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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British weekly children's comic magazine</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote 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For other topics, see <a href="/wiki/Beano_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Beano (disambiguation)">Beano (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox hproduct"><caption class="infobox-title fn"><i>The Beano</i></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Beano_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/The_Beano_logo.svg/180px-The_Beano_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="43" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/The_Beano_logo.svg/270px-The_Beano_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/The_Beano_logo.svg/360px-The_Beano_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="71" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TheBeano_Issue1678.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/TheBeano_Issue1678.png/180px-TheBeano_Issue1678.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/TheBeano_Issue1678.png 1.5x" data-file-width="264" data-file-height="377" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><i>The Beano</i> issue 1678, cover dated 14 September 1974, the first appearance of <a href="/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_and_Gnasher" title="Dennis the Menace and Gnasher">Dennis the Menace and Gnasher</a> on the front cover.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chief-Editor</th><td class="infobox-data">John Anderson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former editors</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="#Chief_Editor_history">See list</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Staff writers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="#Notable_artists">See list</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Categories</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anthology_comic" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthology comic">Anthology comic</a>, Children's humour</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">Weekly</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/R._D._Low" title="R. D. Low">R. D. Low</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First issue</th><td class="infobox-data">30 July 1938<span class="noprint">; 86 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1938-07-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/DC_Thomson" title="DC Thomson">DC Thomson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://beano.com">beano<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28686914">28686914</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Beano</b></i> (formerly <i><b>The Beano Comic</b></i>) is a British <a href="/wiki/Anthology_comic" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthology comic">anthology comic</a> magazine created by Scottish publishing company <a href="/wiki/DC_Thomson" title="DC Thomson">DC Thomson</a>. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938,<sup id="cite_ref-issue1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issue1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it published its 4000th issue in August 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-issue4k_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issue4k-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Popular and well-known comic strips and characters include <i><a href="/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_and_Gnasher" title="Dennis the Menace and Gnasher">Dennis the Menace</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Minnie_the_Minx" title="Minnie the Minx">Minnie the Minx</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bash_Street_Kids" title="The Bash Street Kids">The Bash Street Kids</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Roger_the_Dodger" title="Roger the Dodger">Roger the Dodger</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Billy_Whizz" title="Billy Whizz">Billy Whizz</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Snooty" title="Lord Snooty">Lord Snooty</a> and His Pals</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ivy_the_Terrible" title="Ivy the Terrible">Ivy the Terrible</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/General_Jumbo" title="General Jumbo">General Jumbo</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jonah_(comics)" title="Jonah (comics)">Jonah</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Biffo_the_Bear" title="Biffo the Bear">Biffo the Bear</a></i>. </p><p><i>The Beano</i> was planned as a pioneering children's magazine that contained mostly comic strips, in the style of American newspaper <a href="/wiki/Gag-a-day" title="Gag-a-day">gag-a-days</a>, as opposed to the more text story based <a href="/wiki/Story_paper" title="Story paper">Story papers</a> that were immensely popular before the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. In the present, its legacy is its misbehaving characters, escapist tales and anarchic humour with an audience of all ages. <i>Beano</i> is a multimedia franchise with spin-off books and Christmas annuals, a website, theme park rides, games, cartoon adaptations, and a production company. </p><p><i>The Beano</i> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_comic_series#Comic_magazines" title="List of best-selling comic series">best-selling comic magazine</a> outside Japan, having sold over 2 billion copies since its inception, and is the world’s longest-running comic magazine, having been run on a weekly basis since 1938, alongside its sister comic <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dandy" title="The Dandy">The Dandy</a></i> until 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It has had three characters as the mascot throughout the years: <a href="/wiki/Big_Eggo" title="Big Eggo">Big Eggo</a> (1938–1948), <a href="/wiki/Biffo_the_Bear" title="Biffo the Bear">Biffo the Bear</a> (1948–1974), and the current, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_and_Gnasher" title="Dennis the Menace and Gnasher">Dennis the Menace and Gnasher</a> (1974–present). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creation_(1920s–1939)"><span id="Creation_.281920s.E2.80.931939.29"></span>Creation (1920s–1939)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Creation (1920s–1939)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout the 1920s, <a href="/wiki/DC_Thomson" title="DC Thomson">DC Thomson</a> dominated the British comics industry. Dubbed "<a href="/wiki/British_boys%27_magazines#The_Big_Five_(Tuppenny_Bloods)" title="British boys' magazines">the big five</a>", the publisher's most successful comics were <i>Adventure</i> (1921),<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rover_(story_paper)" title="The Rover (story paper)">The Rover</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wizard_(DC_Thomson)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Wizard (DC Thomson)">The Wizard</a></i> (1922),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Skipper</i> (1930)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hotspur" title="The Hotspur">The Hotspur</a></i> (1933).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These were weekly issued <a href="/wiki/British_boys%27_magazines" title="British boys' magazines">boys' magazines</a> for preteen males, containing anthologies by DC Thomson's creator staff designed in various formats and genres. They became popular throughout the United Kingdom, notably in English industrial cities,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> helped through the company's ability to view sales and promotions in the areas much more easily than the rival publishers in London.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although many were about "super men" the young readers could idolise,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the rest of the stories would be comic strips inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Gag-a-day" title="Gag-a-day">gag-a-day</a> strips in American newspapers full of stylised characters, slapstick and puns. </p><p>Overseeing the magazines was the Managing Editor of Children's Publications, <a href="/wiki/R._D._Low" title="R. D. Low">R. D. Low</a>, who first joined the company in 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201814_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201814-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Almost a decade into the big five's success, the stories shifted to comedic and included more comic strips,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200812_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200812-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which gave Low an idea of creating a new "big five" which focused on the funnies more than drama. The suggestion was approved; editors Bill Blain and (sub-editor) Albert Barnes of <i>The Wizard</i> and <i>The Hotspur</i>, respectively, joined Low's project.<sup id="cite_ref-BD_fan_club,_p._4_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BD_fan_club,_p._4-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new team placed a newspaper advertisement into <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> asking for artists and/or comic ideas.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''20187_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''20187-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the help of the advertisement responses and employed artists at DC Thomson, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dandy" title="The Dandy">The Dandy</a></i> was published in 1937,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the New Big Five's first member.<sup id="cite_ref-BD_fan_club,_p._4_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BD_fan_club,_p._4-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For <i>The Beano</i> (initially called "The Beano Comic" until issue 412),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008315_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008315-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Low received comic strip suggestions by <a href="/wiki/Reg_Carter" title="Reg Carter">Reg Carter</a>, an English illustrator in <a href="/wiki/Sussex" title="Sussex">Sussex</a> who had created funnies for several British comics and designed humorous postcards.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''20187_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''20187-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After an in-person interview, Low and Carter planned the front cover for <i>The Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> first issue, eventually creating the character <a href="/wiki/Big_Eggo" title="Big Eggo">Big Eggo</a> (originally named Oswald the Ostrich).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''20188–9_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''20188–9-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It would be in colour whilst the inside of the magazine would be black and white,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a tactic used for <i>The Dandy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> first issue (black and white stories inside, colourful <a href="/wiki/Korky_the_Cat" title="Korky the Cat">Korky the Cat</a> strip on the front).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201810_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201810-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joining the <i>Big Eggo</i> strip would be many funnies, such as Hugh McNeill's <i><a href="/wiki/Ping_the_Elastic_Man" title="Ping the Elastic Man">Ping the Elastic Man</a></i>, James Jewell's <i><a href="/wiki/Wee_Peem" title="Wee Peem">Wee Peem</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Allan_Morley" title="Allan Morley">Allan Morley</a>'s <i>Big Fat Joe</i>, Eric Roberts' <i>Rip Van Wink</i>, <a href="/wiki/Dudley_D._Watkins" title="Dudley D. Watkins">Dudley D. Watkins</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Snooty" title="Lord Snooty">Lord Snooty</a> and His Pals</i>, and <a href="/wiki/Roland_Davies_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roland Davies (comics)">Roland Davies</a>' <i>Contrary Mary</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008304–305_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008304–305-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the aim to make a new comic series full of American-inspired comic strips, <i>The Beano</i> also contained short stories, <a href="/wiki/Serial_(literature)" title="Serial (literature)">serial fiction</a> and adventure stories similar to the Big Five's magazines; <i><a href="/wiki/Morgyn_the_Mighty" title="Morgyn the Mighty">Morgyn the Mighty</a></i> was previously in <i>The Rover</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Morgyn_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgyn-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Tin-Can_Tommy" title="Tin-Can Tommy">Tin-Can Tommy</a></i> and <i>Brave Captain Kipper</i> were reprints, co-produced by the Italian art agency Torelli Bros.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008304–305_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008304–305-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Worth 2<a href="/wiki/Shilling_(British_coin)" title="Shilling (British coin)">d</a> with a free prize of a "whoopee mask", issue 1 of <i>The Beano</i> was released on 26 July 1938 for the 30th,<sup id="cite_ref-issue1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issue1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> selling roughly 443,000 copies.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201812_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201812-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like <i>The Dandy</i>, its name is from a Low-led DC Thomson office party called The DB Club (The <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dandy" class="extiw" title="wikt:dandy">Dandy</a> <a href="/wiki/Bean-feast" title="Bean-feast">Beano</a> Club).<sup id="cite_ref-BD_fan_club,_p._4_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BD_fan_club,_p._4-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DC Thomson had several office party clubs that hosted different types of staff gatherings to choose from (e.g. The Prancers would hike hills), but Low's DB Club preferred playing golf and dining throughout Dundee. The two magazines also followed the one-word titles of other comics by rival companies, such as <a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Press" title="Amalgamated Press">Amalgamated Press</a>' <i>Crackers</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Sparkler</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Puck</i><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some books from its <i><a href="/wiki/Union_Jack_(magazine)" title="Union Jack (magazine)">Union Jack</a></i> series (<i><a href="/wiki/Halfpenny_Marvel" title="Halfpenny Marvel">The Marvel</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magnet" title="The Magnet">The Magnet</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gem" title="The Gem">The Gem</a></i>);<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Target Publications' <i>Chuckler</i>, <i>Rattler</i> and <i>Dazzler</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-BD_fan_club,_p._4_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BD_fan_club,_p._4-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Beano</i> editor-in-chief was George Moonie, former sub-editor of <i>The Wizard</i>, who would be editor until the summer of 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201824_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201824-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later explained DC Thomson was a competitive company that wanted to make the best children's literature in the United Kingdom, but there was also competition within itself as <i>Beano</i> offices was determined to beat <i>The Dandy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> popularity.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201824_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201824-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_Two,_reaching_million_sales_(1939–1945)"><span id="World_War_Two.2C_reaching_million_sales_.281939.E2.80.931945.29"></span>World War Two, reaching million sales (1939–1945)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War Two, reaching million sales (1939–1945)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Drastic changes occurred behind the scenes of <i>The Beano</i> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>: George Moonie and editing partner Ron Fraser left to join the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Air Force</a> respectively, both not returning until c. 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008306_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008306-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stuart Gilchrist became sole editor-in-chief after Moonie's other sub-editor Freddie Simpson became ill and resigned. Contact was also lost with Torelli Bros. so in-house creations of <i>Tin-Can Tommy</i> began from issue 69 by Sam Fair.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008305_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008305-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paper <a href="/wiki/Rationing" title="Rationing">rationing</a> caused the rest of Low's New Big Five to be cancelled<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201814_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201814-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (it stopped at three published, the third member being <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magic_Comic" title="The Magic Comic">The Magic Comic</a></i> (1939), which ended with 80 issues in 1941),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200844_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200844-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>The Beano</i> to fluctuate its page count instead of its usual 28.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, <i>The Beano</i> became a <a href="/wiki/Fortnight" title="Fortnight">fortnightly</a> magazine (alternating with <a href="/wiki/The_Dandy" title="The Dandy">The Dandy</a> comic) until 23 July 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008313_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008313-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Comic strips would encourage readers to help their parents and other adults with the war effort, and to be optimistic about the war's outcome. New comic strips mocked <a href="/wiki/Mussolini" class="mw-redirect" title="Mussolini">Mussolini</a><sup id="cite_ref-Mussolini_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mussolini-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and propagandist <a href="/wiki/William_Joyce" title="William Joyce">William Joyce</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Lord Snooty and His Pals</i> stories would be about the protagonists outsmarting the <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis</a> leaders,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other stories would be about characters <a href="/wiki/Recycling" title="Recycling">recycling</a> paper.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200822–23_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200822–23-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Big Eggo</i> front covers were often about Eggo pranking <a href="/wiki/Servicemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Servicemen">servicemen</a> during <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">the Blitz</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200872–73_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200872–73-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Pansy_Potter" title="Pansy Potter">Pansy Potter</a> received a medal for single-handedly capturing a Nazi <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200875_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200875-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Issue 192 would debut a 16-part prose story about a boy and his mother being <a href="/wiki/Evacuations_of_civilians_in_Britain_during_World_War_II" title="Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II">evacuated</a> to the United States and becoming the enemy of a <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> gangster's widow.