List of Comic Idol Runners-up
The following is a list of comic strips which appeared in The Beano during a Comic Idol or similar competition but did not win. Many of these strips appeared in annuals and Gordon Bennet went on to appear in The Beano a few years after coming runner up in a Comic Idol competition. Even though these strips did not win a Comic Idol competition many of them lasted longer than a number of other Beano comic strips such as Alf Wit which only lasted two issues. Phone-a-Fiend and Space Kidette are the only two strips on this list which appeared as one-offs.
| Strip Title | Notes | Original Artist | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minder Bird | About a bird who had to look after a lively child called Terry the Terror. | Terry Willers | 1995 | 1995 |
| Sort Out Squad | Four kids, a cat and a parrot who would help people. | Robert Nixon | 1995 | 1995 |
| Chip - The Stone Age Boy | John Dallas | 1995 | 1995 | |
| Have-A-Go Jo | David Mostyn | 1997 | 1997 | |
| Camp Cosmos | About an inter-galactic holiday camp.
Also appeared in one annual. |
John Geering | 1997 | 1997 |
| SYDD (Sneaky, Yucky, Dump Dweller) | David Mostyn | 1997 | 1997 | |
| Trash Can Alley | Bob Dewar | 1997 | 1997 | |
| Inspector Horse and Jocky | About an inspector who was also a horse
and his human sidekick and Jockey called Jocky. Title was a play on Inspector Morse. |
Terry Bave | 1999 | 2000 |
| Tricky Dicky | About a son of a joke shop owner who had plenty tricks up his sleeve.
The strip's main character had previously appeared in The Topper. |
John Dallas | 1999 | 2000 |
| Gordon Bennet | About a little boy who would drive his next door neighbour mad. | Jim Hansen | 1999 | 2000 |
| Space Kidette | This strip was about an alien
whose spacecraft crash-landed on Earth. Only two strips ever appeared and they were in the same issue. Its premise was similar to the later strip Zap Zodiac. |
Robert Nixon | 2002 | 2002 |
| Phone-a-Fiend | About of a group of monsters that
were hired to scare troublemakers into changing their ways. A similar strip appeared in the 2011 Beano Annual entitled Fiends Reunited drawn by Nick Brennan. |
Wayne Thompson | 2002 | 2002 |
| Dean's Dino | The character previously appeared as a regular comic strip in 1999 | Geoff Waterhouse | 2004 | 2004 |
| Christmas Carole | About a girl who wanted it to be Christmas every day.
Previously appeared in The Beezer Book. |
Keith Page | 2005 | 2005 |
| Hugh Dunnit | About a boy detective. | David Mostyn | 2005 | 2005 |
| Mia Starr | Duncan Scott | 2006 | 2006 | |
| Scammin' Sam | Steve Horrocks | 2006 | 2006 | |
| Uh Oh Si Co | About a boy who'd go berserk at the slightest negative comment. | Nigel Parkinson | 2010 | 2010 |
| Home Invasion | About aliens who invade Earth. | David Sutherland | 2010 | 2010 |
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