	First Series	Robert Nixon Robert Nixon (artist) Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally...	Trevor Metcalfe Trevor Metcalfe Trevor Metcalfe born May 1939 in Brotton, Yorkshire is a British illustrator and comic book artist. Known for his comic strips in IPC Magazines comics such as Sweet Tooth and Junior Rotter in Whizzer and Chips....	1995	1996
The World's Worst	First Series	Bob Dewar		1995	1998
What to do with a Sleeping Dad	First Series	Jim Petrie Jim Petrie Jim Petrie was a British comic artist. He is most notable for drawing 2,000 episodes of Minnie the Minx, a comic strip featured in The Beano, after taking over from the strips original artist Leo Baxendale in 1961...		1995	1997
Joe King	First Series	Bob Dewar		1995	2001
Tim Traveller Tim Traveller Tim 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...	First Series	Vic Neill Vic Neill Vic Neill was a British cartoonist who drew for D.C. Thomson and I.P.C.'s comics. His first notable comic work was on Sparky strip Peter Piper. In 1969, he replaced Dudley Dexter Watkins on Topper cover star Mickey the Monkey after Watkins' sudden death. Neill was a big admirer of Watkins' artwork....	Keith Reynolds	1997	2004
Crazy for Daisy Crazy for Daisy Crazy 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...	First Series	Nick Brennan Nick Brennan Nick Brennan is a British cartoonist who works mainly for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. He started drawing for the company in 1993, drawing a revival of Peter Piper From The Dandy, revived from The Magic Comic, but looking nothing like Watkins' creation, instead sporting an elvis-like hairdo and purple...		1997	2007
Little Plum Little Plum Little Plum is a fictional character in the UK comic The Beano.The eponymous hero and his friends Chiefy, Pimple and Hole-in-um-Head are members of the "Smellyfeet" American Indian tribe, who spend much of their time clashing with their rivals the "Puttyfeet" tribe. Other characters include Dr...	Second Series	Tom Paterson Tom Paterson Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:...		1998	1998
Even Steven	First Series	Mark Morgan Mark Morgan Mark Morgan is an American score composer for video games, television and films. He is well-known for his work in Fallout, Fallout 2 and Planescape: Torment.-Video games:* Zork Nemesis * Dark Seed II...		1998	2000
Bea Bea (Dennis the Menace character) Bea, is a fictional character in the UK comic strip Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, from The Beano. She is Dennis' baby sister, born in issue 2931, dated 19 September 1998.-Introduction to The Beano:... ginnings, later Bea the Mini-Menace	First Series	Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.-Biography:...		1998	2008
Mr Ape	First Series (based on a Dick King-Smith Dick King-Smith Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE, Hon.M.Ed. , better known by his pen name Dick King-Smith, was a prolific English children's author, best known for writing The Sheep-Pig, retitled in the United States as Babe the Gallant Pig, on which the movie Babe was based...  Story)	John Eastwood		1998	1998
Dean's Dino	First Series	John Geering John Geering John Keith Geering was a British cartoonist with a distinctive, occasionally flamboyant style, most famous for his work for DC Thomson comics including Sparky, The Topper, Cracker, Plug, Nutty, The Beano and The Dandy....		1999	1999
Dog's Breakfast TV	First Series	Steven Baskerville		1999	1999
The Three Bears The Three Bears (comic) The Three Bears was a long-running comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It made its first appearance in issue 881, dated 6 June 1959, drawn by Leo Baxendale at first and then by Bob McGrath for most of its run....	Fourth Series	Mike Pearse	Chris McGhie, David Parkins David Parkins David Parkins is a British cartoonist and illustrator who has worked for D.C. Thomson, publisher of The Beano and The Dandy. Now based in Canada, he illustrates children's picture books....	1999	2007
Splodge Splodge Splodge was a fictional character in a comic strip in, originally, the UK comic The Topper. Drawn by Charles Grigg, Splodge himself was the last of the goblins, a mischievous one who would play sneaky, nasty tricks on the animals of the woods, but they usually had the last laugh at the end...	First Series	Ken Harrison Ken H. Harrison Ken H. Harrison is an artist at DC Thomson, who drew Robbie Rebel, Big Brad Wolf and Lord Snooty for The Beano, The Hoot Squad for Hoot , The Broons and Oor Wullie for the Sunday Post, Skookum Skool, Spookum Skool and The Snookums for Buzz and Cracker comics.He drew Desperate Dan for The Dandy...		2000	2001
Come to Beanotown	First Series	John Rushby John Rushby John Rushby is a British computer scientist now based in the United States.John Rushby was born and brought up in London, where he attended Dartford Grammar School. He studied at the University of Newcastle in the UK, gaining his computer science BSc there in 1971 and his PhD in 1977.From 1974 to...		2000	2002
Dasher	First Series	Gary Whitlock		2001	2001
Freddie Fear Freddie Fear Freddie 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...  Son of a Witch	First Series	Dave Eastbury		2002	Present
Robbie Rebel Robbie Rebel Robbie Rebel premiered in The Beano comic in issue 3104, dated 12 January 2002. Based extensively on Robbie Williams, who at that time was very popular, his creators aim to make him the Dennis the Menace of the 21st Century: his adventures are set in a contemporary world of mobile phones, computers...	First Series	Ken Harrison Ken H. Harrison Ken H. Harrison is an artist at DC Thomson, who drew Robbie Rebel, Big Brad Wolf and Lord Snooty for The Beano, The Hoot Squad for Hoot , The Broons and Oor Wullie for the Sunday Post, Skookum Skool, Spookum Skool and The Snookums for Buzz and Cracker comics.He drew Desperate Dan for The Dandy...		2002	2008
Hotfoot	First Series	From an Agency		2002	2002
Doctor Beastly Doctor Beastly Doctor Beastlys Tales of the Slightly Unpleasant was a comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano published by D. C. Thomson & Co.. The eponymous character first appeared in a Crazy for Daisy comic strip in January 2002... 's Tales of the Slightly Unpleasant	First Series	Brain Walker		2002	2002
Little Plum Little Plum Little Plum is a fictional character in the UK comic The Beano.The eponymous hero and his friends Chiefy, Pimple and Hole-in-um-Head are members of the "Smellyfeet" American Indian tribe, who spend much of their time clashing with their rivals the "Puttyfeet" tribe. Other characters include Dr...	Third Series	Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson is a cartoonist living and working in Birmingham, England. He was closely involved with the Birmingham Arts Lab of the mid-to-late 1970s, and with the British underground comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s...		2002	2007
Pup Parade Pup Parade Pup Parade was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It centred around The Bash Street Kids' dogs, known as The Bash Street Pups, and their many adventures. It made its first appearance in issue 1326, dated 16 December 1967, and was drawn by Gordon Bell. The dogs were all anthropomorphic...	Second Series	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...		2003	2003
Ricky Grainger He Laughs at Danger	First Series	Tom Plant		2003	2003
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...	First Series	Wayne Thompson		2004	2006
Colin the Vet Colin the Vet Colin the Vet was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano between 2004 and 2006. As the name implies, the strip was about a veterinarian called Colin, who encounters all sorts of crazy animals. The strip was drawn solely by Duncan Scott...	First Series	Duncan Scott		2004	2006
Derek the Sheep Derek the Sheep Derek the Sheep is a fictional character and comic strip in the British comic The Beano. He first appeared in issue 3214, dated 21 February 2004...	First Series	Gary Northfield Gary Northfield Gary Northfield is a British comic artist and writer, most famous for his comic character, Derek the Sheep published in DC Thomson's The Beano and BeanoMAXGary graduated from Harrow College University of Westminster with a degree in Illustration in 1992...		2004	2009
Bash Street Kids - Singled Out Bash Street Kids - Singled Out Singled Out was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in issue 3226, dated 15 May 2004, drawn by Mike Pearse.Based on The Bash Street Kids, Singled Out focuses on one character each week and builds a one-page story around them. The first strip was about Fatty...	First Series	Mike Pearse	Tom Paterson Tom Paterson Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:...	2004	2009
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...	Fourth Series	Emilios Hatjoulis		2004	2005
Zap Zodiac Zap Zodiac Zap 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...	First Series	Steve Horrocks		2005	2005
Gordon Bennett Gordon Bennett (character) Gordon Bennett is a comic book character, who appeared in The Beano , and is named after the exclamation The character originally appeared between 1999 and 2000, originally drawn by Jimmy Hansen who had previously drawn First Class...	Second Series (First was a Comic Idol Runner-up)	Jimmy Hansen	Robert Leighton	2005	2005
The Neds	First Series	Duncan Scott		2005	2007
Nicky Nutjob Nicky Nutjob Nicky 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...	First Series	Kelly Dyson	Nick Brennan Nick Brennan Nick Brennan is a British cartoonist who works mainly for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. He started drawing for the company in 1993, drawing a revival of Peter Piper From The Dandy, revived from The Magic Comic, but looking nothing like Watkins' creation, instead sporting an elvis-like hairdo and purple... , Wayne Thompson	2006	2007
Big Brad Wolf	First Series	Ken Harrison Ken H. Harrison Ken H. Harrison is an artist at DC Thomson, who drew Robbie Rebel, Big Brad Wolf and Lord Snooty for The Beano, The Hoot Squad for Hoot , The Broons and Oor Wullie for the Sunday Post, Skookum Skool, Spookum Skool and The Snookums for Buzz and Cracker comics.He drew Desperate Dan for The Dandy...		2006	2006
Ratz Ratz (comic strip) Ratz is a comic strip appearing in UK comic The Beano, which first appeared on August 19, 2006. It was developed by artist Hunt Emerson to replace the retired strip Little Plum, which he had worked on since 2002...	First Series	Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson is a cartoonist living and working in Birmingham, England. He was closely involved with the Birmingham Arts Lab of the mid-to-late 1970s, and with the British underground comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s...	Laura Howell Laura Howell Laura Howell is a British-born comic strip artist. She is the first female artist in the history of The Beano comic, and responsible for "Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green", "Les Pretend" and Beano Manga. She also drew Billy the Cat in the Special 70 Years Beano, and two Minnie the Minx strips...	2006	Present
Pirates of the Caribeano Pirates of the Caribeano Pirates of the Caribeano was a comic strip drawn by Barry Appleby which appeared in the British children's comic, The Beano between September 2006 and January 2009. The strip's title parodies Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. It made some appearances in the Beano annuals 2009 and 2010...	First Series	Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for The Beano since the 1970s. He has also drawn Cuddles and Dimples for The Dandy, as well as strips for Nutty, Hoot, Monster Fun and...		2006	2009
Fred's Bed Fred's Bed Fred's Bed is a comic strip in the British comic The Beano. It originally appeared in the The Topper section of the merged The Beezer and Topper comic in 1991. In the first strip, Fred breaks his old bed and when Fred and his mum go out to buy a new one, she buys the cheapest bed in the shop...	First Series (Reprints from The Beezer and Topper)	David Parkins David Parkins David Parkins is a British cartoonist and illustrator who has worked for D.C. Thomson, publisher of The Beano and The Dandy. Now based in Canada, he illustrates children's picture books....	Tom Paterson Tom Paterson Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:...	2007	2009