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Issues published weekly every Tuesday in 1938,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008304_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008304-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and when the magazine changed distribution to every two weeks, the day remained unchanged.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008304–312_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008304–312-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From issue 366, the day changed to Friday until issue 375 which began the Thursday publication day schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008313_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008313-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_changes_(1945–1988)"><span id="Post-war_changes_.281945.E2.80.931988.29"></span>Post-war changes (1945–1988)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-war changes (1945–1988)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>December 1945 marked a milestone: issue 272 became the first <i>Beano</i> issue to sell over a million copies.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201819_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201819-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The end of the war also ushered in a new era for the comic, debuting <a href="/wiki/Superhero" title="Superhero">superhero</a> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Flash" title="Jack Flash">Jack Flash</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the debut of <a href="/wiki/Biffo_the_Bear" title="Biffo the Bear">Biffo the Bear</a> as new cover star and a new generation of trouble-making kids: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_(Beano_Character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis the Menace (Beano Character)">Dennis the Menace</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Minnie_the_Minx" title="Minnie the Minx">Minnie the Minx</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Bash_Street_Kids" title="The Bash Street Kids">The Bash Street Kids</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_the_Dodger" title="Roger the Dodger">Roger the Dodger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DC Thomson also introduced new comic magazines like <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beezer" title="The Beezer">The Beezer</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Topper_(comics)" title="The Topper (comics)">The Topper</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that a few <i>Beano</i> artists also created characters and stories for.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008115_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008115-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the war saw a drift away from text stories and adventure comics, with the last text story published in 1955; adventure comics lasted longer with 1975 being the last year to feature them as <i><a href="/wiki/General_Jumbo" title="General Jumbo">General Jumbo</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> eighth series drew to a close in issue 1734.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>George Moonie resigned as editor-in-chief in 1959 to develop comics for girls.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201824_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201824-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sub-editor of <i>The Beezer</i> Harry Cramond succeeded Moonie until retiring in 1984, described as the most influential editor in <i>The Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> history.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201836_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201836-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He oversaw new merchandising, high sales,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008231_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008231-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the thousandth<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and two thousandth issues.<sup id="cite_ref-issue2000_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issue2000-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DC Thomson's <i>Beano</i> offices featured on documentary television and Cramond's successor Euan Kerr guest-starred on television for the magazine's 50th anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201846_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201846-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Move_to_full_colour_(1988–present)"><span id="Move_to_full_colour_.281988.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Move to full colour (1988–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Move to full colour (1988–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="#Merchandise">§ Merchandise</a></div> <p><i>The Beano</i> began to advertise outside of DC Thomson's products in 1988 in order to keep both it and <i>The Dandy</i> "<a href="/wiki/Allowance_(money)#Children" title="Allowance (money)">pocket money</a>" cheap,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008249_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008249-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> beginning with issue 2407.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Issue 2674 in 1993 was the first issue to feature every page in colour.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A notable revamp was the 50th birthday issue, which had an abnormally larger page count with more coloured sections and printed on wider sheets. A decade later, issues gained eight extra pages with computer-based art. In the 21st century, there were seven changes within a five-year span: logo updates, fonts assigned for certain design roles,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the magazine started using glossy paper. </p><p>From issue 3442 in 2008 (and as of 2020), the day the comic was released was changed to Wednesday.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outside of the magazine, <i>Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s brand expanded into a multimedia franchise. Theme park tie-ins, a website, spin-off magazines, and animated television programmes starring the popular comic characters (several for Dennis the Menace) became common, keeping <i>The Beano</i> in popular culture. The turn of the millennium began a sales decline and led to friendly rival <i>The Dandy</i> being discontinued in 2012. Eventually, <i>The Beano</i> recovered after the creation of its magazine subscription service, which also shipped internationally. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stories">Stories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Stories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Beano_comic_strips" title="List of Beano comic strips">List of Beano comic strips</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jimmy_and_the_Magic_Patch_adventure_strip_comic_scan_example.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Panel 11 of issue 272's Jimmy and His Magic Patch story: drawing of a schoolboy in his school uniform standing by the front window of a pet shop, looking sympathetically at mice playing with a spinning hamster wheel inside the shop. Underneath is a paragraph explaining he had travelled back to the present and is telling the mice playing with the wheel "I know how you feel!"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Jimmy_and_the_Magic_Patch_adventure_strip_comic_scan_example.jpeg/250px-Jimmy_and_the_Magic_Patch_adventure_strip_comic_scan_example.jpeg" decoding="async" width="250" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/Jimmy_and_the_Magic_Patch_adventure_strip_comic_scan_example.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="301" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_and_his_Magic_Patch" title="Jimmy and his Magic Patch">Jimmy and his Magic Patch</a></i> was a popular <a href="/wiki/Text_comics" title="Text comics">text comic adventure</a> that would have eight series (three of them reprints) between 1944 and 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008310,_327_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008310,_327-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Plots and dialogue are written into a script by an (often) uncredited DC Thomson writer, a formerly common practice for DC Thomson magazines.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Uncredited artists assigned to a strip(s) will design all its stories into a "series" that the chief editor will arrange into an order to publish for each issue.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008304–337_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008304–337-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-si_co_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si_co-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Strips are sometimes ghostwritten by other artists who imitate the original designer's style,<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is helpful if artists retire or die unexpectedly, otherwise the strip is discontinued.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008292_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008292-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "When I started I was drawing two pages a week and thinking 'Phew, that's quite a lot'. Now I do 10 or 12 pages a week. You have to do more all the time to stay where you are," explained <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Parkinson" title="Nigel Parkinson">Nigel Parkinson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kids_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kids-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From March 2016, authors and illustrators are now credited in issues.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There have been over a thousand stories throughout the magazine's history told through various ways. Since November 1975,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008210_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008210-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the magazine has contained only comic strips in the style of American newspaper "funnies", but it began with other genres. The last genre to leave <i>Beano</i> was <a href="/wiki/Adventure_story" class="mw-redirect" title="Adventure story">adventure stories</a>: short tales eleven-pictures long in <a href="/wiki/Text_comics" title="Text comics">text comics</a> format. The stories were either dramatic or <a href="/wiki/Dramedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Dramedy">dramedies</a>, but heavily featured hobbies and interests young boys had (war and the military,<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jum_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jum-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hunting, sailing,<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> jungle men).<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also stood out because the illustrations of backgrounds, animals and human characters were <a href="/wiki/Photorealistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Photorealistic">photorealistic</a>. Although artists like <a href="/wiki/Dudley_D._Watkins" title="Dudley D. Watkins">Dudley D. Watkins</a> drew for a few series, the most prolific illustrator was Irish artist <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Brennan" title="Paddy Brennan">Paddy Brennan</a>, who notably drew for <i>The Daring Deeds of <a href="/wiki/Sinbad_the_Sailor" title="Sinbad the Sailor">Sinbad the Sailor</a></i>, <i>Red Rory of the Eagles</i><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/General_Jumbo" title="General Jumbo">General Jumbo</a></i> in the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008138–140_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008138–140-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Comic adventure stories were a hybrid: adventure stories presented as a comic strip. </p><p>Prose stories were a page of text with an illustration at the top. Some stories were about animals with artwork by former Big Five illustrator<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200850_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200850-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richard "Toby" Baines,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the longest-running prose character in the magazine's history was Prince Ivor, who first starred in <i>Follow the Secret Hand</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-king_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-king-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last prose story to appear was <i>Ace From Space</i> in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-Ace_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ace-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although comic strips have featured in <i>The Beano</i> since issue 1, their contents has changed throughout. Anthropomorphic animals were common stars that would partake in human activities,<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the punchlines occurred from the failures to do so. Misbehaving children showed most popular with <i>Lord Snooty and His Pals</i> becoming the first longest-running strip when it concluded in 1991, but the most well known that continue to appear in issues are <i>Dennis the Menace</i>, <i>Minnie the Minx</i>, <i>The Bash Street Kids</i>, and <i>Roger the Dodger</i>. Some adult-starring characters also misbehaved but they were usually portrayed as incompetent, notably <a href="/wiki/Jonah_(comics)" title="Jonah (comics)">Jonah</a>. In the late 20th century, merging comic strip characters in the same vicinity became common in the franchise, such as the video game <i>Beanotown Racing</i>, but characters living together in "Beanotown" became a prominent feature of comic strips into the present.<sup id="cite_ref-Beanotown1_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beanotown1-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beanotown2_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beanotown2-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to the initial target audience of <i>The Beano</i> being schoolboys, masculine interests, hobbies, and values dominated issues constantly. Aside from aforementioned adventure stories and comedic characters, there were cowboys,<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> aliens,<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ace_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ace-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> kings,<sup id="cite_ref-king_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-king-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the supernatural,<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> fantasy creatures<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (and talking animals), and men whose lifestyle<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or jobs<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> require physical strength (despite the story making their careers incidental). <i>The Beano</i> alternated between mocking or idolising these characters through story formats; wealthy characters causing mischief, caring about their families<sup id="cite_ref-king_103-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-king-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or being shown underprivileged lives made the working-class audience relate and sympathise with them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201811_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201811-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Female characters were usually supporting a male character, joint protagonist with a male character,<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the antagonist. Prose stories starring girls and women were about the protagonist searching out the truth to a secret, usually over a friend's/family disappearance,<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or they were <a href="/wiki/Witches" class="mw-redirect" title="Witches">witches</a> cursing or tormenting the male protagonists.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Female comic characters were also in supporting roles with or join-protagonist with a male character, but the starring characters notably had binary stereotypical traits: drawn as tall and flowy, <i>Swanky, Lanky Liz</i> is obsessed with fashion and makeup and acts vain and snobbish, whereas <a href="/wiki/Pansy_Potter" title="Pansy Potter">Pansy Potter</a>, Minnie the Minx and Toots from <i>The Bash Street Kids</i> share the round-faced and snub-nosed art style of the boys in their stories and are unruly <a href="/wiki/Tomboy" title="Tomboy">tomboys</a> (in Pansy Potter's case, showcases the strength she inherited from her father). <a href="/wiki/Non-White" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-White">Non-White</a> characters starred in their stories either set in Africa,<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asia,<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or South America, or were about the character adapting to a new life in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stories used to vary in length and layout, but in 2012, <i>The Beano</i> debuted a chapter called Funsize Funnies where shorter comic strips shared some pages. In some instances, these extremely short strips were brand new (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stunt_Gran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stunt Gran (page does not exist)">Stunt Gran</a></i>, <i>BamBeanos</i>, <i>BSK CCTV</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Gnash Gnews</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Winston</i>), but others were tiny reboots of older comic strips that the new audience could not recall reading before. Quiet reboots included <i><a href="/wiki/Simply_Smiffy" title="Simply Smiffy">Simply Smiffy</a></i> (cancelled 1987),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008235_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008235-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Rasher_(comics)" title="Rasher (comics)">Rasher</a></i> (cancelled 1995),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008235_133-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008235-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Plum" title="Little Plum">Little Plum</a></i> (cancelled 2007),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008340_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008340-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Les_Pretend" title="Les Pretend">Les Pretend</a></i> (cancelled 2007),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008338_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008338-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Baby_Face_Finlayson" title="Baby Face Finlayson">Baby Face Finlayson</a></i> (cancelled 2005),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008337_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008337-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Biffo_the_Bear" title="Biffo the Bear">Biffo the Bear</a></i> (cancelled 1999),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008337_140-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008337-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Pansy_Potter" title="Pansy Potter">Pansy Potter</a></i> (cancelled 1993),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008337_140-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008337-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Snooty" title="Lord Snooty">Lord Snooty</a></i> (cancelled 1991).