List of Beano Comic Strips - List of Beano Comic Strips

List of Beano Comic Strips

Originally the Beano consisted of Comic Strips, Adventure strips and Prose stories however by 1975 only comic strips remained. There have currently been 191 different comic strips in The Beano since the comic began in 1938. During the days where adventure strips coexisted in the Beano alongside Comic strips a number of strips blurred the lines between the two genres.

Strip Title Notes Original Artist Other Notable Artists Start Date End Date
Big Eggo Reg Carter 1938 1949
Ping the Elastic Man Hugh McNeill 1938 1940
Brave Captain Kipper

About an elderly sailor who was the 'diehard of the Seven Seas'.

Torelli Bros 1938 1939
Lord Snooty Four series. First from 1938 to 1941.

Second from 1950 to 1958. Third from 1959 to 1991. Fourth series appeared in 2013 as part of Funsize Funnies.

Dudley Watkins Leo Baxendale, Robert Nixon, Jimmy Glen, Ken Harrison

Alexander Matthews

1938 Present
Whoopee Hank Roland Davies 1938 1939
Hooky's Magic Bowler Hat Charles Gordon 1938 1940
Wee Peem Three series. First from 1938 to 1940.

Second entitled Wee Peem's Magic Pills ran from 1951 to 1952.

Third series with the title changed to just Wee Peem ran from 1956 to 1957.

James Jewell Charles Griggs, Hugh Morren 1938 1957
Little Dead Eye Dick Three series. First in 1938. Second in 1949.

The third and final appeared between 1949 and 1950.

Charles Holt 1938 1950
Hairy Dan Basil Blackaller 1938 1946
Contrary Mary Roland Davies 1938 1940
Smiler the Sweeper Steve Perkins 1938 1938
Helpful Henry Eric Roberts 1938 1939
Big Fat Joe Allan Morley 1938 1939
Rip Van Wink

About a man who had slept for 700 years and his reaction to the modern (1930s) world. Name references the short story Rip Van Winkle.

Two series the first of which ran for ten years from 1938 to 1948. And the second lasted from 1958 to 1959.

Eric Roberts Gordon Bell 1938 1959
Uncle Windbag Three series. First in 1938. Second in 1953.

Third ran from 1956 to 1957.

Charles Holt Charles Grigg, Bill Ritchie 1938 1957
Monkey Tricks Reg Carter 1938 1938
Tin Can Tommy Torelli Bros 1938 1947
Hicky the Hare Torelli Bros 1938 1939
Good King Coke Two series. First was from 1938 to 1942.

The second was from 1945-1946.

Eric Roberts 1938 1946
Frosty McNab Sam Fair 1938 1941
Pansy Potter Also appeared in The Sparky

Five series. First from 1938 to 1947.

Second titled Pansy Potter in Wonderland from 1949 to 1955.

Third series with original title appeared in 1958.

Fourth series from 1989 to 1993.

Fifth series began in 2013 as part of the Funsize Funnies.

Hugh McNeil Basil Blackaller, Sam Fair, James Clark, Charles Grigg, Gordon Bell, Barry Glennard, Nigel Parkinson 1938 Present
Boney the Brave Roland Davies 1939 1939
Puffing Billy Hugh McNeill 1939 1940
Tricky Dicky Ant Two series. First in 1939. Second in 1949. Torelli Bros James Clark, Allan Morley 1939 1949
The Pranks of Peanut Charles Gordon 1939 1939
Deep Down Daddy Neptune Basil Blackaller 1939 1940
Wily Willie Winkie Unknown 1939 1940
Laddie Longlegs Unknown 1939 1939
Cocky Dick Allan Morley 1939 1947
Winken and Blinken Sam Fair 1940 1941
Doubting Thomas James Crighton 1940 1942
Cinderella and the Ugly Sisters Basil Blackaller 1940 1941
Big Heep Basil Blackaller 1940 1942
Musso the Wop

Featured the slapstick antics of Benito Mussolini.