The Riot Squad	First Series (Reprints from Hoot)	Ken Harrison Ken H. Harrison Ken H. Harrison is an artist at DC Thomson, who drew Robbie Rebel, Big Brad Wolf and Lord Snooty for The Beano, The Hoot Squad for Hoot , The Broons and Oor Wullie for the Sunday Post, Skookum Skool, Spookum Skool and The Snookums for Buzz and Cracker comics.He drew Desperate Dan for The Dandy...		2007	2008
Tales of Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green was a comic strip in the comic The Beano. It first appeared in Beano issue 3404, dated 27th October 2007. It is the first Beano comic strip ever to be regularly drawn by a female artist...	First Series	Laura Howell Laura Howell Laura Howell is a British-born comic strip artist. She is the first female artist in the history of The Beano comic, and responsible for "Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green", "Les Pretend" and Beano Manga. She also drew Billy the Cat in the Special 70 Years Beano, and two Minnie the Minx strips...		2007	2010
London B412	First Series	Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for The Beano since the 1970s. He has also drawn Cuddles and Dimples for The Dandy, as well as strips for Nutty, Hoot, Monster Fun and...		2007	2008
Olaff the Madlander Adrian the Barbarian Adrian the Barbarian was a comic strip in the comic The Beezer, and later the merged Beezer and Topper, first introduced in 1989. It featured a boy who dressed as a barbarian with a magical sword. He lived in a very strange world where almost anything could happen, whether it be good or bad...	First Series (Reprints from The Beezer and Topper)	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...		2008	2008
Lord Snooty the Third	First Series	Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.-Biography:...		2008	2011
Les Pretend Les Pretend Lesley Presley Pretend is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. Originally drawn by John Sherwood, he first appeared in issue 2493, dated 28 April 1990. In each issue, Les pretends to be something and dresses up like it, beginning with a martian in his debut...	Second Series	John Sherwood	Laura Howell Laura Howell Laura Howell is a British-born comic strip artist. She is the first female artist in the history of The Beano comic, and responsible for "Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green", "Les Pretend" and Beano Manga. She also drew Billy the Cat in the Special 70 Years Beano, and two Minnie the Minx strips...	2008	2010
Bea Bea (Dennis the Menace character) Bea, is a fictional character in the UK comic strip Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, from The Beano. She is Dennis' baby sister, born in issue 2931, dated 19 September 1998.-Introduction to The Beano:...  and Ivy Ivy the Terrible Ivy the Terrible is a fictional character featured in The Beano. The strip involves a four-year-old girl whose mischievous antics are a constant annoyance to her parents.-Introduction:...	Second Series	Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.-Biography:...		2008	2009
Super School Super School Super School is a comic strip, which started in November 2008 and is drawn by Lew Stringer. This strip, which is stated in the book The History of The Beano: The Story So Far as originally having the name The Ultras in the planning stages, and was inspired by the X-Men...	First Series	Lew Stringer Lew Stringer -Biography:Stringer began his career from the late 1970s with a series of fanzines, many featuring his popular Brickman character; these were read by several pro creators who encouraged Stringer to try comics as a profession and Stringer recalls that "Alan Moore actually introduced me to one of...		2008	2010
Rasher Rasher Rasher was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, featuring Dennis the Menace's pet pig Rasher. The strip also featured Rasher's family, like his brother Hamlet, his sister Virginia Ham, Uncle Crackling and Little Piglet, who were all introduced in the first strip...	Second Series	David Sutherland		2009	2009
Fred's Bed Fred's Bed Fred's Bed is a comic strip in the British comic The Beano. It originally appeared in the The Topper section of the merged The Beezer and Topper comic in 1991. In the first strip, Fred breaks his old bed and when Fred and his mum go out to buy a new one, she buys the cheapest bed in the shop...	Second Series	Tom Paterson Tom Paterson Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:...	David Sutherland/Ken Harrison Ken H. Harrison Ken H. Harrison is an artist at DC Thomson, who drew Robbie Rebel, Big Brad Wolf and Lord Snooty for The Beano, The Hoot Squad for Hoot , The Broons and Oor Wullie for the Sunday Post, Skookum Skool, Spookum Skool and The Snookums for Buzz and Cracker comics.He drew Desperate Dan for The Dandy... /Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson is a cartoonist living and working in Birmingham, England. He was closely involved with the Birmingham Arts Lab of the mid-to-late 1970s, and with the British underground comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s...	2009	Present
Ivy the Terrible Ivy the Terrible Ivy the Terrible is a fictional character featured in The Beano. The strip involves a four-year-old girl whose mischievous antics are a constant annoyance to her parents.-Introduction:...	Third Series	Robert Nixon Robert Nixon (artist) Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally...	Diego Jourdan Diego Jourdan Diego Jourdan Pereira is a Uruguayan comic book artist and illustrator, residing in Santiago de Chile, Chile, and specializing in licensed properties.-Life:...	2009	2011
Beano Beano Beano can refer to:* The Beano, a British children's comic* Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, a 1966 John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers album nicknamed The Beano Album as the cover shows Clapton reading a Beano comic...  Manga Manga Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...	First Series	Laura Howell Laura Howell Laura Howell is a British-born comic strip artist. She is the first female artist in the history of The Beano comic, and responsible for "Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green", "Les Pretend" and Beano Manga. She also drew Billy the Cat in the Special 70 Years Beano, and two Minnie the Minx strips...		2009	2011
Sixty Second Dennis	First Series	Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.-Biography:...	Tom Paterson Tom Paterson Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:... /Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for The Beano since the 1970s. He has also drawn Cuddles and Dimples for The Dandy, as well as strips for Nutty, Hoot, Monster Fun and...	2009	2011
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...	Second Series	Tom Paterson Tom Paterson Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:...	Steve Bright	2009	2011
Meebo and Zuky Meebo and Zuky Meebo 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...	First Series	Laura Howell Laura Howell Laura Howell is a British-born comic strip artist. She is the first female artist in the history of The Beano comic, and responsible for "Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green", "Les Pretend" and Beano Manga. She also drew Billy the Cat in the Special 70 Years Beano, and two Minnie the Minx strips...		2010	Present
The Three Bears The Three Bears (comic) The Three Bears was a long-running comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It made its first appearance in issue 881, dated 6 June 1959, drawn by Leo Baxendale at first and then by Bob McGrath for most of its run....	Fifth Series (reprints of Fourth Series)	Mike Pearse		2010	2011
The Bea Team Bea (Dennis the Menace character) Bea, is a fictional character in the UK comic strip Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, from The Beano. She is Dennis' baby sister, born in issue 2931, dated 19 September 1998.-Introduction to The Beano:...	Third Series	Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.-Biography:...		2010	2010
Robbie Rebel Robbie Rebel Robbie Rebel premiered in The Beano comic in issue 3104, dated 12 January 2002. Based extensively on Robbie Williams, who at that time was very popular, his creators aim to make him the Dennis the Menace of the 21st Century: his adventures are set in a contemporary world of mobile phones, computers...	Second Series	Ken Harrison Ken H. Harrison Ken H. Harrison is an artist at DC Thomson, who drew Robbie Rebel, Big Brad Wolf and Lord Snooty for The Beano, The Hoot Squad for Hoot , The Broons and Oor Wullie for the Sunday Post, Skookum Skool, Spookum Skool and The Snookums for Buzz and Cracker comics.He drew Desperate Dan for The Dandy...		2010	2011
Little Plum Little Plum Little Plum is a fictional character in the UK comic The Beano.The eponymous hero and his friends Chiefy, Pimple and Hole-in-um-Head are members of the "Smellyfeet" American Indian tribe, who spend much of their time clashing with their rivals the "Puttyfeet" tribe. Other characters include Dr...	Fourth Series (reprints)	Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson is a cartoonist living and working in Birmingham, England. He was closely involved with the Birmingham Arts Lab of the mid-to-late 1970s, and with the British underground comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s...		2011	2011
Gnasher's Bit(e)	Second Series involving Gnasher as the main character	Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for The Beano since the 1970s. He has also drawn Cuddles and Dimples for The Dandy, as well as strips for Nutty, Hoot, Monster Fun and...	Jimmy Hansen	2011	Present
Pup Parade Pup Parade Pup Parade was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It centred around The Bash Street Kids' dogs, known as The Bash Street Pups, and their many adventures. It made its first appearance in issue 1326, dated 16 December 1967, and was drawn by Gordon Bell. The dogs were all anthropomorphic...	Third Series (reprints)	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...		2011	Present
Where's Dennis Dennis the Menace (UK) Dennis the Menace, later called Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and now Dennis and Gnasher, is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by D. C...	First Series (Reprints from Where's Dennis Book)	Evi De Bono		2011	2011
At Home with the BSK!	First Series	David Sutherland		2011	2011
Dangerous Dan Dangerous Dan Dangerous Dan is a comic strip in The Beano drawn by Nigel Parkinson. The strip debuted in August 2011 . The strip is about a young black boy who thinks he is a secret agent. The character believes that an organisation called SMIRK, an acronym explained in every strip up until issue 3600, is...	First Series	Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.-Biography:...		2011	2011
The Adventures of Wenlock and Mandeville Wenlock and Mandeville Wenlock and Mandeville are the official mascots for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics being held in London, United Kingdom.The mascots were unveiled on 19 May 2010; this marks the second time that both Olympic and Paralympic mascots were unveiled at the same time...	First Series	Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.-Biography:...		2011	Present
Totally Gross Germs	Second Series (reprints) (It was originally called The Germs)	David Sutherland David Sutherland David Sutherland is an artist with DC Thomson, responsible for The Bash Street Kids , Dennis the Menace for The Beano, Fred's Bed and the second version of Jak for The Dandy in the early 2000s...		2011	Present
Number 13 Beano Street	Second Series (reprints) (It was originally called Number 13)	John Geering John Geering John Keith Geering was a British cartoonist with a distinctive, occasionally flamboyant style, most famous for his work for DC Thomson comics including Sparky, The Topper, Cracker, Plug, Nutty, The Beano and The Dandy....		2011	Present