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crossovers">Crossovers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Crossovers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Classics_from_the_Comics" title="Classics from the Comics">Classics from the Comics</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beano_comic_characters%27_cameo_in_80th_anniversary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Beano_comic_characters%27_cameo_in_80th_anniversary.jpg/220px-Beano_comic_characters%27_cameo_in_80th_anniversary.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Beano_comic_characters%27_cameo_in_80th_anniversary.jpg/330px-Beano_comic_characters%27_cameo_in_80th_anniversary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Beano_comic_characters%27_cameo_in_80th_anniversary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="422" data-file-height="236" /></a><figcaption>The 80th-anniversary comic memorably features characters from the first issue and the rest of 1938. <b>Left to right:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wee_Peem" title="Wee Peem">Wee Peem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tin-Can_Tommy" title="Tin-Can Tommy">Tin-Can Tommy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pansy_Potter" title="Pansy Potter">Pansy Potter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Snooty" title="Lord Snooty">Lord Snooty</a>, and Big Fat Joe.</figcaption></figure> <p><i>The Beano</i> allows its characters from different strips to interact with each other. Reprinting old stories or redistributing characters into other magazines is common throughout DC Thomson's history, as if the stories are set in the <a href="/wiki/Shared_universe" title="Shared universe">same universe</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Snooty" title="Lord Snooty">Lord Snooty</a></i> series discontinued old characters and replaced them with <i>Beano</i> strip characters of the past;<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Dennis the Menace</i> featured in DC Thomson's <i>Champ</i> magazine in the mid-1980s and <i>The Weekly News</i> tabloid-magazine for four years in the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008316_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008316-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Morgyn the Mighty</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Tricky_Dicky_(Topper)" title="Tricky Dicky (Topper)">Tricky Dicky</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Bananaman" title="Bananaman">Bananaman</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Corporal_Clott" title="Corporal Clott">Corporal Clott</a></i> were stories previously from <i>The Rover</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Morgyn_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgyn-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Topper</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Nutty</i><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>The Dandy</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> respectively, whereas one of <a href="/wiki/Gnasher" title="Gnasher">Gnasher</a>'s puppies had her own strip in <i>The Beezer and Topper</i><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Jackie_(magazine)" title="Jackie (magazine)"><i>Jackie</i> magazine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201867_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201867-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anniversary_issues">Anniversary issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Anniversary issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Along with guest editors, anniversary issues are frequently contained with crossovers. The 2000th issue had the "Hall of Fame" strip which showed framed portraits of characters from the past,<sup id="cite_ref-issue2000_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issue2000-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and issue 3443's <i>Fred's Bed</i> featured Fred crawling under his bed and time travelling through the magazine's comic strips.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008302–303_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008302–303-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the 80th anniversary, issue 3945 was guest edited by actor-turned children's author <a href="/wiki/David_Walliams" title="David Walliams">David Walliams</a> and had a large crossover story about Bash Street School opening the Beanotown's 1938 time capsule and discovering a map, which leads to robots and a giant tentacle monster breaking out to attack the residents. There was also a flashback panel of the time capsule being sealed which featured a handful of comic strip characters from the first issue, later helping the present day characters discover how to defeat the tentacle monster, named Simon.<sup id="cite_ref-issue3945_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issue3945-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Issue 4000's crossover was a <a href="/wiki/Time_travel" title="Time travel">time travel</a> story where the Beanotown characters of the present helped their future selves save the world.<sup id="cite_ref-issue4k_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issue4k-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creators">Creators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Creators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_Editor_history">Chief Editor history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Chief Editor history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2020, there have been seven official chief editors:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201824,_36,_46,_56,_68,_82,_92_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201824,_36,_46,_56,_68,_82,_92-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008326_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008326-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>George Moonie (1938–1939, c. 1946–1959)</li> <li>Harold Cramond (1959–1984)</li> <li>Euan Kerr (1984–2006)</li> <li>Alan Digby (2006–2011)</li> <li>Michael Stirling (2011–2012)</li> <li>Craig Graham (2012–2016)</li> <li>John Anderson (2016–present)<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Temporary chief editors: </p> <ul><li>Stuart Gilchrist (1939–c. 1946) stood in as editor when George Moonie joined the Navy for World War Two.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008306,_311_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008306,_311-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_and_Dom" title="Dick and Dom">Dick and Dom</a> (2006) edited issue 3311<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and chose their favourite strips from the available 2005 waiting list.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008300_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008300-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Park" title="Nick Park">Nick Park</a> (2008) edited issue 3443<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to celebrate <i>Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> 70th anniversary.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hill" title="Harry Hill">Harry Hill</a> (published 6 March 2013)<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> edited the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Red_Nose_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Nose Day">Red Nose Day</a> special.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Murray" title="Andy Murray">Andy Murray</a> (28 June 2014)<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> edited the <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_(tennis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wimbledon (tennis)">Wimbledon</a> special.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Walliams" title="David Walliams">David Walliams</a> (2018) edited issue 3945<sup id="cite_ref-issue3945_156-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issue3945-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to celebrate the 80th anniversary.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Sugg" title="Joe Sugg">Joe Sugg</a> (2021) edited issue 4077<sup id="cite_ref-Sugg_172-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sugg-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for <i>Dennis the Menace</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> 70th anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Rashford" title="Marcus Rashford">Marcus Rashford</a> (2022) edited issue 4146<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following the release of his book, <i><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Rashford#Literacy_campaign" title="Marcus Rashford">You Can Do It: How to Find Your Voice and Make a Difference</a>.</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leah_Williamson" title="Leah Williamson">Leah Williamson</a> (2023) edited issue 4212<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to celebrate <i>Minnie The Mix</i> 70th anniversary.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_artists">Notable artists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable artists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barrie_Appleby" title="Barrie Appleby">Barrie Appleby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Auchterlounie" title="Nigel Auchterlounie">Nigel Auchterlounie</a> creates <i>The Numskulls</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> strips, but also has writer credits for other strips.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Baxendale" title="Leo Baxendale">Leo Baxendale</a> created The Bash Street Kids and Minnie the Minx</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Bell_(cartoonist)" title="Gordon Bell (cartoonist)">Gordon Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_Blackaller" title="Basil Blackaller">Basil Blackaller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Brennan" title="Paddy Brennan">Paddy Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Brennan" title="Nick Brennan">Nick Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Burgon" title="Sid Burgon">Sid Burgon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reg_Carter" title="Reg Carter">Reg Carter</a> created the first cover star <a href="/wiki/Big_Eggo" title="Big Eggo">Big Eggo</a>.</li> <li>James Crighton also designed the first logo.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Dawbarn" title="Wilbur Dawbarn">Wilbur Dawbarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_Emerson" title="Hunt Emerson">Hunt Emerson</a></li> <li>Sam Fair created comic strips for the spin-off annuals.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Fanton" title="Andy Fanton">Andy Fanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Geering" title="John Geering">John Geering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Glennard" title="Barry Glennard">Barry Glennard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Grigg" title="Charles Grigg">Charlie Grigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hargreaves_(cartoonist)" title="Harry Hargreaves (cartoonist)">Harry Hargreaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_H._Harrison" title="Ken H. Harrison">Ken H. Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Howell" title="Laura Howell">Laura Howell</a> became the first female artist to create strips for the magazine in 2007.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diego_Jourdan" title="Diego Jourdan">Diego Jourdan</a></li> <li>Malcolm Judge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Law_(cartoonist)" title="David Law (cartoonist)">David Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Metcalfe" title="Trevor Metcalfe">Trevor Metcalfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Morley" title="Allan Morley">Allan Morley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mostyn_(cartoonist)" title="David Mostyn (cartoonist)">David Mostyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Neill" title="Vic Neill">Vic Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Nixon_(comics)" title="Robert Nixon (comics)">Robert Nixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Northfield" title="Gary Northfield">Gary Northfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Parkins" title="David Parkins">David Parkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Parkinson" title="Nigel Parkinson">Nigel Parkinson</a> is considered the <i>Beano</i> ambassador, creating up to 20 strips for different stories a week.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201835_176-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201835-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kids_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kids-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Paterson" title="Tom Paterson">Tom Paterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pearse" title="Mike Pearse">Mike Pearse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Petrie" title="Jim Petrie">Jim Petrie</a> made 2000 Minnie the Minx stories.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201880_177-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201880-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Rankine" title="Dean Rankine">Dean Rankine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Reid_(comics)" title="Ken Reid (comics)">Ken Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Ritchie" title="Bill Ritchie">Bill Ritchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoom_Rockman" title="Zoom Rockman">Zoom Rockman</a> became the youngest artist to have their work in <i>The Beano</i> at 12-years-old. His comic strips appeared exclusively in the 75th anniversary issue.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Rushby" title="Jon Rushby">Jon Rushby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavan_Scott" title="Cavan Scott">Cavan Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Scott_(comics)" title="Duncan Scott (comics)">Duncan Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Smart" title="Jamie Smart">Jamie Smart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lew_Stringer" title="Lew Stringer">Lew Stringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Sutherland_(comics)" title="David Sutherland (comics)">David Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kev_F._Sutherland" title="Kev F. Sutherland">Kev F. Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_D._Watkins" title="Dudley D. Watkins">Dudley D. Watkins</a> was an employee of DC Thomson who had designed stories for a variety of the company's magazines over a decade before <i>The Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> first issue. He was the original creator of <i>Morgyn the Mighty</i> during its run in <i>The Rover</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Morgyn_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgyn-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_White" title="Stevie White">Stevie White</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Merchandise">Merchandise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Merchandise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beanoland_at_Chessington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_681527.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Beanoland_at_Chessington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_681527.jpg/250px-Beanoland_at_Chessington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_681527.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Beanoland_at_Chessington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_681527.jpg/375px-Beanoland_at_Chessington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_681527.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Beanoland_at_Chessington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_681527.jpg/500px-Beanoland_at_Chessington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_681527.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="419" /></a><figcaption>The now-defunct <i>Beanoland</i> at <a href="/wiki/Chessington_World_of_Adventures" title="Chessington World of Adventures">Chessington World of Adventures</a> in the UK.</figcaption></figure> <p>From the first issue, readers have received free gifts from <i>The Beano</i>: toy masks,<sup id="cite_ref-issue1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issue1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sweets,<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> posters,<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and toys.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally, free gifts would be attached inside the cover or strategically on the front so that it could distract the buyer from other comics next to <i>The Beano</i> on the shelves, hopefully excited for the next issue after reading it and eating/playing with the toys.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201845_185-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201845-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gifts were intentionally sporadic, especially during the Christmas period when families' money would be saved for food and presents.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201845_185-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201845-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Issue 90<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> would be the last issue with a gift (<a href="/wiki/Licorice" class="mw-redirect" title="Licorice">licorice</a> "black eye")<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008307_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008307-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to <a href="/wiki/Rationing" title="Rationing">rationing</a>, the next free gift being the Flying Snorter Balloon in issue 953.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008327_187-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008327-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most popular free gift was issue 2201's Gnasher Snapper,<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a prank toy that would make a bang sound when unfolded, and was re-gifted occasionally in later issues, as well as the 60th anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201844_190-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201844-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 25th anniversary of <i>Dennis the Menace</i>, The Dennis the Menace Fan Club was formed. The fan club was instantly popular, recalls Euan Kerr in 1984; "The club enrolled over 2000 new members every week, well into the 90s[.]"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201851_191-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201851-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Membership was 30p, and new members received a membership card full of classified communication tactics and two badges: a red one with Dennis' face on the front<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008208_192-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008208-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a furry one of a <a href="/wiki/Googly_eyes" title="Googly eyes">googly-eyed</a> Gnasher face—the latter was the most sought-after badge in the club's history.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201851_191-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201851-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For two years, there was a tie-in <a href="/wiki/Agony_aunt" class="mw-redirect" title="Agony aunt">agony aunt</a> page called <i>Dear Dennis</i> (issue 1679–1767) where fan club members sent Dennis their problems that Dennis would reply to in the following issue; thousands of letters would arrive at DC Thomson per week and the authors of the messages would receive prizes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008208''80_Years''201851_193-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008208''80_Years''201851-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club would be renamed The Beano Club, which ended in 2010, but had over 1.5 million members.