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The Beano

The current logo
Publisher D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
Schedule Weekly
Format Children's
Editor(s) Alan Digby
For other uses, see Beano. D C Thomson & Co Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing Oor Wullie, The Broons

The Beano comic is a long-running British children's comic, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee, Scotland in the United Kingdom. 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 D C Thomson & Co Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing Oor Wullie, The Broons Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

The comic first appeared in 1938 and was published weekly, during the Second World War, The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks due to paper and ink rationing. The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom. Rationing is the controlled distribution of resources and scarce goods or services D. C. Thomson's other publications also suffered with the Oor Wullie and The Broons annuals falling victim to paper and ink shortages. Oor Wullie is a Scottish Comic strip published in the D C Thomson & Co The Broons is a comic strip within The Sunday Post newspaper which is published by D Paper and ink supplies were fully restored shortly after the end of hostilities and weekly publication of The Beano and The Dandy soon followed. As of 2007, over 3000 issues have been published. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1] The Beano is currently edited by Alan Digby, who replaced Euan Kerr in summer 2006. Euan Kerr now edits the BeanoMAX, a version of the Beano for older people.

Its iconic characters such as Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, and The Bash Street Kids have become known to generations of British children. Earlier generations will remember other notable characters which have been phased out, such as Lord Snooty and Biffo.

The comics were distributed in some of the British colonies or former colonies as well. Because they were sent by seamail, they would go on sale some weeks after the date shown on the cover.

Contents

Strips

Further information: List of Beano comic strips

A number of strips in the comic have run for a very long time. Current strips Ball Boy by Dave Eastbury The Bash Street Kids drawn by David Sutherland and Nigel Parkinson The longest-running strip in the comic as of 2006 is Dennis the Menace. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Dennis the Menace (known as Dennis the Menace and Gnasher since 1970 is a long-running Comic strip featured in The Beano Dennis first appeared in 1951, where he was billed "The World's Wildest Boy". [2] The previous holder of this title was Lord Snooty, drawn by Dudley D Watkins, which appeared in the very first issue, but disappeared from the comic in 1990. Lord Snooty (or Lord Snooty and his Pals) was a Fictional character in a Comic strip in the UK comic The Beano Dudley Dexter Watkins ( February 27, 1907 - August 20, 1969) was an English Cartoonist and Illustrator. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Other famous strips include The Bash Street Kids created by Leo Baxendale, and Minnie the Minx, and Roger the Dodger created by Ken Reid. The Bash Street Kids is an ongoing Comic strip that features in the UK comic The Beano. Leo Baxendale (born October 27, 1930 in Preston Lancashire is a British Cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano Minnie the Minx is a Fictional character in a Comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. For the NFL Quarterback, see Roger Staubach. Roger the Dodger is a Fictional character in a Comic strip in Ken Reid ( 18 December 1919 - 2 February 1987) was a British comic artist and writer Dennis the Menace's famous 'red and black' jersey had formed the colours of a few of the Beano characters' clothes (Minnie the Minx had the exact same top, Ball Boy's strip was a vertical red and black, Roger the Dodger has a chessboard design top and Danny (from the Bash Street Kids) has a similar cap) but the colours have changed for Minnie and Ball Boy (Minnie at one point had a red and yellow top and Ball Boy's strip now being black and blue).

There are frequent fictional crossovers between The Beano and Dennis and Gnasher, with most of the characters living in the fictional Beanotown. A fictional crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete Fictional characters, settings or universes into the context of a single Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Many of the comic strips in The Dandy are drawn by the same artists, and crossovers between the two comics and The Beano also occur occasionally. The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom. Quite often, one comic will make a tongue-in-cheek jibe at the other (e. g. a character meeting an elderly lady, and stating that she's 'older than the jokes in The Dandy'). In the strips, it is expressed that the two towns are rivals with each other and before The Dandy did a drastic format change they had an embassy in Beanotown which many of the town's citizens attempted to overrun, but failed (the embassy had no existence in The Beano).