List of Beano Adventure Strips

Ever since the first issue of The Beano until 1975 there have been adventure strips in the comic. However they continued in the Annuals and attempts were made to revive them in the comic in the 2000s with three new series of Billy the Cat

Billy the Cat and Katie

Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...

 and the release of The Beano Action Special. Some of these strips started off being adapted from earlier prose stories hence some strips starting on this list are on for example their second series, due to earlier series being prose stories. The longest running Adventure strips are Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621, and has the distinction of being the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a...

 (1938–1958), Jack Flash

Jack Flash

Jack Flash was a character in the British comic The Beano. The strip starred a flying boy from the planet Mercury. The character sported four tiny wings on his ankles and this is thought to be the source of his flying ability. The strips first series began in 1949 in issue 355...

 (1949–1958), Jimmy and his Magic Patch

Jimmy and his Magic Patch

Jimmy and His Magic Patch was a comic strip in the British comic The Beano in the early 1940s. It focused on a boy named Jimmy, who had a magic patch on the seat of his trousers that transported him to wherever he wished to go. The story was reprinted in Dandy Beano: 50 Golden Years in 1988, to...

 (1944–1959), The Iron Fish (1949–1967), Red Rory of the Eagles (1951–1962), General Jumbo

General Jumbo

General Jumbo was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan....

 (1953–1975) and Billy the Cat

Billy the Cat and Katie

Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...

 (1967–1974, 2003–2009). Of the these seven long running adventure strips Tom Thumb, The Iron Fish and Red Rory began as Prose stories. A number of adventure strips in The Beano appeared in other comic as well for example Morgyn the Mighty

Morgyn the Mighty

Morgyn the Mighty is a fictional character whose adventures appeared in the Victor Book for Boys.-Publication history:The strip first appeared under the title "Morgyn" in the first issue of the Beano. In 1951 the strip was put in the comic The Rover, but was transferred to The Victor in 1963. The...

 appeared in Victor Book for Boys and Tom Thumb appeared in Bimbo

Bimbo (comics)

Bimbo was a nursery British children's comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. ran from 1961 until 1972 and similar to Little Star. Bimbo annuals continued to be published until the 1980s.Characters included:*Bimbo drawn by Bob Dewar...

