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BeanoMAX bows out as 75th anniversary nears, new title on way

By John Freeman on June 26, 2013 • ( 1 )

It’s all change over at The Beano, as the title’s monthly companion, BeanoMAX, bows out on Issue 79, on sale now in all good newsagents.

The magazine will be replaced by a 32-page comic, the 100% Official Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Megazine, with The Beano continuing as ever in its weekly form, the latest issue featuring a cover by the talented Steve Beckett.

There’s been quite a bit of promotion for DC Thomson’s flagship lately, including a right royal appearance by the Prince of Wales and his wife in the comic, and a plug for the title on the BBC’s Mock the Week, with artist Nigel Parkinson providing a special piece of art for the show broadcast last week.

Issue one of the new Dennis the Menace magazine will go on sale on 24th July, just in time for The Beano‘s 75th birthday on 30th July. While we don’t know the content just yet, it looks like Nigel is working on the title. “It’s modern, unexpected, exciting and NEW!” he recently enthused.

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.