Sam Fair 1940 1943
The Magic Lollipops

It featured a boy with lollipops, that if you licked them, they would turn into what you wanted.

Two series. First was from 1941 to 1947 and the second was from 1948 to 1951.

Allan Morley 1941 1951
Handy Sandy Two series. First appeared between 1942 and 1943, the second between 1944 and 1945. Arthur Jackson 1942 1945
Little Nell and Peter Pell About a girl called Nell and her pet pelican called Peter. Allan Morley 1945 1947
Smart Alec Basil Blackaller 1945 1945
Polly Wolly Doodle and her Great Big Poodle George Drysdale 1946 1947
Sammy Shrinko Allan Morley 1946 1948
Sticky Willie Unknown 1946 1947
Wavy Davy and his Navy Dudley Watkins 1947 1947
Alf Wit the Ancient Brit Bill Holroyd 1947 1947
Freddy Flipperfeet Reg Carter 1947 1948
Maxy's Taxi

About a man called Maxy and his Taxi

George Drysdale 1947 1951
Winnie the witch James Clark 1948 1948
Peter Penguin Reg Carter 1948 1949
Biffo the Bear Three series. First from 1948 to 1986.

Second from 1989 to 1999. Third series began in 2013 as part of the Funsize Funnies.

Dudley Watkins David Sutherland, Jimmy Glen, Sid Burgon, Wayne Thompson 1948 Present
Cocky Jock George Drysdale 1948 1949
Swanky Lanky Liz Charles Holt 1948 1949
Smarty Smokum Allan Morley 1948 1949
Hairy Hugh and his Cockatoo Basil Blackaller 1948 1949
Have-A-Go Joe Two series. First ran from 1949 to 1951.

The second featuring the same main character but retitled 'The Beano Cinema' ran in 1951.

Bill Holroyd 1949 1951
Skinny Flint the Meanest Uncle in the World James Walker 1949 1949
Wandering Willie Bill Holroyd 1949 1949
Ding-Dong Belle Bill Holroyd 1949 1951
Danger! Len at Work Bill Holroyd 1949 1950
Sammy's Super Rubber Allan Morley 1950 1951
Dennis the Menace David Law David Sutherland, David Parkins, Nigel Parkinson, Jimmy Hansen, Tom Paterson Barrie Appleby 1951 Present
Skinny Flint Basil Blackaller 1951 1951
Bucktooth the Boy who Lives in a Barrel Two series. First in 1951 and the second in 1952. Bill Holroyd 1951 1952
Willie's Wonder Gun James Clark 1951 1952
Multy the Millionare Richard Cox 1952 1953
Wee Davie Seven series. First in 1952. Second in 1953.

Third and Fourth in 1954. Fifth in 1955. Sixth retitled 'Wee Davie and King Willie' ran from 1955 to 1956. Seventh series ran in 1957 with the same title as the previous one.

Ken Hunter 1952 1957
Kat and Kanary Three series. First from 1952 to 1956. The second in 1957.

The third in 1958.

Charles Grigg Leo Baxendale, Albert Holroyd, Gordon Bell 1952 1958
The Nippers Richard Cox 1952 1953
Roger the Dodger Two series. First from 1953 to 1960.

The second began in 1961 and is still ongoing.

Ken Reid Gordon Bell, Bob McGrath, Robert Nixon, Tom Lavery, Frank MacDiarmid, Barrie Appleby 1953 Present
Big Hugh and You One of the first strips to feature the reader as a character. Bill Holroyd 1953 1953
Matt Hatter George Drysdale 1953 1955
Little Plum Five Series. First from 1953 to 1986.

Second in 1998. Third series ran from 2002 to 2007. The fourth series consisting of reprints of the third series ran in 2011. The fifth series began in 2012 as part of the Funsize Funnies and is currently ongoing.