. During their run in the comic there were 81 different adventure strips.
Note that the strips which direct to Dick Turpin

Dick Turpin

Richard "Dick" Turpin was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's profession as a butcher early in life, but by the early 1730s he had joined a gang of deer thieves, and later became a poacher,...

 do so because the strips featured him as a main character.

Strip Title	Notes	Original Artist	Start Date	End Date
Morgyn the Mighty Morgyn the Mighty Morgyn the Mighty is a fictional character whose adventures appeared in the Victor Book for Boys.-Publication history:The strip first appeared under the title "Morgyn" in the first issue of the Beano. In 1951 the strip was put in the comic The Rover, but was transferred to The Victor in 1963. The...	First Series	George Anderson	1938	1938
Cracker Jack	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1938	1939
Wild Boy of the Woods	First Series	Richard Baines	1938	1942
Lost Among the Silver Dwarves	First Series	James Walker	1938	1940
Young Strongarm the Axeman	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1939	1940
Tiger Trail to Kandabar	First Series	James Walker	1940	1940
The Whistling Scythe	Second Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1940	1941
Tom Thumb Tom Thumb Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621, and has the distinction of being the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a...	Third Series	Dudley Watkins	1941	1947
The Whistling Scythe	Third Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1942	1942
Lone Wolf	First Series	Dudley Watkins	1942	1943
The Shipwrecked Circus	First Series	Dudley Watkins	1943	1943
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and His Magic Patch was a comic strip in the British comic The Beano in the early 1940s. It focused on a boy named Jimmy, who had a magic patch on the seat of his trousers that transported him to wherever he wished to go. The story was reprinted in Dandy Beano: 50 Golden Years in 1988, to...	First Series	Dudley Watkins	1944	1944
Strang the Terrible	First Series	Dudley Watkins	1944	1945
Six Brands for Bonnie Prince Charlie	First Series	Dudley Watkins	1945	1945
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and His Magic Patch was a comic strip in the British comic The Beano in the early 1940s. It focused on a boy named Jimmy, who had a magic patch on the seat of his trousers that transported him to wherever he wished to go. The story was reprinted in Dandy Beano: 50 Golden Years in 1988, to...	Second Series	Dudley Watkins	1945	1946
The Shipwrecked Circus	Second Series	Dudley Watkins	1946	1947
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and His Magic Patch was a comic strip in the British comic The Beano in the early 1940s. It focused on a boy named Jimmy, who had a magic patch on the seat of his trousers that transported him to wherever he wished to go. The story was reprinted in Dandy Beano: 50 Golden Years in 1988, to...	Third Series	Dudley Watkins	1947	1949
Wild Boy of the Woods	Second Series	Richard Baines	1947	1949
Tom Thumb Tom Thumb Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621, and has the distinction of being the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a...	Fourth Series	James Crighton	1948	1949
Jack Flash Jack Flash Jack Flash was a character in the British comic The Beano. The strip starred a flying boy from the planet Mercury. The character sported four tiny wings on his ankles and this is thought to be the source of his flying ability. The strips first series began in 1949 in issue 355...	First Series	Dudley Watkins	1949	1949
The Invisible Giant	First Series (unrelated to older prose story with same title)	James Clark	1949	1949
Wild Boy of the Woods	Third Series	Richard Baines	1949	1949
Young Strongarm the Axeman	Second Series	Fred Sturrock	1949	1949
Little Noah's Ark	Second Series	James Clark	1949	1949
Chingo Chingo Volcán Chingo is a stratovolcano in southeastern Guatemala, on the border with El Salvador.... the Fearless	First Series	James Clark	1949	1949
The Horse that Jack Built	First Series	Bill Holroyd	1949	1950
The Runaway Robinsons	First Series	Fred Sturrock	1949	1950
Sinbad the Sailor Sinbad the Sailor Sinbad the Sailor is a fictional sailor from Basrah, living during the Abbasid Caliphate – the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin...	First Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1950	1950
Jack Flash Jack Flash Jack Flash was a character in the British comic The Beano. The strip starred a flying boy from the planet Mercury. The character sported four tiny wings on his ankles and this is thought to be the source of his flying ability. The strips first series began in 1949 in issue 355...	Second Series	Fred Sturrock	1950	1950
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and His Magic Patch was a comic strip in the British comic The Beano in the early 1940s. It focused on a boy named Jimmy, who had a magic patch on the seat of his trousers that transported him to wherever he wished to go. The story was reprinted in Dandy Beano: 50 Golden Years in 1988, to...	Fourth Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1950	1951
The Horse that Jack Built	Second Series this one titled (Tick-Tock Tony the Clockwork Horse)	Bill Holroyd	1950	1951
The Hungry Little Goodwins Dick Turpin Richard "Dick" Turpin was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's profession as a butcher early in life, but by the early 1730s he had joined a gang of deer thieves, and later became a poacher,...	Second Series (Picture adaptation of The Hungry Goodwins)	Fred Sturrock	1951	1951
Jack Flash Jack Flash Jack Flash was a character in the British comic The Beano. The strip starred a flying boy from the planet Mercury. The character sported four tiny wings on his ankles and this is thought to be the source of his flying ability. The strips first series began in 1949 in issue 355...	Third Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1951	1951
The Wily Ways of Simple Simon Simple Simon Simple Simon may refer to:*Simple Simon , a nursery rhyme*Simple Simon , a Broadway musical*Simple Simon , a solitaire/patience card game*Simple Simon , a 2010 Swedish film...	Second series	George Drysdale	1951	1951
The Iron Fish	Fourth Series	Bill Holroyd	1951	1951
The Shipwrecked Circus	Third Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1951	1952
Hawkeye Bravest of the Braves	First Series	Richard Baines	1951	1951
Runaway Jack	First Series	Bill Holroyd	1952	1952
Grip	First Series	Richard Baines	1952	1952
The Iron Fish	Fifth Series	Bill Holroyd	1952	1952
Red Rory of the Eagles	Second Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1952	1952
Wildfire Wildfire A wildfire is any uncontrolled fire in combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area. Other names such as brush fire, bushfire, forest fire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, squirrel fire, vegetation fire, veldfire, and wilkjjofire may be used to describe the same...  the Magic Horse	Fifth Series of Prince on the Flying Horse	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....	1952	1952
Waifs of the Wild West	First Series (Unrelated to first Waifs of the Wild West)	Bill Holroyd	1952	1952
The Bird Boy	Second Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1952	1952
Big Bazooka	First Series	Charles Grigg Charles Grigg Charles Grigg is a former comic artist for DC Thomson. He was the artist of The Dandy cover strip Korky The Cat. He also did Desperate Dan after the original artist, Dudley Watkins, died. In The Topper comic he drew Splodge! and Willy Nilly....	1952	1953
Red Rory of the Eagles	Third Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1953	1953
The Iron Fish	Sixth Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1953	1953
General Jumbo General Jumbo General Jumbo was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan....	First Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1953	1954
Get Rid of the Runaway Twins	First Series	James Walker	1954	1954
The Horse that Jack Built	Third Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....	1954	1954
The Bird Boy	Third Series	Bill Holroyd	1954	1954
Red Rory of the Eagles	Fourth Series	Bill Holroyd	1954	1954
The Iron Fish	Seventh Series	Bill Holroyd	1954	1954
The Iron Fish	Eighth Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1954	1954
Hookey's Bust 'em Book	First Series	Charles Grigg Charles Grigg Charles Grigg is a former comic artist for DC Thomson. He was the artist of The Dandy cover strip Korky The Cat. He also did Desperate Dan after the original artist, Dudley Watkins, died. In The Topper comic he drew Splodge! and Willy Nilly....	1954	1954
Longlegs the Desert Wild Boy	First Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1954	1955
The Horse that Jack Built	Fourth Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1955	1955
Red Rory of the Eagles	Fifth Series	Bill Holroyd	1955	1955
Longlegs the Desert Wild Boy	Second Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1955	1955
Hookey's Bust 'em Book	Second Series	Bill Holroyd	1955	1955
The Shipwrecked circus	Fourth Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1955	1955
Thunderflash	First Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....	1955	1955
Jimmy and His Magic Patch Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and His Magic Patch was a comic strip in the British comic The Beano in the early 1940s. It focused on a boy named Jimmy, who had a magic patch on the seat of his trousers that transported him to wherever he wished to go. The story was reprinted in Dandy Beano: 50 Golden Years in 1988, to...	Fifth Series (Reprints from 1944 and 1945)	Dudley Watkins	1955	1955
Red Rory of the Eagles	Sixth Series	Bill Holroyd	1955	1955
Jack of Clubs	Second Series	Michael Darling	1955	1955
On the Heels of the Hated Hooknose	First Series	Bill Holroyd	1955	1955
Jack Flash Jack Flash Jack Flash was a character in the British comic The Beano. The strip starred a flying boy from the planet Mercury. The character sported four tiny wings on his ankles and this is thought to be the source of his flying ability. The strips first series began in 1949 in issue 355...	Fourth Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1955	1956
Runaways with Turpin Dick Turpin Richard "Dick" Turpin was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's profession as a butcher early in life, but by the early 1730s he had joined a gang of deer thieves, and later became a poacher,...	First Series	James Walker/John Nichol	1955	1956
The Iron Fish	Ninth Series	John Nichol	1956	1956