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008208_192-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008208-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A spin-off was introduced called Gnasher's Fang Club, and Gnasher would ask readers to send him stories about their pets' adventures which could be printed into the next issue. "The mailbag of little drawings of pets was several thousand per week," remembers sub-editor Morris Heggie. "And the popularity lasted and lasted."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201851_191-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201851-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 21st century celebrated anniversaries with more memorabilia. For <i>The Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> 70th birthday, DC Thomson published <i>The Beano Special Collectors Edition: 70 Years of Fun</i> (2008),<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>The History of The Beano</i> (2008) was published by Waverly Books, both documenting the magazine's history; two exhibitions at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Dundee" title="University of Dundee">University of Dundee</a> (<i>Happy Birthday, Beano!</i>) and <a href="/wiki/The_Cartoon_Museum" title="The Cartoon Museum">The Cartoon Museum</a> (<i>Beano and <a href="/wiki/The_Dandy" title="The Dandy">Dandy</a> Birthday Bash!</i>) showed the public private DC Thomson artwork and the history of the magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For 2018, readers could buy a box for the 80th anniversary containing posters, reprints of selected older issues, and two books updating the previous documentation of the magazine's history,<sup id="cite_ref-boxset_198-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boxset-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <i><a href="/wiki/Minnie_the_Minx" title="Minnie the Minx">Minnie the Minx</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> origins.<sup id="cite_ref-boxset_198-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boxset-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Minnie_65''2018_199-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Minnie_65''2018-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both anniversaries had tie-in museum exhibitions that also told their audiences the magazine's history.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Limited-edition figurines from Robert Harrop were available to buy from their official website in late 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 21st century also began <i>Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> branching into different mediums: their first website, Beanotown.com, formed in 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-branching_203-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-branching-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Chessington_World_of_Adventures" title="Chessington World of Adventures">Chessington World of Adventures</a> opened Beanoland in the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both would later discontinue but Beanotown.com would be revamped as beano.com, a website full of games, <i>Beano</i> secrets and other activities for children. Gulliver's Travels opened the Beano 6 Super Ride in May 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Beano</i> was also the face of the United Kingdom's 2018 <a href="/wiki/Summer_Reading_Challenge" title="Summer Reading Challenge">Summer Reading Challenge</a>, called Mischief Makers,<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which included a special Dennis the Menace novel tie-in called <i>Dennis the Menace and the Chamber of Mischief</i> by Beano artist Nigel Auchterlounie.<sup id="cite_ref-Beanotown1_107-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beanotown1-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dennis the Menace Fan Club was re-launched as a <a href="/wiki/Phone_app" class="mw-redirect" title="Phone app">phone app</a>, rebranded as The Dennis and Gnasher Fan Club, and allowed readers free membership, printable badges, and pranks.<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On television, the <a href="/wiki/Sky_Kids_(TV_channel)" title="Sky Kids (TV channel)">Sky Kids</a> show <i>SO Beano!</i> aired;<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a TV show with special guests, children presenters, and fun and games,<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a similar style to <i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Download" title="Friday Download">Friday Download</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Scrambled!" title="Scrambled!">Scrambled!</a></i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Annuals">Annuals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Annuals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first Beano annual hardcover book was published as far back as 1939, a year after the first weekly comic was published. In 2018, it was estimated that an original first issue Beano annual in relatively good condition could fetch between £1,200 to £1,500.<sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spin-off_comics">Spin-off comics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Spin-off comics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Comic_libraries">Comic libraries</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Comic libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fun_Size_Comics" title="Fun Size Comics">Fun Size Comics</a></div> <p>Since 1982 the comic, along with <i>The Dandy</i>, has also run "Comic Library" titles. 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 <i><a href="/wiki/Fun_Size_Comics" title="Fun Size Comics">Fun Size Beano</a></i>. Fun Size Comics were discontinued in late 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Beano_Specials"><i>Beano Specials</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Beano Specials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The comic also ran A4-sized <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beano_Specials&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beano Specials (page does not exist)">Beano Specials</a></i> in 1987 with full coloured pages, which later were replaced by <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beano_Superstars&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beano Superstars (page does not exist)">Beano Superstars</a></i> which ran for 121 issues from 1992 to 2002. These were similar to the Comic Library series. Some of the last issues were printed versions of episodes from the 1996–1998 <a href="/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_and_Gnasher_(1996_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996 TV series)"><i>Dennis and Gnasher</i> animated TV series</a>. A <i>Beano Poster Comic</i> series was also printed in the early 1990s. </p><p>The Beano Specials returned in 2003, and are now published seasonally. The issues were numbered, and the first one was a Dennis and Friends special, the last a Christmas reprint special. These were replaced by BeanoMAX in early 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="BeanoMAX">BeanoMAX</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: BeanoMAX"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/EPIC_Magazine" title="EPIC Magazine">EPIC Magazine</a></div> <p>On 15 February 2007, the first issue of a monthly comic entitled <i>BeanoMAX</i> was published. The sister comic features many of the same characters; however, the stories in <i>BeanoMAX</i> are written in a longer format meant for 10- to 13-year-olds. The first issue was a <a href="/wiki/Comic_Relief_(charity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic Relief (charity)">Comic Relief</a> special featuring assorted <a href="/wiki/Celebrity" title="Celebrity">celebrity</a> guests. The magazine has been rebranded several times since 2013, and is currently known as <i>EPIC Magazine</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Plug"><i>Plug</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Plug"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Plug_(comics)" title="Plug (comics)">Plug (comics)</a></div> <p><i>Plug</i> was a comic based on the eponymous character from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bash_Street_Kids" title="The Bash Street Kids">The Bash Street Kids</a></i> that began with issue dated 24 September 1977, and is notable for being the first comic to make use of <a href="/wiki/Rotogravure" title="Rotogravure">rotogravure</a> printing. The magazine similar in style to I.P.C's <i>Krazy</i> which had started the previous year. It contained uncharacteristically outlandish material for D C. Thomson, as well as later including celebrity appearances in the comic. </p><p>The comic revealed Plug's full name to be Percival Proudfoot Plugsley and also gave him a pet monkey by the name of Chumkee. Plug's strip was mostly drawn by <a href="/wiki/Vic_Neill" title="Vic Neill">Vic Neill</a> but other artists, including <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Gudgeon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Gudgeon (page does not exist)">Dave Gudgeon</a> drew some later strips. Other strips included <i>Antchester United</i>, <i>Violent Elizabeth</i>, <i>Eebagoom</i>, <i>Hugh's Zoo</i> and <i>D'ye Ken John Squeal and his Hopeless Hounds</i>. </p><p>The venture was unsuccessful, in part because the comic cost 9p, with the <i>Beano</i> at the time only costing 4p and most of its rivals priced similarly. It merged with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beezer" title="The Beezer">The Beezer</a></i> on 24 February 1979. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dennis_and_Gnasher"><i>Dennis and Gnasher</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Dennis and Gnasher"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The brand new <i>Dennis and Gnasher</i> was launched separately from <i>The Beano</i> in September 2009. It coincided with their new cartoon on <a href="/wiki/CBBC_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="CBBC (TV channel)">CBBC</a> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_and_Gnasher_(2009_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis and Gnasher (2009 TV series)">of the same name</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="BeanOLD"><i>BeanOLD</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: BeanOLD"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>44-page special issue 4062, with cover date 21 November 2020, during a <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_lockdowns" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns">lockdown</a> in the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic</a> had an eight-page adult pullout named <i>BeanOLD</i>, with cartoons poking fun at British politicians such as <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Cummings" title="Dominic Cummings">Dominic Cummings</a>, and with appearances by <a href="/wiki/Greta_Thunberg" title="Greta Thunberg">Greta Thunberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Captain_Tom" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain Tom">Captain Tom</a>, and footballer <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Rashford" title="Marcus Rashford">Marcus Rashford</a>. The slogan was "2020 has been tough. So tough that even grown-ups need <i>Beano</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-Beanotown2_108-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beanotown2-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Beano_Studios">Beano Studios</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Beano Studios"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Beano_Studios" title="Beano Studios">Beano Studios</a></div> <p>In June 2016, DC Thomson launched Beano Studios,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201868_212-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201868-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a spin-off media studio based in London and Dundee, to create media for children and expand The Beano franchise. The launch was marked in The Beano issue 3854, featuring a new cover design, updated logo, and the introduction of the website beano.com.<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Michael Stirling, former chief editor, returned as head of the Dundee studio,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201868_212-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201868-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Jodie Morris, James Neal, Nigel Pickard, and Emma Scott joining in key roles.<sup id="cite_ref-babysitter_215-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babysitter-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-studios_216-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-studios-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The website beano.com offers games, news, videos, and content that appeals to children and nostalgic parents alike, drawing over two million annual visitors. This online presence contributed to a 10% rise in comic sales by 2018. </p><p>Beano Studios quickly expanded its reach with the popular CBBC series Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! in 2017, which aired in over 90 countries and earned an International Emmy nomination. Building on this success, Beano Studios pursued new projects including a live-action Minnie the Minx show, another Dennis the Menace adaptation, and a Bananaman cartoon in collaboration with Fox Entertainment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_and_legacy">Reception and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Reception and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beano_Comic_Stamp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Beano_Comic_Stamp.jpg/170px-Beano_Comic_Stamp.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Beano_Comic_Stamp.jpg/255px-Beano_Comic_Stamp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Beano_Comic_Stamp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="314" data-file-height="318" /></a><figcaption><i>Beano</i> stamp issued by <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mail" title="Royal Mail">Royal Mail</a> in 2012.</figcaption></figure> <p><i>The Beano</i> was an instant success upon release, and became the longest-running, weekly-issued comic of all time in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although interest in comic magazines dwindled, it survived surrounding setbacks. In the 1950s, it (and <i>The Dandy</i>) were unaffected by DC Thomson's magazine cancellations (selling over 100 million per year)<sup id="cite_ref-List_218-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-List-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that were caused by both paper rationing and public lack of interest.<sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alan Digby's attempt to boost sales with the 8-week "<a href="/wiki/Gnasher#"Who's_Gnicked_Gnasher?"_publicity_stunt" title="Gnasher">Missing Gnasher</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> plot in <i>Dennis the Menace</i> failed,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201867_153-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201867-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the story featured in newspapers and on radio broadcasts, causing people of all ages to contact <i>Beano</i> offices to voice their concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201863_221-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201863-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roughly 31,000–41,000 copies are sold per week in the present day,<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but an estimated 2 billion <i>Beano</i> comic magazines have been sold in its lifetime.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201891_224-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201891-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 1997 television poll by the <a href="/wiki/National_Comics_Awards" title="National Comics Awards">National Comics Awards</a> selected it for the Best British Comic Ever award.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008338_138-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008338-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dennis the Menace would represent the comic when <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mail" title="Royal Mail">Royal Mail</a> launched a special stamp collection in 2012, celebrating Britain's rich comic book history.<sup id="cite_ref-stamp_225-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stamp-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dandy" title="The Dandy">The Dandy</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Eagle_(comic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle (comic)">Eagle</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Topper_(comics)" title="The Topper (comics)">The Topper</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Roy_of_the_Rovers_(comic)" title="Roy of the Rovers (comic)">Roy of the Rovers</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bunty" title="Bunty">Bunty</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Buster_(comics)" title="Buster (comics)">Buster</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Valiant_(comics)" title="Valiant (comics)">Valiant</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Twinkle_(comics)" title="Twinkle (comics)">Twinkle</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/2000_AD_(comics)" title="2000 AD (comics)">2000 AD</a></i> were also featured.<sup id="cite_ref-stamp_225-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stamp-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like <i>The Dandy</i>, <i>The Beano</i> is a definitive part of British pop culture. "It's refreshing to see how the [zany] principles that made it such a hit all those years ago have remained to this day." writes <i>Coventry Evening Telegraph</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-oldies_226-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oldies-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Beano</i> annuals are the most popular Christmas annual sold,<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and old issues sell for thousands at auctions.<sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lord_Snooty" title="Lord Snooty">Lord Snooty</a> is often <a href="/wiki/Lord_Snooty#"Lord_Snooty"_as_slang" title="Lord Snooty">used</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Pejorative" title="Pejorative">pejorative</a> in British politics.<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DC Thomson considers the 1950s <i>Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> golden age<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008105_232-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008105-232"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> possibly because of many commemorations based on the strips that first appeared from that decade: Dennis became the literal and metaphorical mascot of the magazine, his increasing popularity making him the last consistent cover star<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008204_233-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008204-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his strips spawning three BBC animated adaptations; <a href="/wiki/Minnie_the_Minx" title="Minnie the Minx">Minnie</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bash_Street_Kids" class="mw-redirect" title="Bash Street Kids">Bash Street Kids</a> have a statue and a street named after the strip, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "anarchic" humour is credited as the key to the magazine's longevity,<sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-culture_239-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-culture-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as its refusal to be condescending to its readers: "<i>The Beano</i> may have changed since the '30s but has always maintained its anti-authoritarian stance and steadfast refusal to treat children like idiots," theorised Morris Heggie.