Dan Dare rarities, a sought after 1940 Beano Book, comic art and more up for grabs
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First issue of The Beano, with only known surviving Free Gift, offered at auction
Somehow, we don’t think this will sell for pocket money prices…
Lillie Art Gallery hosts “Comics Stripped” exhibition in Scotland this summer
Oor Wullie, Judge Dredd and Rupert the Bear are at the ‘art’ of a new exhibition
DC Thomson has some BEANO and Dandy treats out in May
New Beano and dandy treats on their way, in May!
In Memoriam: British Comic Creators we have lost in 2023
Remembering British comic creators we have lost this year
Best of British magazine celebrates 85 years of BEANO
The July edition of the long-running nostalgia magazine, Best of British, features an affectionate and wholesome tribute to The Beano
David Sutherland’s final weekly “Bash Street Kids” appears in BEANO on Wednesday
David’s final “Bash Street Kids” for the weekly comic appears on Wednesday
In Memoriam: Beano “Bash Street Kids” artist David Sutherland OBE
We are very sorry to report the passing of legendary comic artist David Sutherland, best known for his work on “The Bash Street Kids” in BEANO. The news has just broken, and comes shortly after the announcement an OBE for services to… Read More ›
Beano “Bash Street Kids” artist David Sutherland awarded OBE
Congratulations to the legendary comic artist, now 90, on his honour
Happy Birthday, Bash Street Kids!
Cartoonist Lew Stringer reminds us that The Bash Street Kids first appeared 68 years ago this week in The Beano, in the strip,”When the Bell Rings”, back in 1954…
In Pictures and In Review: “Beano – The Art of Breaking the Rules” at Somerset House, London
Combining classic and current BEANO comic art with some amazing modern work (shriek!), this Somerset House exhibition no fan of the weekly humour comic will want to miss!
Beano Rule Breakers set to storm London’s Somerset House this autumn!
The Beano’s creators and characters are to be the focus of a major exhibition this autumn
Happy Birthday to the Bash Street Kids, 65 years young!
The Bash Street Kids have been in Beano for 65 years, and this week’s issue of the brilliant humour comic offers an epic tale from Andy Fanton – and we’re delighted he had time for a quick chat about it –… Read More ›
Master in Comics: An Interview with Beano artist David Sutherland
Check out this fantastic interview with a BEANO legend
BBC Radio 4 Extra re-broadcasts Danny Wallace’s Beano documentary, “Menace to Society”
Author and broadcaster Danny Wallace is a lifelong Beano fan who grew up in Dundee, the home of the comic – and The Dandy, too, and in a BBC Radio 4 Extra programme Menace to Society, first broadcast when the comic… Read More ›
Beano’s upcoming 80th birthday in July brings new merchandise, more event plans
With the Beano‘s 80th anniversary speeding ever closer (the first issue released in late July 1938, cover dated 30th July), Beano Studios is ramping up its event plans – and there’s a host of new merchandise on its way, too…. Read More ›
Beano’s Dennis builds his own Kelpies to celebrate anniversary of his first appearance
Beano Studios has partnered with the iconic Scottish monument The Kelpies to launch a new product range featuring exclusive Dennis and Gnasher comic strip artwork by Beano artist David Sutherland, which will also help mark the anniversary of the character’s appearance in… Read More ›
No Laughing Matter? Comic Writer Tommy Donbavand versus Cancer
Author and comics writer Tommy Donbavand was diagnosed with inoperable throat cancer in March 2016. In this interview, he talks about his novels and comics, writing a blog about his cancer and how our readers can help him… Matt Badham:… Read More ›
Beano celebrates record-breaking run as a weekly comic, and Toytopia aims for another!
‘ Thanks to Guinness World Records, this week’s Beano (Issue 3800), on sale now in all good newsagents and sporting a new logo, confirms the comic’s status as the longest-running comic published weekly. The Beano is officially a record breaker! We’re the longest-running… Read More ›
Beano, Dandy Annuals mix the old and the new for 2014
With folk buying for Christmas even earlier than ever to spread the cost, here’s a quick reminder that Britain’s best-selling comic, The Beano celebrates its 75th birthday this year and the annual is still sale now in all good bookshops,… Read More ›