The Horse that Jack Built	Fifth Series	Bill Holroyd	1956	1956
Young Davy Crockett Davy Crockett David "Davy" Crockett was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S...	First Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1956	1956
Nik O' Lightning	First Series	Michael Darling	1956	1956
Red Rory of the Eagles	Seventh Series	Bill Holroyd	1956	1956
Jimmy and His Magic Patch Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and His Magic Patch was a comic strip in the British comic The Beano in the early 1940s. It focused on a boy named Jimmy, who had a magic patch on the seat of his trousers that transported him to wherever he wished to go. The story was reprinted in Dandy Beano: 50 Golden Years in 1988, to...	Sixth Series (Reprints from the 1940s)	Dudley watkins	1956	1956
General Jumbo General Jumbo General Jumbo was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan....	Second Series	John Nichol	1956	1956
The Bird Boy	Fourth Series	Andy Hutton	1956	1956
Jack Flash Jack Flash Jack Flash was a character in the British comic The Beano. The strip starred a flying boy from the planet Mercury. The character sported four tiny wings on his ankles and this is thought to be the source of his flying ability. The strips first series began in 1949 in issue 355...	Fifth Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1956	1956
Young Davy Crockett Davy Crockett David "Davy" Crockett was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S...	Second Series	Andy Hutton	1956	1956
The Wooden Horse	First Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1956	1957
Tick-Tock Timothy	Second Series (Picture Version of earlier Tick-Tock Timothy)	John Nichol	1956	1957
Longlegs the Desert Wild Boy	Third Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1957	1957
The Horse that Jack Built	Sixth Series	Michael Darling	1957	1957
The Shipwrecked Circus	Fifth Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1957	1957
Red Rory of the Eagles	Eighth Series	Andy Hutton	1957	1957
The Vengeance of One-Eye	First Series	Andy Hutton	1957	1957
The Iron Fish	Tenth Series	John Nichol	1957	1957
Kilty Mactaggart	First Series	Andy Hutton	1957	1957
Brannigan's Boy	First Series	John Nichol	1957	1957
The Invisible Giant	Third Series	Bill Holroyd	1957	1957
Thrill-a-Day Jill	First Series	John Nichol	1957	1957
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and His Magic Patch was a comic strip in the British comic The Beano in the early 1940s. It focused on a boy named Jimmy, who had a magic patch on the seat of his trousers that transported him to wherever he wished to go. The story was reprinted in Dandy Beano: 50 Golden Years in 1988, to...	Seventh Series (Reprints)	Dudley Watkins	1957	1957
Jack Flash Jack Flash Jack Flash was a character in the British comic The Beano. The strip starred a flying boy from the planet Mercury. The character sported four tiny wings on his ankles and this is thought to be the source of his flying ability. The strips first series began in 1949 in issue 355...	Sixth Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1957	1957
Red Rory of the Eagles	Ninth Series	John Nichol	1957	1957
Runaways with Thunderbird	First Series	John Nichol	1957	1957
Strongarm the Axeman	Third Series	Albert Holroyd	1957	1958
Tom Thumb Tom Thumb Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621, and has the distinction of being the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a...	Seventh Series	John Nichol	1957	1958
Tough Duff	First Series	Andy Hutton	1957	1958
Red Rory of the Eagles	Tenth Series	Andy Hutton	1958	1958
Wild Boy of the Woods	Fourth Series	Andy Hutton	1958	1958
Johnny Go Back!	First Series	Albert Holroyd	1958	1958
The Iron Fish	Eleventh Series	John Nichol	1958	1958
Jack Flash Jack Flash Jack Flash was a character in the British comic The Beano. The strip starred a flying boy from the planet Mercury. The character sported four tiny wings on his ankles and this is thought to be the source of his flying ability. The strips first series began in 1949 in issue 355...	Seventh Series	Andy Hutton	1958	1958
Bristol Billy	First Series	Victor Peon	1958	1958
Rattlesnake Ranch	First Series	John Nichol	1958	1958
Hookey's Bust 'em Book	Third Series	Albert Holroyd	1958	1958
The Shipwrecked Circus	Sixth Series (Reprints)	Dudley Watkins	1958	1958
Longlegs the Desert Wild Boy	Fourth Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1958	1958
Red Rory of the Eagles	Eleventh Series	Andy Hutton	1958	1958
The Hogan Boy	First Series	John Nichol	1958	1958
The Blinding Shield	First Series	Victor Peon	1958	1958
The Iron Fish	Twelfth Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1958	1959
Sinbad the Sailor Sinbad the Sailor Sinbad the Sailor is a fictional sailor from Basrah, living during the Abbasid Caliphate – the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin...	Third Series	Michael Darling	1958	1959
Fox on the Run	First Series	Albert Holroyd	1958	1959
Red Rory of the Eagles	Twelfth Series	Andy Hutton	1959	1959
Black Star	First Series	John Nichol	1959	1959
The Vengeance of the Lost Crusader	First Series	Victor Peon	1959	1959
Longlegs the Desert Wild Boy	Fifth Series	Andy Hutton	1959	1959
Dick Turpin Dick Turpin Richard "Dick" Turpin was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's profession as a butcher early in life, but by the early 1730s he had joined a gang of deer thieves, and later became a poacher,...  Special Investigator	First Series	John Nichol	1959	1959
Smarty Smokey The Wee Black Dragon	First Series (unrelated to other Smarty Smokey)	Victor Peon		1959	1959
The Danger Man	First Series	Michael Darling	1959	1960
Bob on the Beat	First Series	John Nichol	1959	1959
The Kangaroo Kid The Kangaroo Kid Matt Coulter, the Kangaroo Kid, is a world class stuntman from Brisbane, Australia. Most of his stunts are performed on a Quad bike.In 2000 he created two new "Guinness Book of Records" records by jumping 14 4 x 4 jeeps and 4 moving 4 x 4 jeeps...	First Series	Andy Hutton	1959	1959
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and his Magic Patch Jimmy and His Magic Patch was a comic strip in the British comic The Beano in the early 1940s. It focused on a boy named Jimmy, who had a magic patch on the seat of his trousers that transported him to wherever he wished to go. The story was reprinted in Dandy Beano: 50 Golden Years in 1988, to...	Eighth Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1959	1959
Mountain Boy	First Series	Victor Peon	1959	1960
Pete of the Spitfires	First Series	Michael Darling	1959	1960
Teeko Teeko Teeko is an abstract strategy game invented by John Scarne in 1937 and rereleased in refined form in 1952 and again in the 1960s. Teeko was marketed by Scarne's company, John Scarne Games Inc.....	Second Series (Picture strip version of Little Master of the Mighty Chang)	Andy Hutton	1959	1960
The Laughing Pirate	First Series	Victor Peon	1960	1960
Danny on a Dolphin	First Series	David Sutherland	1960	1960
The Queen's Highway	First Series	Tery Patrick	1960	1960
The Ting-A-Ling Taylors	First Series	Terry Patrick	1960	1961
The Great Flood of London	First Series	David Sutherland	1960	1961
The Danger Man	Second Series	Michael Darling	1960	1961
The Cannonball Crackshots	First Series	David Sutherland	1961	1961
The Adventures of Johnny Leopard	First Series	Michael Darling	1961	1961
Paddy's Private Army	First Series	James Walker	1961	1962
The Danger Man	Third Series	Michael Darling	1961	1962
G for Giant	First Series	Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....	1962	1962
Danny on a Dolphin	Second Series	David Sutherland	1962	1962
Red Rory of the Eagles	Thirteenth Series	Andy Hutton	1962	1962
Lester's Little Circus	First Series	David Sutherland	1962	1963
General Jumbo General Jumbo General Jumbo was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan....	Third Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1963	1963
The Q Bikes	First Series	Andy Hutton	1963	1964
The Danger Bus	First Series	Terry Patrick	1963	1964
The Iron Fish	Thirteenth Series	Albert Holroyd	1964	1964
General Jumbo General Jumbo General Jumbo was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan....	Fourth Series	David Sutherland	1964	1965
The Q Bikes	Second Series	Andy Hutton	1964	1965
Paddy's Private Army	Second Series	James Walker	1965	1965
General Jumbo General Jumbo General Jumbo was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan....	Fifth Series	David Sutherland	1965	1966
The Iron Fish	Fourteenth Series	Sandy Calder	1965	1966
The Q Bikes	Third Series	Andy Hutton	1966	1967
The Iron Fish	Fifteenth Series	Sandy Calder	1966	1967
Billy the Cat Billy the Cat and Katie Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...	First Series	David Sutherland	1967	1968
The Q Bikes	Fourth Series	Andy Hutton	1967	1968
Danny on a Dolphin	Third Series	Sandy Calder	1968	1968
The King Street Cowboys	First Series	Sandy Calder	1968	1968
Billy the Cat Billy the Cat and Katie Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...	Second Series	David Sutherland	1968	1969
Send for the Hovertank	First Series	Sandy Calder	1968	1969
General Jumbo General Jumbo General Jumbo was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan....	Sixth Series	Sandy Calder	1969	1970
The Q Bikes	Fifth Series	Andy Hutton	1969	1970
Billy the Cat Billy the Cat and Katie Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...	Third Series	Sandy Calder	1970	1971
General Jumbo General Jumbo General Jumbo was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan....	Seventh Series	Sandy Calder	1971	1971
The Q Bikes	Sixth Series	Andy Hutton	1971	1971
Billy the Cat Billy the Cat and Katie Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...	Fourth Series	Sandy Calder	1971	1973
Johnny Hawke	First Series About a boy who was able to communicate with birds. Similiar to Red Rory of the Eagles.	Andy Hutton	1973	1973
Billy the Cat Billy the Cat and Katie Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...	Fifth Series	Sandy Calder	1973	1974
General Jumbo General Jumbo General Jumbo was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan....	Eighth Series	Sandy Calder	1974	1975
Billy the Cat Billy the Cat and Katie Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...	Sixth Series	Wayne Thompson	2003	2003
Billy the Cat Billy the Cat and Katie Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...	Seventh Series	Nigel Dobbyn	2005	2005
Billy the Cat Billy the Cat and Katie Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...	Eighth Series	Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for The Beano since the 1970s. He has also drawn Cuddles and Dimples for The Dandy, as well as strips for Nutty, Hoot, Monster Fun and...	2008	2009