<sup id="cite_ref-List_218-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-List-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>My British-born grandparents made sure they passed down an important part of their culture by giving out <i>Beano</i> Annuals every year. I grew up on <i>Beano</i>s and <i>Dandy</i>s in 1970s Canada, and become one of my country's leading kids' cartoonists, writing and drawing for <a href="/wiki/Chickadee_(magazine)" title="Chickadee (magazine)"><i>Chickadee</i> magazines</a> and annuals, and creating a weekly comic strip for the <i><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Star" title="Toronto Star">Toronto Star</a></i>. I'm forever in debt to the lowbrow lessons gleaned from Dennis and his ilk. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Jay_Stephens" title="Jay Stephens">Jay Stephens</a>, 2003<sup id="cite_ref-Appleby_240-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appleby-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>The magazine is cited as an inspiration to many readers. <i>Beano</i> artists Emily McGorman-Bruce, <a href="/wiki/Zoom_Rockman" title="Zoom Rockman">Zoom Rockman</a>, Jess Bradley, and <a href="/wiki/Barrie_Appleby" title="Barrie Appleby">Barrie Appleby</a> were avid readers of the magazine and/or its annuals before they became creators of its new strips.<sup id="cite_ref-Appleby_240-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appleby-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-zoom_241-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zoom-241"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Minnie_65''201864–65_242-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Minnie_65''201864–65-242"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, <i>The Beano</i> inspired comic artists <a href="/wiki/Jay_Stephens" title="Jay Stephens">Jay Stephens</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Appleby_240-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appleby-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carolyn Edwards (<a href="/wiki/Titan_Comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan Comics">Titan Comics</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Webcomic" title="Webcomic">webcomic</a> creator Sarah Millman (<i>NPC Tea</i>, <i>The Heart of Time</i>) to either work in the creative industry or create their own stories.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Minnie_65''201864–65_242-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Minnie_65''201864–65-242"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Moore" title="Alan Moore">Alan Moore</a> theorised the magazine influenced numerous British comic artists into reimagining American comics in the 1980s by pioneering the <a href="/wiki/Modern_Age_of_Comic_Books" title="Modern Age of Comic Books">Dark Age</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guest chief-editors <a href="/wiki/Nick_Park" title="Nick Park">Nick Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Walliams" title="David Walliams">David Walliams</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sugg" title="Joe Sugg">Joe Sugg</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Hill" title="Harry Hill">Harry Hill</a> are also fans of <i>The Beano</i>, with Park admitting "My dream job was always to work on <i>The Beano</i> and it's such an honour for me to be Guest Editor[.]"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008303_246-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008303-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable famous members of the old Dennis the Menace/Beano Club include <a href="/wiki/Auberon_Waugh" title="Auberon Waugh">Auberon Waugh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Read" title="Mike Read">Mike Read</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hamill" title="Mark Hamill">Mark Hamill</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201855_247-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201855-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as honorary members <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne" title="Paul Gascoigne">Paul Gascoigne</a>, and Princes <a href="/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cambridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince William, Duke of Cambridge">William</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Harry,_Duke_of_Sussex" title="Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex">Harry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-celebs_248-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-celebs-248"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Tarrant" title="Chris Tarrant">Chris Tarrant</a> cited Dennis as his role model when he was a child,<sup id="cite_ref-celebs_248-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-celebs-248"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rudd" title="Paul Rudd">Paul Rudd</a><sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> revealed <i><a href="/wiki/Roger_the_Dodger" title="Roger the Dodger">Roger the Dodger</a></i> was his favourite strip.<sup id="cite_ref-Armstrong_250-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Armstrong-250"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stella_McCartney" title="Stella McCartney">Stella McCartney</a> created tribute fashion to both <i>The Beano</i> and <i>The Dandy</i>, explaining they were "a huge part of my childhood" and wanted to celebrate "the next generation of <i>Beano</i> fans with a sustainable and practical range for kids who still share that ‘Beano’ spirit of these iconic characters".<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In music pop culture, the album <i><a href="/wiki/Blues_Breakers_with_Eric_Clapton" title="Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton">Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton</a></i> is nicknamed "The Beano Album" because <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> is holding issue 1242<sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on its cover.<sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Audience_participation">Audience participation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Audience participation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Interaction with the audience is a historic practice in <i>The Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> history. Excluding fan clubs and merchandise, <i><a href="/wiki/Comic_Idol" title="Comic Idol">Comic Idol</a></i> is a sporadic election in which readers vote for their favourite strips to keep in the magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008292_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008292-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cancelled strips with the least votes include <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Plum" title="Little Plum">Little Plum</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Baby_Face_Finlayson" title="Baby Face Finlayson">Baby Face Finlayson</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Les_Pretend" title="Les Pretend">Les Pretend</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Return_254-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Return-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Calamity_James" title="Calamity James">Calamity James</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Return_254-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Return-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Crazy_for_Daisy" title="Crazy for Daisy">Crazy for Daisy</a></i>, and <i>Lord Snooty</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Return_254-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Return-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Super_School" title="Super School">Super School</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Meebo_and_Zuky" title="Meebo and Zuky">Meebo and Zuky</a></i> were nominees who won polls and became official strips in the following issues.<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Readers would find a voting slip covered with the candidates printed in an issue that they would fill out and mail to DC Thomson, but the creation of <i>Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> websites would allow real-time opinions from readers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008292_84-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008292-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Pets' Picture Gallery</i> invited readers to send drawings of their pets to feature in the following issue.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008218_257-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008218-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Readers participated in the magazine's record-breaking stunts. In 1988, 100 children helped Euan Kerr and <i>Beano</i> scriptwriter Al Bernard recreate the front cover of issue 2396 on <a href="/wiki/Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire" title="Scarborough, North Yorkshire">Scarborough Beach</a> with Hann-Made Productions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201898_258-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201898-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was awarded the Largest Comic Strip at 39950 square feet.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201898_258-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201898-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> 2018 comic competition to celebrate the opening of <a href="/wiki/V%26A_Dundee" title="V&A Dundee">V&A Dundee</a> was awarded the biggest competition to finish a comic strip with 650 participants.<sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with Nick Park's guest editor issue, the 70th anniversary coincided with Gnashional Menace Day, a <a href="/wiki/CLIC_Sargent" class="mw-redirect" title="CLIC Sargent">CLIC Sargent</a>-partnered event where readers could be sponsored "behaving like Dennis" for charity.<sup id="cite_ref-culture_239-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-culture-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversy">Controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Beano</i> has had a few controversies throughout its lifetime, but aspects have either been discontinued, phased out or changed to not cause offence. Its infamous changes are the removal of <a href="/wiki/Corporal_punishment" title="Corporal punishment">corporal punishment</a> (e.g. Dennis the Menace often depicted receiving bottom <a href="/wiki/Spanking" title="Spanking">spanks</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Slipper" title="Slipper">slipper</a> by his furious father)<sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and misbehaving characters abandoning <a href="/wiki/Slingshots" class="mw-redirect" title="Slingshots">slingshots</a>—the latter irritating former readers for being a "<a href="/wiki/Politically_correct" class="mw-redirect" title="Politically correct">politically correct</a>" notion, usually highlighted with claim "Dennis has lost his menace".<sup id="cite_ref-261" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-261"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beano_Jan_6_1940.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/eb/Beano_Jan_6_1940.jpg/220px-Beano_Jan_6_1940.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Beano_Jan_6_1940.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="269" data-file-height="370" /></a><figcaption>Peanut stands to the masthead's left holding a slice of watermelon.<sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Racist depictions and terminology have been removed through the years as well. <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Plum" title="Little Plum">Little Plum</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> sub-title "Your <a href="/wiki/Redskin" title="Redskin">redskin</a> chum"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008143_266-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008143-266"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was not included in its 2002 revival.<sup id="cite_ref-267" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-267"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first <a href="/wiki/Masthead_(British_publishing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Masthead (British publishing)">masthead</a> character was a caricatured design of a <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black boy</a> named Peanut, mascot of the <i>Little Peanut's Page of Fun</i> joke page (appeared from issues 1 to 112),<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> usually <a href="/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype" title="Watermelon stereotype">eating watermelon</a>. His last masthead feature was in December 1947, but subsequent reprints of the first issues have removed him.<sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Hard-Nut the <a href="/wiki/Nigger" title="Nigger">Nigger</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-271" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-271"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Musso the <a href="/wiki/Wop" title="Wop">Wop</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Mussolini_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mussolini-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have not had reprints since their last appearances, the latter being printed during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> when Britain was at war with <a href="/wiki/Fascist_Italy_(1922%E2%80%931943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fascist Italy (1922–1943)">Fascist Italy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some changes were to not convince readers bullying was acceptable. Dennis and Gnasher's constant targeting of passive, diligent <a href="/wiki/Walter_the_Softy" title="Walter the Softy">Walter "the Softy"</a> (who was also a knitting and flower-picking hobbyist)<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was accused of encouraging playground <a href="/wiki/Homophobia" title="Homophobia">homophobia</a>, so it was toned down. Walter was also rewritten to be a bit less soft, becoming more antagonistic and stood up to Dennis sometimes, eventually having his first girlfriend.<sup id="cite_ref-oldies_226-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oldies-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fatty from the Bash Street Kids was renamed Freddy (his real name) in 2021, causing backlash from former readers, including then government minister <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rees-Mogg" title="Jacob Rees-Mogg">Jacob Rees-Mogg</a> who accused the change of being "publicity-seeking".<sup id="cite_ref-275" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-275"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-276" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-276"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former chief-editor Mike Stirling explained it was due to fan letters from young readers asking why he was nicknamed so: "although it's always been used affectionately, and never pejoratively, we agreed it's time it changed."<sup id="cite_ref-277" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-277"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <i><a href="/wiki/News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a></i> report contained accusations of <i>Uh Oh, Si Co!</i> encouraging readers to mock children with anger issues or mental illness, which caused the strip to be cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-si_co_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si_co-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Original contender was 1924's <i>The Vanguard</i>, which discontinued two years later.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> had a reputation of being the best news source to find the artist jobs in the world.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Wee_Peem" title="Wee Peem">Wee Peem</a> also had slight red colouring.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">28 pages stopped at issue 62 in October 1939, which was 24 pages long.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008306_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008306-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then page count dropped to 22 in issue 98, 20 at issue 101, and 18 in issue 120.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008307_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008307-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lowest page count was issue 326's 10.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008312_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008312-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moonie, who returned from the war a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">Captain</a> once in charge of an assault craft at <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a>, would tell David Puttman he believed Lord Snooty did more for the war than him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201824_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201824-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The date of the Saturday of that week is written on the front.<sup id="cite_ref-issue1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issue1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Beano</i> eventually passed <i>The Dandy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> sales by 100,000 copies.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008160_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008160-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but both magazines sometimes sold up to four million issues per week.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">New headline fonts were introduced (CCZoinks), circa 2007; the balloon font was also changed to Cloudsplitter by <a href="/wiki/Blambot" title="Blambot">Blambot</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-109"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-109">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Notably, Lord Snooty lives in Bunkerton, General Jumbo lives in Dinchester, Billy the Cat lives in Burnham, etc. Lord Snooty's returns in the 21st century retcons Bunkerton as a district in Beanotown.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-161"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-161">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Anderson, born in England, is the first non-Scottish editor for the magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201892_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201892-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Return-254"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Return_254-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Return_254-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Return_254-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Although discontinued in 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008292_84-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008292-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the strips would later return to the magazine.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-273"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-273">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Mussolini the Wop</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> example reprint in <i>The History of The Beano</i> has "Wop" conspicuously hidden underneath a drawing of war planes flying past the <a href="/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa" title="Leaning Tower of Pisa">Leaning Tower of Pisa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200877_272-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200877-272"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-issue1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-issue1_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-issue1_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-issue1_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-issue1_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Down+the+Tubes&rft.atitle=Original+first+issue+of+the+Beano+on+offer+on+eBay%E2%80%A6+for+%C2%A325%2C000&rft.date=2018-07-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdownthetubes.net%2F%3Fp%3D99193&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-230"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-230">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMacDonell2012" class="citation news cs1">MacDonell, Hamish (21 October 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/724211155/">"Salmond Tears into the Tory-led "Lord Snootys"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>. p. 18. