Mr Bean has taken over BEANO

By John Freeman on 17 September 2026

Dennis has finally met his match! Mr Bean has checked into Beano HQ and taken charge as the weekly humour comic’s Guest Editor, kicking off a brand-new four-part series packed with mischief, mayhem and very questionable decision-making.

BEANO No. 4354 featuring Mr Bean. Cover by Nigel Parkinson

Although the cover may look like it’s generic style guide stuff, it was all drawn by Nigel Parkinson, confirming his ability to adapt his style to the almost anything the BEANO editorial team throw at him. (He has also created much of the art for BEANO events and other imagery for several years)l

Mr Bean’s storyline comes ahead of the launch of the new Mr Bean animated series, starting next week.

Catch episode one now and grab your copy of Mr Bean-o in shops now.

Mr. Bean is hugely popular with the same target audience who read BEANO, and thanks to the animated series YouTube presence, they’re very aware of him.

Inside, Mr Bean arrives at Bash Street School and gets mistaken for an inspector, and he’s renaming the comic’s strips, too – “The Bash Street Kids” is, for now, “The Bean Street Kids”, for example.

Plus, there are plenty of other Mr Bean tie-in’s, too, including a competition to win a Mr Bean style portrait.

It’s all great fun, as usual, and Mr. Bean isn’t going anywhere soon – well not for four weeks, anyway!

BEANO No. 4354 is on sale now in all good newsagents, and sometime by cats

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John Freeman

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.