List of Prose Stories

From the Beano's first issue up until 1955 the Beano contained Prose stories. These were similar to other text stories found in older story paper

Story paper

*This article is about British Story papers. For the U.S. version, see Dime novel.A story paper is a periodical publication similar to a literary magazine, but featuring illustrations and text stories, and aimed towards children and teenagers...

s and featured a prose story usually of one or two pages (they could be longer in the annuals) and often featured an illustration at the top of the page with the title of the prose story. A number of these prose stories went on to become comic strips or adventure strips and even some adventure strips and comic strips had prose story versions. Note that the strips which direct to Dick Turpin

Dick Turpin

Richard "Dick" Turpin was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's profession as a butcher early in life, but by the early 1730s he had joined a gang of deer thieves, and later became a poacher,...

 do so because the strip prominently featured him as a character. During their lifetime in The Beano there were 79 different prose stories of which 14 also appeared as Adventure strips. These strips were Jack of Clubs, Tom Thumb, Little Noah's Ark, The Iron Fish, Red Rory of the Eagles, Sinbad the Sailor, Little Master of the Mighty Chang, The Bird Boy, The Wily Ways of Simple Simon, The Invisible Giant, The Hungry Goodwins, Tick Tock Timothy, Prince on the Flying Horse and Follow the Secret Hand. As well as this Smarty Smokey appeared as a comic strip.