Leo Baxendale Ron Spencer, Tom Paterson, Hunt Emerson, Laura Howell 1953 Present
Minnie the Minx Leo Baxendale Jim Petrie, Tom Paterson, Ken Harrison, Laura Howell, Nigel Parkinson 1953 Present
When the Bell Rings name changed to The Bash Street Kids in 1956 Leo Baxendale David Sutherland 1954 Present
Jenny Penny Jimmy Thompson 1954 1955
Dick on the Draw Jimmy Thompson 1955 1955
Clumsy Claude-The Blunder Boy Bill Ritchie 1955 1955
Prince Whoopee Two series. First from 1955 to 1957.

Second from 1957 to 1958.

Charles Grigg George Drysdale 1955 1958
Scrapper Two series. First from 1955 to 1957.

Second in 1959.

George Drysdale/Albert Holroyd 1955 1959
Grandpa Two series. First from 1955 to 1957.

The second ran from 1971 to 1984

Ken Reid Robert Nixon, Jimmy Glen 1955 1984
Our Ned Albert Holroyd 1956 1958
Daniel the Spaniel Ken Hunter 1956 1956
Johnny on the Hop (He brings the Beano from the Shop) George Drysdale 1956 1956
Pooch Bill Ritchie 1957 1957
Parachute Reg Albert Holroyd 1957 1957
Wizards at War Charles Grigg 1957 1957
Dippy the Diver Hugh Morren 1957 1957
Fusspot Annie Jimmy Thompson 1957 1958
Bringing up Dennis

Dennis the Menace spinoff with Dennis as a baby

Ken Wilkins 1957 1958
Quick An' Slick Frank MacDarmiad 1957 1958
Pom-Pom (The Boy who Brightens Darkest Africa) Gordon Bell 1958 1958
Jonah Ken Reid 1958 1963
Cookie Ken Wilkins 1958 1958
Betty's Grandad Hugh Morren 1958 1958
Dashalong Dot Gordon Bell 1958 1959
Joe for Champ Hugh Morren 1959 1959
The Three Bears Five series. First in 1959.

The second ran from 1960 to 1985. The third ran from 1988 to 1995. The fourth series ran from 199 to 2007. The fifth series consisting of reprints of the fourth series between 2010 and 2011.

Leo Baxendale Bob McGrath, Bob Dewar, David Parkins, Mike Pearse, Chris McGhie 1959 2011
Lazy Jones Hugh Morren 1960 1960
Wonder Boy Bob McGrath 1960 1961
Colonel Crackpot's Circus Malcolm Judge 1960 1963
Punch and Jimmy Two series. First ran from 1962 to 1963.

The second ran from 1963 to 1967.

Dave Jenner 1962 1967
The Country Cuzzins Hugh Morren 1963 1964
Jinx Ken Reid 1963 1964
Billy Whizz Malcolm Judge Steve Horrocks, David Parkins, Trevor Metcalfe, Vic Neill, Graeme Hall, Wayne Thompson, Nick Brennan, Wilbur Dawbarn 1964 Present
Pup Parade Four series. First from 1967 to 1988. Second ran in 2003.

The third ran from 2011 to 2012. The fourth began in 2012 as part of the Funsize Funnies section and is currently ongoing.

Gordon Bell Nigel Parkinson, Nigel Auchterlounie 1967 Present
The Nibblers Two series. First from 1970 to 1974.

Second from 1977 to 1984.

John Sherwood/Ron Spencer 1970 1984
The Belles of St. Lemons Gordon Bell 1971 1972
The McTickles Vic Neill 1971 1974
Says Smiffy Spin-off of The Bash Street Kids.

It featured Smiffy testing out inventions sent in by Beano readers.

Jim Petrie 1971 1972
Baby Face Finlayson Five series. First from 1972 to 1977.

Second from 1980 to 1987. Third from 1989 to 1992. Fourth from 2004 to 2005. The fifth series began in 2012 as part of the Funsize Funnies section and is currently ongoing.

