This week’s Beano – Making Waves, As Usual!

By John Freeman on May 20, 2017

Cover by Nigel Parkinson

This week’s Beano (Issue 3885) features a great cover from Nigel Parkinson featuring Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger and is on sale now in all good newsagents.

Featuring strips by Laura Howell, Lew Stringer, Wayne Thompson and more, here’s some of the highlights…

Roger the Dodger goes to the shop for a pint of milk — but he brings home enough to fill the house!

Dennis is no stick-in-the-mud — even when he gets stuck in the mud!

Billy Whizz is MAZED and confused… can you help him find his way?

It’s Minnie the Minx against Soppy Susan to see who can be teacher’s pet … Hang on! Did we read that right?

Plus – Tricky Dicky has a sweet fairy cake prank for you! Find out how it’s done!

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “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.