Jonah was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, drawn by Ken Reid. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative The Beano comic is a long-running British children's comic, published by D Ken Reid ( 18 December 1919 - 2 February 1987) was a British comic artist and writer It first appeared in issue 817, dated 15 March 1958. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The title character- a sailor and a skinny, gormless, chinless wonder- was feared by all other mariners owing to the fact that he would (accidentally) sink every ship he sailed on (and often all other vessels in the neighbourhood to boot). A ship /ʃɪp/ is a large vessel that floats on water Ships are generally distinguished from Boats based on size In one episode he started a war between the nations of Gorgonzolia and Parafinalia and this resulted in the utter destruction of the combined fleets of both countries (a possible reference to the Cold War). Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The strip ran until issue 1090, dated 8 June 1963, when he unintentionally flooded Sludgeport Museum. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Punch and Jimmy took over Jonah's page as from the following week.
Jonah returned 30 years later in 1993, albeit this time in The Dandy. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom. Here he met the captain of the Ragworm's Revenge, Timmy Fogg (nicknamed 'Thick' Fogg) and obtained a magic earring, which if pulled would turn him into a monster-like man. Earrings are jewelry attached to the ear through a piercing in the Earlobe or some other external part of the ear (except in the case of clip earrings A monster is any of a large number of Legendary creatures which usually appear in Mythology, Legend, or Horror fiction. The strip continued in The Dandy for a few years afterwards. The revival was drawn by Keith Robson, Ken Reid having passed away by this point.
In the 1980s, Jonah appeared in several Beano Comic Libraries, meeting The Topper's Puss 'n' Boots twice. Ironically, they also joined The Dandy in 1993!
Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Horses was sometimes referred to as 'Jonah' due to his less than distinguished naval career. "Uncle Albert" was also a term used to describe Coronation Street character Albert Tatlock. Only Fools and Horses is a British Television sitcom, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC
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