Ron Spencer Emilios Hatjoulis, Alexander Matthews 1972 Present
Wee Ben Nevis Vic Neill 1974 1977
Richard the Lion David Gudgeon 1974 1976
Ball Boy Malcolm Judge John Dallas, Dave Eastbury 1975 Present
Tom, Dick and Sally Dave Jenner/Keith Reynolds 1975 1986
Jacky Daw with Maw and Paw About an obnoxious teenage Jackdaw. David Gudgeon 1976 1978
Two Gun Tony Bill Ritchie 1977 1978
Gnasher's Tale name changed to Gnasher and Gnipper in 1986 David Sutherland Barry Glennard 1977 2009
The Fix-It Twins About two fraternal twins called Mo and Jo.

With an obsession for making people's dreams come true.

Title is a play on the TV show Jim'll Fix it.

Ron Spencer 1978 1980
Sweet Sue

About Sue, a sweet and inoffensive young girl.

Bill Ritchie 1978 1980
Smudge John Geering 1980 1994
Rasher Three series. First ran from 1984 to 1995.

A second consisting of reprints of the first series ran in 2009. The strip returned in 2012 as part of the Funsize Funnies.

David Sutherland Lew Stringer 1984 Present
Pepper the Pony and Lucinda Ron Spencer 1984 1985
Ivy the Terrible Two series. First ran from 1985 to 2008.

The second ran from 2009 to 2011.

Robert Nixon Tony O'Donnell, Diego Jourdan 1985 2011
Simply Smiffy Two series, the first of which ran from 1985 to 1987.

A second series appeared in 2012 as part of the Funsize Funnies.

Jerry Swaffield Paul Palmer 1985 Present
Foo Foo's Fairy Story Dave Sutherland 1986 1986
Roger the Dodger's Dodge Clinic Robert Nixon 1986 1992
Calamity James Three series. First ran from 1986 to 2007.

A second series ran from 2009 to 2011 and a third began in 2012.

Tom Paterson Steve Bright 1986 Present
Karate Sid

Title was a play on Karate Kid. About a karate loving kid who often fought with his enemies The Dans.

Steve Bright 1987 1988
Little Monkey Robert Nixon Barrie Appleby 1987 1988
Number 13 Two series. First ran from 1987 to 1997.

The second ran from 2011 to 2012 and consisted of reprints of the first series with the title changed to 'Number 13 Beano street'.

John Geering 1987 2012
The Germs Two series. First ran from 1987 to 2004.

A second series retitled 'Totally Gross Germs' consisting of reprints of the first series ran from 2011 to 2012.

Dave Sutherland Vic Neill 1987 2012
Gordon Gnome Eric Wilkinson 1988 1989
Danny's Nanny David Mostyn 1988 1994
Proctor Doolittle Ron Spencer 1988 1989
Fatty Fudge Jim Petrie 1989 1991
Emlyn the Gremlin Bob Dewar 1989 1990
Little Larry Tom Paterson 1989 1992
Les Pretend Three series. First ran from 1990 to 2005.

The second ran from 2008 to 2010. The third began in 2012 as part of the Funsize Funnies section and is currently ongoing.

John Sherwood Trevor Metcalfe, Laura Howell 1990 Present
Lee's Fleas Bob Dewar 1990 1991
Henry Burrows Trevor Metcalfe 1992 1992
Merboy Emilios Hatjoulis 1992 1992
Son of Jonah Jerry Swaffield 1992 1993
The Great Geraldoes Terry Brave 1992 1993
The Beano Birds Barry Glennard 1992 1993
Go, Granny, Go A strip about Dennis' Granny. Brian Walker 1992 1998
Oscar Knight-Child Actor David Sutherland 1992 1993
The Yeti with Betty Robert Nixon 1993 1994
The Numskulls Tom Paterson Barry Glennard 1993 Present
Vic Volcano About a boy with a literally fiery temper Robert Nixon Trevor Metcalfe 1995 1996
The World's Worst Bob Dewar 1995 1998
What to do with a Sleeping Dad Jim Petrie 1995 1997
Joe King Bob Dewar 1995 2001
Tim Traveller Vic Neill Keith Reynolds 1997 2004
Crazy for Daisy Nick Brennan 1997 2007
Even Steven Mark Morgan 1998 2000
Beaginnings, later Bea the Mini-Menace Nigel Parkinson 1998 2008
Mr Ape Serialisation of a Dick King-Smith story John Eastwood 1998 1998
Dean's Dino John Geering 1999 1999
Dog's Breakfast TV Steven Baskerville 1999 1999
Splodge Ken Harrison 2000 2001
Come to Beanotown John Rushby 2000 2002
Dasher Gary Whitlock 2001 2001
Freddie Fear Son of a Witch Dave Eastbury 2002 2012
Robbie Rebel Two seris. First ran from 2002 to 2008.