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210629203045/https://www.newspapers.com/image/724211155/">Archived</a> from the original on 29 June 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Salmond+Tears+into+the+Tory-led+%22Lord+Snootys%22&rft.pages=18&rft.date=2012-10-21&rft.aulast=MacDonell&rft.aufirst=Hamish&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fimage%2F724211155%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-231"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-231">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoore2009" class="citation news cs1">Moore, Charles (4 December 2009). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/charlesmoore/6727994/Why-Lord-Snooty-is-the-ideal-role-model-for-David-Cameron.html">"Why Lord Snooty is the ideal role model for David Cameron"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/charlesmoore/6727994/Why-Lord-Snooty-is-the-ideal-role-model-for-David-Cameron.html">Archived</a> from the original on 12 January 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Why+Lord+Snooty+is+the+ideal+role+model+for+David+Cameron&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.aulast=Moore&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fcharlesmoore%2F6727994%2FWhy-Lord-Snooty-is-the-ideal-role-model-for-David-Cameron.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008105-232"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008105_232-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHistory_of_The_Beano2008"><i>History of The Beano</i> (2008)</a>, p. 105.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008204-233"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008204_233-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHistory_of_The_Beano2008"><i>History of The Beano</i> (2008)</a>, p. 204.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-234"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-234">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-20179438">"Beano characters the Bash Street Kids to have street named in their honour"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210712055356/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-20179438">Archived</a> from the original on 12 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Beano+characters+the+Bash+Street+Kids+to+have+street+named+in+their+honour&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-scotland-tayside-central-20179438&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-235"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-235">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1438517.stm">"Dandy character 'immortalised'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>BBC News Online</i>. 14 July 2001. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021124080705/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1438517.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 24 November 2002<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>. <q>[Desperate Dan's statue] is depicted being stalked by a catapault-wielding version of Minnie the Minx from rival comic <i>The Beano</i>.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News+Online&rft.atitle=Dandy+character+%27immortalised%27&rft.date=2001-07-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fscotland%2F1438517.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-236"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-236">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://womenofscotland.org.uk/memorials/statue-minnie-minx">"Statue of Minnie the Minx | Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland"</a>. <i>womenofscotland.org.uk</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20210708162339/http://womenofscotland.org.uk/memorials/statue-minnie-minx">Archived</a> from the original on 8 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=womenofscotland.org.uk&rft.atitle=Statue+of+Minnie+the+Minx+%7C+Mapping+Memorials+to+Women+in+Scotland&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenofscotland.org.uk%2Fmemorials%2Fstatue-minnie-minx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-237"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-237">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210711125325/https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/15-years-ago-desperate-dan-minnie-minx-statues-unveiled-dundee/">"15 years ago: Desperate Dan and Minnie the Minx statues unveiled in Dundee"</a>. <i>Evening Telegraph</i>. 18 July 2016. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/15-years-ago-desperate-dan-minnie-minx-statues-unveiled-dundee/">the original</a> on 11 July 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Evening+Telegraph&rft.atitle=15+years+ago%3A+Desperate+Dan+and+Minnie+the+Minx+statues+unveiled+in+Dundee&rft.date=2016-07-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eveningtelegraph.co.uk%2Ffp%2F15-years-ago-desperate-dan-minnie-minx-statues-unveiled-dundee%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-238"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-238">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/15251037.eastcombe-based-comic-artist-leo-baxendale-creator-of-minnie-the-minx-and-the-bash-street-kids-dies-aged-86/">"Eastcombe-based comic artist Leo Baxendale, creator of Minnie the Minx and The Bash Street Kids, dies aged 86"</a>. <i>Stroud News and Journal</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185837/https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/15251037.eastcombe-based-comic-artist-leo-baxendale-creator-of-minnie-the-minx-and-the-bash-street-kids-dies-aged-86/">Archived</a> from the original on 9 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>. <q>[<i>Beano</i> strips are about] underdogs long controlled and oppressed by the adult world around them and [<i>Beano</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> artists, such as Leo Baxendale] gave them a voice and actions with which to fight back in hilariously anarchic fashion, allowed them to step into the limelight and control their own destinies. Children of the time responded to that, writing fan letters of glee and appreciation</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Stroud+News+and+Journal&rft.atitle=Eastcombe-based+comic+artist+Leo+Baxendale%2C+creator+of+Minnie+the+Minx+and+The+Bash+Street+Kids%2C+dies+aged+86&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk%2Fnews%2F15251037.eastcombe-based-comic-artist-leo-baxendale-creator-of-minnie-the-minx-and-the-bash-street-kids-dies-aged-86%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-culture-239"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-culture_239-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-culture_239-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChalmers" class="citation news cs1">Chalmers, Tori. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-beano-scotlands-beloved-comic/">"A Brief History of 'The Beano', Scotland's Beloved Comic"</a>. <i>Culture Trip</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210713084247/https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-beano-scotlands-beloved-comic/">Archived</a> from the original on 13 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Culture+Trip&rft.atitle=A+Brief+History+of+%27The+Beano%27%2C+Scotland%27s+Beloved+Comic&rft.aulast=Chalmers&rft.aufirst=Tori&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftheculturetrip.com%2Feurope%2Funited-kingdom%2Fscotland%2Farticles%2Fa-brief-history-of-the-beano-scotlands-beloved-comic%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Appleby-240"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Appleby_240-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Appleby_240-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Appleby_240-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3090659.stm">"BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Drawing Dennis: The Beano at 65"</a>. <i>news.bbc.co.uk</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040705002748/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3090659.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 5 July 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=news.bbc.co.uk&rft.atitle=BBC+NEWS+%7C+UK+%7C+Magazine+%7C+Drawing+Dennis%3A+The+Beano+at+65&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fmagazine%2F3090659.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-zoom-241"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-zoom_241-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-24163405">"Teen cartoonist makes influence list"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191815/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-24163405">Archived</a> from the original on 9 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Teen+cartoonist+makes+influence+list&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fav%2Fuk-england-london-24163405&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Minnie_65''201864–65-242"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Minnie_65''201864–65_242-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Minnie_65''201864–65_242-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMinnie_652018"><i>Minnie 65</i> (2018)</a>, pp. 64–65.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-243"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-243">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/27/beano-legend-leo-baxendale-dies-aged-86">"Beano legend Leo Baxendale dies aged 86"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. 27 April 2017. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20210924174649/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/27/beano-legend-leo-baxendale-dies-aged-86">Archived</a> from the original on 24 September 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 September</span> 2021</span>. <q>According to the comic writer <a href="/wiki/Alan_Moore" title="Alan Moore">Alan Moore</a>, who read [Leo Baxendale's] work in <i>The Beano</i> as a child, Baxendale was the reason British comics creators made waves in America during the 1980s. 'We started out ingesting the genuine anarchy of <i>the Beano</i>, when Baxendale was doing all that wonderful stuff, and then we moved on to American comics,' he told journalist <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gravett" title="Paul Gravett">Paul Gravett</a> in 2013. 'We just became fascinated with all that gaudy exotica.'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Beano+legend+Leo+Baxendale+dies+aged+86&rft.date=2017-04-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2017%2Fapr%2F27%2Fbeano-legend-leo-baxendale-dies-aged-86&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-244"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-244">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFreeman2018" class="citation news cs1">Freeman, John (20 July 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://downthetubes.net/?p=99179">"Author and Comedian David Walliams guest-edits Birthday Beano!"</a>. <i>Down the Tubes</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210118133623/https://downthetubes.net/?p=99179">Archived</a> from the original on 18 January 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'"I don't think I'd have got into writing my books without <i>Beano</i>. When coming up with characters for my TV shows and books, I'd imagine them all as larger than life characters, much like the ones in <i>Beano</i>.'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Down+the+Tubes&rft.atitle=Author+and+Comedian+David+Walliams+guest-edits+Birthday+Beano%21&rft.date=2018-07-20&rft.aulast=Freeman&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdownthetubes.net%2F%3Fp%3D99179&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-245"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-245">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/joe-sugg-to-guest-edit-special-anniversary-issue-of-beano-comic-40185337.html">"Joe Sugg to guest-edit special anniversary issue of Beano comic"</a>. <i>independent</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210711041508/https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/joe-sugg-to-guest-edit-special-anniversary-issue-of-beano-comic-40185337.html">Archived</a> from the original on 11 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'I grew up with Dennis, reading <i>Beano</i> each week, and I can't wait for readers to see all the fun, pranks, and surprises we've worked into the special issue. This really is a dream project for me.'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=independent&rft.atitle=Joe+Sugg+to+guest-edit+special+anniversary+issue+of+Beano+comic&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.ie%2Fworld-news%2Fand-finally%2Fjoe-sugg-to-guest-edit-special-anniversary-issue-of-beano-comic-40185337.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008303-246"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008303_246-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHistory_of_The_Beano2008"><i>History of The Beano</i> (2008)</a>, p. 303.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201855-247"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201855_247-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREF80_Years2018"><i>80 Years</i> (2018)</a>, p. 55.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-celebs-248"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-celebs_248-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-celebs_248-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/725453848/">"Why grown-ups can still love naughty Dennis"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Evening_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="The Evening Standard">The Evening Standard</a></i>. 9 April 1992. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185155/https://www.newspapers.com/image/725453848/">Archived</a> from the original on 9 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Evening+Standard&rft.atitle=Why+grown-ups+can+still+love+naughty+Dennis&rft.date=1992-04-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fimage%2F725453848%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-249"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-249">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/ant-man-and-the-wasp-rudd-lilly-archie-riverdale-beano-he-man-she-ra/">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Ant-Man and the Wasp' Stars Didn't Read Marvel Comics as Kids"</a>. <i>Comicbook.com</i>. 1 July 2018. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210712095007/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/ant-man-and-the-wasp-rudd-lilly-archie-riverdale-beano-he-man-she-ra/">Archived</a> from the original on 12 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"My favorite comic book as a kid — my parents are British, and I used to read these British comics called <i>Beano</i>. And there was <i>The Dandy</i> and <i>The Beano</i>, and I loved them. They were funny comics," said funnyman Paul Rudd</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Comicbook.com&rft.atitle=%27Ant-Man+and+the+Wasp%27+Stars+Didn%27t+Read+Marvel+Comics+as+Kids&rft.date=2018-07-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcomicbook.com%2Fmarvel%2Fnews%2Fant-man-and-the-wasp-rudd-lilly-archie-riverdale-beano-he-man-she-ra%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Armstrong-250"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Armstrong_250-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArmstrong2015" class="citation web cs1">Armstrong, Stephen (27 July 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/pixar/11766202/Was-Pixars-Inside-Out-inspired-by-The-Beano.html">"Was Pixar's Inside Out inspired by The Beano?"</a>. <i>telegraph.co.uk</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180412090211/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/pixar/11766202/Was-Pixars-Inside-Out-inspired-by-The-Beano.html">Archived</a> from the original on 12 April 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=telegraph.co.uk&rft.atitle=Was+Pixar%27s+Inside+Out+inspired+by+The+Beano%3F&rft.date=2015-07-27&rft.aulast=Armstrong&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Fpixar%2F11766202%2FWas-Pixars-Inside-Out-inspired-by-The-Beano.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-251"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-251">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStreet2018" class="citation news cs1">Street, Chloe (26 April 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/fashion/stella-mccartney-beano-childrenswear-range-a3824556.html">"Stella McCartney is launching a Beano-inspired childrenswear range"</a>. <i>The Evening Standard</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210711121021/https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/fashion/stella-mccartney-beano-childrenswear-range-a3824556.html">Archived</a> from the original on 11 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Evening+Standard&rft.atitle=Stella+McCartney+is+launching+a+Beano-inspired+childrenswear+range&rft.date=2018-04-26&rft.aulast=Street&rft.aufirst=Chloe&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Finsider%2Ffashion%2Fstella-mccartney-beano-childrenswear-range-a3824556.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-252"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-252">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCramond1966" class="citation magazine cs1">Cramond, Harold, ed. (7 May 1966). "The Beano". <i>The Beano</i>. No. 1242. D.C. Thomson & Co. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>. <q>In October 2008 Lew's artwork began to appear on a new regular series for THE BEANO entitled Super School which proved very popular in the readers poll.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ICE+%E2%80%93+The+International+Comic+Expo&rft.atitle=ICE+2014+Adds+Lew+Stringer+to+it%27s+%5Bsic%5D+Growing+Guestlist&rft.date=2014-06-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Finternationlcomicexpo.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F06%2F01%2Fice-2014-adds-lew-stringer-to-its-growing-guestlist%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-256"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-256">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSwanson2010" class="citation news cs1">Swanson, Brian (25 September 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/201705/Now-Obama-joins-the-Beano">"Now Obama joins the Beano"</a>. <i>Express.co.uk</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20210709081140/https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/201705/Now-Obama-joins-the-Beano">Archived</a> from the original on 9 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>. <q>Meebo and Zuky, drawn by artist Laura Howell, won a readers' poll to find a new regular story for the popular Dundee-based comic.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Express.co.uk&rft.atitle=Now+Obama+joins+the+Beano&rft.date=2010-09-25&rft.aulast=Swanson&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.express.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2F201705%2FNow-Obama-joins-the-Beano&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008218-257"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008218_257-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHistory_of_The_Beano2008"><i>History of The Beano</i> (2008)</a>, p. 218.