Colin the Vet was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano between 2004 and 2006. As the name implies, the strip was about a veterinarian called Colin, who encounters all sorts of crazy animals. The strip was drawn solely by Duncan Scott. The name of the strip was based on the phrase 'call in the vet'.
It was one of the nominees to be voted into The Beano by readers in early 2004. Although Joe Jitsu won, it was only a 1% victory over Colin, so both were added to The Beano. Colin also appeared in the Beano Annuals for 2006 and 2007.
A running gag in his comic strips included hidden "Celebrity Pets", which are fictional pets owned by famous people. Many of the pets' descriptions are puns on the name of the celebrity. (Such as "Ant and Dec's Ant on decks)
The Beano
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Current strips |
- Baby Face Finlayson
- Ball Boy
- Bananaman
- The Bash Street Kids
- Bash Street Kids - Singled Out
- Billy Whizz
- Calamity James
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- Fred's Bed
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- The Numskulls
- Rasher
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- Ratz
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- Simply Smiffy
- Super School
- Totally Gross Germs
- Winston
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- Alf Wit
- Beaginnings
- Beano's Got Talent
- The Belles of St. Lemons
- Biffo the Bear
- Big Eggo
- Billy the Cat
- Dangerous Dan
- Colin the Vet
- Colonel Crackpot's Circus
- Crazy for Daisy
- Danny's Nanny
- Derek the Sheep
- Doctor Beastly
- Fatty Fudge
- Freddie Fear
- General Jumbo
- Gnasher's Tale
- Gnasher and Gnipper
- Gordon Bennett
- Grandpa
- Hairy Dan
- Helpful Henry
- Ivy the Terrible
- Jack Flash
- Jimmy and his Magic Patch
- Joe Jitsu
- Joe King
- Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green
- Jonah
- Lord Snooty
- Lord Snooty the Third
- The Magic Lollipops
- Maxy's Taxi
- The McTickles
- Morgyn the Mighty
- The Nibblers
- Nicky Nutjob
- Olaff the Madlander
- Pansy Potter
- Ping the Elastic Man
- Pirates of the Caribeano
- Robbie Rebel
- Richard the Lion
- Singled Out
- Smudge
- Splodge
- The Three Bears
- Tim Traveller
- Tin-Can Tommy
- Tom, Dick and Sally
- Tricky Dicky
- Wee Ben Nevis
- Wee Peem
- The Yeti with Betty
- Zap Zodiac
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- Bash Street School
- Beanotown
- The Beano Annual
- Beano comic libraries
- BeanoMAX
- The Beano Summer Special
- List of Beano comic strips
- List of Beano comic strips by annual
- Beanotown Racing
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