The second ran from 2010 to 2011.

Ken Harrison 2002 2011
Hotfoot From an Agency 2002 2002
Doctor Beastly's Tales of the Slightly Unpleasant Brian Walker 2002 2002
Ricky Grainger He Laughs at Danger Tom Plant 2003 2003
Joe Jitsu

Similar to 80s strip Karate Sid.

Wayne Thompson 2004 2006
Colin the Vet Duncan Scott 2004 2006
Derek the Sheep Gary Northfield 2004 2009
Bash Street Kids - Singled Out Mike Pearse Tom Paterson 2004 2009
Zap Zodiac Steve Horrocks 2005 2005
Gordon Bennett Second Series. First was a Comic Idol Runner-up Jimmy Hansen Robert Leighton 2005 2005
The Neds Duncan Scott 2005 2007
Nicky Nutjob Kelly Dyson Nick Brennan, Wayne Thompson 2006 2007
Big Brad Wolf Ken Harrison 2006 2006
Ratz Hunt Emerson Laura Howell 2006 Present
Pirates of the Caribeano Barrie Appleby 2006 2009
Fred's Bed First series in The Beano, reprinted from Beezer and Topper David Parkins Tom Paterson (reprints), Hunt Emerson, David Sutherland, Tom Paterson, Nigel Parkinson (all new strips) 2007 2012
The Riot Squad Reprints from Hoot Ken Harrison 2007 2008
Tales of Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green Laura Howell 2007 2010
London B412 Barrie Appleby 2007 2008
Olaff the Madlander Reprints from The Beezer and Topper Sid Burgon 2008 2008
Lord Snooty the Third Nigel Parkinson 2008 2011
Bea and Ivy This strip used characters from the two previously seperate strips of Ivy the Terrible and Bea the Mini-Menace Nigel Parkinson 2008 2009
Super School Lew Stringer 2008 2012
Beano Manga Laura Howell 2009 2011
Sixty Second Dennis Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson/Barrie Appleby 2009 2011
Meebo and Zuky Laura Howell 2010 Present
The Bea Team The third series involving Dennis the Menace's younger sister. Nigel Parkinson 2010 2010
Gnasher's Bit(e) Second Series involving Gnasher as the main character Barrie Appleby Jimmy Hansen 2011 Present
Where's Dennis Reprints from Where's Dennis Book Evi De Bono 2011 2011
At Home with the BSK! Short lived Bash Street Kids spinoff David Sutherland 2011 2011
Dangerous Dan Nigel Parkinson 2011 2011
The Adventures of Wenlock and Mandeville Partnership for 2012 London Olympics Nigel Parkinson 2011 2012
Bananaman First Series in The Beano (reprints) also appears in The Dandy and formerly Nutty John Geering Barrie Appleby, Tom Paterson, Steve Bright, Chris McGhie, Wayne Thompson 2012 Present
Beano's Got Talent Had a short run and disappeared after four weeks Dave Mostyn 2012 2012
Gnash Gnews Part of Funsize Funnies Barrie Appleby 2012 Present
Winston Part of Funsize Funnies Paul Palmer 2012 Present
Gnipper Part of Funsize Funnies. Graham Howie 2013 Present

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