Strip Title	Notes	Original Artist	Start Date	End Date
Tom Thumb Tom Thumb Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621, and has the distinction of being the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a...	First Series	Dudley Watkins	1938	1940
Black Flash the Beaver Beaver The beaver is a primarily nocturnal, large, semi-aquatic rodent. Castor includes two extant species, North American Beaver and Eurasian Beaver . Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges . They are the second-largest rodent in the world...	First Series	Richard Baines	1938	1938
Granny Green	First Series	Charles Gordon	1938	1939
The Wishing Tree	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1938	1939
The Shipwrecked Kidds	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1938	1938
My Dog Sandy	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1938	1938
The Ape's Secret	First Series	Richard Baines	1938	1938
Jimmy's Pet-The Kangaroo Kangaroo A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae . In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, especially those of the genus Macropus, Red Kangaroo, Antilopine Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo and Western Grey Kangaroo. Kangaroos are endemic to the country...	First Series	Richard Baines	1938	1939
The Prince on the Flying Horse	First Series	James Walker Jimmy Walker (basketball) James "Jimmy" Walker was an American professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard, he played nine seasons in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, and Kansas City Kings. Walker was a two-time All-Star who scored 11,655 points in his career...	1938	1939
Little Master of the Mighty Chang	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1938	1939
The Little Magic Man	First Series	George Ramsbottom	1938	1939
King of Thunder Mountain	First Series	Richard Baines	1939	1939
The Wishing Tree	Second Series	Jack Prout	1939	1939
The Singing Giant	First Series	Richard Baines	1939	1939
Twelve Happy Horners	First Series	George Ramsbottom	1939	1939
The Prince on the Flying Horse	Second Series this one titled King on the Flying Horse	James Walker	1939	1939
The Bulldog Trail	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1939	1939
The Little Joker in the Land of Nod	First Series	James Walker	1939	1940
Hands off the Talking Lamb	First Series	James Walker	1939	1939
Jack Sprat's Battle Cat	First Series	James walker James Walker -Politics:*James Walker , English MP for Exeter*Sir James Walker, 2nd Baronet , British MP for Beverley*Jimmy Walker , born James J...	1939	1940
Follow the Secret Hand	First Series of Whistling Scythe	Dudley watkins	1939	1940
When will the Golden Peacock Speak?	Second Series (Sequel to Jack Sprat's Battle Cat)	James Walker	1940	1940
The Prince on the Flying Horse	Third Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1940	1940
The Boy with the Magic Masks	First Series	Dudley Watkins	1940	1940
Keeper of the Crooked Cross	First Series	George Ramsbottom	1940	1940
The King's got a Tail	First Series	Dudley Watkins	1940	1940
Down with Lord Haw-Haw Lord Haw-Haw Lord Haw-Haw was the nickname of several announcers on the English-language propaganda radio programme Germany Calling, broadcast by Nazi German radio to audiences in Great Britain on the medium wave station Reichssender Hamburg and by shortwave to the United States...	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1940	1940
The White Mouse will Get You	First Series	Dudley Watkins	1940	1941
Little Noah's Ark	First Series	Richard Baines	1940	1941
Tom Thumb	Second Series	Dudley Watkins	1940	1941
A Wonderful Bird is Bill Pelican	First Series	Richard Baines	1940	1940
The Black Witch is Waiting	First Series	George Ramsbottom	1940	1947
The March of the Wooden Soldiers	First Series	Fred Sturrock	1941	1941
The Boy who bossed the Man in the Moon Man in the Moon The Man in the Moon is an imaginary figure resembling a human face, head or body, that observers from some cultural backgrounds typically perceive in the bright disc of the full moon...	First Series	James Crighton	1941	1941
The Invisible Giant	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1941	1942
Waifs of the Wild West	First Series	George Ramsbottom	1941	1941
Blacksmith Bob eats Hay at Night	First Series	James Crighton	1941	1941
Plucky Little Nell	First Series	Jack Prout	1941	1942
The White Mouse will Get You	Second series	James Crighton	1941	1942
Nobody Wanted Nancy	First Series	Jack Prout	1942	1942
Jack in the Bottle	First Series	James Crighton	1942	1943
Jimmy's Mother Wouldn't Run Away	First Series	Jack Gordon	1942	1943
The Goat with the Magic Wand	First Series	James Crighton	1943	1943
The Girl with the Golden Voice	First Series	Jack Prout	1943	1943
Kitty with the coat of many colours	First Series	James Crighton	1943	1944
King Kong Charlie	First Series	Jack Gordon	1944	1944
Wun Tun Joe	First Series	James Crighton	1944	1944
The Wicked Uncle and the Terrible Twins	First Series	Jack Prout	1944	1945
Whitefang Guards the Secret Gold	First Series	James Crighton	1944	1945
The Boy that Nobody Wanted	First Series	Richard Baines	1945	1945
Granny Green	Second Series (Reprint of 1938 story)	Charles Gordon	1945	1946
Tick-Tock Timothy	First Series	Jack Prout	1945	1946
The Witch's Spell on Poor King Kell	First Series	Jack Prout	1946	1946
The Wishing Tree	Third Series (Reprint of 1938 story)	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1946	1946
Sooty Solomon	First Series	Jack Prout	1946	1947
Ben O' the Beanstalk	First Series	Jack Prout	1946	1947
The Prince on the Flying Horse	Fourth Series (Reprint of 1939 story)	Jack Prout	1947	1947
The Runaway Russells	First Series	Fred Sturrock	1947	1948
The Magic Penny	First Series	Jack Prout	1947	1948
Sammy B Smart in the Land of Nod	Second Series (Partial Reprint of The Little Joker in the Land of Nod)	Fred Sturrock	1948	1948
The Boy with the Magic Masks	Second Series (Reprint)	Fred Sturrock	1948	1948
The Hungry Goodwins Dick Turpin Richard "Dick" Turpin was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's profession as a butcher early in life, but by the early 1730s he had joined a gang of deer thieves, and later became a poacher,...	First Series	Fred Sturrock	1948	1949
One-off Lucky Mascot Mascot The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...  Stories	First Series	Fred Sturrock, Jack Gordon Jack Gordon Jack Leon Gordon was the former manager and husband of singer La Toya Jackson.-Early life and criminal allegations:... , Sam Fair & Jack Prout	1948	1949
Keeper of the Magic Sword	Fourth Series of Whistling Scythe	Fred Sturrock	1949	1949
The Iron Fish	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1949	1949
Tom Thumb Tom Thumb Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621, and has the distinction of being the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a...	Fifth Series	Fred Sturrock	1949	1949
Sandy's Magic Bagpipes Bagpipes Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1949	1950
The Invisible Giant	Second Series (unrelated to 1941 story)	Fred Sturrock	1949	1950
The Ticklish Tasks of Billy Barrel	First Series	George Drysdale	1950	1950
Bob in the Bottle	Second Series (Reprint of Jack in the Bottle)	Fred Sturrock	1950	1950
The Iron Fish	Second Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1950	1950
The Boy with the Wonder Horse	Fifth Series of Whistling Scythe	Fred Sturrock	1950	1950
Ting-A-Ling Bell	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1950	1950
The Wily Ways of Simple Simon Simple Simon Simple Simon may refer to:*Simple Simon , a nursery rhyme*Simple Simon , a Broadway musical*Simple Simon , a solitaire/patience card game*Simple Simon , a 2010 Swedish film...	First Series	George Drysdale	1950	1950
The Iron Fish	Third Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1950	1950
Tom Thumb Tom Thumb Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621, and has the distinction of being the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a...	Sixth Series	George Drysdale	1950	1950
The Bird Boy	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1950	1951
Bob in the Bottle	Third Series	Fred Sturrock	1951	1951
Tommy's Clockwork Town	First Series	Billy Holroyd	1951	1951
Granny Green	Third Series	George Ramsbottom	1951	1951
Jack of Clubs	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1951	1951
Smarty Smokey	First Series	James Clark	1951	1951
Red Rory of the Eagles	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1951	1951
Willie in the Lost World	First Series	James Clark	1951	1951
Goggo The Wizard in the Goldfish Bowl	First Series	David Law David Law David "Davey" Law was a Scottish cartoonist best known for creating Dennis the Menace and Beryl the Peril for Dundee publishers D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd ....	1951	1952
Sinbad the Sailor Sinbad the Sailor Sinbad the Sailor is a fictional sailor from Basrah, living during the Abbasid Caliphate – the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin...	Second Series	Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London....	1951	1952
Rolling Jones	First Series	James Clark	1952	1952
Mickey's Magic Bone	First Series	David Law David Law David "Davey" Law was a Scottish cartoonist best known for creating Dennis the Menace and Beryl the Peril for Dundee publishers D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd ....	1952	1952
Young Robin Hood Robin Hood Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1952	1952
Tommy's Clockwork Brother	Second Series (Sequel to Tommy's Clockwork Town)	Bill Holroyd	1952	1952
Little Noah's Ark	Third Series	Richard Baines	1952	1952
Smarty Smokey	Second Series	James Clark	1952	1952
TV Stevie The Boy on Hookey's Wrist	First Series	George Drysdale	1952	1952
Plucky Little Nellie Kelly	Second Series (Reworking of Plucky Little Nell)	James Clark	1952	1952
Catapult Jack	First Series	Jack Glass Jack Glass John Thomas Atkinson Glass, often known as Pastor Jack Glass or simply as Jack Glass , was a Scottish Protestant preacher, evangelicalist and political activist. Pastor Glass is most readily associated with his strong views on unionism in Northern Ireland, his anti-Catholic speeches and his...	1952	1952
The Boy on the Flying Trapeze	First Series	James Clark	1952	1953
In the Clutches of the Wicked Wilsons	Second Series (Reprint of Girl with the Golden Voice)	James Walker	1952	1953
Percy from the Pole Star Pole star The term "Pole Star" usually refers to Polaris, which is the current northern pole star, also known as the North Star.In general, however, a pole star is a visible star, especially a prominent one, that is approximately aligned with the Earth's axis of rotation; that is, a star whose apparent...	First Series	James Crighton	1953	1953
Cast-Iron Stan Circus Superman	First Series	Bill Holroyd	1953	1953
Mickey's Magic Bone	Second Series	George Drysdale	1953	1953
Nutty Nutty Nutty was a British comic that ran for 292 issues from 16 February 1980 to 14 September 1985, when it merged with The Dandy. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, Nutty was an attempt to create a more lively and chaotic comic compared to many on sale at the time. Its strips included:* Bananaman as...  the Coal Imp Imp An imp is a mythological being similar to a fairy or demon, frequently described in folklore and superstition. The word may perhaps derive from the term ympe, used to denote a young grafted tree.-Folklore:...	First Series	Bill Holroyd	1953	1954
The Magic Bottle	First Series	James Walker	1953	1953
Runaways with Grandad	First Series	James Walker	1953	1953
Smarty Smokey	Third Series	George Drysdale	1954	1954
Nutty Nutty Nutty was a British comic that ran for 292 issues from 16 February 1980 to 14 September 1985, when it merged with The Dandy. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, Nutty was an attempt to create a more lively and chaotic comic compared to many on sale at the time. Its strips included:* Bananaman as...  the Coal Imp Imp An imp is a mythological being similar to a fairy or demon, frequently described in folklore and superstition. The word may perhaps derive from the term ympe, used to denote a young grafted tree.-Folklore:...	Second Series	Bill Holroyd	1954	1954
Slave to the Talking Horse	Third Series (Sequel to Mickey's Magic Bone)	James Walker	1954	1954
The Spell of Geordie's Whistle	First Series	James Walker	1954	1955
Ace from Space	First Series	Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale Leo Baxendale is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips Little Plum , Minnie the Minx , The Bash Street Kids and The Three Bears .Leo Baxendale was at the end of his National Service days in the RAF, when he decided he...	1955	1955