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201898-258"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201898_258-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''80_Years''201898_258-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREF80_Years2018"><i>80 Years</i> (2018)</a>, p. 98.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-259"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-259">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/16882343.beano-breaks-world-record-comic-comp-v-dundee/">"Beano breaks world record with comic comp at V&A Dundee"</a>. <i>The National</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20210705095246/https://www.thenational.scot/news/16882343.beano-breaks-world-record-comic-comp-v-dundee/">Archived</a> from the original on 5 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=East+Anglian+Daily+Times&rft.atitle=Memories+of+comic+book+capers&rft.date=2018-08-14&rft.aulast=Mortimer&rft.aufirst=Lynne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eadt.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcorporal-punishment-free-beano-2483976&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-261"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-261">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFreeman2018" class="citation news cs1">Freeman, John (10 January 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://downthetubes.net/?p=42241">"Beano creators hit back at media sniping as comic hits 80, buoyed by success of new "Dennis and Gnasher" TV show"</a>. <i>Down the Tubes</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210512232011/https://downthetubes.net/?p=42241">Archived</a> from the original on 12 May 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Down+the+Tubes&rft.atitle=Beano+creators+hit+back+at+media+sniping+as+comic+hits+80%2C+buoyed+by+success+of+new+%22Dennis+and+Gnasher%22+TV+show&rft.date=2018-01-10&rft.aulast=Freeman&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdownthetubes.net%2F%3Fp%3D42241&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-262"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-262">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dennis-menace-rebrand-beano-cbbc-cartoon-a8130436.html">"The Beano are changing Dennis the Menace's name"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>. 27 December 2017. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210711083017/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dennis-menace-rebrand-beano-cbbc-cartoon-a8130436.html">Archived</a> from the original on 11 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>. <q>The removal of the word menace and the rebrand comes as a new CBBC series, <i><a href="/wiki/Dennis_%26_Gnasher:_Unleashed!" title="Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!">Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!</a></i>, which will embrace difference and diversity, is set to start [...] <i>Beano</i> bosses have denied the change is a concession to political correctness.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=The+Beano+are+changing+Dennis+the+Menace%27s+name&rft.date=2017-12-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2Fhome-news%2Fdennis-menace-rebrand-beano-cbbc-cartoon-a8130436.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-263"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-263">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Neill" class="citation news cs1">O'Neill, Sean. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/softy-dennis-no-longer-a-menace-m7qwpnbh3">"Softy Dennis no longer a menace"</a>. <i>The Times</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210712125745/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/softy-dennis-no-longer-a-menace-m7qwpnbh3">Archived</a> from the original on 12 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Softy+Dennis+no+longer+a+menace&rft.aulast=O%27Neill&rft.aufirst=Sean&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Farticle%2Fsofty-dennis-no-longer-a-menace-m7qwpnbh3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-264"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-264">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090819132138/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Dennis-menace-bad-idea-says-Beano-illustrator/article-1255822-detail/article.html">"Dennis Without The Menace Bad Idea"</a>. <i>Bristol Evening Post</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Dennis-menace-bad-idea-says-Beano-illustrator/article-1255822-detail/article.html">the original</a> on 19 August 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 August</span> 2009</span>. <q>The classic comic tearaway has been turned into a softie by politically correct TV bosses worried he might set a bad example to children. They have banned the black-haired bully from using his trusty catapult, water pistol and pea shooter in the new cartoon series [<i><a href="/wiki/Dennis_and_Gnasher_(2009_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis and Gnasher (2009 TV series)">Dennis and Gnasher</a></i>] which starts on <a href="/wiki/CBBC_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="CBBC (TV channel)">CBBC</a> next month.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Bristol+Evening+Post&rft.atitle=Dennis+Without+The+Menace+Bad+Idea&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisisbristol.co.uk%2Fnews%2FDennis-menace-bad-idea-says-Beano-illustrator%2Farticle-1255822-detail%2Farticle.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-265"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-265">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoonie1940" class="citation magazine cs1">Moonie, George, ed. (6 January 1940). "Big Eggo". <i>The Beano Comic</i>. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. (published 2 January 1940).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Beano+Comic&rft.atitle=Big+Eggo&rft.date=1940-01-06&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008143-266"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''2008143_266-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHistory_of_The_Beano2008"><i>History of The Beano</i> (2008)</a>, p. 143.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-267"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-267">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEmerson2002" class="citation magazine cs1">Emerson, Hunt (28 December 2002). "Little Plum". <i>The Beano</i>. No. 3154. DC Thomson.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Beano&rft.atitle=Little+Plum&rft.issue=3154&rft.date=2002-12-28&rft.aulast=Emerson&rft.aufirst=Hunt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-268"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-268">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoonie1938" class="citation magazine cs1">Moonie, George, ed. (30 July 1938). "Little Peanut's Page of Fun". <i>The Beano Comic</i>. No. 1. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. (published 26 July 1938).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Beano+Comic&rft.atitle=Little+Peanut%27s+Page+of+Fun&rft.issue=1&rft.date=1938-07-30&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-269"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-269">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoonie1940" class="citation magazine cs1">Moonie, George, ed. (14 September 1940). "Little Peanut's Page of Fun". <i>The Beano Comic</i>. No. 112. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Beano+Comic&rft.atitle=Little+Peanut%27s+Page+of+Fun&rft.issue=112&rft.date=1940-09-14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-270"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-270">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFreeman2018" class="citation news cs1">Freeman, John (22 July 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://downthetubes.net/?p=99193">"Original first issue of the Beano on offer on eBay… for £25,000"</a>. <i>Down the Tubes</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201201175610/https://downthetubes.net/?p=99193">Archived</a> from the original on 1 December 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>. <q>This original copy includes pages excised from reprints in recent years, removed for their now stereotyped portrayal of "Peanut", the comic's original masthead character, today regarded as inappropriate.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Down+the+Tubes&rft.atitle=Original+first+issue+of+the+Beano+on+offer+on+eBay%E2%80%A6+for+%C2%A325%2C000&rft.date=2018-07-22&rft.aulast=Freeman&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdownthetubes.net%2F%3Fp%3D99193&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-271"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-271">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoonie1939" class="citation book cs1">Moonie, George, ed. (1939). "Hard-Nut the Nigger". <i>The Beano Book 1940</i>. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Hard-Nut+the+Nigger&rft.btitle=The+Beano+Book+1940&rft.pub=D.C.+Thomson+%26+Co.+Ltd.&rft.date=1939&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200877-272"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''History_of_The_Beano''200877_272-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHistory_of_The_Beano2008"><i>History of The Beano</i> (2008)</a>, p. 77.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-274"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-274">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO’Neill" class="citation news cs1">O’Neill, Sean. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/softy-dennis-no-longer-a-menace-m7qwpnbh3">"Softy Dennis no longer a menace"</a>. <i>The Times</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210712125745/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/softy-dennis-no-longer-a-menace-m7qwpnbh3">Archived</a> from the original on 12 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>. <q>Studious and bespectacled, Walter Brown was the super Softy: he wore a bow tie, followed the rules, always did his homework and was easy prey for Dennis and Gnasher, the Menace's pet Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Softy+Dennis+no+longer+a+menace&rft.aulast=O%E2%80%99Neill&rft.aufirst=Sean&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Farticle%2Fsofty-dennis-no-longer-a-menace-m7qwpnbh3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-275"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-275">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBickerton2021" class="citation news cs1">Bickerton, James (22 May 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1439703/Beano-comic-Fatty-names-change-woke-Britain-politically-correct-discrimination-Freddy">"Woke Britain: Beano changes name of 65-year-old character Fatty to avoid offending readers"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="The Daily Express">The Daily Express</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184843/https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1439703/Beano-comic-Fatty-names-change-woke-Britain-politically-correct-discrimination-Freddy">Archived</a> from the original on 9 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Express&rft.atitle=Woke+Britain%3A+Beano+changes+name+of+65-year-old+character+Fatty+to+avoid+offending+readers&rft.date=2021-05-22&rft.aulast=Bickerton&rft.aufirst=James&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.express.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2F1439703%2FBeano-comic-Fatty-names-change-woke-Britain-politically-correct-discrimination-Freddy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-276"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-276">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith" class="citation news cs1">Smith, Aidan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/the-beano-my-favourite-comic-has-been-hit-by-political-correctness-drat-urrgh-boo-aidan-smith-3248341">"Why oh why has political correctness hit the Beano?! Drat, urrgh, boo! – Aidan Smith"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scotsman" title="The Scotsman">The Scotsman</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210711124245/https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/the-beano-my-favourite-comic-has-been-hit-by-political-correctness-drat-urrgh-boo-aidan-smith-3248341">Archived</a> from the original on 11 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Scotsman&rft.atitle=Why+oh+why+has+political+correctness+hit+the+Beano%3F%21+Drat%2C+urrgh%2C+boo%21+%E2%80%93+Aidan+Smith&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Aidan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotsman.com%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2Fthe-beano-my-favourite-comic-has-been-hit-by-political-correctness-drat-urrgh-boo-aidan-smith-3248341&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-277"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-277">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams2021" class="citation news cs1">Williams, Benjamin (June 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comicbooknews.co.uk/article/the-beano-to-stop-using-the-nickname-fatty.html">"The Beano to Stop Using the Nickname Fatty for Bash Street Kids Character Freddy"</a>. <i>Comic Book News</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210711093523/https://www.comicbooknews.co.uk/article/the-beano-to-stop-using-the-nickname-fatty.html">Archived</a> from the original on 11 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 January</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Comic+Book+News&rft.atitle=The+Beano+to+Stop+Using+the+Nickname+Fatty+for+Bash+Street+Kids+Character+Freddy&rft.date=2021-06&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=Benjamin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comicbooknews.co.uk%2Farticle%2Fthe-beano-to-stop-using-the-nickname-fatty.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Beano&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREF80_Years2018" class="citation book cs1">Anderson, John, ed. 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Fleet Street, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>: <a href="/wiki/DC_Thomson" title="DC Thomson">DC Thomson</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781845357023" title="Special:BookSources/9781845357023"><bdi>9781845357023</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Beano%3A+80+Years+of+Fun&rft.place=Fleet+Street%2C+London&rft.pub=DC+Thomson&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=9781845357023&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcAleer1992" class="citation book cs1">McAleer, Joseph (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/popularreadingpu0000mcal/"><i>Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain, 1914-1950</i></a>. Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0198203292" title="Special:BookSources/0198203292"><bdi>0198203292</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Popular+Reading+and+Publishing+in+Britain%2C+1914-1950&rft.place=Oxford+%5BEngland%5D&rft.pub=Clarendon+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0198203292&rft.aulast=McAleer&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpopularreadingpu0000mcal%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Beano" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHistory_of_The_Beano2008" class="citation book cs1">Riches, Christopher, ed. 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exist)">Warlord Book for Boys</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#dedde2;width:1%">Character annuals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bananaman#Original_strip" title="Bananaman">Bananaman Annual</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bash_Street_Kids_Annual" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bash Street Kids Annual">The Bash Street Kids Annual</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beryl_the_Peril" title="Beryl the Peril">Beryl the Peril Annual</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Bob_(comics)" title="Black Bob (comics)">Black Bob Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Broons#Annuals" title="The Broons">The Broons Annual</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_Annual" title="Dennis the Menace Annual">Dennis the Menace Annual</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Desperate_Dan_Book" title="The Desperate Dan Book">The Desperate Dan Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oor_Wullie#Annuals" title="Oor Wullie">Oor Wullie Annual</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#dedde2;width:1%">Notable artists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barrie_Appleby" title="Barrie Appleby">Barrie Appleby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Auchterlounie" title="Nigel Auchterlounie">Nigel Auchterlounie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Baxendale" title="Leo Baxendale">Leo Baxendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Bell_(cartoonist)" title="Gordon Bell (cartoonist)">Gordon Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Brennan" title="Nick Brennan">Nick Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Brennan" title="Paddy Brennan">Paddy Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Burgon" title="Sid Burgon">Sid Burgon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reg_Carter" title="Reg Carter">Reg Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Dawbarn" title="Wilbur Dawbarn">Wilbur Dawbarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Dixon" title="Karl Dixon">Karl Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Etherington_Brothers" title="The Etherington Brothers">The Etherington Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_Emerson" title="Hunt Emerson">Hunt Emerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Fanton" title="Andy Fanton">Andy Fanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Geering" title="John Geering">John Geering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Glennard" title="Barry Glennard">Barry Glennard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Grigg" title="Charles Grigg">Charles Grigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_H._Harrison" title="Ken H. Harrison">Ken H. Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Howell" title="Laura Howell">Laura Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diego_Jourdan" title="Diego Jourdan">Diego Jourdan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Judge" class="mw-redirect" title="Malcolm Judge">Malcolm Judge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Law_(cartoonist)" title="David Law (cartoonist)">David Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Metcalfe" title="Trevor Metcalfe">Trevor Metcalfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Morley" title="Allan Morley">Allan Morley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mostyn_(cartoonist)" title="David Mostyn (cartoonist)">David Mostyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Neill" title="Vic Neill">Vic Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Nixon_(comics)" title="Robert Nixon (comics)">Robert Nixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Northfield" title="Gary Northfield">Gary Northfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Parkinson" title="Nigel Parkinson">Nigel Parkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Paterson" title="Tom Paterson">Tom Paterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Petrie" title="Jim Petrie">Jim Petrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Reid_(comics)" title="Ken Reid (comics)">Ken Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Ritchie" title="Bill Ritchie">Bill Ritchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Parkins" title="David Parkins">David Parkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Rushby" title="Jon Rushby">Jon Rushby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Smart" title="Jamie Smart">Jamie Smart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lew_Stringer" title="Lew Stringer">Lew Stringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Sutherland_(comics)" title="David Sutherland (comics)">David Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kev_F._Sutherland" title="Kev F. Sutherland">Kev F. Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_D._Watkins" title="Dudley D. Watkins">Dudley D. Watkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_White" title="Stevie White">Stevie White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#dedde2;width:1%">Notable writers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Chinn" title="Mike Chinn">Mike Chinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Lawford_Dalton" title="Gilbert Lawford Dalton">Gilbert Lawford Dalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Grant_(writer)" title="Alan Grant (writer)">Alan Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gray_(comics)" title="Ian Gray (comics)">Ian Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._D._Low" title="R. D. Low">R. D. Low</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Morrison" title="Grant Morrison">Grant Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Radford_(wine_writer)" title="John Radford (wine writer)">John Radford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavan_Scott" title="Cavan Scott">Cavan Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(comics_writer)" title="John Smith (comics writer)">John Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#dedde2;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_D._C._Thomson_%26_Co._Ltd_publications" title="List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications">List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_AP,_Fleetway_and_IPC_Comics_publications" title="List of AP, Fleetway and IPC Comics publications">List of AP, Fleetway and IPC Comics publications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Beano_comic_strips" title="List of Beano comic strips">List of <i>Beano</i> comic strips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dandy_comic_strips" title="List of Dandy comic strips">List of <i>Dandy</i> comic strips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Topper_comic_strips" title="List of Topper comic strips">List of <i>Topper</i> comic strips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Beezer_comic_strips" title="List of Beezer comic strips">List of <i>Beezer</i> comic strips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Beezer_and_Topper_comic_strips" title="List of Beezer and Topper comic strips">List of <i>Beezer and Topper</i> comic strips</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#dedde2"><div><span 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_FM" title="Kingdom FM">Kingdom FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_106_(Scotland)" title="Original 106 (Scotland)">Original 106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wave_FM" title="Wave FM">Wave FM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brightsolid" class="mw-redirect" title="Brightsolid">Brightsolid</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Findmypast" title="Findmypast">Findmypast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friends_Reunited" title="Friends Reunited">Friends Reunited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genes_Reunited" title="Genes Reunited">Genes Reunited</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Television" title="Southern Television">Southern Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_Beano" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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Low</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Beano_comic_strips" title="List of Beano comic strips">Stories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1938-1939</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Eggo" title="Big Eggo">Big Eggo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hairy_Dan" title="Hairy Dan">Hairy Dan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helpful_Henry" title="Helpful Henry">Helpful Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Snooty" title="Lord Snooty">Lord Snooty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgyn_the_Mighty" title="Morgyn the Mighty">Morgyn the Mighty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pansy_Potter" title="Pansy Potter">Pansy Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ping_the_Elastic_Man" title="Ping the Elastic Man">Ping the Elastic Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tin-Can_Tommy" title="Tin-Can Tommy">Tin-Can Tommy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wee_Peem" title="Wee Peem">Wee Peem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biffo_the_Bear" title="Biffo the Bear">Biffo the Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Flash" title="Jack Flash">Jack Flash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_and_his_Magic_Patch" title="Jimmy and his Magic Patch">Jimmy and his Magic Patch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnie_the_Witch_(comics)" title="Winnie the Witch (comics)">Winnie the Witch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Bash_Street_Kids" title="The Bash Street Kids">The Bash Street Kids</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pup_Parade" title="Pup Parade">Pup Parade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simply_Smiffy" title="Simply Smiffy">Simply Smiffy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singled_Out_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Singled Out (comics)">Singled Out</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bash_Street_Kids#Other_characters" class="mw-redirect" title="Bash Street Kids">Winston</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_and_Gnasher" title="Dennis the Menace and Gnasher">Dennis the Menace</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bea_(Dennis_the_Menace)" title="Bea (Dennis the Menace)">Bea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gnasher" title="Gnasher">Gnasher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_the_Softy" title="Walter the Softy">Walter the Softy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rasher_(comics)" title="Rasher (comics)">Rasher</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Jumbo" title="General Jumbo">General Jumbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandpa_(comics)" title="Grandpa (comics)">Grandpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonah_(comics)" title="Jonah (comics)">Jonah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Plum" title="Little Plum">Little Plum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnie_the_Minx" title="Minnie the Minx">Minnie the Minx</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fatty_Fudge" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatty Fudge">Fatty Fudge</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_the_Dodger" title="Roger the Dodger">Roger the Dodger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Bears_(comic_strip)" title="The Three Bears (comic strip)">The Three Bears</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Cat_(British_comics)" title="Billy the Cat (British comics)">Billy the Cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Whizz" title="Billy Whizz">Billy Whizz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_Crackpot%27s_Circus" title="Colonel Crackpot's Circus">Colonel Crackpot's Circus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baby_Face_Finlayson" title="Baby Face Finlayson">Baby Face Finlayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Belles_of_St._Lemons" title="The Belles of St. Lemons">The Belles of St. Lemons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnasher" title="Gnasher">Gnasher's Tale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_McTickles" title="The McTickles">The McTickles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Nibblers" title="The Nibblers">The Nibblers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_the_Lion" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard the Lion">Richard the Lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom,_Dick_and_Sally" title="Tom, Dick and Sally">Tom, Dick and Sally</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calamity_James" title="Calamity James">Calamity James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny%27s_Nanny" title="Danny's Nanny">Danny's Nanny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Germs_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Germs (comics)">The Germs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnasher" title="Gnasher">Gnasher and Gnipper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivy_the_Terrible" title="Ivy the Terrible">Ivy the Terrible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Number_13_Beano_Street" title="Number 13 Beano Street">Number 13 Beano Street</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bea_(Dennis_the_Menace)" title="Bea (Dennis the Menace)">Beaginnings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Yeti_with_Betty" title="The Yeti with Betty">Betty and the Yeti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crazy_for_Daisy" title="Crazy for Daisy">Crazy for Daisy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_(comics)" title="Gordon Bennett (comics)">Gordon Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_King_(The_Beano)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe King (The Beano)">Joe King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Pretend" title="Les Pretend">Les Pretend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Numskulls" title="The Numskulls">The Numskulls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Traveller" title="Tim Traveller">Tim Traveller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tricky_Dicky_(Topper)" title="Tricky Dicky (Topper)">Tricky Dicky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colin_the_Vet" class="mw-redirect" title="Colin the Vet">Colin the Vet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_the_Sheep" title="Derek the Sheep">Derek the Sheep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Fear" title="Freddie Fear">Freddie Fear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Jitsu" title="Joe Jitsu">Joe Jitsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bean_from_Happy_Bunny_Green" title="Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green">Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Snooty#Lord_Snooty_the_Third" title="Lord Snooty">Lord Snooty the Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olaff_the_Madlander" title="Olaff the Madlander">Olaff the Madlander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratz_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratz (comics)">Ratz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Rebel" title="Robbie Rebel">Robbie Rebel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Splodge" class="mw-redirect" title="Splodge">Splodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_School" title="Super School">Super School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bananaman" title="Bananaman">Bananaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corporal_Clott" title="Corporal Clott">Corporal Clott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meebo_and_Zuky" title="Meebo and Zuky">Meebo and Zuky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spin-off media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beano_Annual" title="The Beano Annual">The Beano Annual</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Beano_comic_strips_by_annual" title="List of Beano comic strips by annual">List of <i>Beano</i> comic strips by annual</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fun_Size_Comics" title="Fun Size Comics">Beano comic libraries/<i>Fun Size Comics</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/EPIC_Magazine" title="EPIC Magazine">EPIC Magazine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beano_Summer_Special" title="The Beano Summer Special">The Beano Summer Special</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_Annual" title="Dennis the Menace Annual">Dennis the Menace Annual</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Magic_Comic" title="The Magic Comic">The Magic Comic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Plug_(comics)" title="Plug (comics)">Plug</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bananaman_(TV_series)" title="Bananaman (TV series)">Bananaman (TV series)</a></i> (BBC, 1983-1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beano%27s_Dennis_the_Menace_and_Gnasher_Show" title="The Beano's Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Show">The Beano's Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Show</a></i> (TCC, 1990–91)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beano_Video" title="The Beano Video">The Beano Video</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beano_Videostars" title="The Beano Videostars">The Beano Videostars</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dennis_and_Gnasher_(1996_TV_series)" title="Dennis and Gnasher (1996 TV series)">Dennis and Gnasher</a></i> (BBC, 1996–98)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_and_Gnasher_(2009_TV_series)" title="Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (2009 TV series)">Dennis and Gnasher</a></i> (BBC, 2009–13)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dennis_%26_Gnasher:_Unleashed!" title="Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!">Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!</a></i> (BBC, 2017-present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bananaman#Musical_production" title="Bananaman">Banananman Musical</a></i> (2017-2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Creator staff</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">D.C. Thomson artists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Baxendale" title="Leo Baxendale">Leo Baxendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Brennan" title="Paddy Brennan">Paddy Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Petrie" title="Jim Petrie">Jim Petrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Reid_(comics)" title="Ken Reid (comics)">Ken Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_D._Watkins" title="Dudley D. Watkins">Dudley D. Watkins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Freelance artists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barrie_Appleby" title="Barrie Appleby">Barrie Appleby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Auchterlounie" title="Nigel Auchterlounie">Nigel Auchterlounie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Bell_(cartoonist)" title="Gordon Bell (cartoonist)">Gordon Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_Blackaller" title="Basil Blackaller">Basil Blackaller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Brennan" title="Nick Brennan">Nick Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Burgon" title="Sid Burgon">Sid Burgon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reg_Carter" title="Reg Carter">Reg Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Dawbarn" title="Wilbur Dawbarn">Wilbur Dawbarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_Emerson" title="Hunt Emerson">Hunt Emerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Fanton" title="Andy Fanton">Andy Fanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Geering" title="John Geering">John Geering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Glennard" title="Barry Glennard">Barry Glennard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hargreaves_(cartoonist)" title="Harry Hargreaves (cartoonist)">Harry Hargreaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_H._Harrison" title="Ken H. Harrison">Ken H. Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Howell" title="Laura Howell">Laura Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diego_Jourdan" title="Diego Jourdan">Diego Jourdan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Judge" class="mw-redirect" title="Malcolm Judge">Malcolm Judge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Law_(cartoonist)" title="David Law (cartoonist)">David Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Metcalfe" title="Trevor Metcalfe">Trevor Metcalfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Morley" title="Allan Morley">Allan Morley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mostyn_(cartoonist)" title="David Mostyn (cartoonist)">David Mostyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Neill" title="Vic Neill">Vic Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Nixon_(comics)" title="Robert Nixon (comics)">Robert Nixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Northfield" title="Gary Northfield">Gary Northfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Parkins" title="David Parkins">David Parkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Parkinson" title="Nigel Parkinson">Nigel Parkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Paterson" title="Tom Paterson">Tom Paterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pearse" title="Mike Pearse">Mike Pearse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Rankine" title="Dean Rankine">Dean Rankine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Ritchie" title="Bill Ritchie">Bill Ritchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Rushby" title="Jon Rushby">Jon Rushby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavan_Scott" title="Cavan Scott">Cavan Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Scott_(comics)" title="Duncan Scott (comics)">Duncan Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Smart" title="Jamie Smart">Jamie Smart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lew_Stringer" title="Lew Stringer">Lew Stringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Sutherland_(comics)" title="David Sutherland (comics)">David Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kev_F._Sutherland" title="Kev F. Sutherland">Kev F. Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_White" title="Stevie White">Stevie White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Beano_timeline" class="mw-redirect" title="The Beano timeline"><i>The Beano</i> timeline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:The_Beano" title="Category:The Beano">Category</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.codfw.main‐6b7f745dd4‐hcptx Cached time: 20241125135557 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [vary‐revision‐sha1, show‐toc] CPU time usage: 2.273 seconds Real time usage: 2.490 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 17500/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 397657/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 15521/2097152 bytes Highest expansion depth: 19/100 Expensive parser function count: 12/500 Unstrip recursion depth: 1/20 Unstrip post‐expand size: 736266/5000000 bytes Lua time usage: 1.397/10.000 seconds Lua memory usage: 8181602/52428800 bytes Lua Profile: MediaWiki\Extension\Scribunto\Engines\LuaSandbox\LuaSandboxCallback::callParserFunction 260 ms 18.8% dataWrapper <mw.lua:672> 200 ms 14.5% recursiveClone <mwInit.lua:45> 180 ms 13.0% MediaWiki\Extension\Scribunto\Engines\LuaSandbox\LuaSandboxCallback::match 120 ms 8.7% MediaWiki\Extension\Scribunto\Engines\LuaSandbox\LuaSandboxCallback::getAllExpandedArguments 80 ms 5.8% MediaWiki\Extension\Scribunto\Engines\LuaSandbox\LuaSandboxCallback::find 60 ms 4.3% MediaWiki\Extension\Scribunto\Engines\LuaSandbox\LuaSandboxCallback::gsub 40 ms 2.9% MediaWiki\Extension\Scribunto\Engines\LuaSandbox\LuaSandboxCallback::preprocess 40 ms 2.9% <Module:Citation/CS1:813> 40 ms 2.9% <mw.lua:694> 40 ms 2.9% [others] 320 ms 23.2% Number of Wikibase entities loaded: 0/400 --> <!-- Transclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template) 100.00% 2175.450 1 -total 53.71% 1168.399 2 Template:Reflist 26.56% 577.904 107 Template:Cite_magazine 16.38% 356.275 91 Template:Sfnp 14.20% 308.855 63 Template:Cite_news 5.53% 120.328 6 Template:Navbox 4.94% 107.412 18 Template:Cite_web 4.63% 100.749 1 Template:D._C._Thomson_Comics 3.71% 80.618 1 Template:Short_description 3.38% 73.565 1 Template:Infobox_magazine --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:idhash:4653-0!canonical and timestamp 20241125135557 and revision id 1258362330. 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