The Bash Street Kids Adventures written and drawn by Kev F Sutherland since 2004 have featured parodies of famous comic strip images, including Amazing Fantasy's first Spider-Man cover, Action Comics' first Superman cover, and most recently the cover of X Men #100. The Bash Street Kids is an ongoing Comic strip that features in the UK comic The Beano. Kev F Sutherland is a comedian and Comic strip creator who works for the UK comic The Beano. Amazing Fantasy was a Comic book Anthology series published by Marvel Comics. Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Action Comics is an American Comic book series which introduced Superman, the first major Superhero character as the term Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Sutherland created the rival schools to Bash Street, St Posho's and St Asbo's. He also revived old characters from the archives including Biffo the Bear, Keyhole Kate, Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter, and Desert Island Dick. Biffo the Bear was a Fictional character who had his own Comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter was a Comic strip in The Beano, featuring Pansy Potter a really strong girl

Publication information

An old cover of The Beano
An old cover of The Beano

The Beano comic takes its name from the English word beano which can be loosely interpreted as a good time. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States [3]

The first edition of The Beano was dated 30 July 1938,[1] and the 3000th issue was published in January 2000. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [2] It continues as of 2008. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common There are only 12 known copies of the first issue in existence, and only 5 known copies of the second issue (not including facsimiles).

A copy of this first issue sold for £12,100 on 16 March 2004 , which was at the time thought to be the highest price ever paid for a British comic at an auction. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " "Auctioneer" redirects here For the DC Comics supervillain see Auctioneer (comics. [4] The current highest price is £20,350 which was paid for the first issue of The Dandy on 7 September 2004. The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Beano is also the second longest running comic, the first being The Dandy, which is also published by the same publisher. Because the Dandy is now fortnightly, in terms of number of issues, The Beano will overtake the Dandy in January 2009.

Editors

Euan Kerr was editor from 1984 until he handed over to Alan Digby in early 2006. Alan had been Beano Chief Sub Editor when Euan first became editor, and later edited The Beezer. The Beezer (called The Beezer and Topper for the last 3 years of publication was a British comic that ran from (issues dates 21 January Euan has returned to edit BeanoMAX as of issue 2 (see below).

Sister comics

Since 1982 the comic, along with The Dandy, has also run "Comic Library" titles. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Released monthly, these titles are a feature length (usually about 64 page) adventure, featuring a character from the comic itself. They are available in A5 size only. In 1998, these were replaced by the Fun Size Beano, which still runs today, although they became reprints in 2006. The Fun Size Beano and Fun Size Dandy are children's comics published four times Monthly by DC Thomson and Co The comic also ran A4-sized "Beano Specials" in the early 1990s, which later were renamed "Beano Superstars". These were similar to the Comic Library series. The last few issues were printed versions of episodes from the 1996-1998 Dennis and Gnasher animated TV series.

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

On 15 February 2007, the first issue of a monthly sister comic entitled BeanoMAX was published. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The sister comic features many of the same characters, however the stories in the sister comic are written in a longer format aimed for 8-13 year olds. The first issue was a Comic Relief special featuring assorted celebrity guests. Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention

Trivia

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Issue dates of British comics, page retrieved 30 March 2007
  2. ^ a b Dennis the Menace by Mark Oliver. The Beano Summer Special is like the Beano with extra comic strips which as its name suggest was release during the summer months and cost more than the regular comics The Beano Annual is the current name of the Book that has been published every year since 1939, to tie in with the children's comic Plug was a British comic that ran for 76 issues from 24 September 1977 until 24 February 1979, when it merged The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom. Not to be confused with the unrelated 1970s Magic comic The Magic Comic was the ill fated third comic to The Beano and Leo Baxendale (born October 27, 1930 in Preston Lancashire is a British Cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano Dudley Dexter Watkins ( February 27, 1907 - August 20, 1969) was an English Cartoonist and Illustrator. Comics and magazines These comics and magazines are or were published by D List of magazines published in Scotland is an incomplete list of Magazines and comics published in Scotland. A British comic is a periodical published in the United Kingdom that contains comic strips Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" The Guardian, Wednesday March 14, 2001. Page retrieved 30 March 2007.
  3. ^ For further discussion of the origin of this word, see The Meaning Of Beano
  4. ^ £12,000 Record Beano, page retrieved 30 March 2007
  5. ^ Lyrics To "Riviera Hustle"

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