List of Comic Idol

Comic Idol

Comic Idol is a competition held in The Beano every few years. In it, 3 to 6 new strips , run as guest strips in Beano for a few weeks, and the most popular, determined by votes, gets a permanent place in the Beano . See below for a full list of winners and the losing strips...

 Runners Up

The following is a list of comic strips which appeared in The Beano during a Comic Idol

Comic Idol

Comic Idol is a competition held in The Beano every few years. In it, 3 to 6 new strips , run as guest strips in Beano for a few weeks, and the most popular, determined by votes, gets a permanent place in the Beano . See below for a full list of winners and the losing strips...

 or similar competition but did not win. Many of these strips appeared in annuals and Gordon Bennet went on to appear in The Beano a few years after coming runner up in a Comic Idol competition. Even though these strips did not win a Comic Idol competition many of them lasted longer than a number of other Beano comic strips such as Alf Wit

Alf Wit

Alf Wit is a fictional character in a defunct comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, starting in 1947.Concerning the adventures of a caveman of the same name, his name being a play on the word halfwit, it is notable for being the first published work of artist Bill Holroyd, who would go on to...

 which only lasted two issues. Phone-a-Fiend and Space Kidette

Space Kidette

Space 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....

 are the only two strips on this list which appeared as one-offs.

Strip Title	Notes	Original Artist	Start Date	End Date
Minder Bird		Terry Willers	1995	1995
Sort Out Squad		Robert Nixon Robert Nixon (artist) Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally...	1995	1995
Chip - The Stone Age Boy		John Dallas	1995	1995
Have-A-Go Jo		David Mostyn David Mostyn General Sir Joseph David Frederick Mostyn KCB CBE is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:...	1997	1997
Camp Cosmos Camp Cosmos Camp 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...		John Geering John Geering John Keith Geering was a British cartoonist with a distinctive, occasionally flamboyant style, most famous for his work for DC Thomson comics including Sparky, The Topper, Cracker, Plug, Nutty, The Beano and The Dandy....	1997	1997
SYDD (Sneaky, Yucky, Dump Dweller)		David Mostyn David Mostyn General Sir Joseph David Frederick Mostyn KCB CBE is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:...	1997	1997
Trash Can Alley		Bob Dewar	1997	1997
Inspector Horse and Jocky Inspector Horse and Jocky Inspector Horse and Jocky was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, drawn by Terry Bave. The main character was a horse who was also a plain clothes police inspector. His name was an obvious pun on Inspector Morse. Jocky was the name of his human sidekick, a boy jockey who would ride on...		Terry Bave	1999	2000
Tricky Dicky Tricky Dicky (comics) Tricky Dicky was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Topper. Drawn by John Dallas, Dicky used to play practical jokes on people, but they usually managed to get the last laugh...		John Dallas John Dallas John Dewar Dallas was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Watsonians. Dallas played international rugby for Scotland but is more notable as a rugby referee, and controversially officiated the 1905 encounter between Wales and New Zealand, a match seen as one of...	1999	2000
Gordon Bennet		Jim Hansen	1999	2000
Space Kidette Space Kidette Space 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....	This strip was about an alien Extraterrestrial life Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...  whose spacecraft Spacecraft A spacecraft or spaceship is a craft or machine designed for spaceflight. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, planetary exploration and transportation of humans and cargo....  crash-landed on Earth Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets... . Only two strips ever appeared and they were in the same issue. It's premise was similiar to the later strip Zap Zodiac Zap Zodiac Zap 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... .	Robert Nixon Robert Nixon (artist) Robert Nixon was an artist who worked on several British comics.Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on July 7, 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally...	2002	2002
Phone-a-Fiend	The strip was about an organisation of the same name. The organisation consisted of a group of monsters that were hired to scare troublemakers into changing their ways. A similar strip appeared in the 2011 Beano Annual entitled Fiends Reunited Friends Reunited Friends Reunited is a portfolio of social networking websites based upon the themes of reunion with research , and job-hunting...  drawn by Nick Brennan Nick Brennan Nick Brennan is a British cartoonist who works mainly for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. He started drawing for the company in 1993, drawing a revival of Peter Piper From The Dandy, revived from The Magic Comic, but looking nothing like Watkins' creation, instead sporting an elvis-like hairdo and purple... .	Wayne Thompson	2002	2002
Dean's Dino	Second Series	Geoff Waterhouse	2004	2004
Christmas Carole Christmas Carole Christmas 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...		Keith Page	2005	2005
Hugh Dunnit Hugh Dunnit Hugh 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...		David Mostyn David Mostyn General Sir Joseph David Frederick Mostyn KCB CBE is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:...	2005	2005
Mia Starr		Duncan Scott	2006	2006
Scammin' Sam		Steve Horrocks	2006	2006
Uh Oh Si Co		Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.-Biography:...	2010	2010
Home Invasion Home Invasion 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 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...		David Sutherland David Sutherland David Sutherland is an artist with DC Thomson, responsible for The Bash Street Kids , Dennis the Menace for The Beano, Fred's Bed and the second version of Jak for The Dandy in the early 2000s...	2010	2010

See also

• The Beano
  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...
  
  
• List of Beano comic strips by annual
• 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...
  
  
• List of Dandy comic strips

External links

• http://www.paulmorris.co.uk/beano/index2.htm An outdated and incomplete list of beano comic strips.
• http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2061 A list of the 100 longest running Beano comic strips.